1What advantage then hath the Jew? or what profit is there of circumcision? 2 Much every way: chiefly, because that unto them were committed the oracles of God.
The circumcised Jew has great advantage over the uncircumcised Gentile, in every way. chiefly; more especially, particularly, and in the first place; because that unto them were committed the oracles of God. What the apostle means by this is. The law of Moses, and the writings of the prophets, the descriptions of the ceremonial law, and all the prophecies of the Messiah. This is essentially all the books of the Old Testament, and whatsoever is contained in them. which are called so, because they are all divinely inspired. They contain the mind and will of God, and are infallible and authoritative. As a result, it was the privilege and profit of the Jews that they were intrusted with them, when other nations were not, and so had the advantage of having them for their own use which gave them a more clear and distinct knowledge of God than the Gentiles could ever have had by the light of nature and their consciences. Moreover, they had the honor of being the keepers of these sacred books, these divine oracles, and of transmitting them to posterity, for the use of others. Including here are all the Pseudigraphia and Midrashim helping to explain the Divinely revealed Scriptures. |
