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Verse Romans 3:2. APOSTLE. _MUCH EVERY WAY_] The _Jews_, in reference
to the _means_ and _motives_ of obedience, enjoy many advantages
beyond the _Gentiles_; and, principally, because _to them were
c...
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MUCH EVERY WAY - Or, in every respect. This is the answer of the
apostle to the objection in Romans 3:1.
CHIEFLY - That is, this is the principal advantage, and one including
all others. The main ben...
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CHAPTER 3:1-20
_ 1. Objections and Their Answers. (Romans 3:1 .)_
2. The Whole World Under Sin. (Romans 3:9 .)
Romans 3:1
A number of objections are next raised and answered. “What advantage
then h...
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JEWISH PROTESTS SILENCED.
Romans 3:1. What then, it is asked, is the advantage of being a Jew,
etc.?
Romans 3:2. Much, Paul replies, in every way: to begin with, they were
entrusted with the oracles...
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What, then, is the something plus which belongs to a Jew? Or what
special advantage belongs to those who have been circumcised? Much in
every way. In the first place, there is this advantage--that the...
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GOD'S FIDELITY AND MAN'S INFIDELITY (Romans 3:1-8)...
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EVERY WAY. according to (Greek. _kata_. App-104) every way.
UNTO... COMMITTED. they were entrusted with. Greek. _pisteuo._
App-150. Compare 1 Thessalonians 2:4.
ORACLES. Greek. _logion._ See Acts 7:...
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_every way_ For a comment see Romans 9:4-5; part of an argument of
which this verse may be regarded as the germ or first suggestion.
_chiefly_ Lit. FIRST. Perhaps this is the first step in an enumerat...
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ΠΡΏΤΟΝ (G4412), _adv. от_"первый" на первом
месте,
ΈΠΙΣΤΕΎΘΗΣΑΝ _aor. ind. pass. от_ ΠΙΣΤΕΎΩ (G4100)
доверять; _pass._ пользоваться доверием
ΛΌΓΙΟΝ (G3051) изречение, пророчество.
Здесь относится к в...
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DISCOURSE: 1828
CHRISTIANS’ ADVANTAGES ABOVE HEATHENS
Romans 3:1. _What advantage then hath the Jew? or what profit is there
of circumcision? Much every way_.
IT is not easy to form a just estimate o...
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MUCH EVERY WAY— St. Paul gives a list of the advantages which the
Jew had over the Gentile, ch. Romans 9:4 but here mentions only one of
them, which was most proper to his present purpose; and which i...
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_TEXT_
Romans 3:1-9 a. What advantage then hath the Jew? or what is the
profit of circumcision? Romans 3:2 Much every way: first of all, that
they were intrusted with the oracles of God. Romans 3:3 Fo...
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Much every way: chiefly, because that unto them were committed the
oracles of God.
MUCH EVERY WAY: CHIEFLY, BECAUSE, [ prooton (G4412) men (G3303) gar
(G1063) - see Donaldson, 618 - hoti...
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_THE CONDUCT OF MANKIND_
16 Much of the judgment which obtains among men is unjust and
oppressive because of their inability to uncover the real truth: But
in the divine judgment the _ hidden _ thing...
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THE NEW WAY OF ACCEPTANCE WITH GOD
In Romans 1:2 St. Paul has shown that both Gentile and Jew have sinned
wilfully, and are under God's condemnation. He now digresses to Jewish
objections against the...
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MUCH] cp. Romans 9:4. ORACLES] i.e. the utterances of God in the OT....
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PAUL’S LETTER TO THE *ROMANS
ROMANS
_HILDA BRIGHT AND KEITH SIMONS_
CHAPTER 3
SOME *JEWISH PROTESTS AGAINST PAUL’S THOUGHTS 3:1-8
V1 Someone might ask whether the *Jews received any real advanta...
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CHIEFLY. — In the first place; “secondly,” &c., was to follow,
but does not, as the Apostle is drawn away to other topics (see
above).
UNTO THEM WERE COMMITTED. — This is paraphrastic. “Oracle” is
th...
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III.
(1-8) Continuing the subject, but with a long digression in Romans 3:3
_et seq._ The Apostle asks, What is the real value of these apparent
advantages? He is about to answer the question fully, a...
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CHAPTER 8
JEWISH CLAIMS: NO HOPE IN HUMAN MERIT
Romans 3:1
As the Apostle dictates, there rises before his mind a figure often
seen by his eyes, the Rabbinic disputant. Keen, subtle, unscrupulous,
a...
