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A Glimpse of the Trinity
When God says, "Let us make man," commentators overwhelmingly see this as a conversation within the Godhead—Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. They reject the idea of a "royal we" or consultation with angels. This unique moment of divine counsel highlights humanity's special status and provides an early hint of the triune nature of God, a foundational Christian belief.
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Albert Barnes
On Genesis 1:24–31
18th Century
Theologian
24. בהמה behēmâh — “cattle; dumb, tame beasts.”
רמשׂ remeś — “creeping (small or low) animals…
Charles Ellicott
On Genesis 1:26
19th Century
Bishop
Let us make man. — (). The making of man is introduced in such a way as to show that finally the work of creation had rea…
Charles Spurgeon
On Genesis 1:26–28
19th Century
Preacher
God evidently meant the two persons, male and female, to complete the human being, and the fullness of human nature lies in them both. The earth is…
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John Calvin
On Genesis 1:26
16th Century
Theologian
Let us make man. Although the tense used here is the future, all must acknowledge that this is the language of One apparently deliberating…
John Gill
On Genesis 1:26
17th Century
Pastor
And God said, let us make man in our image, after our
likeness
These words are dire…
Matthew Henry
On Genesis 1:26–28
17th Century
Minister
Man was made last of all the creatures; this was both an honor and a favor to him. Yet man was made the same day that the beasts were; his body was…