Galatians 4:24 BSB — MannaFest

Galatians 4:24

These things serve as illustrations, for the women represent two covenants. One covenant is from Mount Sinai and bears children into slavery: This is Hagar.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

Which things contain an allegory: for these women are two covenants; one from mount Sinai, bearing children unto bondage, which is Hagar.

KJV

Which things are an allegory: for these are the two covenants; the one from the mount Sinai, which gendereth to bondage, which is Agar.

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Commentary

2 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)

Which things are an allegory,.... Or "are allegorized": so Sarah and Hagar were allegorized by Philo the Jew (p), before they were by the apostle. Sarah he makes to signify virtue, and Hagar the whole circle of arts and sciences, which are, or should be, an handmaid to virtue; but these things respecting Hagar and Sarah, the bondwoman and the free, and their several offspring, are much better allegorized by the apostle here.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament (1755)

Which things are an allegory - An allegory is a figurative speech, wherein one thing is expressed, and another intended. For those two sons are types of the two covenants. One covenant is that given from Mount Sinai, which beareth children to bondage - That is, all who are under this, the Jewish covenant, are in bondage.

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

The former, Agar, represented that which was given from mount Sinai, and which gendereth to bondage, which, though it was a dispensation of grace, yet, in comparison of the gospel state, was a dispensation of bondage, and became more so to the Jews, through their mistake of the design of it, and expecting to be justified by the works of it.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Which things are an allegory - They are to be understood spiritually; more being intended in the account than meets the eye. Allegory, from αλλος, another, and αγορεω, or αγορευω, to speak, signifies a thing that is a representative of another, where the literal sense is the representative of a spiritual meaning; or, as the glossary expresses it, ἑτερως κατα μεταφρασιν νοουμενα, και ου κατα την αναγνωσιν· “where the thing is to be understood differently in the interpretation than it appears in the reading.” Allegories are frequent in all countries, and are used by all writers.

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Original language & word study

19 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
ἅτινά	hatina	which things	G3748 →
ἐστιν	estin	are	G1510 →
ἀλληγορούμενα·	allēgoroumena	allegorized;	G238 →
αὗται	hautai	these	G3778 →
γάρ	gar	for	G1063 →
εἰσιν	eisin	are	G1510 →
δύο	duo	two	G1417 →
διαθῆκαι,	diathēkai	covenants,	G1242 →
μία	mia	one	G1520 →
μὲν	men	indeed	G3303 →
ἀπὸ	apo	from	G575 →
ὄρους	orous	Mount	G3735 →
Σινᾶ	Sina	Sinai	G4614 →
εἰς	eis	unto	G1519 →
δουλείαν	douleian	slavery	G1397 →
γεννῶσα	gennōsa	begetting	G1080 →
ἥτις	hētis	which	G3748 →
ἐστὶν	estin	is	G1510 →
Ἁγάρ.	Hagar	Hagar.	G28 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Matthew 13:35
So was fulfilled what was spoken through the prophet: “I will open My mouth in parables; I will utter things hidden since the foundation of the world.”
leads to
- Psalms 78:2
  I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things hidden from the beginning,
- Ephesians 3:9
  and to illuminate for everyone the stewardship of this mystery, which for ages past was kept hidden in God, who created all things.
- 1 Peter 1:20–21
  He was known before the foundation of the world, but was revealed in the last times for your sake.
- Romans 16:25–26
  Now to Him who is able to strengthen you by my gospel and by the proclamation of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery concealed for ages past
- 1 Corinthians 2:7
  No, we speak of the mysterious and hidden wisdom of God, which He destined for our glory before time began.
Through
1 Corinthians 10:11
Now these things happened to them as examples and were written down as warnings for us, on whom the fulfillment of the ages has come.
leads to
- Romans 15:4
  For everything that was written in the past was written for our instruction, so that through endurance and the encouragement of the Scriptures, we might have hope.
- Romans 13:11
  And do this, understanding the occasion. The hour has come for you to wake up from your slumber, for our salvation is nearer now than when we first believed.
- 1 Corinthians 9:10
  Isn’t He actually speaking on our behalf? Indeed, this was written for us, because when the plowman plows and the thresher threshes, they should also expect to share in the harvest.