John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 14:21
And Moses stretched out his hand over the sea ,.... With his rod in it, as he was directed to, Exodus 14:16 . What the poet says F26 "Tu flectis amnes, tu mare barbarum--" Horat. Carmin. l. 2. Ode 19. of Bacchus is more true of Moses, whose rod had been lift up upon the rivers Egypt, and now upon the Red sea: and the Lord caused the sea to go back by a strong east wind all that night ; and the direction of the Red sea being nearly, if not altogether, north and south, it was in a... read more
Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Exodus 14:21-31
We have here the history of that work of wonder which is so often mentioned both in the Old and New Testament, the dividing of the Red Sea before th 3b1a e children of Israel. It was the terror of the Canaanites (Josh. 2:9, 10), the praise and triumph of the Israelites, Ps. 114:3; Ps. 106:9; 136:13, 14. It was a type of baptism, 1 Cor. 10:1, 2. Israel's passage through it was typical of the conversion of souls (Isa. 11:15), and the Egyptians? perdition in it was typical of the final ruin of... read more