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God Speaks, Worlds Form
Commentators emphasize the incredible power in God's simple command. He does not use tools or struggle; He merely speaks His will, and reality conforms instantly. Scholars like Spurgeon and Gill note the sublimity of this act, showing that God's word is the ultimate creative force, possessing absolute authority to bring about what it declares.
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Genesis
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Albert Barnes
On Genesis 1:3–5
18th Century
Theologian
אמר 'āmar — “say, bid.” After this verb comes the thing said in the words of the speaker, or an equivalent expression. I…
Charles Ellicott
On Genesis 1:1–31
19th Century
Bishop
EXCURSUS B: ON THE NAMES ELOHIM AND JEHOVAH-ELOHIM.
Throughout the first account of creation (Genesis 1:1 to Ge…
Charles Spurgeon
On Genesis 1:3–4
19th Century
Preacher
"Light be." "Light was." God had but to speak the word, and the great wonder was accomplished. How there was light before there was any su…
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John Calvin
On Genesis 1:3
16th Century
Theologian
And God said. Moses now, for the first time, introduces God in the act of speaking, as if He had created the mass of heaven and e…
John Gill
On Genesis 1:3
17th Century
Pastor
And God said
This phrase is used, nine times in this account of the creation; it is admired by Longinus the Heathen in his tre…
Matthew Henry
On Genesis 1:3–5
17th Century
Minister
God said, Let there be light; He willed it, and at once there was light. Oh, the power of the word of God!
In the new creation, the…