John Bengel Commentary - Romans 10:19 - 10:19

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John Bengel Commentary - Romans 10:19 - 10:19


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Rom 10:19. Μὴ οὐκ ἔγνω Ἰσράηλ; Did not Israel know?) The meaning is, that Israel could and should have known the righteousness of God, but did not wish to know it, Rom 10:3, and that is now shown from Moses and Isaiah. Paul in ch. 9-11. frequently calls the people, Israel, not Jews.-πρῶτος Μωϋσῆς, first Moses) Moses, under whom Israel took the form of a people or nation, has already at that early time said.-ἐγὼ-ὑμᾶς-ὑμᾶς) Deu 32:21. LXX., κἀγὼ-αὐτοὺς-αὐτοὺς-οὐκ ἔθνει) This may be expressed in Latin by ne-gente, a not-nation. As the people followed gods, that were no gods, so God avenges the perfidy of the people, and took up a people that was no people, a people, who had not God as their God, a people quite unlike to Israel. So the term people does not recur Rom 10:20, [of the Gentiles] but Rom 10:21 [of Israel].-ἀσυνέτῳ, foolish) Wisdom makes a people, Job 12:2. Therefore a foolish people is not a nation; [a not-nation] a people that knows not God is foolish. גוי is a middle term, by which even Israel is denoted [μέσον; applicable to the people Israel, and the not-people, the Gentiles]. The epithet נבל denotes other nations.