Galatians 4:25
And, the Hagar, is Mount Sinai, in Arabia,—she answereth, however, unto the present Jerusalem, for she is in bondage with her children;
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
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In Context
26But, the Jerusalem above, is free,—the which is our mother;
Cross References
Judges 5:5From, mountains, came down streams In presence of Yahweh,—From this Sinai, In presence of Yahweh, God of Israel.
Psalms 68:17The chariots of God, are two myriads—thousands repeated, My Lord, is among them Sinai, is in the sanctuary!
Luke 13:34Jerusalem! Jerusalem! she that slayeth the prophets, and stoneth them that are sent unto her! How often, have I desired to gather together thy children, like as a hen, her own brood, under her wings,—and ye did not desire!
Acts 1:11Who also said—Men of Galilee! why stand ye looking into heaven? This Jesus who hath been taken up from you into heaven, shall so come, in like manner as ye yourselves have gazed upon him going into heaven.
Hebrews 12:18For ye have not approached—unto, a searching and scorching fire, and gloom, and mist, and tempest,
Matthew Henry on Galatians 4:22-31
Affectionate Remonstrance. ( a. d. 56.) 21 Tell me, ye that desire to be under the law, do ye not hear the law? 22 For it is written, that Abraham had two sons, the one by a bondmaid, the other by a freewoman. 23 But he who was of the bondwoman was born after the flesh; but he of the freewoman was by promise. 24 Which things are an allegory: for these are the two covenants; the one from the mount Sinai, which gendereth to bondage, which is Agar. 25 For this Agar is mount Sinai in Arabia, and answereth to Jerusalem… Read the whole commentary →