"For sin, taking occasion by the commandment, deceived me, and by it slew me."
Commentary
Gill's Exposition
For sin taking occasion by the commandment,.... As in Rom 7:8 , deceived me; either by promising pleasure or impunity: the same effect is ascribed by the Jews to the evil imagination or corruption
of nature, which they say is called an enticer, , "that deceives man" (g): and by it slew me; mortally wounded me: not the law, but sin by the law, deceived and slew him; so that as before, the law is cleared from being the cause of sin, so here, from being the cause of death; for though the law is a killing letter, the ministration of condemnation and death, yet it is not the cause of it; but sin, which is a transgression of the law, is that which deceives or leads out of the way, as the word signifies, and then kills. The metaphor is taken from a thief or a robber, who leads a man out of the way into some bypath, and then murders him. (g) Tzeror Hammor, fol. 141. 3. & 150. 1.
Source: Gill's Exposition (Public Domain)
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Commentary
Gill's Exposition
For sin taking occasion by the commandment,.... As in Rom 7:8 , deceived me; either by promising pleasure or impunity: the same effect is ascribed by the Jews to the evil imagination or corruption
of nature, which they say is called an enticer, , "that deceives man" (g): and by it slew me; mortally wounded me: not the law, but sin by the law, deceived and slew him; so that as before, the law is cleared from being the cause of sin, so here, from being the cause of death; for though the law is a killing letter, the ministration of condemnation and death, yet it is not the cause of it; but sin, which is a transgression of the law, is that which deceives or leads out of the way, as the word signifies, and then kills. The metaphor is taken from a thief or a robber, who leads a man out of the way into some bypath, and then murders him. (g) Tzeror Hammor, fol. 141. 3. & 150. 1.