To whom (ω). That is Moses, this Moses.

Would not be (ουκ ηθελησαν γενεσθα). Aorist active, negative aoris…

Would not obey, etc. This refers to what they said of him when he was in the mount, Exodus 32:1, 23.

In their hearts…

To whom our fathers would not obey.—The historical parallelism is continued. The people rejected Moses then (the same wor…

Though Moses had brought them out of Egypt, they were not obedient to him, and they wanted to go back to the land of bondage.

And, ah! brothe…

But while Peter and Stephen agree in seeing Christological significance in Dt 18:15–18 and in considering it an important testimonium passage for a…

They refused, and were turned away. He says that the fathers rejected Moses; he also shows the cause, namely, that they gave themselves ov…

To whom our fathers would not obey

People deceive themselves if they think God cannot do what He sees to be good anywhere; He can bring His people into a wilderness and there speak c…