| Walter Curtis Lichfield - Bible - 2004 - 638 pages
...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...which now is, and is in bondage with her children. 26. But Jerusalem which is above is free, which is the mother of us all. 27. For it is written, Rejoice,... | |
| Timothy Landers - 2004 - 0 pages
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| Daniel E Almonz - Religion - 2004 - 314 pages
...inspection it appears to identify the Woman of Revelation 12 as almost the Church, or as some hybrid person. 25 For this Agar is mount Sinai in Arabia, and answereth...which now is, and is in bondage with her children. 26 But Jerusalem which is above is free, which is the mother of us all. 27 For it is written, Rejoice,... | |
| John Phillips - Religion - 2004 - 232 pages
...from the mount Sinai, which gendereth [gennao, "beareth children"] to bondage, which is Agar [Hagar] . For this Agar is mount Sinai in Arabia, and answereth...which now is, and is in bondage with her children" (w. 24-25). This kind of treatment of the biblical text is unparalleled elsewhere in the New Testament.... | |
| Victoria Kahn - Literary Criticism - 2009 - 392 pages
...for these are the two Covenants; the one from Mount Sinai, which gendereth to bondage, which is Agar. For this Agar is mount Sinai in Arabia, and answereth...which now is, and is in bondage with her children. But Jerusalem which is above is free, which is the mother of us all" (cited in Barbara Kiefer Lewalski,... | |
| William Potter - Literary Criticism - 2004 - 274 pages
...bondmaid (Hagar/Agar), the other by a freewoman (Sarah), Paul says that this is "an allegory," and that "this Agar is mount Sinai in Arabia, and answereth...which now is, and is in bondage with her children. But Jerusalem which is above is free, which is the mother of us all" (Gal. 4:24, 25-26). Rosenthal... | |
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