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Yet say you, Why does not the son bear the iniquity of the father? when the son has done that which is lawful and right, and has kept all my statutes, and has done them, he shall surely live.
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The People's Protest
Commentators clarify that this verse begins with the people's objection to God's message. They are essentially asking, "Why shouldn't the son be punished for the father's sin?" This question arose from their deeply ingrained cultural belief that families and nations were judged collectively, making God's new emphasis on individual accountability seem strange and contrary to their experience.
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Ezekiel
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Why?... - Rather, Why doth not the son bear the iniquity of the father?
19th Century
Anglican
Why? Does not the son bear? —It would be clearer to read this as a single question, “Why does not the son, etc.?” It is the questi…
16th Century
Protestant
He emphasizes the same point at greater length, not so much for embellishment as to refute that ungodly saying to which the Israelites so harmfully…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Yet say you, why ? &c.] Why do you say so? why do you go on to assert that which is not fact, or which is contrary to fac…
The soul that sinneth it shall die. As to eternity, every person was, is, and will be dealt with as his conduct shows him to be under the …
