Galatians 4:25 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ For this Agar is mount Sinai in Arabia, and answereth to Jerusalem which now is, and is in bondage with her children. ”

Galatians 4:25 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

For this Agar is Mount Sinai - This Hagar well represents the Law given on Mount Sinai. No one can believe that Paul meant to say that Hagar was literally Mount Sinai. A great deal of perplexity...
Galatians 4:25 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

For this Agar is mount Sinai in Arabia, and (c) answereth to Jerusalem which now is, and (d) is in bondage with her children. (c) Look how the case stands between Hagar and her children; even so sta...
Galatians 4:25 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Galatians 4:21 to Galatians 5:1 . The new thing he tries is an allegorising spiritualising application of an OT story. Slave-born Ishmael mocked ( Genesis 21:10 *) free-born Isaac, and the son...
Galatians 4:25 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

is . i.e. represents. answereth to . stands in same rank with. Greek. sustoicheo . Only here. Compare Galatians 5:25 . is in bondage . serves. Greek. douleuo . App-190. with . Greek. meta...
Galatians 4:25 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

25. For Agar is mount Sinai (78) I shall not waste time in refuting the expositions of other writers; for Jerome’s conjecture, that Mount Sinai had two names, is trifling; and the disquisit...
Galatians 4:25 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

For this Agar is mount Sinai in Arabia, and answereth to Jerusalem which now is, and is in bondage with her children. For this Agar is Mount Sinai in Arabia - Το γαρ Αγαρ Σινα ορος εστιν εν τη Αραβια...
Galatians 4:25 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

For this Agar is mount Sinai in Arabia, and answereth to Jerusalem which now is, and is in bondage with her children. Translate, 'For this word х to ( G3588 )], Hagar, is (imports) mount S...
Galatians 4:25 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Bondage of the Law. Freedom in Christ 1-7. Under the Law we were in bondage; under the Gospel we have received the freedom of sons. Paraphrase. '(1) The heir before he comes of age can no m...
Galatians 4:25 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

(21-31) The next eleven verses contain an elaborate argument from the history of the two sons of Abraham, as types of the two covenants, in further proof that freedom is the essential character of th...
Galatians 4:25 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Chapter 19 THE STORY OF HAGAR. Galatians 4:21-31 - Galatians 5:1 THE Apostle wishes that he could "change his voice" ( Galatians 4:20 ). Indeed he has changed it more than once. "Any one who...
Galatians 4:25 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

“Children of Promise” Galatians 4:21-31 In this allegory of Sarah and Hagar, it is important to notice that Paul is not dealing with the principle of evil within our hearts, but with the attemp...
Galatians 4:25 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

He now declared the process of freedom. "God sent forth His Son... under the law." Thus the law He kept was justified, and He lived thereby. But more than this, He bore its penalty, and so procured j...
Galatians 4:25 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(20) I desire to be present with you now, and to change my voice; for I stand in doubt of you. (21) В¶ Tell me, ye that desire to be under the law, do ye not hear the law? (22) For it is written, tha...
Galatians 4:25 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

For this Agar is Mount Sinai in Arabia ,.... The Arabic version, instead of Arabia, reads "Balca". The Syriac version makes Hagar to be a mountain, reading the words thus, "for Mount Hagar is Sinai,...
Galatians 4:25 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

For this Agar is mount Sinai in Arabia, and answereth to Jerusalem which now is, and is in bondage with her children. Ver. 25. For this Agar is mount ] The Arabians call Mount Sinai, Agar. Twice...
Galatians 4:25 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

For this Agar is mount Sinai That is, is a type of that mount. The whole of that mountainous ridge in Arabia Petrea, of which Sinai was a part, was called Horeb, probably on account of its excessiv...
Galatians 4:25 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

HOW CHILDREN ARE ADOPTED AS SONS (vs.1-7) The first few verses of chapter 4 give us the distinctive Christian position in more detail. This position is the result of promise accomplished, as cont...
Galatians 4:25 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Affectionate Remonstrance. A. D. 56. 21 Tell me, ye that desire to be under the law, do ye n...
Galatians 4:25 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Agar, the bondwoman, fitly represented Mount Sinai, the mountain in Arabia, from which the law was given: and Jerusalem which now is answereth to Mount Sinai; for as in Mount Sinai the law was...
Galatians 4:25 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

A Lesson from the Old Testament Law ( Galatians 4:21-31 ). Paul now turns to the Old Testament for examples of what he is trying to say.
Galatians 4:25 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES Galatians 4:24 . Which things are an allegory. —Under the things spoken of—the two sons, with their contrast of parentage and position—there lies a spiritual meani...
Galatians 4:25 - Scofield Reference Notes

Agar Hagar.
Galatians 4:25 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

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...
Galatians 4:25 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Galatians 4:1 . The heir, as long as he is a child, and a minor, differeth nothing from a servant, though he be lord of all. He is under guardians, till the year appointed by the will of his f...
Galatians 4:25 - The Biblical Illustrator

Which things are an allegory: for they are the two covenants. Which things are an allegory I. The two women. 1. Sarah, the type of the covenant of grace, was the original wife of Abraham. Th...
Galatians 4:25 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Galatians 4:1 Now I say (λέγω δέ). A form of expression usual with the apostle when introducing a new statement designed either to explain or elucidate something before said...
Galatians 4:25 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The explanation of the story:
Galatians 4:25 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Acts 1:11 ; Deuteronomy 33:2 ; Galatians 1:17 ; Galatians 4:24 ; Hebrews 12:18 ; Judges 5:5 ; Luke 13:34 ; Luke 19:44 ; Matthew 23:37 ; Psalms 68:17 ; Psalms 68:8
Galatians 4:25 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

For this is mount Sinai in Arabia — That is, the type of mount Sinai. And answereth to — Resembles Jerusalem that now is, and is in bondage — Like Agar, both to the law and to the Romans.

Galatians 4:25 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Galatians 4:25 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Galatians 4:25 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Galatians 4:25 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Galatians 4:25 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Galatians 4:25 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Galatians 4:25 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Galatians 4:25 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Galatians 4:25 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Galatians 4:25 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Galatians 4:25 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Galatians 4:25 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Galatians 4:25 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Galatians 4:25 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Galatians 4:25 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Galatians 4:25 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Galatians 4:25 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Galatians 4:25 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Galatians 4:25 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Galatians 4:25 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Galatians 4:25 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Galatians 4:25 - Scofield Reference Notes

Galatians 4:25 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Galatians 4:25 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Galatians 4:25 - The Biblical Illustrator

Galatians 4:25 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Galatians 4:25 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Galatians 4:25 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Galatians 4:25 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes