Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Romans 10:4
He proves that the Jews were ignorant of the righteousness of God, because they were ignorant of Christ, the true end of the law. Christ is the end of the law: q. d. The law was given for this end, that sinners being thereby brought to the knowledge of their sins, and their lost and damned estate, by reason thereof, should fly to Christ and his righteousness for refuge; see Galatians 3:19, Galatians 3:24. Or else: Christ is the end of the law; i.e. the perfection and consummation thereof. The... read more
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Romans 10:1-4
Romans 9:30 to Romans 10:4 . Paul has discussed the Jewish situation as from God’ s side; he proceeds to point out, from man’ s side, the Cause of Israel’ s Stumbling. This chs. 3– 5 have prepared us to understand. Romans 9:30-Jonah : a . The paradox is that “ Gentiles, who were out of the way of righteousness, have obtained it; while Israel, intent upon a law of righteousness, missed the mark, because it rejected the way of faith (which Gentiles took), preferring that of works.” In other... read more