11Searching what, or what manner of time the Spirit of Christ which was in them did signify, when it testified beforehand the sufferings of Christ, and the glory that should follow.
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Behold, my servant shall deal prudently, he shall be exalted and extolled, and be very high. …
For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost.
Then he said unto them, O fools, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken: …
But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his.
Who hath believed our report? and to whom is the arm of the LORD revealed? …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 10-12)The apostle having described the persons to whom he wrote, and declared to them the excellent advantages they were under, goes on to show them what warrant he had for what he had delivered; and because they were Jews, and had a profound veneration for the Old Testament, he produces the authority of the prophets to convince them that the doctrine of salvation by faith in Jesus Christ was no new doc…
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