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Romans 9:17 Cross-References
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“For the scripture saith unto Pharaoh, Even for this same purpose have I raised thee up, that I might shew my power in thee, and that my name might be declared throughout all the earth.”
Romans 9:17 (KJV)
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Commentary on Romans 9:17
For the scripture saith unto Pharaoh, Even for this same purpose have I raised thee up—Paul quotes Exodus 9:16. The verb exēgeira (ἐξήγειρα) means 'raised up/appointed.' God orchestrated Pharaoh's position in history for divine purposes: that I might shew my power in thee, and that my name might be declared throughout all the earth. God's sovereignty extends even to reprobate vessels—they serve his glory.This doesn't mean God authored Pharaoh's sin (James 1:13), but that he ordained the circumstances in which Pharaoh freely hardened his heart. God then judicially hardened it further (Exodus 9:...
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Cross-References for Romans 9:17
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“and that my name may be declared throughout all the earth;”
“even the wicked for the day of evil.”
“Go in to Pharaoh, for I have hardened his heart, and the heart of his servants, that I may show these my signs in the midst of them,,And the LORD said unto Moses, Go in unto Pharaoh: for I have hardened his heart, and the heart of his servants, that I might show these my signs before him:, וַיֹּאמֶר יְהוָה אֶל־מֹשֶׁה בֹּא אֶל־פַּרְעֹה כִּי־אֲנִי הִכְבַּדְתִּי אֶת־לִבּוֹ וְאֶת־לֵב עֲבָדָיו לְמַעַן שִׁתִי אֹתֹתַי אֵלֶּה בְּקִרְבּוֹ׃[c] ,And the LORD said unto Moses: Go in unto Pharaoh; for I have hardened his heart”
“behold”
“From a very far country your servants are come because of the name of Yahweh your God: for we have heard the fame of him”
“and makes rich. He brings low”
“The people shall hear”
“then relief and deliverance will come to the Jews from another place”
“to Cyrus”
“Yahweh our God”