Thank you.Jason Hare wrote: ↑October 18th, 2020, 3:45 am What if Paul intended a double entendre in the minds of his readers that would be missed by rending ἐκ σπέρματος as "descended from"? σπέρμα can, after all, be a bodily production.
I think a double-entendre could call to mind king David’s radical sin of 2 Samuel 11. Notable also is Nathan’s rhetorical strategy of 2 Samuel 12.