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Galatians 4:30

Galatians 4:30
Nevertheless what saith the scripture? Cast out the bondwoman and her son: for the son of the bondwoman shall not be heir with the son of the freewoman.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

So then, brethren,.... This is the conclusion of the whole allegory, or the mystical interpretation of Agar and Sarah, and their sons:

we are not children of the bondwoman; the figure of the first…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

Nevertheless - But Ἀλλὰ (Alla). What saith the Scripture? - What does the Scripture teach on the subject? What lesson does it convey in regard to the bondman? Cast out the bondwoman and her son -…

Methodist theologian, 1762–1832

Adam Clarke

What saith the Scripture? - (In Gen 21:10): Cast out the bond woman and her son: and what does this imply in the present case? Why, that the present Jerusalem and her children shall be cast out of the…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Galatians 4:21-31

In these verses the apostle illustrates the difference between believers who rested in Christ only and those judaizers who trusted in the law, by a comparison taken from the story of Isaac and…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

There is nothing here to lend colour to the Rabbinic notion that Sarah was a prophetess. The Scripture simply records her words and tells us how Abraham was bidden by God to comply with her demand,…