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Selected Verse: Ezekiel 10:17 - King James
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Eze 10:17 |
King James |
When 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. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
(Eze 1:12, Eze 1:20-21).
stood--God never stands still (Joh 5:17), therefore neither do the angels; but to human perceptions He seems to do so. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| For - There is a perfect harmony between second causes in their dependence on, and subjection to, the one infinite, wise, good, holy, and just God. The spirit of God directs all the creatures, upper and lower, so that they shall serve the divine purpose. Events are not determined by the wheel of fortune, which is blind, but by the wheels of providence, which are full of eyes. |
17 But Jesus answered them, My Father worketh hitherto, and I work.
20 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.
21 When those went, these went; and when those stood, these stood; and when those were lifted up from the earth, the wheels were lifted up over against them: for the spirit of the living creature was in the wheels.
12 And they went every one straight forward: whither the spirit was to go, they went; and they turned not when they went.