For he is our peace, who hath made both one, and hath broken down the middle wall of partition between us;
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Gill's Exposition
For he is our peace,.... The author of peace between Jew and Gentile: there was a great enmity of the Jew against the Gentile, and of the Gentile against the Jew; and chiefly on account of…
Barnes' Notes
For he is our peace - There is evident allusion here to Isa 57:19. See the notes at that verse. The “peace” here referred to is that by which a “union” in worship and in feeling has been produced…
Adam Clarke
For he is our peace - Jesus Christ has died for both Jews and Gentiles, and has become a peace-offering, שלום shalom, to reconcile both to God and to each other.
Who hath made both one - Formed one…
We have now come to the last part of the chapter, which contains an account of the great and mighty privileges that converted Jews and Gentiles both receive from Christ. The apostle here shows that…
Cambridge Bible
he is our peace "He:" the glorious living Person gives its essence to the sacrificial Work.
" Our peace:" i.e., as the connexion indicates, the "peace" between the Tribes of the New Israel, the…
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