{"commentaries":[],"citedBy":{"1":[],"2":[],"3":[],"4":[{"id":"chrysostom.JHN.3.6.1","author":"John Chrysostom","author_dates":"c. 347-407","tradition":"Patristic (Greek East)","era":"Early church","died":407,"ref":"John 3:6","href":"/jhn/3/#v6-chrysostom","text":"Gal. iv. 4","snippet":"Not of the Spirit only, but of flesh; as Paul de clares, when he says, “Made of a woman, made under the Law” ( Gal. iv. 4 ); for the Spirit fashioned Him not indeed out of nothing, (for what need was there then of a womb?) but from the flesh of a Virgin."},{"id":"westcott.JHN.7.8.1","author":"B. F. Westcott","author_dates":"1825-1901","tradition":"Anglican","era":"The 1800s","died":1901,"ref":"John 7:8","href":"/jhn/7/#v8-westcott","text":"Gal. iv. 4","snippet":"Luke xxi. 24 ; Acts vii. 23 ... ; Eph. i. 10 ; Gal. iv. 4."}],"5":[],"6":[{"id":"calvin.JHN.9.31.1","author":"John Calvin","author_dates":"1509-1564","tradition":"Reformed","era":"Reformation","died":1564,"ref":"John 9:31","href":"/jhn/9/#v31-calvin","text":"Galatians 4:6","snippet":"It is by a special privilege that he invites his children to himself; and it is the Spirit of adoption alone that crieth out in our hearts, Abba, Father, (Romans 8:15; Galatians 4:6."},{"id":"henry.JHN.15.26-27.2","author":"Matthew Henry","author_dates":"1662-1714","tradition":"English Nonconformist (Presbyterian)","era":"Puritans and the 1700s","died":1714,"ref":"John 15:26–27","href":"/jhn/15/#v26-henry","text":"Gal. iv. 6","snippet":"The Nicene Creed says, The Spirit proceedeth from the Father and the Son, for he is called the Spirit of the Son, Gal. iv. 6."},{"id":"bengel.JHN.15.26.1","author":"Johann Albrecht Bengel","author_dates":"1687-1752","tradition":"Lutheran Pietist","era":"Puritans and the 1700s","died":1752,"ref":"John 15:26","href":"/jhn/15/#v26-bengel","text":"Gal. iv. 6","snippet":"… testimony of the Paraclete (Comforter) and of the disciples i is put in contrast with the ignorance and hatred of the world. ... from the Father) The Spirit of God is the same as the Spirit of Christ : Rom. viii. 9; Gal. iv. 6."},{"id":"ryle.JHN.16.13.1","author":"J. C. Ryle","author_dates":"1816-1900","tradition":"Anglican (Evangelical)","era":"The 1800s","died":1900,"ref":"John 16:13","href":"/jhn/16/#v13-ryle","text":"Gal. iv. 6","snippet":"(Gal. iv. 6."},{"id":"westcott.JHN.1.12.2","author":"B. F. Westcott","author_dates":"1825-1901","tradition":"Anglican","era":"The 1800s","died":1901,"ref":"John 1:12","href":"/jhn/1/#v12-westcott","text":"Gal. iv. 6","snippet":"Comp. 2 Pet. i. 3, 4 ; Gal. iv. 6."},{"id":"westcott.JHN.17.1.1","author":"B. F. Westcott","author_dates":"1825-1901","tradition":"Anglican","era":"The 1800s","died":1901,"ref":"John 17:1","href":"/jhn/17/#v1-westcott","text":"Gal. iv. 6","snippet":"If the prayer was (as is likely) spoken in Aramaean, we cannot but recall Mark xiv. 36 ; Rom. viii. 15 ; Gal. iv. 6 ...."}],"7":[],"8":[],"9":[{"id":"calvin.JHN.10.26.1","author":"John Calvin","author_dates":"1509-1564","tradition":"Reformed","era":"Reformation","died":1564,"ref":"John 10:26","href":"/jhn/10/#v26-calvin","text":"Galatians 4:9","snippet":"And, indeed, before that men know God, they must first be known by him, as Paul says, (Galatians 4:9."