Romans 6:9
in Romans 6For we know that since Christ was raised from the dead, He cannot die again; death no longer has dominion over Him.
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ASV
knowing that Christ being raised from the dead dieth no more; death no more hath dominion over him.
KJV
Knowing that Christ being raised from the dead dieth no more; death hath no more dominion over him.
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This verse in Romans 6
Commentary
17 notes on this verseHe declares in the plainest manner, that the same Being who was laid hold of, and underwent suffering, and shed His blood for us, was both Christ and the Son of God, who did also rise again, and was taken up into heaven, as he himself [Paul] says: "But at the same time, [it is] Christ [that] died, yea rather, that is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God."
This site's exposition
if we died with Christ
on Romans 6:8-10
Dying with Christ carries living with Him, and verse 9 gives the ground, Christ raised from the dead and beyond death's reach. Death has no dominion over Him now. Verse 10 sets the pattern in two clauses, a death to sin once for all and a life lived to God.
This site's exposition
He cannot die again
Christ was raised to die no more. Matthew Henry marks it by the grave-clothes, which Lazarus carried out of the tomb to use again and Christ left behind. Death once had dominion over Him by His own consent, and the resurrection ended that dominion for good.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers5 voices
A commentator
Victorinus of PettauCommentary on the Apocalypse of the Blessed John · Written before 304.
proposed
In taking upon Him manhood, He gave a testimony in the world, wherein also having suffered, He freed us by His blood from sin; and having vanquished hell, He was the first who rose from the dead and "death shall have no more dominion over Him."
A commentator
Origen of AlexandriaCOMMENTARY ON THE EPISTLE TO THE ROMANS · Written before 253.
proposed
Being certain, he says, and "knowing that Christ rising from the dead dies no more." For if he were to die again, then just as we have shown it to be consequent and necessary that those who die together with him shall also live together with him, so without doubt it would seem consequent that, if after resurrection and life he were to die again, those also who live together with him would die again together with him as he died. Therefore, for this reason the Apostle determines by an absolute pronouncement that Christ dies no more, so that those also who live together with him may be secure concerning the eternity of life. But after these things (that I too may use the very words of the Apostle, in which he says: "But Isaiah is bold and says"), I too say: But Paul is bold and says: "Death shall no longer have dominion over him." Did you dare to say this, O Paul, concerning Christ, "Death shall no longer have dominion over him," as though at some time it had had dominion? — over him whose voice in the Gospel is carried through the whole body of the Church clearer than light, in which he says: "No one takes my soul from me, but I lay it down, and I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it up again." Do you then say that death had dominion over him who not only laid down his soul by his will, but also took it up by his power? who alone among the dead was "free," and whom alone death could not hold? These things, I suppose, and things like them, will be raised against Paul by those who are held by a tender affection toward Jesus, and endure to hear nothing lowly, nothing unworthy concerning him. But we too, when we look to Paul, do not think there is anyone who could surpass him in love of Christ: whence neither is he to be thought to have spoken anything about him contrary to what is worthy of him. […]
When death first had dominion over Christ, it was only with his consent.
And notice again his undauntedness, and how he makes the thing good from opposite grounds. Since then it was likely that some would feel perplexed at the Cross and the Death, he shows that this very thing is a ground for feeling confident henceforward. For suppose not, he says, because He once died, that He is mortal, for this is the very reason of His being immortal. For His death hath been the death of death, and because He did die, He therefore doth not die.
Likewise also Paul in the Epistle to the Romans writes: "We who are dead to sin, how shall we any longer live in it? Because our old man is crucified with him, that the body of sin might be destroyed," down to the words, "do not present your members as instruments of unrighteousness to sin."
9 more voices on this verse
The Medieval Church3 voices
For Christ too, having risen from the dead, lives always and will die no more.
For this sacrifice doth especially save our souls from everlasting damnation, which in mystery doth renew unto us the death of the Son of God: who although being risen from death, doth not now die any more, nor death shall not any further prevail against him: yet living in himself immortally, and without all corruption, he is again sacrificed for us in this mystery of the holy oblation: for there his body is received, there his flesh is distributed for the salvation of the people: there his blood is not now shed betwixt the hands of infidels, but poured into the mouths of the faithful.
Then when he says, knowing, he describes the condition of life of the risen Christ: first, he states it; second, he proves it, at for in that he died. First, therefore, he says: we believe this, I say, because we know that Christ, rising again …
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
But, when Christ rose, he rose to die no more; therefore he left his grave-clothes behind him, whereas Lazarus, who was to die again, brought them out with him, as one that should have occasion to use them again: but over Christ death has no more dominion; he was dead indeed, but he is alive, and so alive that he lives for evermore, Rev. i.
Knowing that Christ being raised from the dead,....
The Nineteenth Century4 voices
Christ being raised from the dead dieth no more - So we, believing in Christ Jesus, and having a death unto sin, and a life unto righteousness, should sin no more. If we be risen indeed with Christ, we should seek the things above, and set our affections on things above, and not on the earth. The man who walks in humble, loving obedience, to an indwelling Christ, sin has no more dominion over his soul than death has over the immortal and glorified body of his Redeemer.
