Romans 2:17 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Behold, thou art called a Jew, and restest in the law, and makest thy boast of God, ”

Romans 2:17 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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...
Romans 2:17 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

(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 J...
Romans 2:17 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Now Paul accosts the Jew, reproving his pride of law, made void by disloyalty. Romans 2:17-20 . His pretensions (But if thou bearest the name of Jew, etc.), provoke the questions of Romans 2:21-...
Romans 2:17 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

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 ,...
Romans 2:17 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

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 manuscri...
Romans 2:17 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 1826 INCONSISTENT CHRISTIANS REMONSTRATED WITH Romans 2:17-23 . Behold, thou art called a Jew, and restest in the law, and makest thy boast of God, and knowest his will, and approvest...
Romans 2:17 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Behold, thou art called a Jew, and restest in the law, and makest thy boast of God, Behold, thou art called a Jew - What the apostle had said in the preceding verses being sufficient to enforce convi...
Romans 2:17 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

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 therefo...
Romans 2:17 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Behold, thou art called a Jew, and restest in the law, and makest thy boast of God, Behold, х ide ( G2396 )] - but the true reading is beyond doubt, 'But if,' х ei ( G1487 ) de (...
Romans 2:17 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Romans 2:17 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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 obv...
Romans 2:17 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Chapter 6 HUMAN GUILT UNIVERSAL: HE APPROACHES THE CONSCIENCE OF THE JEW Romans 2:1-17 WE have appealed, for affirmation of St. Paul's tremendous exposure of human sin, to a solemn and deliber...
Romans 2:17 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the Searcher of All Hearts Romans 2:12-20 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 page...
Romans 2:17 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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 leas...
Romans 2:17 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

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...
Romans 2:17 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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 concessio...
Romans 2:17 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

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...
Romans 2:17 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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...
Romans 2:17 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Romans 2:17 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Pretensions of the Jews; The Depravity of the Jews. A. D. 58. 17 Behold, thou art cal...
Romans 2:17 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

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...
Romans 2:17 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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 o...
Romans 2:17 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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 no...
Romans 2:17 - Sermon Bible Commentary

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...
Romans 2:17 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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...
Romans 2:17 - The Biblical Illustrator

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 equita...
Romans 2:17 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Romans 2:1-45 ( 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 conti...
Romans 2:17 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Behold, thou art called a Jew, and restest in the Law, and makest thy boast of God,
Romans 2:17 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Corinthians 11:22 ; Ephesians 2:11 ; Galatians 2:15 ; Isaiah 45:25 ; Isaiah 48:1 ; Isaiah 48:2 ; Jeremiah 7:4-10 ; John 5:45 ; John 7:19 ; John 8:33 ; John 8:41 ; John 9:28 ; John 9:29...
Romans 2:17 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

But if thou art called a Jew — This highest point of Jewish glorying, after a farther description of it interposed, Romans 2:17-20 , and refuted, Romans 2:21-24 , is itself refuted, Romans 2:25...

Romans 2:17 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Romans 2:17 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Romans 2:17 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Romans 2:17 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Romans 2:17 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Romans 2:17 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Romans 2:17 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Romans 2:17 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Romans 2:17 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Romans 2:17 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Romans 2:17 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Romans 2:17 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Romans 2:17 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Romans 2:17 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Romans 2:17 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Romans 2:17 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Romans 2:17 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Romans 2:17 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Romans 2:17 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Romans 2:17 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Romans 2:17 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Romans 2:17 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Romans 2:17 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Romans 2:17 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Romans 2:17 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Romans 2:17 - The Biblical Illustrator

Romans 2:17 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Romans 2:17 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Romans 2:17 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Romans 2:17 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes