Rom 3:5 | RWP | e4.org | What shall we say? ( τ ερουμεν? ). Rhetorical question, common with Paul as he surveys the argument. Commendeth ( συνιστησιν ). This common verb συνιστημ , to send together, occurs in the N.T. in two senses, either to introduce, to commend ( ; ) or to prove, to establish ( ; ; ). Either makes good sense here. Who visiteth the wrath ( ο επιφερων την οργην ). "Who brings on the wrath," "the inflicter of the anger" (Vaughan). I speak as a man ( κατα ανθρωπον ). See for same phrase. As if to say, "pardon me for this line of argument." Tholuck says that the rabbis often used κατα ανθρωπον and τ ερουμεν . Paul had not forgotten his rabbinical training.

‏ Romans 3:5

What shall we say? ( τ ερουμεν? ). Rhetorical question, common with Paul as he surveys the argument.

Commendeth ( συνιστησιν ). This common verb συνιστημ, to send together, occurs in the N.T. in two senses, either to introduce, to commend (2Co 3:1; 4:2) or to prove, to establish (2Co 7:11; Ga 2:18; Ro 5:8). Either makes good sense here.

Who visiteth the wrath ( ο επιφερων την οργην ). "Who brings on the wrath," "the inflicter of the anger" (Vaughan).

I speak as a man ( κατα ανθρωπον ). See Ga 3:15 for same phrase. As if to say, "pardon me for this line of argument." Tholuck says that the rabbis often used κατα ανθρωπον and τ ερουμεν. Paul had not forgotten his rabbinical training.