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A Question to Convict
Commentators agree that God's question, "Who told you that you were naked?" was not for His own information. It was a divine tool to force Adam to look past the symptom (shame) and confront the root cause of his fear: his direct disobedience. As one scholar puts it, God's goal was to win Adam back by carrying his mind from the effect to the sin that had caused it.
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Albert Barnes
On Genesis 3:8–21
18th Century
Theologian
שׁוּף shûp “bruise, wound.” τηρεῖν (= τερεῖν ?) tērein ἐκτρίβειν ektribein …
Charles Ellicott
On Genesis 3:1–24
19th Century
Bishop
EXCURSUS C: ON THE DURATION OF THE PARADISIACAL STATE OF INNOCENCE.
The Bereshit Rabba argues that Adam and Eve re…
Charles Spurgeon
On Genesis 3:10–11
19th Century
Preacher
And he said, I heard your voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself. And he said, –
Note the cal…
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John Calvin
On Genesis 3:11
16th Century
Theologian
Who told thee that thou wast naked? This is an indirect reprimand, rebuking Adam's dullness in not perceiving his fault through his punish…
John Gill
On Genesis 3:11
17th Century
Pastor
And he said
The Lord God, or the Word of the Lord; who told you that you were naked ?
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Matthew Henry
On Genesis 3:9–13
17th Century
Minister
Observe the startling question: Adam, where art thou? Those who by sin go astray from God should seriously consider where they are; they a…