laid. Compare John 19:17.
fire. Without doubt fire from Abraham's own altar (Genesis 12:7; Genesis 13:4; Genesis 13:18. and see note on Genesis 21:33), for God accepted. sacrifice only by fire from heaven. See on Genesis 4:4.
both of them together. Compare the Father and the Son in the antitype. Emph. by repetition in Genesis 22:8; John 10:30; John 14:10; John 14:11; John 16:33. The sinner is not seen in the type; his part is subsequent to this, viz. to believe what the Father and the Son have done for him in substitution. See also Romans 8:32.