Word Pictures in the New Testament - David Cox

Word Pictures in the NT [Romans: Chapter 2].
phrase that gathers it all up in small compass (teachest) and
drives it home (therefore) on the Jew (thyself). {Not to steal}
(\m• kleptein\). Infinitive with \m•\ in indirect command
(indirect discourse) after \keruss•n\. {Dost thou steal?}
(\klepteis?\). The preaching (\keruss•n\) was fine, but the
practice? A home-thrust. {Should not commit adultery} (\m•
moicheuein\). Infinitive in direct command again after \leg•n\.
"The Talmud charges the crime of adultery upon the three most
illustrious Rabbins" (Vincent).
2:22 {That abhorrest} (\ho bdelussomenos\). Old word to make
foul, to stink, to have abhorrence for. In LXX, in N.T. only here
and Re 21:8. The very word used by Jesus to express their
horror of idols (\eid•la\, see on ¯Ac 7:41; 1Co 12:2). See Mt
24:15 for "abomination." {Dost thou rob temples?}
(\hierosuleis?\). Old verb from \hierosulos\ (Ac 19:37) and
that from \hieron\, temple, and \sula•\, to rob. The town clerk
(Ac 19:37) said that these Jews (Paul and his companions) were
"not robbers of temples," proof that the charge was sometimes
made against Jews, though expressly forbidden the Jews (Josephus,
_Ant_. IV. 8, 10). Paul refers to the crime of robbing idol
temples in spite of the defilement of contact with idolatry.
2:23 {Through thy transgression of the law} (\dia t•s parabase•s
tou nomou\). Old word for stepping across a line. Trench calls
attention to "the mournfully numerous group of words" for the
varieties of sin like \agno•ma\, ignorance, \anomia\, violation
of law, \hamartia\, missing the mark, \hett•ma\, falling short,
\parabasis\, passing over the line, \parako•\, disobedience to a
voice, \paranomia\, putting the law aside, \parapt•ma\, falling
down, \pl•mmeleia\, discord.
2:24 {Because of you} (\di' humas\). Free quotation from the LXX
of Isa 52:5. The Jews were jealous for the Name of God and
would not pronounce the Tetragrammaton and yet acted so that the
Gentiles blasphemed that Name.
2:25 {If thou be a doer of the law} (\ean nomon prasseis\).
Condition of third class and the present (continued action)
subjunctive of \prass•\, a verb meaning to do as a habit. {Is
become uncircumcision} (\akrobustia gegonen\). The Jew is then
like the Gentile, with no privilege at all. Circumcision was
simply the seal of the covenant relation of Israel with God.
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