Put a veil upon his face
(ετιθε καλυμμα επ το προσωπον αυτου). Imperfect active of τιθημ, used to put (Exodus 34:33).That the children of Israel should not look steadfastly
(προς το μη ατενισα τους υιους). Purpose expressed by προς and the articular infinitive with negative μη and the accusative of general reference. The Authorized Version had a wrong translation here as if to hide the glory on his face.
Verse 2 Corinthians 3:13. _AND NOT AS MOSES_] The splendour of Moses' countenance was so great that the Israelites could not bear to look upon his face, and therefore he was obliged to veil his face:...
AND NOT AS MOSES - Our conduct is not like that of Moses. We make no attempt to conceal anything in regard to the nature, design, and duration of the gospel. We leave nothing designedly in mystery. WH...
4. THE MINISTRY OF THE NEW COVENANT IN CONTRAST WITH THE OLD. CHAPTER 3 _ 1. The Epistle of Christ. (2 Corinthians 3:1)_ 2. The True Sufficiency. (2 Corinthians 3:4) 3. The Old and New Ministry Con...
This opens the way for a comparison between the ministry under the one covenant and the ministry under the other. The former, even though its issue was historically failure, condemnation, and death, a...
It is because we possess such a hope that we speak with such freedom. We do not draw a veil over things, as Moses did over his face so that the children of Israel should not gaze at the end of the glo...
EACH MAN A LETTER OF CHRIST (2 Corinthians 3:1-3)...
VAIL. Greek _kalununa._ Only here and in verses: 2Co 3:14, 2 Corinthians 3:15; 2 Corinthians 3:16. OVER. upon. Greek. _epi._ App-104. See Exodus 34:33. THAT, &c.. with. vi
The Ministration of the Spirit superior to that of the Law 7. _But if the ministration of death_ He does not say -which causeth," but -the ministration of death," for that which _caused_death was sin...
_And not as Moses_ i.e. we do not act as Moses did, who put a veil on his face. _that the children of Israel could not stedfastly look to the end of that which is abolished_ The Greek implies that Mos...
12–18. This overwhelming superiority of the Gospel inspires its ministers with great boldness. An Apostle has no need to veil the glory which he has received, for there is no fear of its being seen to...
ΑΥ̓ΤΟΥ͂ (ABCFGLP) rather than ἑαντοῦ (אDK). 13. ΚΑῚ ΟΥ̓ ΚΑΘΆΠΕΡ Μ. ἘΤΊΘΕΙ ΚΆΛΥΜΜΑ. _And not, as M. used to put a veil over his face_, do we act. The suppression of what corresponds to καθάπερ, ὥσπερ,...
_THE VEIL IS DONE AWAY IN CHRIST 2 CORINTHIANS 3:12-15:_ The hope of the perpetual nature of the New Testament gave Paul the courage to speak freely or with boldness. Just as the veil covered Moses' f...
ΚΑΙ ΟΎ вводит сокращенное главное _прид._: "мы не делаем, как" (BD, 255). ΈΤΊΘΕΙ _impf. ind. act. от_ ΤΊΘΗΜΙ (G5087) помещать; обыденный _impf._ "имел обыкновение класть" (RWP). ΚΆΛΥΜΜΑ (G2509) то,...
COULD NOT STEADFASTLY LOOK, &C.— St. Paul is here justifying in himself, and to other ministers of the gospel, the plainness and openness of their preaching, which he had asserted in the preceding ver...
APPLEBURY'S COMMENTS _Paul's Great Boldness of Speech Scripture_ 2 Corinthians 3:12-13. Having therefore such a hope, we use great boldness of speech, 13 and are not as Moses, who put a veil upon hi...
BUTLER'S COMMENTARY SECTION 3 It Divests People of Freedom (2 Corinthians 3:12-17) 12 Since we have such a hope, we are very bold, 13not like Moses, who put a veil over his face so that the Israelit...
And not as Moses, which put a vail over his face, that the children of Israel could not stedfastly look to the end of that which is abolished: We use no disguise, 'as Moses put a veil over his face...
6 The covenant of the letter is the law of Moses which was engraven in stone, to symbolize its unyielding sternness. There is no reference to the letter of Scripture. It is the law that kills, just as...
This chapter is closely connected with what goes before, and carries on the vindication of the Apostle's conduct....
In this and the next two vv. we have a good example of St. Paul's habit of blending the allegorical with the historical interpretation of the OT.: see also Galatians 4:22. The reference here is to Exo...
PARAPHRASE. 'Since our hopes of the future of the gospel are so great, we speak frankly and boldly. (13) We do not seek to conceal anything as Moses concealed his face with a veil lest the people shou...
GOD SHOWS HIS POWER WHEN WE ARE WEAK 2 CORINTHIANS _PHILIP SMITH_ CHAPTER 3 V1 But we are not trying to recommend ourselves. And we do not need letters to recommend us, like some people. V2 You a...
