For to this end Christ both died, and rose, and revived, that he might be Lord both of the dead and living.
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Gill's Exposition
For to this end Christ both died, and rose, and revived,.... This last word "revived" is omitted by the Vulgate Latin, but very naturally placed by the Syriac, between Christ's dying and rising. The…
Barnes' Notes
For to this end - For this purpose or design. The apostle does not say that this was the “only” design of his death, but that it was a main purpose, or an object which he had distinctly in view. This…
Adam Clarke
Christ both died and rose - That we are not our own, but are the Lord's both in life and death, is evident from this - that Christ lived, and died, and rose again, that he might be the Lord of the…
We have in this chapter,
I. An account of the unhappy contention which had broken out in the Christian church. Our Master had foretold that offences would come; and, it seems, so they did, for want of…
Cambridge Bible
died, and rose, and revived Better, probably, died and came to life. The words "and rose" appear to be interpolated. The balance of the clauses is thus made precise: He diedand lived;He is Master of…
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