O foolish Galatians, who hath bewitched you, that ye should not obey the truth, before whose eyes Jesus Christ hath been evidently set forth, crucified among you?
Ver. 1. O foolish Galatians] Those that are sick of a lethargy must have double the quantity of medicine given them that other men have in other diseases. These Galatians were in a spiritual lethargy, and are therefore thus sharply rebuked, that they might be sound in the faith.
Who hath bewitched you] Or, bemisted you, and dazzled your eyes, Titus 1:13. The word properly signifies to overlook, as they call it, or to kill with the eyes, by casting out venomous beams, as the basilisk and as witches are said to do. εβασκανε αρα το φαεσι καινειν. (Plin. vii. 2.)
Hath been evidently set forth] As a remedy, by looking whereon ye might have been cured or kept from that bewitching by the eye, like as the stung Israelites were healed by looking on the brazen serpent.
Crucified among you] In the evidence of the doctrine of Christ crucified, and in the administration of the Lord's Supper, that lively picture of Christ on the cross. The Greek word προεγραφη signifieth to paint forth a thing,Romans 15:4, by a theological painting, not artificial, as the Papists would have it to warrant crucifixes.