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Many bulls have surrounded me. Strong bulls of Bashan have encircled me.
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The "Bulls" Around the Cross
Commentators unanimously interpret the "bulls" not as literal animals, but as a powerful metaphor for the fierce and brutal enemies surrounding the sufferer. In its prophetic fulfillment in Christ, this refers to the coalition of religious leaders (Pharisees, chief priests) and Roman authorities who encircled Jesus during His trial and crucifixion.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Many bulls have compassed me – This refers to men with the fierceness and fury of bulls. Compare Isaiah 51:20;[Reference Psalms 68:…
19th Century
Anglican
Bulls of Bashan. — For “Bashan” see Numbers 21:33; for its pastures and cattle, compare to Deuteronomy 32:14, and for the figures,…
Baptist
Many bulls have compassed me; strong bulls of Bashan have beset me round. They gaped upon me with their mouths, as a ravening and a roaring lio…
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16th Century
Protestant
Strong bulls have encompassed me. The Psalmist now complains of the cruelty and barbarous rage of his enemies, and he compares them first …
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Many bulls have compassed me By whom are meant the chief priests, elders, Scribes, and Pharisees, among the Jews, an…
In these verses, we see Christ suffering and Christ praying, which directs us to expect suffering and to look up to God amidst it. The specific man…
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13th Century
Catholic
In the previous psalms, the sufferings which David endured from his son and from Saul seemed to be addressed. Now here, in the third set …
