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A Life of Spiritual Fragrance
Commentators explain that the list of rare and costly spices symbolizes the believer's spiritual life. Your thoughts, words, actions, and the 'graces of the Spirit' within you are like a beautiful perfume, deeply pleasing to Jesus. As one scholar notes, Christ values even our small acts of devotion as a treasure of heavenly fragrance.
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Song Of Solomon
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Albert Barnes
On Song Of Solomon 4:12–15
18th Century
Theologian
The loveliness and purity of the bride are now set forth under the image of a paradise or garden, firmly barred against intruders, filled with the …
Charles Ellicott
On Song Of Solomon 4:14
19th Century
Bishop
Spikenard. —See Note on Song of Solomon 1:12. Saffron; Heb. carchom; only here. The Arabic name is st…
Charles Spurgeon
On Song Of Solomon 4:13–14
19th Century
Preacher
Your plants are an orchard of pomegranates, with pleasant fruits; camphire, with spikenard, spikenard and saffron; calamus and cinnamon, with a…
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John Gill
On Song Of Solomon 4:14
17th Century
Pastor
Spikenard and saffron
The former is the best sort of nard, and therefore mentioned and repeated, to which saints m…
Matthew Henry
On Song Of Solomon 4:8–15
17th Century
Minister
Observe the gracious call Christ gives to the church. It is:
A precept: This is Christ's call to his church to come away from the w…