What real advantages did the Jews have?
The Jews had much going for them in every way: covenant promises, the Old Testament, the prophets, the Psalms, the temple, and the priesthood. Yet the chief advantage was that the oracles of God were committed to them, as Paul declares.
Les explains that in this third chapter, Paul asks what advantage the Jew had, or what profit there was in circumcision or being an adherent of Judaism. His answer is 'much,' 'every way.' Les notes they had all the covenant promises, the Old Testament, the prophets, the Psalms, the temple, and the priesthood—all going for them. But Paul says that still wasn't the most important. The most important was that they had the oracles of God. Les also points out that only Jews wrote this book by inspiration of the Spirit, and he is convinced Luke had to be a Jew, or at least half a Jew. Israel's true advantage was that God's oracles were committed to them.
What advantage then hath the Jew? or what profit is there of circumcision?
More Questions
What advantage does Romans say the Jew had?
Paul answered his own question 'what advantage then hath the Jew?' with 'much every way, because unto them the Jew was committed the word of God.'
What advantage did the Jews have according to Romans chapter 3?
Paul answers the question of the Jew's advantage in Romans 3 by saying it is much in every way, but chiefly that unto them were committed the oracles, the word of God.