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Where your fathers tested me by proving me, And saw my works for forty years.
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Testing vs. Trusting
Commentators explain that Israel's "testing" of God was not a sincere search for truth but a defiant demand for proof. Scholars note they proudly provoked God, insisting on tangible evidence rather than simply trusting His promises. This serves as a warning against a faith that constantly demands signs instead of resting on God's character and Word.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Proved me. "As if they would have made an experiment how much it was possible for me to bear." Doddridge. The meaning is, they pu…
Wherewith (ου). Literally, "where" (the wilderness) as in De 8:15.
Tempted me by proving me (επειρασαν εν …
19th Century
Anglican
According to our best manuscripts, this verse reads as follows: Where (or, wherewith) your fathers tempted by trial, and saw …
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Baptist
Wherefore (as the Holy Ghost says, Today if you will hear his voice, do not harden your hearts, as in the provocation, in the day of temptation…
The thought of “testing” God continues. The Israelites ought to have proceeded in faith. Since God had done so much for them, they should have trus…
16th Century
Protestant
Tempted, etc. This word should be understood in a bad sense; it means to provoke in a proud and insulting manner, which we expres…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
When your fathers tempted me This the apostle cites and repeats, to expose the glorying of the Jews in their ancesto…
Days of temptation are often days of provocation. But to provoke God, when He is showing us that we entirely depend and live upon Him, is a provoca…
13th Century
Catholic
Having proved that Christ is greater than Moses, the Apostle now concludes that Christ is more deserving of our obedience. He does this by the auth…