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It might easily seem, at this point, as if the Apostle's argument had
proved too much. He has shown that the mere possession of the law does
not exempt the Jew from judgment, but that God requires its...
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GOD FAITHFUL THOUGH MEN BE FAITHLESS
Romans 3:1
The Jewish people had a great treasure entrusted to them for the
benefit of the whole world. This position as stewards for mankind
conferred upon them...
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Paul here turned to a brief discussion of certain objections. First,
"What advantage, then, hath the Jew?" He replied, "Much, every way."
He then mentioned only one, which he spoke of as being "first...
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Much every way: (a) chiefly, because that unto them were committed the
(b) oracles of God.
(a) The Jews' state and condition was of principal importance.
(b) Words....
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“ _What then is the advantage of the Jew? or what is the profit of
circumcision? Much every way: foremost_, _in that unto them were
committed the oracles of God._ ”
It was a thing generally granted th...
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SIXTH PASSAGE (3:1-8). JEWISH PREROGATIVE DOES NOT IMPLY EXEMPTION
FROM JUDGMENT.
The order of thought in this piece, one of the most difficult,
perhaps, in the Epistle, is as follows:
1. If the Jew...
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Though the advantage of the Jew does not consist in exemption from
judgment, he has an advantage, nevertheless, and it is very great.
The adjective πολύ, which we have translated by _much_, properly
s...
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The circumstances under which the epistle to the Romans was written
gave occasion to the most thorough and comprehensive unfolding, not of
the church, but of Christianity. No apostle had ever yet visi...
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_OUR DEBT TO THE JEWS_
‘What advantage then hath the Jew?… oracles of God.’
Romans 3:1
I. THE ADVANTAGE HERE NOTICED puts us in mind of our indebtedness to
the Jew, more especially in regard to th...
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2._Much in every way, etc._; that is, very much. He begins here to
give the sacrament its own praise; but he concedes not, that on this
account the Jews ought to have been proud; for when he teaches t...
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Having established the great truth that God required real moral
goodness, he considers the position of the Jews. Could they not plead
special divine favour? Was there no advantage in Judaism? Surely t...
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MUCH EVERY WAY,.... The circumcised Jew has greatly the advantage of
the uncircumcised Gentile, מכל פנים, "in all respects",
על כל צד, "on every side", as the Rabbins speak; phrases to
which this in...
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Much every way: chiefly, because that unto them were committed the
oracles of God.
Ver. 2. _Chiefly, because that, &c._] This was their prime privilege,
that they were God's library keepers, that thi...
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_What advantage then hath the Jew?_ The foregoing reasonings being
contrary to the prejudices of the Jews, one of that nation is here
introduced objecting, If our being the children of Abraham, member...
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ORACLES OF GOD; the Scriptures, revealing salvation through a Saviour
to come. As the Scriptures are the voice of God, making known his will
and the way in which men can be accepted of him, those who...
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MAN'S GUILT AND GOD'S RIGHTEOUSNESS.
The advantage of the Jew:...
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MUCH EVERY WAY: CHIEFLY, BECAUSE THAT UNTO THEM WERE COMMITTED THE
ORACLES OF GOD....
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WHAT ADVANTAGE HAS THE JEW?
Since God requires subjection _of heart_ from the Jew, and at the same
time honors a like subjection of heart in the Gentiles, the question
arises, "What advantage then hat...
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ROMANS 3:1-20
1. Was anyone (Jew or Gentile) justified on their own merit?
a. Were Jews or Gentiles saved by their own power?
i. Both are under sin
ii. How bad was their sin?
1. None righteous
2...
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Romans 3:2 Much every way: first of all, that they were intrusted with
the oracles of God.
'Much every way' -'A great deal, from every point of view' (Gspd)..
more detailed list of advantages is...
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1-8 The law could not save in or from sins, yet it gave the Jews
advantages for obtaining salvation. Their stated ordinances, education
in the knowledge of the true God and his service, and many favo...
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He answers the before mentioned objection by a liberal and free
concession. The answer doth particularly relate to the first member of
the objection, though comprehending the other. CHIEFLY; this word...
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Much every way: first of all, that they were entrusted with the
oracles of God. [To the circumcised Jew God had given the Scriptures.
The law, the Psalms, the prophets were his, with all the revelatio...
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Origen Commentary on Matthew Book X
And, having hidden it, he goes away, work-tug and devising how he
shall buy the field, or the Scriptures, that he may make them his own
possession, receiving from...
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Romans 3:2 Much G4183 every G2596 G3956 way G5158 Chiefly G4412
because G3303 G1063 them G3754 committed...
