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

Bible Comments

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. The word μορφωσις, rendered form, Romans 2:20 seems to mean the same with the word τυπος, ch. Romans 6:17 that is, such a draught, as contained and represented the parts and lineaments of the whole; for it is to be remembered, that the Apostle uses these terms here in the same sense that the Jews spoke of themselves, vaunting over the Gentiles; thereby placing their crime in the strongest light, in judging the Gentiles as they did. See 2 Timothy 3:5.Locke, Bos, and Beausobre and Lenfant.

Romans 2:19

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