Word Pictures in the New Testament - David Cox

Word Pictures in the NT [Galatians: Chapter 4].
(\euphranth•ti\). First aorist passive imperative of \euphrain•\.
{Break forth} (\r•xon\). First aorist active imperative of
\r•gnumi\, to rend, to burst asunder. Supply \euphrosun•n\ (joy)
as in Isa 49:13. {The desolate} (\t•s er•mou\). 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.
4:28 {Now we} (\h•meis de\). Some MSS. have \humeis de\ (now ye).
In either case Paul means that Christians (Jews and Gentiles) are
children of the promise as Isaac was (\kata Isaak\, after the
manner of Isaac).
4:29 {Persecuted} (\edi•ken\). Imperfect active of \di•k•\, to
pursue, to persecute. Ge 21:9 has in Hebrew "laughing," but the
LXX has "mocking." The Jewish tradition represents Ishmael as
shooting arrows at Isaac. {So now} (\houtos kai nun\) the Jews
were persecuting Paul and all Christians (1Th 2:15f.).
4:30 {Cast out} (\ekbale\). Second aorist active imperative of
\ekball•\. Quotation from Ge 21:10 (Sarah to Abraham) and
confirmed in 21:12 by God's command to Abraham. Paul gives
allegorical warning thus to the persecuting Jews and Judaizers.
{Shall not inherit} (\ou m• kl•ronom•sei\). Strong negative (\ou
m•\ and future indicative). "The law and the gospel cannot
co-exist. The law must disappear before the gospel" (Lightfoot).
See 3:18,29 for the word "inherit."
4:31 {But of the freewoman} (\alla t•s eleutheras\). We are
children of Abraham by faith (3:7).
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Word Pictures in the New Testament
(Galatians: Chapter 4)