Romans 2:19 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And art confident that thou thyself art a guide of the blind, a light of them which are in darkness, ”

Romans 2:19 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And art confident - This expression denotes the full assurance of the Jew that he was superior in knowledge to all other people. It is a remarkable fact that the Jews put the fullest confidence i...
Romans 2:19 - 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 2:19 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

art confident . Greek. peitho. App-150. light . Greek. phos . App-130.
Romans 2:19 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

19. And believest thyself, etc. More is still granted to them; as though they had not only what was sufficient for themselves, but also that by which they could enrich others. He grants,...
Romans 2:19 - 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 2:19 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And art confident that thou thyself art a guide of the blind, a light of them which are in darkness, And art confident, etc. - In consequence of all these religious advantages, ye believe that ye are...
Romans 2:19 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Guide of the blind, &c.— Blind,—in darkness,—ignorant,—babes, — were appellations which the Jews gave to the Gentiles; signifying how much inferior to themselves they thought them in knowledge...
Romans 2:19 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And art confident that thou thyself art a guide of the blind, a light of them which are in darkness, No JFB commentary on this verse.
Romans 2:19 - 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 2:19 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

A guide of the blind. — Comp. Matthew 15:14 , “They be blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind,” et seq.
Romans 2:19 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Chapter 7 JEWISH RESPONSIBILITY AND GUILT Romans 2:17-29 "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 fo...
Romans 2:19 - 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 2:19 - 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 2:19 - 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 2:19 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And art confident that thou thyself ,.... Being vainly puffed up in, their fleshly minds, they were strongly persuaded that they were very fit persons to be a guide to the blind : all men are by n...
Romans 2:19 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And art confident that thou thyself art a guide of the blind, a light of them which are in darkness, Ver. 19. Of the blind ] The Chinese say that all other nations see but with one eye, they with...
Romans 2:19 - 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 2:19 - 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 2:19 - 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 2:19 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

See Poole on " Romans 2:18 "
Romans 2:19 - 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 2:19 - 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 2:19 - 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 2:19 - 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 2:19 - 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 2:19 - 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 2:19 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The guilt of the Jews:
Romans 2:19 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Corinthians 3:18 ; 1 Corinthians 4:10 ; 1 Corinthians 8:1 ; 1 Corinthians 8:2 ; Acts 26:18 ; Isaiah 49:10 ; Isaiah 49:6 ; Isaiah 49:9 ; Isaiah 5:21 ; Isaiah 56:10 ; John 7:46-49 ; John...
Romans 2:19 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Blind, in darkness, ignorant, babes — These were the titles which the Jews generally gave the gentiles.

Romans 2:19 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Romans 2:19 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Romans 2:19 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Romans 2:19 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Romans 2:19 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Romans 2:19 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Romans 2:19 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Romans 2:19 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Romans 2:19 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Romans 2:19 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Romans 2:19 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Romans 2:19 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Romans 2:19 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Romans 2:19 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Romans 2:19 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Romans 2:19 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Romans 2:19 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Romans 2:19 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Romans 2:19 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Romans 2:19 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Romans 2:19 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Romans 2:19 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Romans 2:19 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Romans 2:19 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Romans 2:19 - The Biblical Illustrator

Romans 2:19 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Romans 2:19 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Romans 2:19 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Romans 2:19 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes