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Rom 8:34. Ὁ ἀποθανών, μᾶλλον δὲ-ὃς καὶ-ὃς καί, that died, yea rather-who even-who also) The order of the enumeration of the things contrary, Rom 8:35; Rom 8:38-39, corresponds to these four weighty turning points of his argument. In Rom 8:35, the former are lighter and less considerable [than in Rom 8:38], and may be all referred to [reduced to the one head, viz.] death, Rom 8:38, inasmuch as they are, as it were, previous tendencies towards death. The contraries in the way of the elect, enumerated in Rom 8:38-39, are more weighty ones. That topic will be by and by brought out more fully.-μᾶλλον, rather) ch. Rom 5:10. Our faith ought to lean on the death of Christ, but it ought rather also to make such progress, as to lean on His resurrection, kingly dominion, and second coming.-ἔστιν ἐν δεξιᾷ τοῦ Θεοῦ, is at the right hand of God) He is able to save; He Himself and the Father. The ascension is not previously mentioned, nor does the mention of His glorious coming follow: for the former is the act of sitting at the right hand of God, the latter entirely takes away all, that threatens separation from the love of God, and brings in the state of glory, of which Rom 8:30 treats.-ἐντυγχάνει, intercedes) He is willing to save: He Himself and the Father.