Romans 5:14 BSB — MannaFest

Romans 5:14

Nevertheless, death reigned from Adam until Moses, even over those who did not sin in the way that Adam transgressed. He is a pattern of the One to come.

BSB

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ASV

Nevertheless death reigned from Adam until Moses, even over them that had not sinned after the likeness of Adam’s transgression, who is a figure of him that was to come.

KJV

Nevertheless death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over them that had not sinned after the similitude of Adam’s transgression, who is the figure of him that was to come.

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Commentary

6 voices

Irenaeus

Against Heresies Book III (202)

For it was incumbent upon the Mediator between God and men, by His relationship to both, to bring both to friendship and concord, and present man to God, while He revealed God to man. For, in what way could we be partaken of the adoption of sons, unless we had received from Him through the Son that fellowship which refers to Himself, unless His Word, having been made flesh, had entered into communion with us? Wherefore also He passed through every stage of life, restoring to all communion with God.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)

Nevertheless death reigned from Adam to Moses,.... Though the law of Moses was not yet given, death exerted itself, and extended its dominion over all the sons and daughters of Adam, during the interval between Adam and Moses; which clearly shows that sin was in the world, and that there must be a law in being, which that was a transgression of: death is represented as a king, as sin and Satan sometimes are; and indeed, death reigns by sin, and Satan both by sin and death; their empires rise, stand, and fall together.

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament (1755)

Death reigned - And how vast is his kingdom! Scarce can we find any king who has as many subjects, as are the kings whom he hath conquered. Even over them that had not sinned after the likeness of Adam's transgression - Even over infants who had never sinned, as Adam did, in their own persons; and over others who had not, like him, sinned against an express law.

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

Sin was in the world before the law; witness Cain's murder, the apostasy of the old world, the wickedness of Sodom. His inference hence is, Therefore there was a law; for sin is not imputed where there is no law. Original sin is a want of conformity to, and actual sin is a transgression of, the law of God: therefore all were under some law.

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Nevertheless, death reigned from Adam to Moses - This supposes, as Dr. Taylor very properly observes: - 1. That sin was in the world from Adam to Moses. 2. That law was not in the world from Adam to Moses during the space of about 2500 years; for, after Adam’s transgression, that law was abrogated; and, from that time, men were either under the general covenant of grace given to Adam or Noah, or under that which was specially made with Abraham.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

"This clause is inserted on the first mention of the name "Adam," the one man of whom he is speaking, to recall the purpose for which he is treating of him, as the figure of Christ" [ALFORD].

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Original language & word study

24 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
ἀλλ᾽	all᾽	Nevertheless	G235 →
ἐβασίλευσεν	ebasileusen	reigned	G936 →
ὁ	ho	<the>	G3588 →
θάνατος	thanatos	death	G2288 →
ἀπὸ	apo	from	G575 →
Ἀδὰμ	Adam	Adam	G76 →
μέχρι	mechri	until	G3360 →
Μωϋσέως	Mōuseōs	Moses	G3475 →
καὶ	kai	even	G2532 →
ἐπὶ	epi	over	G1909 →
τοὺς	tous	those	G3588 →
μὴ	mē	not	G3361 →
ἁμαρτήσαντας	hamartēsantas	having sinned	G264 →
ἐπὶ	epi	in	G1909 →
τῷ	tō	the	G3588 →
ὁμοιώματι	homoiōmati	likeness	G3667 →
τῆς	tēs	of the	G3588 →
παραβάσεως	parabaseōs	transgression	G3847 →
Ἀδὰμ	Adam	of Adam	G76 →
ὅς	hos	who	G3739 →
ἐστιν	estin	is	G1510 →
τύπος	tupos	a type	G5179 →
τοῦ	tou	of the	G3588 →
μέλλοντος.	mellontos	coming [One].	G3195 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Hebrews 9:27
Just as man is appointed to die once, and after that to face judgment,
leads to
- 2 Corinthians 5:10
  For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, that each one may receive his due for the things done in the body, whether good or bad.
- Ecclesiastes 12:7
  before the dust returns to the ground from which it came and the spirit returns to God who gave it.
- Ecclesiastes 12:14
  For God will bring every deed into judgment, along with every hidden thing, whether good or evil.
- Acts 17:31
  For He has set a day when He will judge the world with justice by the Man He has appointed. He has given proof of this to everyone by raising Him from the dead.”
- 2 Samuel 14:14
  For surely we will die and be like water poured out on the ground, which cannot be recovered. Yet God does not take away a life; but He devises ways that the banished one…
Through
Romans 5:17
For if, by the trespass of the one man, death reigned through that one man, how much more will those who receive an abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness reign in…
leads to
- 1 Corinthians 15:21–22
  For since death came through a man, the resurrection of the dead comes also through a man.
Through
1 Corinthians 15:45
So it is written: “The first man Adam became a living being;” the last Adam a life-giving spirit.
leads to
- Genesis 2:7
  Then the LORD God formed man from the dust of the ground and breathed the breath of life into his nostrils, and the man became a living being.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- John 5:21
  For just as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, so also the Son gives life to whom He wishes.

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