Romans 4:19

“And being not weak in faith, etc..] Abraham was not weak in the exercise of his faith, on the promise of God; nor was his faith weakened about the accomplishment of it, neither by the length of time after the promise was made, nor by the seeming insuperable difficulties of nature which attended it; for he considered not his own body now dead. The Alexandrian copy reads without the negative, “he considered his own body now dead”, and so the Syriac version: which makes his faith the greater, that though he did consider his case, yet his faith was not weakened: the phrase, “his body now dead”, is an “euphemism” of the “merebrum virile”, which by the Jews, when unfit for generation, is called tm…”

“he considered not, &c.--paid no attention to those physical obstacles, both in himself and in Sarah, which might seem to render the fulfilment hopeless.”

“And being not weak in faith - That is, having strong faith. He considered not - He did not regard the fact that his body was now dead, as any obstacle to the fulfillment of the promise. He did not suffer that fact to influence him, or to produce any doubt about the fulfillment. Faith looks to the strength of God, not to second causes, or to difficulties that may appear formidable to man. Now dead - Aged; dead as to the purpose under consideration; compare Hebrews 11:12, “As good as dead.” That is, he was now at an age when it was highly improbable that he would have any children; compare Genesis 17:17. Deadness ... - Hebrews 11:11, “When she was past age;” compare Genesis 18:11. return to…”

“being: Rom 4:20, Rom 4:21, Rom 14:21; Mat 6:30, Mat 8:26, Mat 14:31; Mar 9:23, Mar 9:24; Joh 20:27, Joh 20:28 considered: Gen 17:17, Gen 18:11-14; Heb 11:11-19 Romans 4:20”