},{"id":"calvin.JHN.20.16.2","author":"John Calvin","author_dates":"1509-1564","tradition":"Reformed","era":"Reformation","died":1564,"ref":"John 20:16","href":"/jhn/20/#v16-calvin","text":"Galatians 4:9","snippet":"After that you have known God, or rather, after that you have been known by him, (Galatians 4:9."},{"id":"henry.JHN.1.48.2","author":"Matthew Henry","author_dates":"1662-1714","tradition":"English Nonconformist (Presbyterian)","era":"Puritans and the 1700s","died":1714,"ref":"John 1:48","href":"/jhn/1/#v48-henry","text":"Gal. iv. 9","snippet":"Christ has knowledge of us before we have any knowledge of him; see Isa. xlv. 4; Gal. iv. 9. 2."},{"id":"henry.JHN.3.3.2","author":"Matthew Henry","author_dates":"1662-1714","tradition":"English Nonconformist (Presbyterian)","era":"Puritans and the 1700s","died":1714,"ref":"John 3:3","href":"/jhn/3/#v3-henry","text":"Gal. iv. 9","snippet":"We must be born anew; so the word is taken, Gal. iv. 9, and ab initio—from the beginning, Luke i. 3."},{"id":"henry.JHN.9.1.3","author":"Matthew Henry","author_dates":"1662-1714","tradition":"English Nonconformist (Presbyterian)","era":"Puritans and the 1700s","died":1714,"ref":"John 9:1","href":"/jhn/9/#v1-henry","text":"Gal. iv. 9","snippet":"And, if we know or apprehend any thing of Christ, it is because we were first known of him (Gal. iv. 9) and apprehended by him, Phil. iii. 12."},{"id":"henry.JHN.10.14-15.2","author":"Matthew Henry","author_dates":"1662-1714","tradition":"English Nonconformist (Presbyterian)","era":"Puritans and the 1700s","died":1714,"ref":"John 10:14–15","href":"/jhn/10/#v14-henry","text":"Gal. iv. 9","snippet":"Christ's knowing his sheep is put before their knowing him, for he knew and loved us first (1 John iv. 19), and it is not so much our knowing him as our being known of him that is our happiness, Gal. iv. 9."},{"id":"westcott.JHN.10.14-15.1","author":"B. F. Westcott","author_dates":"1825-1901","tradition":"Anglican","era":"The 1800s","died":1901,"ref":"John 10:14–15","href":"/jhn/10/#v14-westcott","text":"Gal. iv. 9","snippet":"Such mutual knowledge as is described involves sympathy, love, community of nature : 1 John iv. 7 f. ; Gal. iv. 9 ; 1 Cor. viii. 3 ; ch. xvii. 3, 25."},{"id":"westcott.JHN.16.22.1","author":"B. F. Westcott","author_dates":"1825-1901","tradition":"Anglican","era":"The 1800s","died":1901,"ref":"John 16:22","href":"/jhn/16/#v22-westcott","text":"Gal. iv. 9","snippet":"Comp. Gal. iv. 9 ; 1 Cor. viii. 3; (ch. x. 14, 15)."}],"10":[],"11":[],"12":[],"13":[],"14":[],"15":[{"id":"henry.JHN.15.13.1","author":"Matthew Henry","author_dates":"1662-1714","tradition":"English Nonconformist (Presbyterian)","era":"Puritans and the 1700s","died":1714,"ref":"John 15:13","href":"/jhn/15/#v13-henry","text":"Gal. iv. 15","snippet":"The highest proof of it is laying down one's life for a friend, to save his life, and perhaps there have been some such heroic achievements of love, more than plucking out one's own eyes, Gal. iv. 15."}],"16":[],"17":[],"18":[],"19":[{"id":"westcott.JHN.13.33.1","author":"B. F. Westcott","author_dates":"1825-1901","tradition":"Anglican","era":"The 1800s","died":1901,"ref":"John 13:33","href":"/jhn/13/#v33-westcott","text":"Gal. iv. 19","snippet":"Little children] The exact word ... occurs here only in the Gospels ...; but in 1 John it is found six (or seven) times: in Gal. iv. 19 the reading is doubtful. ..."