17When they stood, these stood; and when they were lifted up, these lifted up themselves also: for the spirit of the living creature was in them.
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Whithersoever the spirit was to go, they went, thither was their spirit to go; and the wheels were lifted up over against them: for the spirit of the living creature was in the wheels. …
For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death.
And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.
And they went every one straight forward: whither the spirit was to go, they went; and they turned not when they went.
And after three days and an half the Spirit of life from God entered into them, and they stood upon their feet; and great fear fell upon them which saw them.
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 8-22)We have here a further account of the vision of God’s glory which Ezekiel saw, here intended to introduce that direful omen of the departure of that glory from them, which would open the door for ruin to break in. I. Ezekiel sees the glory of God shining in the sanctuary, as he had seen it by the river of Chebar , and gives an account of it, that those who had by their wickedness provoked God to d…
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