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Romans 4:19 — King James Version← Study notes

And being not weak in faith, he considered not his own body now dead, when he was about an hundred years old, neither yet the deadness of Sara’s womb:


Romans 4:19Greek Interlinear

Greek · Romans 4:1919 words
GreekMeaning
καὶkai
AndwordG2532
μὴ
notadverbG3361
ἀσθενήσαςasthenēsas
having become weakverbG770
τῇ
in thearticleG3588
πίστειpistei
faithnounG4102
κατενόησενkatenoēsen
he consideredverbG2657
τὸto
thearticleG3588
ἑαυτοῦheautou
his ownpronounG1438
σῶμαsōma
bodynounG4983
νενεκρωμένονnenekrōmenon
expiredverbG3499
ἑκατονταετήςhekatontaetēs
a hundred years oldadjectiveG1541
πουpou
aboutadverbG4225
ὑπάρχωνhyparchōn
beingverbG5225
καὶkai
andwordG2532
τὴνtēn
thearticleG3588
νέκρωσινnekrōsin
lifelessnessnounG3500
τῆςtēs
of thearticleG3588
μήτραςmētras
wombnounG3388
ΣάρραςSarras
of SarahnounG4564
Greek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.

Church Fathers on Romans 4:19

“And being not weak in faith, he considered his own body now dead.” Do you see how he gives the obstacles, as well as the high spirit of the righteous man which surmounts all? “Against hope,” he says, was that which was promised: this is the first obstacle. For Abraham had no other person who had received a son in this way to look to. They that were after him looked to him, but he to no one, save to God only. And this is why he said, “against hope.” Then, “his body now…

Chrysostom · 4th century · Homily 8 on Romans
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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