Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Romans 6:9
Knowing that Christ being raised from the dead dieth no more; death hath no more dominion over him.
9. knowing ] As an admitted foundation-truth. Christian faith is always viewed as grounded upon knowledge, upon fact.
dieth no more ] His life is continuous and endless; such then also is that of those to whom He is the Second Adam; who therefore “shall live with Him.” Through this whole context the parallel of Adam and Christ needs to be borne in mind.
death hath no more dominion over him] “Him” is emphatic. The Second Adam, as Representative and Substitute, submitted to the “dominion,” or mastery, of death as the appointed penalty of sin. But by that very act He exhausted death’s claim on Himself and His brethren; He “cancelled death.” (2Ti 1:10.)
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
Verse 9. 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.
Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible
q.d. Of this you know you have an example or copy in Christ himself; he so rose again, as never more to come under the power of death.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
9-11. Christ being raised from thedead dieth no more; death hath no more dominion over himThoughChrist’s death was in the most absolute sense a voluntary act(Joh 10:17; Joh 10:18;Act 2:24), that voluntarysurrender gave death such rightful “dominion over Him“as dissolved its dominion over us. But this once past, “deathhath,” even in that sense, “dominion over Him no more.”
Fuente: Jamieson, Fausset and Brown’s Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
Knowing that Christ being raised from the dead,…. That Christ is risen from the dead, is a certain fact, well attested, thoroughly known, and firmly believed; the prophets prophesied of it, Christ himself foretold it, angels affirmed it, and the apostles were witnesses of it, as is also the Holy Ghost: and it is as certain, that he
dieth no more; he is raised to an immortal life, and will live for evermore; there is no need of his dying again, his death having been a full atonement and expiation of all the sins and transgressions of his people:
death hath no more dominion over him: it once had dominion over him; it held him under its power for a time, according to the divine determination, and by his own consent: but it was not possible he should be holden of it longer; both on account of the dignity of his person, as the Son of God, and the virtue and efficacy of his sacrifice, as the surety of his people, having put away sin for ever by it. He is the holy man the Jews u speak of,
“who is the mystery of the name Jehovah, and in him there is no sin, neither shall death have the dominion over him.”
u Tikkune Zohar, fol. 112. p. 1. apud Rittangel. de verit. Relig. Christ. p. 68.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
Dieth no more ( ). “Christ’s particular death occurs but once” (Shedd). See Heb 10:10. A complete refutation of the “sacrificial” character of the “mass.”
Fuente: Robertson’s Word Pictures in the New Testament
1) “Knowing that Christ,” (eidotes hoti Christos), “Knowing, perceiving, or comprehending that Christ,” our antecedent in death, the one who died for the penalty of sin in our place, Isa 53:5-11; 2Co 5:21; 1Pe 2:24.
2) “Being raised from the dead,” (egertheis ek nekron) “Having been raised from (out from among) the dead,” dead bodies, with and in victory over the power or domination of sin, Rom 8:11; 1Co 15:20-23.
3) “Dieth no more,” (ouketi apthneskei) “Dies, no more,” not at all or in any manner; He died “once for all,” on behalf of all men, all things, and for all times, for the redemption, regeneration, and restitution of the universe, Joh 3:16; Heb 2:9; Heb 10:10; 2Co 5:14; Rev 4:9; Rev 5:9-14.
4) “Death hath no more dominion over him,” (thanatos autou ouketi kurieuei) “Death lords it over him no more at all,” or has no more jurisdiction or domination over him; He is alive, to say alive forevermore, Rev 1:18; nor does death have any more domination over the soul of the believer who has life forevermore to live for Christ, Joh 5:24; 1Jn 5:13.
Fuente: Garner-Howes Baptist Commentary
9. Death no more rules over him, etc. He seems to imply that death once ruled over Christ; and indeed when he gave himself up to death for us, he in a manner surrendered and subjected himself to its power; it was however in such a way that it was impossible that he should be kept bound by its pangs, so as to succumb to or to be swallowed up by them. He, therefore, by submitting to its dominion, as it were, for a moment, destroyed it for ever. Yet, to speak more simply, the dominion of death is to be referred to the state of death voluntarily undergone, which the resurrection terminated. The meaning is, that Christ, who now vivifies the faithful by his Spirit, or breathes his own life into them by his secret power from heaven, was freed from the dominion of death when he arose, that by virtue of the same dominion he might render free all his people.
Fuente: Calvin’s Complete Commentary
(9) Dieth no more.The eternal subsistence of the life of Christ is a guarantee for the permanence and reality of our own life, so far as it is dependent on His. If it were possible that the life of Christ should fail, the whole fabric that the believers faith builds upon it would fall to the ground.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
‘Knowing that Christ being raised from the dead dies no more, death no more has dominion over him.’
