Galatians 4:2 BSB — MannaFest

Galatians 4:2

He is subject to guardians and trustees until the date set by his father.

BSB

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ASV

but is under guardians and stewards until the day appointed of the father.

KJV

But is under tutors and governors until the time appointed of the father.

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Commentary

4 voices

Jerome

Commentary on Galatians (420)

(Chapter IV - 1, 2) However, I say that as long as the heir is a child, he is no different from a slave, even though he is the Lord of all, but he is under guardians and managers until the appointed time by the father. This little heir, who is no different from a slave even though he is the Lord of all, is under guardians and managers until the appointed time by the father, represents the whole human race until the coming of Christ, and, to say more, until the end of the world.

The record, by era

The Church Fathers1 voice

Jerome

EPISTLE TO THE GALATIANS 4.1-2 (420)

"Guardians and trustees" could be taken as the prophets, by whose words we were made ready, day by day, for the coming of the Savior, just as the law of Moses is described above as a custodian.… Or the phrase could be taken to refer to priests and princes, who then held power over the people and are now a reflection of God's purpose. People are correctly said to live under tutors and overseers when, having the spirit of fear, they have not yet deserved to receive the spirit of freedom and adoption.

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

But is under tutors - Επιτροπους· Guardians and governors; οικονομους· those who have the charge of the family. These words are nearly similar; but we may consider the first as executor, the last as the person who superintends the concerns of the family and estate till the heir become of age; such as we call trustee. Until the time appointed of the father - The time mentioned in the father’s will or testament.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

It is not, as in earthly inheritances, the death of the father, but our Father's sovereign will simply that makes us heirs. child--Greek, "one under age." differeth nothing, &c.--that is, has no more freedom than a slave (so the Greek for "servant" means).

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Original language & word study

11 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
ἀλλ᾽	all᾽	Instead	G235 →
ὑπὸ	hupo	under	G5259 →
ἐπιτρόπους	epitropous	guardians	G2012 →
ἐστὶν	estin	he is	G1510 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
οἰκονόμους	oikonomous	trustees	G3623 →
ἄχρι	achri	until	G891 →
τῆς	tēs	the	G3588 →
προθεσμίας	prothesmias	time appointed	G4287 →
τοῦ	tou	<the>	G3588 →
πατρός.	patros	by [his] father.	G3962 →