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A Fair Question
Commentators explain that Paul is anticipating a logical objection from his Jewish readers. After arguing in the previous chapter that outward signs like circumcision are meaningless without inner obedience, the natural question is, "What's the advantage of being a Jew?" Paul poses this question to set up his next point.
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Albert Barnes
On Romans 3:1
18th Century
Theologian
Romans Chapter 3
What advantage, etc. The design of the first part of this chapter is to answer some of the objections that might b…
AT Robertson
On Romans 3:1
What advantage then hath the Jew? (τ ουν το περισσον του Ιουδαιου?). Literally, "What then is the overplus of the Jew?" What does …
Charles Ellicott
On Romans 3:1
19th Century
Bishop
Continuing the subject, but with a long digression in Romans 3:3 and following. The Apostle asks, What is the real value of these apparent advantag…
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Charles Spurgeon
On Romans 3:1–2
19th Century
Preacher
What advantage then hath the Jew? or what profit is there of circumcision? Much every way: chiefly, because that unto them were committed the o…
Expositor's Bible Commentary
On Romans 3:1
Paul continues with the subject of the guilt of the Jew, but now with an emphasis on the element of unbelief and on a sophisticated claim of immuni…
John Calvin
On Romans 3:1
16th Century
Theologian
Although Paul has clearly proved that bare circumcision brought nothing to the Jews, yet since he could not deny that there was some difference bet…
John Gill
On Romans 3:1
17th Century
Pastor
What advantage then has the Jew ? If he is not properly a Jew, who is born of Jewish parents, and brought up in the custo…
Matthew Henry
On Romans 3:1–8
17th Century
Minister
The law could not save them in their sins, nor from their sins, yet it gave the Jews advantages for obtaining salvation. Their prescribed ordinance…