Hos 6:2, Rom 6:9 | JFB | STEP | 2. Primarily, in type, Israel's national revival, in a short period (" two or three " being used to denote a few days, ); antitypically the language is so framed as to refer in its full accuracy only to Messiah, the ideal Israel ( ; compare ), raised on the third day ( ; compare ). "He shall prolong His days. " Compare the similar use of Israel's political resurrection as the type of the general resurrection of which "Christ is the first-fruits" ( ). live in his sight —enjoy His favour and the light of His countenance shining on us, as of old; in contrast to , "Withdrawn Himself from them."

Hosea 6:2

2. Primarily, in type, Israel's national revival, in a short period ("two or three" being used to denote a few days, Isa 17:6; Lu 13:32, 33); antitypically the language is so framed as to refer in its full accuracy only to Messiah, the ideal Israel (Isa 49:3; compare Mt 2:15, with Ho 11:1), raised on the third day (Joh 2:19; 1Co 15:4; compare Isa 53:10). "He shall prolong His days." Compare the similar use of Israel's political resurrection as the type of the general resurrection of which "Christ is the first-fruits" (Isa 26:19; Eze 37:1-14; Da 12:2).

live in his sight—enjoy His favour and the light of His countenance shining on us, as of old; in contrast to Ho 5:6, 15, "Withdrawn Himself from them."

Romans 6:9

9-11. Christ being raised from the dead dieth no more; death hath no more dominion over him—Though Christ's death was in the most absolute sense a voluntary act (Joh 10:17, 18; Ac 2:24), that voluntary surrender gave death such rightful "dominion over Him" as dissolved its dominion over us. But this once past, "death hath," even in that sense, "dominion over Him no more."