Commentaries:
Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)
Hath shut up (sunekleisen). Did shut together. First aorist active indicative of sunkleiw, old verb to shut together, on all sides, completely as a shoal of fish in a net (Luke 5:6). So verse Galatians 3:23; Romans 11:32.
Under sin (upo amartian). See upo kataran in verse Galatians 3:10. As if the lid closed in on us over a massive chest that we could not open or as prisoners in a dungeon. He uses ta panta (the all things), the totality of everything. See Romans 3:10-19; Romans 11:32.
That (ina). God's purpose, personifying scripture again.
Might be given (doqh). First aorist passive subjunctive of didwmi with ina.
Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing Galatians 3:22:
Romans 3:9
Romans 3:20
Romans 11:32
Galatians 3:8
Galatians 3:23
Hebrews 9:10
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