THE apostles never traveled far from the simple facts of Christ’s life, death, resurrection, ascension, exaltation, and second advent. These things, of which they were the witnesses, constituted the staple of all their discourses. Newton has very properly said that the two pillars of our religion are, the work of Christ for us, and his work in us by the Holy Spirit.
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
Christ being raised from the dead dieth no more; death hath no more dominion over him--Though Christ's death was in the most absolute sense a voluntary act (Joh 10:17, 18; Ac 2:24), that voluntary surrender gave death such rightful "dominion over Him" as dissolved its dominion over us.
THE apostles never traveled far from the simple facts of Christ’s life, death, resurrection, ascension, exaltation, and second advent. These things, of which they were the witnesses, constituted the staple of all their discourses. Newton has very properly said that the two pillars of our religion are, the work of Christ for us, and his work in us by the Holy Spirit. If you want to find the apostles, you will surely discover them standing between these two pillars; they are either discoursing upon the effect of the passion in our justification, or its equally delightful consequence in our death to the world and our newness of life. What a rebuke this should be to those in modern times who are ever straining after novelties. There may be much of the Athenian spirit among congregations, but that should be no excuse for its being tolerated among ministers; we, of all men, should be the last to spend our time in seeking something new. Our business, my brethren, is the old labor of apostolic tongues, to declare that Jesus, who is the same yesterday to-day and for ever. We are mirrors reflecting the transactions of Calvary, telex scopes manifesting the distant glories of an exalted Redeemer. The nearer we keep to the cross, the nearer, I think, we keep to our true vocation. When the Lord shall be pleased to restore to his Church once more a fervent love to Christ, and when once again we shall have a ministry that is not only flavoured with Christ, but of which Jesus constitutes the sum and substance, then shall the Churches revive—then shall the set time to favor Zion come.
The words behind it
12 Greek wordsEvery Greek word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Greek | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| εἰδότες | eidotes | knowing | ||
| ὅτι | hoti | that | G3754 → | 1292 times |
| Χριστὸς | christos | Christ | G5547 → | 523 times |
| ἐγερθεὶς | egertheis | having been raised up | G1453 → | 142 times |
| ἐκ | ek | out from | G1537 → | 911 times |
| νεκρῶν | nekron | [the] dead | G3498 → | 128 times |
| οὐκέτι | ouketi | no longer | G3756 →G2089 → | 140 times |
| ἀποθνῄσκει· | apothneskei | dies; | G599 → | 110 times |
| θάνατος | thanatos | Death | G2288 → | 120 times |
| αὐτοῦ | autou | over Him | G846 → | 5565 times |
| οὐκέτι | ouketi | no longer | G3756 →G2089 → | 140 times |
| κυριεύει. | kurieuei | rules. | G2961 → | 7 times |
εἰδότεςknowing
eidotes
ὅτιthat
hotiG3754 →1292 times
ΧριστὸςChrist
christosG5547 →523 times
ἐγερθεὶςhaving been raised up
egertheisG1453 →142 times
ἐκout from
ekG1537 →911 times
νεκρῶν[the] dead
nekronG3498 →128 times
οὐκέτιno longer
ἀποθνῄσκει·dies;
apothneskeiG599 →110 times
θάνατοςDeath
thanatosG2288 →120 times
αὐτοῦover Him
autouG846 →5565 times
οὐκέτιno longer
κυριεύει.rules.
kurieueiG2961 →7 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Romans 6:14For sin shall not be your master, because you are not under law, but under grace.
it leads to
- Galatians 5:18
But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law.
- Romans 8:2
For in Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit of life set you free from the law of sin and death.
- Romans 7:4–11
Therefore, my brothers, you also died to the law through the body of Christ, that you might belong to another, to Him who was raised from the dead, in order that we might bear…
- Galatians 5:18
Through
Revelation 1:18the Living One. I was dead, and behold, now I am alive forever and ever! And I hold the keys of Death and of Hades.
it leads to
- Hebrews 7:25
Therefore He is able to save completely those who draw near to God through Him, since He always lives to intercede for them.
- Romans 14:8–9
If we live, we live to the Lord, and if we die, we die to the Lord. So whether we live or die, we belong to the Lord.
- Psalms 68:20
Our God is a God of deliverance; the Lord GOD is our rescuer from death.
- Isaiah 22:22
I will place on his shoulder the key to the house of David. What he opens no one can shut, and what he shuts no one can open.
- Revelation 3:7
To the angel of the church in Philadelphia write: These are the words of the One who is holy and true, who holds the key of David. What He opens no one can shut,…
- Hebrews 7:25
Where this verse is studied
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Caesarius of Arles, SERMON 69.2; Charles Hodge, Commentary on the Epistle to the Romans; Charles Spurgeon, The Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit, Sermon No. 503: “Death and Life in Christ” (lightly modernized text, CCEL edition); Clement of Alexandria, The Stromata Book 3; Gregory the Dialogist, Dialogues, Book 4, Chapter 58; Irenaeus, Against Heresies Book III; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Calvin, Commentary on the Epistle to the Romans; John Chrysostom, Homily on Romans 11; John Gill, Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748); Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible; Origen of Alexandria, COMMENTARY ON THE EPISTLE TO THE ROMANS; Theophylact of Ohrid, Commentary on Romans; Thomas Aquinas, Commentary on Romans and Victorinus of Pettau, Commentary on the Apocalypse of the Blessed John.
