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Galatians 4:27
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25 for this Hagar is Mount Sinai in Arabia, and corresponds to Jerusalem which now is, and is in bondage with her children—
26 but the aJerusalem above is free, which is the mother of us all.  
27 For it is written:
a“Rejoice, O barren,
You who do not bear!
Break forth and shout,
You who are not in labor!
For the desolate has many more children
Than she who has a husband.”  
28 Now awe, brethren, as Isaac was, are bchildren of promise.  
29 But, as ahe who was born according to the flesh then persecuted him who was born according to the Spirit, beven so it is now.  
30 Nevertheless what does athe Scripture say? b“Cast out the bondwoman and her son, for cthe son of the bondwoman shall not be heir with the son of the freewoman.”  
31 So then, brethren, we are not children of the bondwoman but of the free.
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Galatians 4:27

Which is our mother (htiv estin mhthr hmwn). The mother of us Christians, apply the allegory of Hagar and Sarah to us. The Jerusalem above is the picture of the Kingdom of God. Paul illustrates the allegory by quoting Isaiah 54:1, a song of triumph looking for deliverance from a foreign yoke.

Rejoice (eufranqhti). First aorist passive imperative of eufrainw.

Break forth (rhcon). First aorist active imperative of rhgnumi, to rend, to burst asunder. Supply eufrosunhn (joy) as in Isaiah 49:13.

The desolate (thv erhmou). The prophet refers to Sarah's prolonged barrenness and Paul uses this fact as a figure for the progress and glory of Christianity (the new Jerusalem of freedom) in contrast with the old Jerusalem of bondage (the current Judaism). His thought has moved rapidly, but he does not lose his line.




Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing Galatians 4:27:

Galatians 4:19
Hebrews 12:22
Revelation 12:2

 

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