or, ‘Who will descend into the Abyss?’ (that is, to bring Christ up from the dead).”
The scope of the apostle in this part of the chapter is to show the vast difference between the righteousness of the law and the righteousness of faith, and the great pre-eminence of the righteousness of faith above that of the law; that he might induce and persuade the Jews to believe in Christ, aggravate the folly and sin of those that refused, and justify...
Commenting on Romans 10:1-11
Verse 7. Or who shall descend into the deep? These words are also a part of the address of Moses, . But it is not literally quoted. The Hebrew is, "Neither is it beyond the sea, that thou shouldest say, Who shall go over the sea for us," etc.
Or, Who shall descend, &c.--another case of impossibility, suggested by Pro 30:4, and perhaps also Amo 9:2 --probably proverbial expressions of impossibility (compare Psa 139:7-10; Pro 24:7, &c.).