John Bengel Commentary - Romans 3:19 - 3:19

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John Bengel Commentary - Romans 3:19 - 3:19


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Rom 3:19. Ὄσα) whatsoever. He has just now accumulated many testimonies from the law.-νόμος, the law) Therefore the testimony, Rom 3:10, etc., brought forward from the Psalms, arraigns [strikes] the Jews; nor ought they to think, that the accusations therein contained are against the Gentiles. Paul has brought no declaration of Scripture against the Gentiles, but has dealt with them by arguments drawn from the light of nature.-νόμος-νόμῳ) An instance of Δεινοτης,[36] [impressive vehemence in words]-ἹΝΑ, that) He presses this home to the Jews.-στόμα) mouth, bitter, Rom 3:14, and yet given to boasting, Rom 3:27. The Jews are chiefly intended here, as the Gentiles by the term world.-γένηται, may be made) [become] The world is always guilty, but it is made guilty, when the law accuses and condemns it.-πᾶς, all) not even excepting the Jews. The guilt of the Gentiles, as being manifest, is presupposed; the Jews are prosecuted to condemnation by arguments out of the law. These are guilty; and their condemnation completes the condemnation of the whole world as guilty.

[36] See Appendix.