Charles Spurgeon Commentary Song Of Solomon 2:3

"As the apple-tree among the trees of the wood, So is my beloved among the sons. I sat down under his shadow with great delight, And his fruit was sweet to my taste." — Song Of Solomon 2:3 (ASV)

As the apple tree among the trees of the wood, so is my beloved among the sons. I sat down under his shadow with great delight, and his fruit was sweet to my taste.

To him there is none like her; to her there is none like him. Jesus values his people. He paid his heart's blood for their redemption, and unto you that believe, he is precious. No mention shall be made of coral or of rubies, in comparison with him. Nothing can equal him. There are other trees in the wood, but he is the one lone fruit-bearing – the citron tree, whose golden apples are delicious to our taste. Let us come up and pluck from his loaded branches this very night.

As the apple tree among the trees of the wood, so is my beloved among the sons. I sat down under his shadow with great delight, and his fruit was sweet to my taste.

You who love the Lord Jesus know what this verse means. He is a great variety of delights to you—food for your soul, a shadow for your head in the day of the sun's burning heat. When you are near to him, the sun does not smite you by day, nor the moon by night. There is no shadow like Christ's shadow, and no fruit like his fruit.

As the apple tree among the trees of the wood, so is my beloved among the sons.

The citron tree towered aloft in the midst of the forest, covered with its golden apples. Such is Jesus Christ, the most lovely of all objects. Though some pretend to contend with Him, yet to the believer, rivals are left in the distance—indeed, they are altogether forgotten. As the apple tree among the trees of the wood, the most distinguished and the most lovely, so is my Beloved among the sons. How do you know?

I sat down under his shadow with great delight, and his fruit was sweet to my taste.

I know his loveliness, for I have felt it, and I not only have comfort without, but I have food within.