peace. Peace itself, objectively, and its Author (1 Thessalonians 5:23; 2 Thessalonians 3:16), to us and in us. Compare Isaiah 9:6; Isaiah 52:7; Isaiah 53:5; Isaiah 57:19; Micah 5:5.Haggai 2:9; Zechariah 9:10; Luke 2:14.John 14:27; John 20:19; John 20:21; John 20:26.
hath. having.
both. Jews and Gentiles.
hath broken down. having destroyed. See 1 John 3:8.
middle wall. Greek. mesotoichon. Only here. The type is seen in the stone palisade, about three cubits high, which separated the Court of the Gentiles from that of the Jews, to pass which was death to any Gentile.. notice, of which Josephus speaks, was found in 1871.
partition. the partition. Only here; Matthew 21:33.Mark 12:1.Luke 14:23 (hedge).
between us. Omit.