28. We, brethren The direct application of the allegory to the present company. We Not as seeking circumcision, but as reposing faith in Christ. As Isaac… children of promise Isaac’s miraculous generation is type of our miraculous regeneration. The promise of his birth, first made by Jehovah to Abraham, is part of the covenant by which man is regenerate through Christ. read more
29. Then… now The persecution of Isaac by Ishmael is identical with the persecution of faithful Christians by circumcised Jews and Judaists. Isaac and the faithful Christians are alike the born after the flesh, as Ishmael and the Judaists are alike the born after the flesh. And this verities the statement of our note on Romans 9:8. Persecuted, seems, at first, to be a severe word for mocking, (in Genesis 21:9,) describing Ishmael’s demeanour to Isaac; and still more for the Hebrew,... read more
30. Nevertheless In spite of the apparent triumph of these persecutions. Cast out It is the destiny of the persecutor to be rejected and reprobated. The bondwoman The rejected Jewish Church. Her son The converts they make in Galatia to circumcision. Shall not be heir Shall not inherit the kingdom of God by faith. Free woman The New Testament Churches; free because released from the heavy yoke of Judaism. read more
31. So then Wherefore. That is, it results as an inference from all this that we, uncircumcised believers. The bondwoman In the Greek the article is significantly omitted from bondwoman, but inserted before free. There are many Churches in bondage, but there is but one Church free through Christ. The various false religions, even though they had not circumcision, had still severer rites, (see note Galatians 5:12,) and quite as cumbrous rituals; Christianity is the free religion of the... read more
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Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Galatians 4:27
27. Written St. Paul adorns his allegory with a choice gem from old prophetic poetry. Isaiah 54:1. The passage is clearly Messianic, and is spoken in view of the gathering in of the Gentiles, Galatians 4:3. She who was barren, and that travailed not, has now a numerous offspring. The barrenness, according to Paul, is the effeteness of fallen Judaism, and the new fertility is the life and increase of new Christianity. read more