Commentaries:
Adam Clarke
Christ both died and rose - That we are not our own, but are the Lord' s both in life and death, is evident from this - that Christ lived, and died, and rose again, that he might be the Lord of the dead and the living; for his power extends equally over both worlds: separate, as well as embodied spirits, are under his authority; and he it is who is to raise even the dead to life: and thus all throughout eternity shall live under his dominion.
The clause , and rose, is wanting in several reputable MSS., and certainly is not necessary to the text. Griesbach omits the words, and reads , died and lived; of which Professor White says, lectio indubie genuina : "this reading is indisputably genuine."
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