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ROMANS 2:17 eiv de,
The Textus Receptus, following the later text (Dc L most minuscules
syrh), reads i;de (whence the AV rendering, “Behold”). This
reading arose either as an itacism (ei and i were p...
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Verse 17. _BEHOLD, THOU ART CALLED A JEW_] What the apostle had said
in the preceding verses being sufficient to enforce conviction on the
conscience of the Jew, he now throws off the cover, and open...
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BEHOLD - Having thus stated the general principles on which God would
judge the world; having shown how they condemned the Gentiles; and
having removed all objections to them, he now proceeds to anoth...
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CHAPTER 2
_ 1. The Gentile Moralist and Reformer and His Condemnation. (Romans
2:1 .)_
2. The Two Classes. (Romans 2:7 .)
3. The State of the Jew. (Romans 2:17 .)...
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Now Paul accosts the Jew, reproving his PRIDE OF LAW, MADE VOID BY
DISLOYALTY.
Romans 2:17. His pretensions (But if thou bearest the name of Jew,
etc.), provoke the questions of Romans 2:21 : the comm...
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If you are called by the name of Jew, if you take your rest in the
Law, if you boast in God and know his will, if you give your approval
to the excellent things, if you are instructed in the Law, if y...
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THE RESPONSIBILITY OF PRIVILEGE (Romans 2:1-11)...
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BEHOLD. Greek. _ide_. The texts read "But if".
RESTEST IN. restest upon. Greek. _epanapauomai._ Only here and Luke
10:6.
THE. The texts omit.
MAKEST, &C. = gloriest, as Romans 5:3, and...
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Explicit exposure of Jewish responsibility, guilt, and peril
17. _Behold_ Better, BUT IF. A single additional letter in the Gr.
makes this difference; and it should certainly be so read. The
framewor...
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17–3:20. The Gospel is needed by Jews, who have also failed through
ignoring the one condition of righteousness....
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Under the same principle comes the Jew, who has full and privileged
opportunities (21) and yet makes ill use of them by open
unrighteousness (25) from the consequences of which no privilege can
delive...
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ΈΠΟΝΟΜΆΖΗ _praes. ind. pass._ 2 _pers. sing. от_
ΈΠΟΝΟΜΆΖΩ (G2028) нарекать; _pass._ быть
названным, носить имя (SH).
ΈΠΑΝΑΠΑΎΗ _praes. ind. med. 2 pers. sing. от_
ΈΠΑΝΑΠΑΎΩ (G1879) опираться, полага...
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DISCOURSE: 1826
INCONSISTENT CHRISTIANS REMONSTRATED WITH
Romans 2:17. Behold, thou art called a Jew, and restest in the law,
and makest thy boast of God, and knowest his will, and approvest the
thing...
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BEHOLD, &C.— If the unbelieving Jew was at all disposed to admit
evidence and conviction, the Apostle has said enough to awaken his
conscience in the preceding part of this chapter; and therefore here...
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_TEXT_
Romans 2:17-24. But if thou bearest the name of a Jew, and restest
upon the law, and gloriest in God, Romans 2:18 and knowest his will,
and approvest the things that are excellent, being instru...
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Behold, thou art called a Jew, and restest in the law, and makest thy
boast of God,
BEHOLD, [ ide (G2396)] - but the true reading is beyond doubt, 'But
if,' [ ei (G1487) de (G1161). Such Itacisms a...
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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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JEW] the national name. RESTEST IN] RV 'restest upon,' i.e. feeling
secure of God's favour from the mere possession of the Law.
OF GOD] i.e. as peculiarly bound to the Jew....
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THE FAILURE OF THE JEWS
In Romans 1 St. Paul showed that the Gentiles were under God's
judgment on account of sin. Now he is about to turn to the Jews. He
asserts first, that God's judgment will fall...
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PAUL’S LETTER TO THE *ROMANS
ROMANS
_HILDA BRIGHT AND KEITH SIMONS_
CHAPTER 2
PAUL’S ANSWERS TO THOSE WHO *JUDGE OTHER PEOPLE 2:1-16
1. THEY CANNOT AVOID GOD’S JUDGEMENT 2:1-4
v1 So, you who *...
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BEHOLD. — An interesting case of a corrupt reading which has found
its way into the Authorised version. For “behold,” a decisive
consensus of the best MSS. has “but if.” The corruption was very
obviou...
