Galatians 4:29

29. Then… now The persecution of Isaac by Ishmael is identical with the persecution of faithful Christians by circumcised Jews and Judaists. Isaac and the faithful Christians are alike the born after the flesh, as Ishmael and the Judaists are alike the born after the flesh. And this verities the statement of our note on Romans 9:8. Persecuted, seems, at first, to be a severe word for mocking, (in Genesis 21:9,) describing Ishmael’s demeanour to Isaac; and still more for the Hebrew, which is “laughing,” and the Septuagint, which is “playing.” But, somehow, it was Ishmaelite playing; arousing the indignation of Sarah, confirmed by Jehovah; was the type of future wars between the two races, and, as here, the type, of the persecution of the good by the bad.