Ezekiel 47:3 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And when the man that had the line in his hand went forth eastward, he measured a thousand cubits, and he brought me through the waters; the waters were to the ankles. ”

Ezekiel 47:3 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The ancles - This may coincide with the step gained in the baptism of Cornelius Acts 10 , and the opening of the Church to the Gentiles. The dispersion which had followed the martyrdom of Stephe...
Ezekiel 47:3 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Ezekiel 47, 48. The Holy Land, its Beauty, Boundaries, and Divisions. Now that the Temple and its worship, which are indispensable to the welfare of the land, have been described, Ezekiel directs...
Ezekiel 47:3 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

man . Hebrew 'ash. App-14. the line . a measuring line, Hebrew. kav . Only here in Ezekiel. Not the same word as in Ezekiel 40:3 , which is pathil . cubits. See App-51, (1). the waters , &...
Ezekiel 47:3 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And when the man that had the line in his hand went forth eastward, he measured a thousand cubits, and he brought me through the waters; the waters were to the ancles. He measured a thousand cubits...
Ezekiel 47:3 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

And when the man—went forth— The gradual rise of the waters denotes the large effusion of the Spirit, which was very remarkable at the first publication of the gospel, and its wonderful increase fr...
Ezekiel 47:3 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And when the man that had the line in his hand went forth eastward, he measured a thousand cubits, and he brought me through the waters; the waters were to the ancles. When the man that had...
Ezekiel 47:3 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Lifegiving Stream Ezekiel was now brought in his vision to the door of the Temple proper. Here he saw a stream of water which came from beneath the threshold somewhat to the S. of the entrance...
Ezekiel 47:3 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Brought me through the waters . — The point from which the measurement began is not distinctly mentioned, but is to be assumed as from their source, the threshold of the house. The prophet is “broug...
Ezekiel 47:3 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

RENEWAL AND ALLOTMENT OF THE LAND Ezekiel 47:1-23 ; Ezekiel 48:1-35 IN the first part of the forty-seventh chapter the visionary form of the revelation, which had been interrupted by the impor...
Ezekiel 47:3 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Again Ezekiel was taken to the door of the house, and there beheld the wonderful symbolic river. Its source was the sanctuary. It proceeded under the threshold, and past the altar, and outward in an...
Ezekiel 47:3 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

If we compare scripture with scripture, (and, which God the Holy Ghost commands, 1 Corinthians 2:13 ) we shall take the most effectual method of arriving to the proper apprehension of what is here s...
Ezekiel 47:3 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

THE RIVER OF LIFE Ezekiel 47:1-11 To Ezekiel the river meant the blessings of Messiah’s reign. The last page of the Apocalypse tells of the river of water of life that proceeds from the thron...
Ezekiel 47:3 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And when the man that had the line in his hand ,.... The same as in Ezekiel 40:3 and is no other than Christ, who appeared in a human form to the prophet; and who hitherto had only made use of the...
Ezekiel 47:3 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And when the man that had the line in his hand went forth eastward, he measured a thousand cubits, and he brought me through the waters; the waters [were] to the ankles. Ver. 3. And when the man t...
Ezekiel 47:3 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

And when the man that had the line The angel, described with a line in his hand, Ezekiel 40:3 ; went forth eastward Went on directly from the east gate; he measured By the line in his hand;...
Ezekiel 47:3 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Vision of the Holy Waters. B. C. 574. 1 Afterward he brought me again unto the door...
Ezekiel 47:3 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

The man: this is he who accompanied the prophet as his guide all along, and of whom already hath been spoken in several notes. The line, mentioned in Ezekiel 40:3 , but hitherto not used, for...
Ezekiel 47:3 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Chapter Ezekiel 47:1-12 The Rivers of Living Water. The first twelve verses of this chapter deal with the vision of rivers of living water flowing from the temple, beginning as a small streamlet...
Ezekiel 47:3 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

THE VISION OF THE HOLY WATERS ISSUING FROM THE TEMPLE. (Chap. 47) EXEGETICAL NOTES.— Ezekiel 47:1 . “The house eastward.” The house is the Temple itself; the waters issued from beneath the south-...
Ezekiel 47:3 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Ezekiel 47:16 . Hamath, a city commanding the passage of mount Lebanon, and the north-west boundary of the Israelites. 1 Chronicles 13:5 . REFLECTIONS. The jews rejoiced more when they poure...
Ezekiel 47:3 - The Biblical Illustrator

He measured a thousand cubits. Curious things in life This chapter is a chapter of measurement. Everything is meted out, as it were, by so many cubits and inches. The voice is very dogmatic:--“...
Ezekiel 47:3 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION As the first part of Ezekiel's vision (Ezekiel 40-43.) dealt with the temple, or "house," and the second (Ezekiel 44-47.) with the ritual, or "worship," so the third, which beans with...
Ezekiel 47:3 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Stream of Living Waters
Ezekiel 47:3 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Acts 10:45 ; Acts 10:46 ; Acts 11:16-18 ; Acts 2:33 ; Acts 2:4 ; Ezekiel 40:3 ; Luke 24:49 ; Revelation 11:1 ; Revelation 21:15 ; Zechariah 2:1
Ezekiel 47:3 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

He measured — By the line in his hand. He brought me — Went before, and the prophet followed; all this was in vision.

Ezekiel 47:3 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Ezekiel 47:3 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Ezekiel 47:3 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Ezekiel 47:3 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Ezekiel 47:3 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Ezekiel 47:3 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Ezekiel 47:3 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ezekiel 47:3 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Ezekiel 47:3 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Ezekiel 47:3 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Ezekiel 47:3 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Ezekiel 47:3 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

Ezekiel 47:3 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Ezekiel 47:3 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Ezekiel 47:3 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Ezekiel 47:3 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Ezekiel 47:3 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Ezekiel 47:3 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Ezekiel 47:3 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Ezekiel 47:3 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Ezekiel 47:3 - The Biblical Illustrator

Ezekiel 47:3 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Ezekiel 47:3 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Ezekiel 47:3 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Ezekiel 47:3 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes