Romans 10:7
Or, Who shall descend into the deep? (that is, to bring up Christ again from the dead.)
KJV
ἤ, τίς καταβήσεται εἰς τὴν ἄβυσσον; τοῦτ’ ἔστιν Χριστὸν ἐκ νεκρῶν ἀναγαγεῖν.
Greek NT
aut, Quis descendet in abyssum ? hoc est, Christum a mortuis revocare.
Vulgate
or, Who shall descend into the abyss? (that is, to bring Christ up from the dead.)
ASV
Or who shall descend into the deep? That is, to bring up Christ again from the dead.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
12 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
Χριστός
christos
noun · 530×
εἰμί
eimi
verb · 2461×
εἰς
eis
preposition · 1769×
καταβαίνω
katabaino
verb · 78×
νεκρός
nekros
adjective · 128×
οὗτος
outos
demonstrative · 1380×
τίς
tis
interrogative_pronoun · 533×
ἀνάγω
anago
verb · 23×
ἄβυσσος
abussos
noun · 9×
ἐκ
ek
preposition · 915×
ἤ
e
particle · 346×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Catechism of the Catholic Church · 2 passages
§432The name "Jesus" signifies that the very name of God is present in the person of his Son, made man for the universal and definitive redemption from sins. It is the divine name that alone brings salvation, and henceforth all can invoke his name, for Jesus united himself to all men through his Incarnation,23 so that "there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we…
§635Christ went down into the depths of death so that "the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear will live."484 Jesus, "the Author of life", by dying destroyed "him who has the power of death, that is, the devil, and [delivered] all those who through fear of death were subject to lifelong bondage."485 Henceforth the risen Christ holds "the keys of Death and…
Cross-references
- Heb 13:20 — Now the God of peace, that brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant,
- Rev 9:1 — And the fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star fall from heaven unto the earth: and to him was given the key of the bottomless pit.