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Now this I say (τουτο δε λεγω). Now I mean this. He comes back to his main point and is not carried afield by the special applicat…
Albert Barnes
AlbertBarnes
The covenant that was confirmed before of God. By God, in his promise to Abraham. It was confirmed before the giving of the law. …
Charles Ellicott
CharlesEllicott
The fulfilment of the promise is thus to be seen in the Messianic dispensation now begun. The Law, which was given four hundred and thirty years
Charles Spurgeon
CharlesSpurgeon
Now to Abraham and his seed were the promises made. He saith not, And to seeds, as of many; but as of one, And to thy seed, which is Christ. An…
Expositor's Bible Commentary
Expositor'sBible Commentary
The 430 years comes from the LXX of Ex 12:40, defining the period between Abraham and Moses rather than (cf. the Hebrew text) the period during whi…
John Calvin
JohnCalvin
The law which was four hundred and thirty years after. If we listen to Origen and Jerome and all the Papists, there will be little difficu…
John Gill
JohnGill
And this I say Assert and affirm as a certain truth, that is not to be gainsaid;
that the covenant tha…
Matthew Henry
MatthewHenry
The covenant God made with Abraham was not done away by the giving of the law to Moses. The covenant was made with Abraham and his Seed. It is stil…
Thomas Aquinas
ThomasAquinas
Having proved by scriptural authority that the Law does not justify and is not nece ary for justification, which is through faith, the Apostle then…
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A.T. Robertson
A.T.Robertson