Commentaries:
Adam Clarke
Whom God hath set forth - Appointed and published to be a propitiation, , the mercy-seat, or place of atonement; because the blood of the sacrifice was sprinkled on and before that, in order to obtain remission of sin, punishment, etc. The mercy-seat was the lid or cover of the ark of the covenant, where God was manifest in the symbol of his presence, between the cherubim; therefore the atonement that was made in this place was properly made to God himself. See the note on Luke 18:13.
Through faith in his blood - This shows what we are to understand both by the , redemption, and the , propitiation; viz. that they refer to the sacrificial death of Jesus Christ, as the atonement made, and the price paid down, for the redemption of the souls of men.
To declare his righteousness - , for the manifestation of his righteousness; his mercy in saving sinners, by sending Jesus Christ to make an atonement for them; thereby declaring his readiness to remit all past transgressions committed both by Jews and Gentiles, during the time in which his merciful forbearance was exercised towards the world; and this applies to all who hear the Gospel now: to them is freely offered remission of all past sins.
Other commentary entries containing this verse:
Exodus 25:17
Ezra 9:15
Psalms 40:9
Psalms 85:13
Psalms 89:16
Psalms 119:142
Romans 1:18
Romans 3:27
Romans 4:25
Philippians 3:9
2 Peter 1:1
1 John 2:2
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