to "grave" · verb — perfect passive indicative, 3rd person singular
For
ὅτιhoti
G3754
demonstrative · conjunction
thy
σοῦsoû
G4675
of thee
sake
ἕνεκενheneken
G1752
on account of · preposition
killed
θανατούμεθαthanatoumetha
G2289
become dead · verb — present passive indicative, 1st person plural
all
ὅληνholēn
G3650
"whole" or "all" · adjective — accusative singular feminine
long
ἡμέραν,hēmeran
G2250
day · noun — accusative singular feminine
accounted
ἐλογίσθημενelogisthēmen
G3049
to take an inventory · verb — aorist passive indicative, 1st person plural
as
ὡςhōs
G5613
which how · particle
sheep
πρόβαταprobata
G4263
something that walks forward (a quadruped) · noun — nominative plural neuter
slaughter
σφαγῆς.sphagēs
G4967
butchery (of animals for food or sacrifice · noun — genitive singular feminine
Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890/1894), public domain; digitized by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). KJV word tagging: eBible.org (public domain). Original-language text, parsing and brief lexicon: STEPBible.org data from Tyndale House, Cambridge (CC BY 4.0).
Cross-references
Psalms 44:22 Yea, for thy sake are we killed all the day long; we are counted as sheep for the slaughter.
Isaiah 53:7 He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth: he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her she…
Acts 8:32 The place of the scripture which he read was this, He was led as a sheep to the slaughter; and like a lamb dumb before his shearer, so opene…
1 Corinthians 4:9 For I think that God hath set forth us the apostles last, as it were appointed to death: for we are made a spectacle unto the world, and to…
2 Corinthians 4:10-11 Always bearing about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our body.
Acts 20:24 But none of these things move me, neither count I my life dear unto myself, so that I might finish my course with joy, and the ministry, whi…
Jeremiah 11:19 But I was like a lamb or an ox that is brought to the slaughter; and I knew not that they had devised devices against me, saying, Let us des…
Cross-references from OpenBible.info (CC BY), in the lineage of the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain).
Commentary
Matthew Henry on Romans 8:31–end
The apostle closes this excellent discourse upon the privileges of believers with a holy triumph, in the name of all the saints. Having largely set forth the mystery of God's love to us in Christ, and the exceedingly great and precious privileges we enjoy by him, he concludes like an orator: What shall we then say to these things? What use shall we make of all that has been said? He speaks as one amazed and swallowed up with the contemplation and admiration of it, wondering at the height and depth, and length and breadth, of the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge. The more we know of other things the less we wonder at them; but the further we are led into an acquaintance with gospel mys…
As it is written, For thy sake, &c.-- (Psa 44:22) --quoted as descriptive of what God's faithful people may expect from their enemies at any period when their hatred of righteousness is roused, and there is nothing to restrain it (see Gal 4:29).
Adam Clarke on Romans 8:36
As it is written - And these are no more than we may naturally expect from the present constitution of the world, and the positive predictions of the prophet, Psa 44:22, who foresaw that a wicked world would always persecute and oppress the true followers of God.
John Gill on Romans 8:36
As it is written, for thy sake we are killed,.... This passage is a citation out of Psalm 44:22; and the meaning is, that for the sake of God, and his pure worship, Old Testament saints were frequently put to death, or exposed to the persecutions of men, which often issued in death; as New Testament saints have been, for the sake of Christ and his Gospel, even
all the day long; that is, they were liable to death all the day long; or every day, one or other of them was put to death:
we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter; they were reckoned as fit for nothing else, and were continually exposed unto it; were used as sheep are, as if they were made for no other use and service, but to be…
The Church Fathers
We suffer not for any crime but for the sake of him who said: "Blessed are you when men shall persecute you, etc." This is especially fulfilled in Christians, for we are not permitted to defend ourselves but must endure all attacks with the greatest patience, according to the example of our Lord and teacher, who was led like a sheep to the slaughter.
But here the expression "all the day long" is put for all this time during which we suffer persecution, and are killed as sheep. As then this day does not signify one which consists of twelve hours, but the whole time during which believers in Christ suffer and are put to death for His sake, so also the year there mentioned does not denote one which consists of twelve months, but the whole time of faith during which men hear and believe the preaching of the Gospel, and those become acceptable to God who unite themselves to Him.
"For I shall say to him that, as it is written: For your sake we are put to death all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter." For it does not suffice me to die for Christ for one hour, or to be tortured, but "all the day long," that is, for the whole time of my life. For if I pass my whole life in persecutions and perils, I shall say that "the sufferings of this time are not worthy of the glory to come, which shall be revealed in us." For brief is the time of this life, and slight is what we spend in persecutions; but eternal and perpetual is what we await in glory.
The Church Fathers: public-domain translations (Ante-Nicene and Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers), verse-indexed by SermonIndex (CC BY 4.0).
Dictionary and topics
Afflictions — Common to all (Job 5:7; 14:1; Ps. 34:19); are for the good of men (James 1:2, 3, 12; 2 Cor. 12:7) and the glory of God (2 Cor. 12:7-10; 1 Pet. 4:14), and are to be borne with patience by the Lord’s…
Fellowship — (1.) With God, consisting in the knowledge of his will (Job 22:21; John 17:3); agreement with his designs (Amos 3:2); mutual affection (Rom. 8: 38, 39); enjoyment of his presence (Ps. 4:6);…
Martyrdom · General scriptures concerning — General scriptures concerning
Persecution · OF THE RIGHTEOUS — OF THE RIGHTEOUS
Self-Denial · General scriptures concerning — General scriptures concerning
Steadfastness · Should be manifested: Even under affliction — Should be manifested: Even under affliction
Temptation · General scriptures concerning — General scriptures concerning
Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).
Romans 8:35-37
35. Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?
35. Quis nos dirimet [274] a dilectione Christi? tribulatio, an angustia, an persequutio, an fames, an nuditas, an periculum, an gladius?
36. As it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.
36. Quemadmodum scriptum est, Quod propter te morimur quotidie, reputati sumus tanquam oves mactationi destinat?:
37. Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us.
37. Sed in iis omnibus supervincimus per eum qui dilexit nos.
35. Who shall separate u…
did not spare even his own Son: Behind this language is the story about Abraham’s willingness to offer his son Isaac (Gen 22:12, 16). Isaac, however, was not actually sacrificed. God’s not sparing his only Son went the full course: He handed him over to the shameful and painful death of crucifixion.
