Romans 3:2
Much, every way:—First, indeed, that they were entrusted with the oracles of God.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
Much every way: chiefly, because that unto them were committed the oracles of God.
In Context
1What, then, is the preeminence of the Jew? Or what, the profit of his circumcision?
3For what? If some distrusted, shall their distrust make, the trust of God, void?
Cross References
Deuteronomy 4:7For what great nation is there which hath gods nigh unto it,—like Yahweh our God, whensoever we have cried out unto him.
Psalms 78:4We will not withhold [them] from their children, To a later generation, recounting the praises of Yahweh, Even his might and his wonders which he wrought;
Psalms 147:19Declaring his word unto Jacob, His statutes and his regulations, unto Israel.
Ezekiel 20:11Then gave I unto them my statutes, And my regulations, caused I them to know,- By the which the man that doeth them shall live.
Luke 16:29But Abraham saith—They have Moses and the Prophets: Let them hearken unto them.
Acts 7:38The same, is he that came to be in the assembly in the desert, with the messenger who was speaking with him in Mount Sinai, and with our fathers, he who welcomed living utterances, to give unto us:
Matthew Henry on Romans 3:2-19
The Advantages of the Jews; Objections Answered; The Depravity of Jews and Gentiles. ( a. d. 58.) 1 What advantage then hath the Jew? or what profit is there of circumcision? 2 Much every way: chiefly, because that unto them were committed the oracles of God. 3 For what if some did not believe? shall their unbelief make the faith of God without effect? 4 God forbid: yea, let God be true, but every man a liar; as it is written, That thou mightest be justified in thy sayings, and mightest overcome when thou art… Read the whole commentary →