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or:ἤWhoΤίςwill go downκαταβήσεταιintoεἰςthe abyss?τὴν ἄβυσσον(thatτοῦτ’is,ἔστινto bring upἀναγαγεῖνthe MessiahΧριστὸνfromἐκthe dead).νεκρῶν
Romans 10:7
Study it in the app“or: Who will go down into the abyss? (that is, to bring up the Messiah from the dead).”
With the Greek beneath
Romans 10:7, word by word
- will go downκαταβήσεταιkatabēsetai
go down, come down
Go down, come down, descend.
Where else “katabēsetai” appears- the abyssἄβυσσονabysson
abyss
Abyss: the bottomless deep, the depths; the realm of the dead and of evil spirits.
Where else “abysson” appears- isἔστινestin
be
To be: says who or what something is.
Where else “estin” appears- to bring upἀναγαγεῖνanagagein
bring up
To take someone up.
Where else “anagagein” appears- the MessiahΧριστὸνChriston
Messiah
Messiah: literally "anointed", the king or envoy God consecrates with oil. It is a title, not a surname; in Hebrew, mashiach.
Where else “Christon” appears- the dead)νεκρῶνnekrōn
dead
Someone who no longer has life, whose body has no breath left.
Where else “nekrōn” appears
The context
6But the righteousness that is from faith speaks this way: Do not say in your heart, Who will go up into heaven? (that is, to bring down the Messiah);
7 · This verse (above)
8But what does it say? The word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart; that is, the word of faith that we proclaim:
To study Romans 10 in a group
1. What it says
What questions does Paul ask in vv. 14-15 about how people come to believe?
2. What it means
What does Paul want to show with that chain of questions (calling, believing, hearing, preaching, sending)? (vv. 14-15)
3. How I live it
Who made the good news known to you? How can you share something good with someone this week?