Romans 10:7 Meaning and Explanation
“Or, Who shall descend into the deep? (that is, to bring up Christ again from the dead.)”
King James Version (KJV)
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What Does Romans 10:7 Mean?
Paul completes the pair of impossible quests. If no one must climb to heaven, neither must anyone plunge into the abyss to bring Christ up from death. The parenthesis again unfolds the meaning: this points to the resurrection. What faith needs has already been accomplished on both fronts, heaven above and the deep below.
Between the heights and the depths, every barrier has been crossed by Christ Himself. He came down in His coming and rose up in His resurrection, so that no distance remains for us to conquer. The good news is not a task assigned but a work finished. We are not asked to descend into darkness to secure our hope; the One who went there for us has already risen, and lives.
Romans 10:7 in the Original Language
abyssos (ἄβυσσος), 'deep' -- the bottomless depth, here standing for the realm of the dead.
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What does Romans 10:7 mean?
Nor must anyone descend to the depths to raise Christ; He is already risen from the dead.