ガラテヤ人への手紙 4:24-28 JC

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Galatians 4:21-31

In these verses the apostle illustrates the difference between believers who rested in Christ only and those judaizers who trusted in the law, by a comparison taken from the story of Isaac and Ishmael. This he introduces in such a manner as was proper to strike and impress their minds, and to convince them of their great weakness in departing from the truth, and suffering themselves to be deprived of the liberty of the gospel: Tell me, says he, you that desire to be under the law, do you not... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Galatians 4:21-31

4:21-31 Tell me this--you who want to be subject to the law, you listen to it being read to you, don't you? Well, then, it stands written in it that Abraham had two sons; one was the son of the slave girl and one was the son of the free woman. But the son of the slave girl was born in the ordinary human way, whereas the son of the free woman was born through a promise. Now these things are an allegory. For these two women stand for two covenants. One of these covenants--the one which... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Galatians 4:24

Which things are an allegory ,.... Or "are allegorized": so Sarah and Hagar were allegorized by Philo the Jew F16 De Cherubim, p. 108, 109. , before they were by the apostle. Sarah he makes to signify virtue, and Hagar the whole circle of arts and sciences, which are, or should be, an handmaid to virtue; but these things respecting Hagar and Sarah, the bondwoman and the free, and their several offspring, are much better allegorized by the apostle here. An allegory is a way of speaking... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Galatians 4:25

For this Agar is Mount Sinai in Arabia ,.... The Arabic version, instead of Arabia, reads "Balca". The Syriac version makes Hagar to be a mountain, reading the words thus, "for Mount Hagar is Sinai, which is in Arabia": and some have been of opinion that Sinai was called Hagar by the Arabians. It is certain, that חגר , which may be pronounced Hagar, does signify in the Arabic language a stone or rock; and that one part of Arabia is called Arabia Petraea, from the rockiness of it; the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Galatians 4:26

But Jerusalem which is above ,.... This Sarah was a type and figure of; she answered to, and agreed with this; which is to be understood, not of the church triumphant in heaven, but of the Gospel church state under the administration of the new covenant; and that, not as in the latter day glory, when the new Jerusalem shall descend from God out of heaven, but as it then was in the apostle's time, and has been since. Particular respect may be had to the first Gospel church at Jerusalem, which... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Galatians 4:27

For it is written ,.... Isaiah 44:1 , which is cited to prove, that the heavenly Jerusalem, or Gospel church state, is the mother of us all, and has brought forth, and still will bring forth, many souls to Christ, even many more than were under the legal dispensation by the Jewish church, though the Lord was an husband to them, Jeremiah 31:32 . The words are, rejoice thou barren that bearest not, break forth and cry thou that travailest not, for the desolate hath many more children... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Galatians 4:28

Now we, brethren, as Isaac was ,.... The Ethiopic version reads, "you, brethren"; and so one of Stephens's copies. As the two women, Hagar and Sarah, might be, and are allegorized; so likewise their respective offspring. Isaac signified, and was a type and figure of Abraham's spiritual seed, whether Jews or Gentiles, under the Gospel dispensation: and as he was, so they are, the children of promise ; as Isaac was promised unto Abraham, so were this spiritual seed, when it was said unto... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Galatians 4:24

Which things are an allegory - They are to be understood spiritually; more being intended in the account than meets the eye. Allegory, from αλλος , another, and αγορεω , or αγορευω , to speak, signifies a thing that is a representative of another, where the literal sense is the representative of a spiritual meaning; or, as the glossary expresses it, ἑτερως κατα μεταφρασιν νοουμενα, και ου κατα την αναγνωσιν· "where the thing is to be understood differently in the interpretation... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Galatians 4:25

For this Agar is Mount Sinai in Arabia - Το γαρ Αγαρ Σινα ορος εστιν εν τη Αραβια . This is the common reading; but it is read differently in some of the most respectable MSS., versions, and fathers; thus: το γαρ Σινα ορος εστιν εν τῃ Αραβια , for this Sinai is a mountain of Arabia; the word Αγαρ , Agar, being omitted. This reading is supported by CFG, some others, the Ethiopic, Armenian, Vulgate, and one copy of the Itala; by Epiphanius, Damascenus, Ambrosiaster, Jerome, Augustine,... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Galatians 4:26

But Jerusalem which is above - The apostle still follows the Jewish allegory, showing not only how the story of Hagar and Sarah, Ishmael and Isaac, was allegorized, but pointing out also that even Jerusalem was the subject of allegory; for it was a maxim among the rabbins, that "whatsoever was in the earth, the same was also found in heaven for there is no matter, howsoever small, in this world, that has not something similar to it in the spiritual world." On this maxim, the Jews imagine... read more

ガラテヤ人への手紙 4:24-28 Jc

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Galatians 4:21-31

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Galatians 4:21-31

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Galatians 4:24

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Galatians 4:25

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Galatians 4:26

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Galatians 4:27

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Galatians 4:28

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Galatians 4:24

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Galatians 4:25

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Galatians 4:26

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