Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
constrained, etc.—But for this, the whole design of the interview had been lost; but it was not to be lost, for He who only wished to be constrained had kindled a longing in the hearts of His travelling companions which was not to be so easily put off. And does not this still repeat itself in the interviews of the Saviour with His loving, longing disciples? Else why do they say,
Abide with me from morn to eve,
For without Thee I cannot live;
Abide with me when night is nigh,
For without Thee I cannot die.
KEBLE
made as though, etc.—(Compare Mark 6:48; Genesis 18:3, Genesis 18:5; Genesis 32:24-26).
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Song of Solomon 3:4
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