Ezekiel 37:8 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And when I beheld, lo, the sinews and the flesh came up upon them, and the skin covered them above: but there was no breath in them. ”

Ezekiel 37:8 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

The Resurrection of the People. Those fair ideals, however, cannot abolish the melancholy reality. The truth is that the exiled people are as good as dead and in their graves ( Ezekiel 37:11 f.)....
Ezekiel 37:8 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And when I beheld, lo, the sinews and the flesh came up upon them, and the skin covered them above: but there was no breath in them.
Ezekiel 37:8 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And when I beheld, lo, the sinews and the flesh came up upon them, and the skin covered them above: but there was no breath in them. And when I beheld, lo, the sinews and the flesh came up up...
Ezekiel 37:8 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The New Israel (Ezekiel 33-48) So long as the Jewish kingdom remained in existence Ezekiel's prophecies (those in Ezekiel 1-24) dealt almost exclusively with the nation's sin, and with the certain...
Ezekiel 37:8 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

No breath in them. — The restoration of the dry bones to life is described as taking place in two stages, with evident reference to the record of the creation of man in Genesis 2:7 . In the first,...
Ezekiel 37:8 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

LIFE FROM THE DEAD Ezekiel 37:1-28 The most formidable obstacle to faith on the part of the exiles in the possibility of a national redemption was the complete disintegration of the ancient peo...
Ezekiel 37:8 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the Resurrection of a Dead Nation Ezekiel 37:1-14 A marvelous chapter-the vision is so graphic. Time does not rob it of its significance. Indeed every sign points to speedy fulfillment. The Jew...
Ezekiel 37:8 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The wonderful vision of the valley filled with bones was now granted to the prophet. As he gazed on them, he was asked, "Son of man, can these bones live?" His utter abandonment to God, even in the m...
Ezekiel 37:8 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Here we see a true descendant of Abraham, who against hope believed in hope. He simply did as he was commanded. He bid the dead hear the voice of the Son of God, and the promise then was the same as...
Ezekiel 37:8 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And when I beheld, lo, the sinews and the flesh came up upon them ,.... And they began to look like men, in the shape of men, and were a body of them, as the Jews did when gathered together: and t...
Ezekiel 37:8 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And when I beheld, lo, the sinews and the flesh came up upon them, and the skin covered them above: but [there was] no breath in them. Ver. 8. Lo, the sinews and the flesh came up upon them. ] The...
Ezekiel 37:8 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

So I prophesied as I was commanded I declared these promises or gracious purposes of God concerning these bones. And as I prophesied there was a noise , &c. Such a noise as we may suppose woul...
Ezekiel 37:8 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Vision of the Dry Bones. B. C. 586. 1 The hand of the L ORD was upon me, and carrie...
Ezekiel 37:8 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

The noise he heard would certainly make any one look, and consider what it was. I beheld; looked carefully, and heedfully observed. Came up upon them; came gradually, spreading itself, as what gr...
Ezekiel 37:8 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Vision of The Valley Of Dry Bones ( Ezekiel 37:1-14 ). This vision is not directly an illustration or promise of physical resurrection. Ezekiel nowhere gives any indication of expecting a resu...
Ezekiel 37:8 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

THE VISION OF THE DRY BONES REVIVIFIED A SYMBOL OF THE DEATH AND RESURRECTION OF ISRAEL. (Chap. 37.) EXEGETICAL NOTES.— Ezekiel 37:1 . “The hand of the Lord was upon me.” “The abrupt commencement...
Ezekiel 37:8 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Ezekiel 37:1 . The hand of the LORD was upon me, and carried me out in the spirit of the LORD, God's servants learn nothing until they have an experience similar to that of Ezekiel. They must be...
Ezekiel 37:8 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Ezekiel 37:14 . I will put my Spirit in you, and ye shall live. A moral resurrection shall pass upon the people of Israel; the Lord shall “bring them up out of their graves,” where they have long...
Ezekiel 37:8 - The Biblical Illustrator

Son of man, can these bones live? The vision of a true revival I. Such a revival often seems utterly hopeless. The condition of a nation in some of its eras of misfortune; the condition of the...
Ezekiel 37:8 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION This chapter embraces, in its earlier section ( Ezekiel 37:1-26 ), the concluding portion of the "word of God" begun at Ezekiel 36:16 ; in its later section ( Ezekiel 36:15-26 ), an...
Ezekiel 37:8 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Vision of the Resurrection
Ezekiel 37:8 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Genesis 6:17 ; Isaiah 66:14 ; Matthew 23:13-28 ; Nehemiah 10:29
Ezekiel 37:8 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Came up — Gradually spreading itself.

Ezekiel 37:8 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Ezekiel 37:8 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Ezekiel 37:8 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Ezekiel 37:8 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ezekiel 37:8 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Ezekiel 37:8 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Ezekiel 37:8 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Ezekiel 37:8 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Ezekiel 37:8 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Ezekiel 37:8 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Ezekiel 37:8 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Ezekiel 37:8 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Ezekiel 37:8 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Ezekiel 37:8 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Ezekiel 37:8 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Ezekiel 37:8 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Ezekiel 37:8 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Ezekiel 37:8 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Ezekiel 37:8 - The Biblical Illustrator

Ezekiel 37:8 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Ezekiel 37:8 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Ezekiel 37:8 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Ezekiel 37:8 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes