Exodus 3:6

I. Pronoun emphatic.

God = 'Elohim, the Creator. Note the five-fold repetition. (App-10). Christ founds the doctrine of Resurrection on this verse. See note on Matthew 22:31; Matthew 22:32.

afraid. Compare Acts 7:32.

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