Romans 5:7 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Bible Comments

He amplifies the love of Christ in dying for the ungodly, and shows that it is unparalleled and without example. By a good man you must understand one that is very kind and bountiful, or one that is very useful and profitable; that is, a public and common good. Instances may be given of those that have sacrificed their lives for such. Lilloe stepped between the murderer and king Edward his master. Nicholas Ribische lost his life to preserve Prince Maurice at the siege of Pista.

Romans 5:7

7 For scarcely for a righteous man will one die: yet peradventure for a good man some would even dare to die.