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CHAPTER 6
HUMAN GUILT UNIVERSAL: HE APPROACHES THE CONSCIENCE OF THE JEW
Romans 2:1
WE have appealed, for affirmation of St. Paul's tremendous exposure of
human sin, to a solemn and deliberate self-...
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CHAPTER 7
JEWISH RESPONSIBILITY AND GUILT
Romans 2:17
"THE Jew, first, and also the Greek"; this has been the burthen of the
Apostle's thought thus far upon the whole. He has had the Jew for some
wh...
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Ἰουδαῖος ἐπονομάζῃ : bearest the name of
“Jew”. The ἐπὶ in the compound verb does not denote addition,
but direction: Ἰουδαῖος is not conceived as a surname, but a
name which has been imposed. Of cour...
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THE SEARCHER OF ALL HEARTS
Romans 2:12
The Apostle goes on to show that all men, whether Jews or Gentiles,
will be judged by the same standard. For the Jew that law was written
upon the pages of the...
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It is evident that the apostle here turned to the Jew, though he did
not immediately name him. He charged the Jew with the sin of
practicing the very evils he condemned in the Gentiles. He is at least...
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(8) Behold, thou art called a Jew, and restest in the law, and makest
thy boast of God,
(8) He proves by the testimony of David, and the other prophets, that
God bestows greatest benefits upon the Je...
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But if thou art called a Jew. In the common Greek copies, we read,
behold, thou art a Jew, &c. St. Paul here turns his discourse
particularly to the Jews, who valued themselves so much upon their
law,...
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The _second part_ of the chapter, Romans 2:17-29, contains _the
application_ of the principles laid down in the first. After
expressing himself in a general and more or less abstract way, Paul
address...
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FIFTH PASSAGE (2:1-29). THE WRATH OF GOD SUSPENDED OVER THE JEWISH
PEOPLE.
In the midst of this flood of pollutions and iniquities which Gentile
society presents to view, the apostle sees one who lik...
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“ _Now if thou who art called a Jew, and restest in the law, and
makest thy boast of God, and knowest His will, and canst discern the
things that differ, being instructed out of the law; and esteemest...
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The name _Jew_, ᾿Ιουδαῖος, is probably not used without
allusion to its etymological meaning: _Jehoudah, the praised one._ The
preposition ἐπί, which enters into the composition of the verb,
converts...
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Behold, thou art called a Jew, and restest in the law, and makest thy
boast of God, (18) And knowest will, and approvest the things that are
more excellent, being instructed out of the law; (19) And a...
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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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17._Behold, thou art named a Jew, etc. _Some old copies read εἰ
δὲ, _though indeed; _which, were it generally received, would meet
my approbation; but as the greater part of the manuscripts is opposed...
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Two things are presented here with respect to God; His judgment
against evil the evil-doer shall not escape (the real difference of
right and wrong would be maintained by judgment); and His mercy,
pat...
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BEHOLD, THOU ART CALLED A JEW,.... From hence to the end of the
chapter the Jews are particularly addressed; their several privileges
and characters are commemorated, which by an ironical concession a...
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Behold, thou art called a Jew, and restest in the law, and makest thy
boast of God,
Ver. 17. _Restest in the law_] So spending thy time in a still dream,
but thou shalt have sick waking, then when Go...
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_Behold_ Here he applies the matter he had discussed in the preceding
verses more closely to the Jews, and proves, that, notwithstanding all
their pretences and privileges, they were transgressors of...
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A JEW; a friend of God-one of his peculiar people.
RESTEST IN THE LAW; dependest upon the possession and external
observance of it for salvation.
MAKEST THY BOAST OF GOD; of having him for thy God,...
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The guilt of the Jews:...
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BEHOLD, THOU ART CALLED A JEW, AND RESTEST IN THE LAW, AND MAKEST THY
BOAST OF GOD,...
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THE CASE OF THE CULTURED GREEK
But there is a class of Gentiles who are quite keen in seeing these
evils in others, and unhesitatingly judging them for them, while never
considering that the same judg...
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Romans 2:17-29
1. What is the difference between an inward Jew and an outward Jew?
a. What was an outward Jew?
i. Circumcised
ii. Good self-image
1. Name Jew means a lot to him
2. Rested in the...
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BUT IF THOU BEAREST THE NAME OF. JEW, AND RESTEST UPON THE LAW, AND
GLORIEST IN GOD,
'Restest upon the law' -'you feel secure in the law' (Nor); 'Rest
comfortably in your Law' (Beck)...
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17-24 The apostle directs his discourse to the Jews, and shows of
what sins they were guilty, notwithstanding their profession and vain
pretensions. A believing, humble, thankful glorying in God, is...
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He now comes to deal more particularly and expressly with the Jews,
reciting their privileges, in which they trusted, and of which they
boasted; and shows, that notwithstanding them, they stood in as...
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But if thou bearest the name of a Jew, and restest upon the law, and
gloriest in God,...
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Romans 2:17 Indeed G2396 you G4771 called G2028 (G5743) Jew G2453 and
G2532 rest G1879 (G5736) law...
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THE JEW AND THE LAW OF GOD.
‘But if you bear the name of a Jew, and rest on the law, and glory
(boast) in God, and know his will, and approve the things which are
excellent, being instructed out of t...
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THE SPECIAL CASE OF THE JEW. PAUL IS ANSWERING THE QUESTION - ‘DOES
NOT HIS KNOWLEDGE OF THE LAW AND THE UNDERSTANDING THAT GOES WITH IT,
ALONG WITH THE FACT THAT HE IS CIRCUMCISED INTO GOD'S COVENANT...
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_2. The Jew is Condemned; His External Circumcision does not Avail._
This section contains the direct application to the case of the Jew,
in the form of an indignant outburst (Romans 2:17-24), much of...
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Romans 2:17. BUT IF. The addition of a single letter in the Greek
gives this sense, which is without doubt the correct one. The
construction is modified by the change; Romans 2:17-20 form the
conditio...
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2. THE SINFULNESS OF THE JEWS, AS A PROOF OF THEIR NEED OF THE GOSPEL.
This passage contains the second part of the proof of the universality
of sin, and hence of the universal need of the gospel, whe...
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BEAREST THE NAME
(επονομαζη). Present passive indicative in condition of first
class of επονομαζω, old word, to put a name upon (επ), only
here in N.T. "Thou art surnamed Jew" (Lightfoot). Jew as o...
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Romans 2
The Practical Outcome of Judaism.
I. The first thing on which St. Paul lays anxious stress in this
passage is this: The judgment of God according to men's works is just,
inevitable, and impa...
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CONTENTS: The equal standing of Jew and Gentile before the justice of
God. Morality apart from Christ useless as means of salvation. Jews
knowing the law condemned by the law.
CHARACTERS: God.
CONCLU...
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Romans 2:1. _Therefore thou art inexcusable, oh man,_ whether Roman or
Jew, who judgest another, and doest the same thing thyself, though it
may be in some other way. But as the judgment of God is acc...
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WHAT ABOUT YOU? Some were proud and boasted because they were Jews.
Paul has showed that all will be strictly judged according to their
actions, whether they have the Law or not. In Romans 2:17-20, Pa...
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_Behold, thou art called a Jew._
THE JEWS ALSO WITHOUT EXCUSE
Hitherto the apostle, in seeking to shut up the Jew unto the faith of
Christ, has contented himself with an enunciation of the equitable...
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ROMANS—NOTE ON ROMANS 2:1 Most interpreters say that Paul focuses on
the sin of the Jews throughout this chapter. Another view is that the
sin of the moral person (whether Jewish or Gentile) who judge...
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_CRITICAL NOTES_
Romans 2:18.—κατηχούμενος, being orally instructed.
Romans 2:21.—This verse may be illustrated out of the Jewish
writings, for they say, “He who teacheth others what he doth not
hims...
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EXPOSITION
ROMANS 2:1
(_b_) _Those who judge others, not excepting the Jews. _Here a new
stage of the argument, in proof of the position propounded in Romans
1:18, begins, and is continued to the end...
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Therefore thou art inexcusable, O man, whosoever thou art that judges
(Romans 2:1):
You see, I read this list and I say, "Oh, yes, it is horrible. My, I
just don't know what we are going to do, the w...
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2 Corinthians 11:22; Ephesians 2:11; Galatians 2:15; Isaiah 45:25;...
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Behold [ι δ ε]. But the correct reading is eij de but if.
Thou art called [ε π ο ν ο μ α ζ η]. Rev., much better,
bearest the name of, bringing out the value which attached to the name
Jew, the theoc...
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But if thou art called a Jew — This highest point of Jewish
glorying, after a farther description of it interposed, Romans 2:17,
and refuted, Romans 2:21, is itself refuted, Romans 2:25, &c. The
descr...
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Here the apostle proceeds in his former argument; namely, to prove,
That the Jews could no more rationally expect to be justified before
God by the law of Moses, than the Gentiles by the law of nature...