knowing that Christ, being raised from the dead, dies no more. Death no longer has dominion over him!
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Knowing that Christ being raised from the dead, dieth no more: death hath no more dominion ouer him.
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Passages linked to Romans 6:9 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Romans 6:14 For sin will not have dominion over you. For you are not under law, but under grace.
- Revelation 1:18 and the Living one. I was dead, and behold, I am alive forever and ever. Amen. I have the keys of Death and of Hades.
- Acts 2:24-28 whom God raised up, having freed him from the agony of death, because it was not possible that he should be held by it. For David says concerning him, ‘I saw the Lord always before my face, for he is on my right hand, that I should not be moved. Therefore my heart was glad, and my tongue rejoiced. Moreover my flesh also will dwell in hope; because you will not leave my soul in Hades, neither will you allow your Holy One to see decay. You made known to me the ways of life. You will make me full of gladness with your presence.’
- Hebrews 10:12-13 but he, when he had offered one sacrifice for sins forever, sat down on the right hand of God, from that time waiting until his enemies are made the footstool of his feet.
- Psalms 16:9-11 Therefore my heart is glad, and my tongue rejoices. My body shall also dwell in safety. For you will not leave my soul in Sheol, neither will you allow your holy one to see corruption. You will show me the path of life. In your presence is fullness of joy. In your right hand there are pleasures forever more.
- Hebrews 2:14-15 Since then the children have shared in flesh and blood, he also himself in the same way partook of the same, that through death he might bring to nothing him who had the power of death, that is, the devil, and might deliver all of them who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage.
- Romans 5:14 Nevertheless death reigned from Adam until Moses, even over those whose sins weren’t like Adam’s disobedience, who is a foreshadowing of him who was to come.
- Hebrews 7:25 Therefore he is also able to save to the uttermost those who draw near to God through him, seeing that he lives forever to make intercession for them.
- Hebrews 7:16 who has been made, not after the law of a fleshly commandment, but after the power of an endless life;
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John Calvin 1540 · Public Domain 9. Death no more rules over him, etc. He…
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.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 9 Knowing that Christ being raised from the dead…
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.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain q.d. Of this you know you have an example…
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.
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William Burkitt 1703 · Public Domain Here the apostle declares both the death which Christ…
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,
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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.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain Knowing that Christ being raised from the dead,.... That…
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:
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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.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 9. Christ being raised from the dead dieth…
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.
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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain Christ being raised from the dead dieth no more;…
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; Act 2:24), that voluntary surrender gave death such rightful "dominion over Him" as dissolved its dominion over us. But this once past, "death hath," even in that sense, "dominion over Him no more."
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 9. knowing] As an admitted foundation-truth. Christian faith is…
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.
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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.)
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (9) Dieth no more.—The eternal subsistence of the life…
(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 believer’s faith builds upon it would fall to the ground.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain Knowing that Christ being raised from the dead dieth…
Knowing that Christ being raised from the dead dieth no more; death hath no more dominion over him. When it is implied here that death had once dominion over him, it is not, of course, meant that he was in his own Divide nature subject to death, or that. "it was possible that he should be holden of it." All that is implied is that he had made himself subject to it by taking on him our nature, and voluntarily submitted to it, once for all, as representing us. (cf. Joh_10:17 Act_2:24)
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B. W. Johnson 1891 · Public Domain 9. This is certain because, Christ being raised from…
9. This is certain because, Christ being raised from the dead, dieth no more. He now lives eternally, and we who are in him, having shared his death, must share his eternal life.
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William B. Godbey 1900 · Public Domain 9. “Knowing that Christ being raised from the dead…
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.
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J. W. McGarvey 1914 · Public Domain knowing that Christ being raised from the dead dieth…
knowing that Christ being raised from the dead dieth no more; death no more hath dominion over him .
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