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Distinct Yet Unified
Commentators clarify that the phrase 'separate above' means each living creature had distinct heads and wings, not a single fused form. While they acted in perfect unity, their individual aspects were clearly defined, creating a picture of organized complexity rather than monstrous confusion.
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Ezekiel
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Albert Barnes
On Ezekiel 1:11
18th Century
Theologian
Thus ... - Rather, And their faces and their wings were separated above. All four formed a whole, yet the upper parts of each, the heads and…
Charles Ellicott
On Ezekiel 1:11
19th Century
Bishop
Thus were their faces: and their wings were stretched upward. Rather, and their wings and their faces were separated …
John Calvin
On Ezekiel 1:11
16th Century
Theologian
He says that the faces as well as the wings were extended, because the four faces proceeded from one body. So here, the Prophet says that …
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John Gill
On Ezekiel 1:11
17th Century
Pastor
Thus [were] their faces: and their wings [were] stretched
upward
The former clause, "th…
Matthew Henry
On Ezekiel 1:1–14
17th Century
Minister
It is a mercy to have the word of God brought to us, and a duty to attend to it diligently when we are in affliction. The voice of God came in the …