Word Pictures in the New Testament - David Cox

Word Pictures in the NT [Romans: Chapter 3]
remains unsettled. The papyri throw no light on it. {No, in no
wise} (\ou pant•s\). "Not at all." See 1Co 5:10. {We before
laid to the charge} (\pro•itiasametha\). First aorist middle
indicative of \proaitiaomai\, to make a prior accusation, a word
not yet found anywhere else. Paul refers to 1:18-32 for the
Greeks and 2:1-29 for the Jews. The infinitive \einai\ with the
accusative \pantas\ is in indirect discourse. {Under sin} (\hupo
hamartian\). See Ga 3:22; Ro 7:14.
3:10 {As it is written} (\kath•s gegraptai hoti\). Usual formula
of quotation as in verse 4 with recitative \hoti\ added as in
verse 8. Paul here uses a catena or chain of quotations to
prove his point in verse 9 that Jews are in no better fix than
the Greeks for all are under sin. Dr. J. Rendel Harris has shown
that the Jews and early Christians had _Testimonia_ (quotations
from the Old Testament) strung together for certain purposes as
proof-texts. Paul may have used one of them or he may have put
these passages together himself. Verses 10-12 come from Ps
14:1-3; first half of 13 as far as \edoliousan\ from Ps 4:9,
the second half from Ps 140:3; verse 14 from Ps 10:7;
15-17 from an abridgment of Isa 59:7f.; verse 18 from Ps
35:1. Paul has given compounded quotations elsewhere (2Co 6:16;
Ro 9:25f.,27f; 11:26f.,34f.; 12:19f.). Curiously enough this
compounded quotation was imported bodily into the text (LXX) of
Ps 14 after verse 4 in Aleph B, etc. {There is none righteous,
no, not one} (\ouk estin dikaios oude heis\). "There is not a
righteous man, not even one." This sentence is like a motto for
all the rest, a summary for what follows.
3:11 {That understandeth} (\suni•n\). Present active participle
of \suni•\, late omega form of \-mi\ verb \suni•mi\, to send
together, to grasp, to comprehend. Some MSS. have the article
\ho\ before it as before \ekz•t•n\ (seeking out).
3:12 {They are together become unprofitable} (\hama
•chre•th•san\). First aorist passive indicative of \achreo•\.
Late word in Polybius and Cilician inscription of first century
A.D. Some MSS. read \•chrei•th•san\ from \achreios\, useless (\a\
privative and \chreios\, useful) as in Lu 17:10; Mt 25:30, but
Westcott and Hort print as above from the rarer spelling
\achreos\. Only here in N.T. The Hebrew word means to go bad,
become sour like milk (Lightfoot). {No, not so much as one} (\ouk
estin he•s henos\). "There is not up to one."
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