Commentaries:
Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)
A shadow (skia). Old word, opposed to substance (swma, body). In Hebrews 10:1 skia is distinguished from eikwn (picture), but here from swma (body, substance). The swma (body) casts the skia (shadow) and so belongs to Christ (Xristou, genitive case).
Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing Colossians 2:17:
Ephesians 2:20
Hebrews 8:5
Hebrews 10:1
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