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Christ's Unmatched Excellence
Commentators unanimously interpret the 'apple tree' as a symbol for Jesus Christ. Just as a vibrant, fruit-bearing tree stands out in a forest of ordinary ones, Christ is uniquely excellent and superior to all others ('the sons'). He is not merely one option among many but is presented as the singular source of life, beauty, and value.
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Song Of Solomon
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Albert Barnes
On Song Of Solomon 2:3–7
18th Century
Theologian
The bride’s answer: “Just as the ‘tappuach’ with its fragrant fruit excels the barren trees of the wild woods, so my beloved excels his associates …
Charles Ellicott
On Song Of Solomon 2:3
19th Century
Bishop
Apple tree. — So the Septuagint and Vulgate render it; the Hebrew is tappuach. Out of the six times that the word is used…
Charles Spurgeon
On Song Of Solomon 2:3
19th Century
Preacher
As the apple tree among the trees of the wood, so is my beloved among the sons.
The citron tree towered aloft in the midst of the f…
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John Gill
On Song Of Solomon 2:3
17th Century
Pastor
As the apple tree among the trees of the wood, so [is] my
beloved among the sons
As the apple tree, in …
Matthew Henry
On Song Of Solomon 2:1–7
17th Century
Minister
Believers are beautiful, as clothed in the righteousness of Christ; and fragrant, as adorned with the graces of His Spirit; and they thrive under t…