What advantage did the Jews have according to Paul in Romans?
Paul declares the Jews’ advantage was “much every way,” because unto them was committed the word of God. God committed His Word, the Scriptures, to the Jewish people. This advantage meant the Word of God was entrusted to them, so Scripture, including New Testament books, came through Jewish writers.
Les explains that in Romans Paul asks, “What advantage then hath the Jew?” and answers, “Much every way, because unto them the Jew was committed the word of God.” Les uses this to argue that Luke, who wrote the Gospel of Luke and most of Acts, had to be a Jew, not a Gentile. Since the Word of God was committed to the Jews, it would not fit for a Gentile to write those New Testament books. Les notes Luke had a Roman name, but so did Paul—Saul was his Jewish name and Paul his Roman name. He also affirms that all Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and that Luke did not write merely from memory.
What advantage then hath the Jew? or what profit is there of circumcision?
Much every way: chiefly, because that unto them were committed the oracles of God.
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 was the chief advantage of the Jew in Romans 3:1-2?
The chief advantage of the Jewish people was that the Word of God was committed to them.