And what is more, we can live in this way knowing that death has been defeated. Knowing that Christ has been raised from the dead, we know that He will die no more. Death has been vanquished. We recognise that death no longer has dominion over Him because He is the victor over death. Consequently, having been raised with Him we recognise that for us also sin and death have been defeated once and for all. For once we have died in Christ, death has lost its sting for us too (1Co 15:55-56). The price of sin has been paid (1Co 6:20; 1Pe 1:18-19). We are freed from the chains of sin and the fear of death (Heb 2:15) in order to serve Christ.
Fuente: Commentary Series on the Bible by Peter Pett
9 Knowing that Christ being raised from the dead dieth no more; death hath no more dominion over him.
Ver. 9. Death hath no more, &c. ] Christ, being the life essential, swallowed up death in victory, as the fire swalloweth up the fuel, and as Moses’ serpent swallowed up the sorcerers’ serpents.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
9. ] This and the following verse explain what sort of a life with Christ is meant, by what we know of the Resurrection-life of Christ himself. The only difficulty here is in , as implying that Death had dominion over Christ, which we know it had not : see Joh 10:17-18 ; Joh 2:19 ; Act 2:24 . But this vanishes, when we remember that our Lord, by submitting to Death, virtually, and in the act of death, surrendered Himself into the power of Death. Death could not hold Him, and had no power over Him further than by his own sufferance: but power over Him it had , inasmuch as He died .
Fuente: Henry Alford’s Greek Testament
Rom 6:9 . : The new life with Christ will be the same which Christ Himself lives, a life inaccessible to death. The post-resurrection life of Jesus was not His old life over again; in that life death had dominion over Him, because He made Himself one with us in all the consequences of sin; but now the dominion of death has expired. The principle of Rom 6:7 can be applied to Christ also: He has died, and the powers which in the old relations had claims upon Him death, e.g. have such claims no more.
Fuente: The Expositors Greek Testament by Robertson
Knowing. App-132.
being = having been.
no more. Greek. ouketi.
hath . . . dominion. Literally “lords it over”. Greek. kurieuo. Here, Rom 6:14; Rom 7:1; Rom 14:9. Luk 22:25. 2Co 1:24. 1Ti 6:15.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
9.] This and the following verse explain what sort of a life with Christ is meant, by what we know of the Resurrection-life of Christ himself. The only difficulty here is in , as implying that Death had dominion over Christ, which we know it had not: see Joh 10:17-18; Joh 2:19; Act 2:24. But this vanishes, when we remember that our Lord, by submitting to Death, virtually, and in the act of death, surrendered Himself into the power of Death. Death could not hold Him, and had no power over Him further than by his own sufferance: but power over Him it had, inasmuch as He died.
Fuente: The Greek Testament
Rom 6:9. , knowing) This word depends on, we believe.-, death) without the article, any kind of death.- , no more) Death never had dominion over Christ, but yet it had assailed Him, Act 2:24; and if it had held Him, it might have been said to have had dominion over Him; which God forbid. Paul was unwilling to say here, , reigneth.
Fuente: Gnomon of the New Testament
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knowing that Christ being raised from the dead dieth no more;-Our hope that we shall live with Christ rests on our knowledge of the fact that he is alive for evermore. We could have no assurance that we shall live with him unless we knew that he can never die again. Therefore, Paul repeats the same important truth still more emphatically.
death no more hath dominion over him.-[Others who had been raised from the dead returned to that common life of men in which death still had dominion over them, but with Christ it was not so.] Being raised from the dead, dieth no more, he is free forever from the dominion of death.
Fuente: Old and New Testaments Restoration Commentary
Christ: Psa 16:9-11, Act 2:24-28, Heb 7:16, Heb 7:25, Heb 10:12, Heb 10:13, Rev 1:18
death: Rom 6:14, Rom 5:14, Heb 2:14, Heb 2:15
Reciprocal: Isa 53:10 – he shall prolong Act 13:34 – now Rom 6:4 – that 2Co 13:4 – yet Col 3:1 – risen Heb 7:24 – he continueth
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
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Rom 6:9-10. Christ arose never to die again, and likewise it is expected that sinners who die to sin and are buried with Christ, will follow a life of righteousness.
Fuente: Combined Bible Commentary
Rom 6:9. Knowing; since we know. The ground of our belief is the knowledge of His enduring life, after His triumphant resurrection.
Being raised from the dead. The resurrection is the pledge of His enduring life.