},{"id":"westcott.JHN.16.21.1","author":"B. F. Westcott","author_dates":"1825-1901","tradition":"Anglican","era":"The 1800s","died":1901,"ref":"John 16:21","href":"/jhn/16/#v21-westcott","text":"Gal. iv. 19","snippet":"St Paul uses the same image to describe the relation of an apostle to his converts, Gal. iv. 19."}],"20":[{"id":"westcott.JHN.6.21.1","author":"B. F. Westcott","author_dates":"1825-1901","tradition":"Anglican","era":"The 1800s","died":1901,"ref":"John 6:21","href":"/jhn/6/#v21-westcott","text":"Gal. iv. 20","snippet":"It is commonly used of a desire which is not gratified (vii. 44, xvi. 19; Mark vi. 19, 48; Gal. iv. 20, &c.) but this secondary idea does not necessarily lie in the word."},{"id":"westcott.JHN.13.22.1","author":"B. F. Westcott","author_dates":"1825-1901","tradition":"Anglican","era":"The 1800s","died":1901,"ref":"John 13:22","href":"/jhn/13/#v22-westcott","text":"Gal. iv. 20","snippet":"The same word ... occurs Luke xxiv. 4 ; Acts xxv. 20 ; 2 Cor. iv. 8 ; Gal. iv. 20, and expresses rather bewilderment than simple doubt."}],"21":[{"id":"henry.JHN.5.45.1","author":"Matthew Henry","author_dates":"1662-1714","tradition":"English Nonconformist (Presbyterian)","era":"Puritans and the 1700s","died":1714,"ref":"John 5:45","href":"/jhn/5/#v45-henry","text":"Gal. iv. 21","snippet":"What fools were they then that adhered to Moses against Christ, and desired to be under the law! Gal. iv. 21."}],"22":[],"23":[],"24":[{"id":"henry.JHN.8.35.1","author":"Matthew Henry","author_dates":"1662-1714","tradition":"English Nonconformist (Presbyterian)","era":"Puritans and the 1700s","died":1714,"ref":"John 8:35","href":"/jhn/8/#v35-henry","text":"Gal. iv. 24, 25","snippet":"Jerusalem, by opposing the gospel of Christ, which proclaimed liberty, and adhering to the Sinai-covenant, which gendered to bondage, after its term was expired came to be in bondage with her children (Gal. iv. 24, 25), and therefore was unchurched and disfranchised, her charter seized and taken away, and she was cast out as the son of the bond-woman, Gen. xxi. 14."}],"25":[{"id":"henry.JHN.8.35.1","author":"Matthew Henry","author_dates":"1662-1714","tradition":"English Nonconformist (Presbyterian)","era":"Puritans and the 1700s","died":1714,"ref":"John 8:35","href":"/jhn/8/#v35-henry","text":"Gal. iv. 24, 25","snippet":"Jerusalem, by opposing the gospel of Christ, which proclaimed liberty, and adhering to the Sinai-covenant, which gendered to bondage, after its term was expired came to be in bondage with her children (Gal. iv. 24, 25), and therefore was unchurched and disfranchised, her charter seized and taken away, and she was cast out as the son of the bond-woman, Gen. xxi. 14."}],"26":[],"27":[{"id":"henry.JHN.21.6.3","author":"Matthew Henry","author_dates":"1662-1714","tradition":"English Nonconformist (Presbyterian)","era":"Puritans and the 1700s","died":1714,"ref":"John 21:6","href":"/jhn/21/#v6-henry","text":"Gal. iv. 27","snippet":"Many were the children of the desolate, Gal. iv. 27."}],"28":[],"29":[{"id":"calvin.JHN.8.35.1","author":"John Calvin","author_dates":"1509-1564","tradition":"Reformed","era":"Reformation","died":1564,"ref":"John 8:35","href":"/jhn/8/#v35-calvin","text":"Galatians 4:29","snippet":"They held a place in the Church of God, but such a place as Ishmael, a slave, rising up against his freeborn brother, usurped for a short time, (Galatians 4:29."}],"30":[],"31":[]}}