And it shall be for a sign and for a witness unto the LORD of hosts in the land of Egypt: for they shall cry unto the LORD because of the oppressors, and he shall send them a saviour, and a great one, and he shall deliver them.
Ver. 20. And it shall be for a sign and for a witness.] The doctrine of Christ's death is a clear testimony of God's great love and kindness to mankind. Rom 5:8
For they shall cry unto the Lord for their oppressors.] As the Israelites sometimes had done under the Egyptian servitude. Exo 3:9
And he shall send them a Saviour.] Not Moses but Messias, that great Saviour; a for God had laid his people's "help on one that is mighty." Psa 89:19 See Titus 2:13 .
a Servatorem et magnatem, vel magistrum.