Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Galatians 3:1

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1. that ye should not obey the truth —omitted in the oldest manuscripts. bewitched —fascinated you so that you have lost your wits. THEMISTIUS says the Galatians were naturally very acute in intellect. Hence, Paul wonders they could be so misled in this case. you —emphatical. "You, before whose eyes Jesus Christ hath been graphically set forth (literally, in writing, namely, by vivid portraiture in preaching) among you, crucified" (so the sense and Greek order require rather than English Version ). As Christ was "crucified," so ye ought to have been by faith " crucified with Christ," and so "dead to the law" ( Galatians 2:19 ; Galatians 2:20 ). Reference to the "eyes" is appropriate, as fascination was supposed to be exercised through the eyes. The sight of Christ crucified ought to have been enough to counteract all fascination. return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verse-2" class="com-number"

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• source-manifest/jfb — Jamieson-Fausset-Brown (PD)
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