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A Picture of Salvation
Commentators explain this event is more than history; it's a powerful symbol. For Israel, passing through the sea was a type of baptism (1 Cor. 10:2) that began their new life as a nation devoted to God. For the Egyptians, their destruction in the same waters represents the final judgment that awaits all who harden their hearts and oppose God.
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Exodus
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Albert Barnes
On Exodus 14:28
18th Century
Theologian
Not so much as one of them - Escape would be impossible (Exodus 14:26). Pharaoh’s destruction, independent of the distinct state…
Charles Ellicott
On Exodus 14:28
19th Century
Bishop
The chariots, and the horsemen, and all the host ... — This translation is misleading. The Hebrew text reads as follows: “The chariots and…
Charles Spurgeon
On Exodus 14:26–31
19th Century
Preacher
And well they might! Yet how soon they murmured both against the Lord and against Moses!
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John Calvin
On Exodus 14:28
16th Century
Theologian
And the waters returned. In these two verses, Moses also continues his account. It plainly appears from Josephus and Eusebius what foolish…
John Gill
On Exodus 14:28
17th Century
Pastor
And the waters returned
To their place, and so in the above tradition related by Diodorus Siculus, it is said that t…
Matthew Henry
On Exodus 14:21–31
17th Century
Minister
The dividing of the Red Sea was the terror of the Canaanites (Joshua 2:9); the praise and triumph of the Israelites ([Reference Psalms …