Word Pictures in the New Testament - David Cox

Word Pictures in the NT [Romans: Chapter 9].
2:3; Php 3:19), not annihilation.
9:23 {Vessels of mercy} (\skeu• eleous\). Objective genitive like
\skeu• org•s\. {Afore prepared} (\pro•toimasen\). First aorist
active indicative of \proetoimaz•\, old verb to make ready (from
\hetoimos\, ready) and \pro\, before, in N.T. only here and Eph
2:10. But same idea in Ro 8:28-30.
9:24 {But also from the Gentiles} (\alla kai ex ethn•n\). Paul
had already alluded to this fact in 9:6f. (cf. Ga 3:7-9). Now
he proceeds to prove it from the Old Testament.
9:25 {In Hosea} (\en t•i H•s•e\). He quotes 2:23 with some
freedom. Hosea refers to the ten tribes and Paul applies the
principle stated there to the Gentiles. Hosea had a son named
_Lo-ammi_ = \ou laos\. So here \ho ou laos mou\ "the not people
of mine." \Ou\ with substantives obliterates the meaning of the
substantive, an idiom seen in Thucydides and other Greek writers.
See also Ro 10:19; 1Pe 2:10. {Which was not beloved} (\t•n ouk
•gap•men•n\). The LXX rendering of _Lo-ruhamah_ (not mercy,
without mercy or love), name of Hosea's daughter. The use of
\ouk\ with the perfect passive participle is emphatic, since \m•\
is the usual negative of the participle in the _Koin•_.
9:26 {Ye are not my people} (\ou laos mou humeis\). Quotation
from Ho 1:10 (LXX Ho 2:1). {There} (\ekei\). Palestine in the
original, but Paul applies it to scattered Jews and Gentiles
everywhere.
9:27 {Isaiah} (\Esaias\). Shortened quotation from Isa 10:22
(LXX). {It is the remnant that shall be saved} (\to hupoleimma
s•th•setai\). First future passive of \s•z•\. Literally, "the
remnant will be saved." Late word from \hupoleip•\, to leave
behind (11:3), here only in N.T. Textus Receptus has
\kataleimma\, but Aleph A B have \hupoleimma\. Isaiah cries in
anguish over the outlook for Israel, but sees hope for the
remnant.
9:28 {Finishing it and cutting it short} (\suntel•n kai
suntemn•n\). Present active participles and note \sun-\ with each
(perfective use of the preposition, finishing completely as in
Lu 4:13, cutting off completely or abridging and here only in
N.T.) The quotation is from Isa 28:22.
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