Romans 3:25-4:8

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Romans 3:25

Whom God hath set forth - Margin, “Fore-ordained” (προέθετο proetheto). The word properly means, “to place in public view;” to exhibit in a conspicuous situation, as goods are exhibited or exposed for sale, or as premiums or rewards of victory were exhibited to public view in the games of the Greeks. It sometimes has the meaning of decreeing, purposing, or constituting, as in the margin (compare Romans 1:13; Ephesians 1:9); and many have supposed that this is its meaning here. But the... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Romans 3:25-26

Romans 3:25-26. Whom God hath set forth Before angels and men: hath in his infinite mercy exhibited to us in the gospel, to be a propitiation Greek, ιλαστηριον , a propitiatory, or mercy-seat, where mercy may be found by the penitent, in a way consistent with divine justice. The reader will observe, the cover of the ark, in the tabernacle and temple of the Israelites, was called the mercy-seat, or propitiatory, and is termed by the LXX., Exodus 25:17, ιλαστηριον επιθεμα , a... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Romans 3:21-31

3:21-5:21 THE WAY OF SALVATION (JUSTIFICATION)Now that he has established that all humankind is sinful and under God’s condemnation, Paul moves on to explain the salvation that God has made available through Jesus Christ. The following outline introduces a number of ideas and words that Paul uses in this section.God’s loveIt is true that God loves sinners and wants to forgive them (2 Peter 3:9; 1 John 4:16; 1 John 4:16), but genuine love also acts justly. It does not ignore wrongdoing. Suppose,... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Romans 3:25

hath . Omit. set forth = foreordained (margin) Greek. protithemi. See Romans 1:13 . to be = as. propitiation . Greek. hilasterion. Only here and Hebrews 9:5 . The word comes to us from the Septuagint. In Exodus 25:17 kapporeth (cover) is rendered hilasterion epithema , propitiatory cover, the cover of the ark on which the blood was sprinkled as the means of propitiation. to, &c . = for (Greek. eis . App-104 .) a declaration of (Greek. endeixis. Occurs also, Romans 3:26 ; 2... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Romans 3:25

Whom God set forth to be a propitiation, through faith, in his blood, to show his righteousness because of the passing over of sins done aforetime, in the forbearance of God: for the showing, I say, of his righteousness at this present season: that he might himself be just and the justifier of him that is of faith of Jesus.Here the final clause is rendered with respect to the Greek text mentioned in the English Revised Version (1885) margin, the reasons for which are set forth under the... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Romans 3:25

Romans 3:25. Whom God hath set forth, &c.— See the note on Exodus 25:17. The Alexandrian copy omits the words δια πιστεως by faith, which seems conformable to the sense of the Apostle here. He says that God hath set forth Christ to be the propitiatory in his blood: the atonement under the law was made by blood, sprinkled on the propitiatory, or mercy-seat; Leviticus 16:14. "Christ," says St. Paul here, "is now set forth, and shewn by God to be the real propitiatory in his own blood." See... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Romans 3:25

25, 26. Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation—or "propitiatory sacrifice." through faith in his blood—Some of the best interpreters, observing that "faith upon" is the usual phrase in Greek, not "faith in" Christ, would place a "comma" after "faith," and understand the words as if written thus: "to be a propitiation, in His blood, through faith." But "faith in Christ" is used in :- and Ephesians 1:15; and "faith in His blood" is the natural and appropriate meaning here. to declare his... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Romans 3:21-26

A. The description of justification 3:21-26Paul began by explaining the concept of justification. [Note: See Carl F. H. Henry, "Justification: A Doctrine in Crisis," Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society 38:1 (March 1995):57-65, for discussion of the crisis that Protestant Catholic rapprochement poses for the doctrine of justification.] "We now come to the unfolding of that word which Paul in Chapter One declares to be the very heart of the gospel . . ." [Note: Newell, p. 92.] read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Romans 3:25

Paul stressed faith in this verse. Therefore we should probably understand his reference to the public display of Christ as being an allusion to His presentation in the gospel rather than to His crucifixion.There are two possible meanings of "propitiation" (NASB) or "sacrifice of atonement" (NIV). The Greek word (hilasterion) is an adjective that can substitute for a noun. It means having placating or expiating force. [Note: A Greek-English . . ., s.v. "hilasterios," p. 301.] It could refer to... read more

John Darby

Darby's Synopsis of the New Testament - Romans 3:25

3:25 mercy-seat, (q-7) I do not think this word can be used for '[a] propitiatory [sacrifice]' or 'propitiation;' it certainly is not the habitual use in the LXX; and we have the two parts of the work of the great day of atonement, here and in ch. 4.25; 'set forth,' here, has a reflexive force; see Note e, Hebrews 1:3 . by (a-25) 'In respect of the passing by the sins.' I have hesitated as to using dia with the accusative in this sense here; but on the whole I do not doubt it gives the sense.... read more

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