Galatians 4:24 — King James Version← Study notes
“Which things are an allegory: for these are the two covenants; the one from the mount Sinai, which gendereth to bondage, which is Agar.”
Galatians 4:24 — Greek Interlinear
Greek · Galatians 4:2419 words
ℹGreek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.
Church Fathers on Galatians 4:24
“Which things contain an allegory.” Contrary to usage, he calls a type an allegory; his meaning is as follows; this history not only declares that which appears on the face of it, but announces somewhat farther, whence it is called an allegory. And what has it announced? No less than all the things now present. “For these women,” he says, “are two covenants; one from mount Sinai, bearing children unto bondage, which is Hagar.” “These:” who? The mothers of those children,…
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