Matthew Poole and continuators on Romans 14:9

9. For to this end Christ both dyed, and rose , and revived , that he might be Lord both of the dead and living .

q. d. This is the Fruit that accrues to Christ, by His Death and Resurrection, that he might, &c.

The Vulgar Latine leaves out this Word. Chrysostome left out the former word, he Arose. Ambrose inverts the order of the words, and Reads them thus, To this end he lived and dyed, and rose again. Some think, the Preter-Tense is here put for the Present-Tense, he revived, i. e. He still Lives, to Intercede for us, and to exercise Dominion over us: Others think, That Christ's reviving here doth denote, that new state of Life, which He had after his Resurrection.

Or that He may Govern and Lord it ([non-Latin text not transcribed]) over all His, whether dead or alive. That He might obtain Dominion, or rather the Exercise of his Dominion over them. As God, He hath an Universal Dominion over all; but as Mediator, He hath a more special Dominion over all the Father gave to Him: This Dominion He purchased at his Death, and He had the full Exercise of it, when He Rose again, Mat. 28.18. Phil. 2.9, 10.

Marginal references: 2 Cor. 5.15.; Or, that he might rule and lord it.