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‘Much every way. First of all, that they were entrusted with the
oracles of God.'
Paul's reply is simple, that it was because they were Jews and because
they were circumcised physically, demonstrating...
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IF THIS BE SO WHAT ADVANTAGE IS THERE IN BEING A JEW? (3:1-8).
In a series of questions Paul now takes up the points just made, the
claimed advantage of being a Jew (Romans 2:17) and the claimed
advan...
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_The Justification by Faith, and the Curse of the Law_.
Paul addresses himself again directly to the Galatians with an
expression of his indignant surprise at the folly of their relapse
into Judaism,...
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3. _The Scriptural Proof of the Guilt of the Jews._
This section forms the conclusion of the first part: ‘Every one
needs this power unto salvation.' While in general it may be regarded
as presenting...
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Romans 3:2. MUCH EVERY WAY. This refers to both the preceding
questions. ‘Every way' means, under every moral and religious
aspect, whichever way you look at it.
FIRST OF ALL. This is more literal th...
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MUCH EVERY WAY
(πολυ κατα παντα). Πολυ points back to το
περισσον. So it means the overplus of the Jew is much from
every angle.FIRST OF ALL
(πρωτον μεν). As in Romans 1:8; 1 Corinthians 11:18 Pau...
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Romans 3:1
Preciousness of the Bible.
I. Think of the wonderful providence which has watched over the Bible
from the beginning. There is no miracle comparable to that which has
preserved to us the Sc...
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Romans 3:1. _What advantage then hath the Jew? or what profit is there
of circumcision? Much every way: chiefly, because that unto them were
committed the oracles of God._
It was a great thing to be...
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Romans 3:1. _What advantage then hath the Jew? Or what profit is there
of circumcision?_
If, after all, both Jew and Gentiles were under sin, what advantage
had the Jew by the covenant under which he...
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Romans 3:1. _What advantage then hath the Jew? or what profit is there
of circumcision? Much every way; chiefly, because that unto them were
committed the oracles of God._
If it be so that, after all...
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Romans 3:1. _What advantage then hath the Jew? or what profit is there
of circumcision? Much every way: chiefly, because that unto them were
committed the oracles of God._
The Jews of old had a great...
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CONTENTS: The common guilt of both Jew and Gentile. Justification by
faith, not by the law.
CHARACTERS: God, Jesus.
CONCLUSION: The sum of all sin is coming short of the glory of God for
which we we...
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The first part of this chapter, as far as the twentieth verse, belongs
to the two preseding Chapter s, and confirms, by the words of David,
the deplorable state of fallen man.
Romans 3:1. _What advant...
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IN THE FIRST PLACE. The advantage of the Jew is explained in Romans
9:4-5 and notes. Paul here mentions first: the message of God which is
the Old Testament. Next to Christ and the New Testament, the...
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_What advantage then hath the Jew?_
…chiefly, because that unto them were committed the oracles of God.
MORAL ADVANTAGE
I. There is much advantage to those favoured with clearer light and
higher pr...
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ROMANS—NOTE ON ROMANS 3:2 One might expect Paul to answer that there
is no advantage in being a Jew (see v. Romans 3:1). Instead, he claims
that the Jews have great advantages, mainly in possessing...
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_CRITICAL NOTES_
Romans 3:1. WHAT ADVANTAGE THEN HATH THE JEW?—Pre-eminence. Passage
brings out the idea of surplus (Wordsworth).
Romans 3:3.—πίστιν τοῦ Θεοῦ—the faith of God—may
perhaps be best exp...
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EXPOSITION
ROMANS 3:1
(2) _Certain objections with regard to the Jews suggested and met.
_In_ _this passage, before proceeding with his argument, the apostle
meets certain objections that might be ma...
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Shall we turn in our Bibles now to Romans 3.
Paul has just told the Jews that having the law does not justify a
person. It is the keeping of the law that justifies one. That
uncircumcision really has...
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1 Corinthians 9:17; 1 Peter 4:11; 1 Timothy 6:20; 2 Corinthians 5:19;...
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Chiefly [π ρ ω τ ο ν]. Rev., first of all; i e., first in order.
Paul, however, does not enumerate further, being led away by another
thought.
The oracles [τ α λ ο γ ι α]. Diminutive. Strictly, brief...
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Chiefly in that they were intrusted with the oracles of God — The
scriptures, in which are so great and precious promises. Other
prerogatives will follow, Romans 9:4. St. Paul here singles out this
by...