"The God of peace will shortly crush Satan under your feet"
Romans 16:20a has been called an "apocalyptic kicker" (Scholer 1990, 53) that is meant to bolster the apostle's words of admonishment in Rom 16:17-19. Others have struggled to connect Paul's promise to the preceding verses in the chapter, partially due to its apparent allusion to...
| Published in: | Neotestamentica |
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| Language: | English |
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2010
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Neotestamentica
Year: 2010, Volume: 44, Issue: 1, Pages: 1-14 |
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| Summary: | Romans 16:20a has been called an "apocalyptic kicker" (Scholer 1990, 53) that is meant to bolster the apostle's words of admonishment in Rom 16:17-19. Others have struggled to connect Paul's promise to the preceding verses in the chapter, partially due to its apparent allusion to Gen 3:15 and/or the so-called "Proto-Evangelium" which seemingly have little to do with vv. 17-19. However, if we pay attention to the more probable allusion in the verse (Ps 110:1), not only are we able to make better sense of the verse itself but also to understand how it relates to, and, indeed, concludes the unit of Rom 16:17-20. Paul's use of the words of the popular psalm are essential to this brief but powerful eschatological reminder of God's certain victory over Satan. For Paul uses part of the psalm in Rom 16:20a to assure his readers that God will crush his enemies, and, importantly, that he will do so "under their feet". |
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| ISSN: | 2518-4628 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Neotestamentica
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.10520/EJC83374 |