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Romans 14:9

Romans 14:9

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible · John Gill (1697–1771) · Public Domain

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.

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