Hath dominion over him no more. It had dominion over Him, as God decreed (chap. Rom 5:8-10) and as He voluntarily gave Himself up to it, but there its power ended. The sentence stands independently. The transitoriness of the dominion of death is thus emphasized by the form of expression. (Comp. Act 13:34.) Unless our Saviour is now undying, we cannot be sure of living in and with Him.
Fuente: A Popular Commentary on the New Testament
Here the apostle declares both the death which Christ once died, and the life which he now liveth.
Observe, 1. The death which Christ died; he died unto sin once, that is, either,
1. He died for sin once, namely, to expiate the guilt of sin, and to make atonements for sinners; or else,
2. He died unto sin; that is, to destroy, conquer, and subdue sin in the hearts and lives of his children and people, by the aids and assistances of his Holy Spirit.
Observe, 2. The life which Christ now lives after his resurrection; he liveth unto God, and dieth no more.
Here note, 1. The perpetuity and immortality of his life; he dieth no more. Christ has done his work, in taking away the guilt and power of sin: let us look to it, that we do ours.
Note, 2. The perfection and blessedness of his life. He liveth unto God, or liveth forever with God; by which the Son hath with the Father; he is one with him, and lives forever in the enjoyment of him.
Learn hence, That the due consideration of Christ’s resurrection from the dead, will mightily promote the spiritual life in us.
This it doth these three ways:
1. As evidences the truth and verity of the Christian religion, that Christ is no impostor or deceiver. In the judgment of the world, Christ died as a malefactor; but God justified him, acquitted and freed him from the imputation by raising him from the dead.
2. Christ’s resurrection shews the perfection of his sacrifice and satisfaction, that nothing more is needful to take away sin; when the surety is let out of prison, the debtor may be assured that his debt is paid.
3. Christ’s arising is a pledge and assurance of our resurrection, and so promotes holiness in us, by obliging us to live as the candidates of heaven, as the children of the resurrection, as becomes the heirs of such glorious hopes.
Fuente: Expository Notes with Practical Observations on the New Testament
Vv. 9. This faith, this firm expectation of the believer who is dead with Him, is not a vain imagination. It rests on a positive fact, the resurrection of Christ Himself: , knowing that. This participle justifies the we believe of Rom 6:8. We believe that our spiritual resurrection will come about, because we know that His resurrection has taken place, and that irrevocably. Now the latter gives us assurance of the former. But faithful to his original subject, the apostle, instead of developing the idea of the new life of Jesus, confines himself to expressing this consequence: that He dieth no more. It is easy to see the logical relation between this purely negative turn of expression, and the question put in Rom 6:2 : How shall we who are dead to sin live any longer therein? There is no return backward for the risen Jesus; how should there be one for us, from the time that we share His life as the Risen One? No doubt, his death alone would not have rendered His return to an earthly life impossible; but His entrance upon a celestial life absolutely excludes such a retrograde step. Thus mere communion with His death would not suffice to furnish an unhesitating answer to the question of Rom 6:2, while participation in His new life settles it once and forever.
The last words of Rom 6:9 form an independent proposition. This break in the construction throws the idea more into relief. The time having passed when death was permitted to stretch its sceptre over him, He is freed from its power forever.
Fuente: Godet Commentary (Luke, John, Romans and 1 Corinthians)
knowing that Christ being raised from the dead dieth no more; death no more hath dominion over him.
Fuente: McGarvey and Pendleton Commentaries (New Testament)
9. Knowing that Christ being raised from the dead dieth no more: death hath no more dominion over him. We are here portrayed, by the inspired apostle, going with Christ to Calvary and there being nailed to the cross and crucified with Him. None but disciples of Christ go to heaven. If you would be His disciple you must follow Him in the great salient facts of His personal experience. You must follow Him to the manger and be born of the Spirit in utter obscurity and contempt of the world. You must follow Him to the Jordan and receive the Holy Ghost descending on you and filling you. You must follow Him as He climbs Mount Calvary, and there be nailed to the cross, bleed and die as He did. You must also follow Him in His glorious resurrection, transfiguration and triumphant ascension. After Christ had died He had the perfect and eternal victory over death. All the powers of the Roman Empire could never have killed Him again. Just so this wonderful experience of entire sanctification, crucifying the old man and burying him deep into the atonement, sinking him away into the sea of forgetfulness, never to be heard of again, thus destroying the body of sin, makes us just as free from sin as Christ was from physical death after He had consummated His work and exhausted all of His resources, so far as He was concerned, becoming powerless as a fleeting shadow.
Fuente: William Godbey’s Commentary on the New Testament
Death could not hold Jesus Christ, our representative. It cannot hold the believer either. Furthermore neither He nor we will die a second time. We will never again come under the enslaving, spiritual death-dealing power of sin.