“ But is under tutors and governors until the time appointed of the father. ”
But is under - Is subject to their control and direction. Tutors - The word tutor with us properly means instructor. But this is not quite the sense of the original. The word ( επίτροπος...
But is under tutors and governors (a) until the time appointed of the father. (a) This is added because he that is always under a tutor or governor may hardly be considered a freeman.
An heir may be either one who is entering on his inheritance or one who is hereafter to enter on it. In a sense, the Christian inheritance is always future; heaven lies ahead. And the NT, with its st...
under . Greek. hupo . App-104. tutors . Greek. epitropos . Elsewhere, Matthew 20:8 ; Luke 8:3 (steward). governors . Greek. oikonomos . See Luke 16:1 (steward). time appointed . Greek....
But is under tutors and governors until the time appointed of the father. But is under tutors - Επιτροπους· Guardians and governors; οικονομους· those who have the charge of the family. These words a...
Now I say, That the heir, as long as he is a child, differeth nothing from a servant, though he be lord of all; Now I say - a phrase introducing a continued explanatory argument (Ellicott). G...
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(1-7) A further description, continued from the last chapter, of the state of wardship, with its restraints and servitude, compared with that Christian freedom — the freedom of sons — to which the Ga...
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(1) В¶ Now I say, That the heir, as long as he is a child, differeth nothing from a servant, though he be lord of all; (2) But is under tutors and governors until the time appointed of the father. (3...
But is under tutors and governors ,.... The word rendered "tutors", is adopted by the Jewish Targumists and Rabbins into their language; and by the former is used x for any ruler and governor, civil...
But is under tutors and governors until the time appointed of the father. Ver. 2. But is under tutors ] Those under the law were but alphabetaries (rudimentaries) in comparison of those under the...
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The heir, (mentioned in the former verse), though he be an heir of a great estate, yet is not presently possessed of it; but he is by his father kept under tutors and governors, until the time which...
‘But I say that as long as the heir is a child he does not differ in any way from a bondservant, even though he may be lord of all, but is under guardians and stewards until the term appointed by the...
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Galatians 4:1-5 . Now I say, That the heir, as long as he is a child, differeth nothing from a servant, though he be lord of all; but is under tutors and governors until the time appointed of the f...
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But is under tutors — As to his person. And stewards — As to his substance.