Lux Domini
What advantage then hath the Jew? or what profit is there of circumcision?

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Interpretation

The law could not save in or from sins, yet it gave the Jews advantages for obtaining salvation. Their stated ordinances, education in the knowledge of the true God and his service, and many favours shown to the children of Abraham, all were means of grace, and doubtless were made useful to the conversion of many.

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This thought runs through Romans 3:1-3.

Glossary

Jew Tribe
The name derived from the patriarch Judah, at first given to one belonging to the tribe of Judah or to the separate kingdom of Judah.