AND NOT AS MOSES, WHICH PUT A VAIL OVER HIS FACE. — The Apostle, it must be remembered, has in his thoughts either the LXX. version of Exodus 34:33, or an interpretation of the Hebrew answering to tha...
CHAPTER 10 THE TRANSFIGURING SPIRIT 2 Corinthians 3:12 (R.V) THE "hope" which here explains the Apostle's freedom of speech is to all intents and purposes the same as the "confidence" in 2 Corinthia...
καὶ οὐ καθάπερ κ. τ. λ.: _and_ (we put no veil upon our face) _as Moses put a veil upon his face_. The construction is broken, but the sense is obvious; _cf._, for a somewhat similar abbreviation, Mar...
THE MINISTRY OF THE NEW COVENANT IS (_b_) OPEN, NOT VEILED, AS WAS THAT OF THE OLD. The illustration from the O.T. which is used in these verses has been obscured for English readers by the faulty ren...
THE VEIL UPON THE HEART 2 Corinthians 3:7 By a quick turn of thought, Paul passes from the idea of the fleshly tablets of the heart, where God writes His new name, to the Law graven on the ancient ta...
The apostle declared that the Church is the supreme credential of the power of the ministry. The Corinthian Christians are "known and read of all men." This, however, was not the deepest truth. They w...
SEEING CHRIST'S GLORY WITH THE VEIL REMOVED Just as Moses used a veil to cover the glory shining on his face (Exodus 34:33), so he used types and shadows to cover the glory of the Lord. Christians can...
(4) And not as Moses, [which] put a vail over his face, that the children of Israel could not stedfastly look to the (m) end of that which is abolished: (4) He expounds along the way the allegory of M...
The apostle here informs the Corinthians that the apostles speak with confidence, without any veil, discovering to men mysteries hidden from the foundation of the world; not like Moses, who put a veil...
(7) But if the ministration of death, written and engraven in stones, was glorious, so that the children of Israel could not steadfastly behold the face of Moses for the glory of his countenance; whic...
13._Not as Moses _Paul is not reasoning as to the intention of Moses. For as it was his office, to publish the law to his people, so, there can be no doubt that he was desirous, that its true meaning...
These words give rise to an exposition of the gospel in contrast with the law, which the false teachers mixed up with the gospel. He gives this exposition with the most touching appeal to the heart of...
AND NOT AS MOSES, WHICH PUT A VEIL OVER HIS FACE,.... This he did, because there was such a glory upon his face when he came down from the mount, that the Israelites could not bear to look upon him; a...
And not as Moses, _which_ put a vail over his face, that the children of Israel could not stedfastly look to the end of that which is abolished: Ver. 13. _Could not stedfastly, &c._] Could not clearl...
_Seeing then_ Upon these grounds spoken of from 2 Corinthians 3:5; _that we have such hope_ Such confidence of the excellence of our ministry, or such an assurance that the gospel excels the law in it...
NOT AS MOSES, WHICH PUT A VEIL OVER HIS FACE; our message is not in any measure concealed, as was the face of Moses, in token of the darkness of that dispensation. COULD NOT STEADFASTLY LOOK TO THE E...
The effect of the two ministries:...
AND NOT AS MOSES, WHICH PUT A VEIL OVER HIS FACE THAT THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL COULD NOT STEADFASTLY LOOK TO THE END OF THAT WHICH IS ABOLISHED....
Did the Corinthians assume that Paul was merely commending himself or defending himself in penning the last verse of chapter 2? It was not so; but necessity demanded that they should recognize that he...
12-18 It is the duty of the ministers of the gospel to use great plainness, or clearness, of speech. The Old Testament believers had only cloudy and passing glimpses of that glorious Saviour, and unb...
We have the history to which this passage of the apostle relateth, in EXODUS 34:33,35, where we read, that _when Moses had done speaking, he put a veil on his face._ The apostle here elegantly turns t...
and are not as Moses, who put a veil upon his face, that the children of Israel should not look stedfastly on the end of that which was passing away:...
Archelaus Acts of the Disputation with the Heresiarch Manes This, therefore, is the word of censure upon the children of Israel, because they read Moses and yet do not understand him, and refuse to t...
2 Corinthians 3:13 unlike G2532 G3756 G2509 Moses G3475 put G5087 (G5707) veil G2571 over G1909 his...
CONSIDERATION OF THE CONSEQUENCES OF THE DIFFERENCE IN THE TWO COVENANTS (2 CORINTHIANS 3:12) ‘Having therefore such a hope, we use great boldness of speech, and are not as Moses, who put a veil on hi...
2 Corinthians 3:13. AND ARE NOT AS MOSES, _WHO _ PUT A VEIL UPON HIS FACE, THAT THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL SHOULD NOT LOOK STEDFASTLY TO THE END OF THAT WHICH WAS PASSING AWAY. Here again the reference is...
2 Corinthians 3:12 Mirrors of Christ. I. Note first what St. Paul means when he speaks of why Moses put the veil upon his face. You think it was because it was too bright that he did so. Not at all....
CONTENTS: The ministry of Christ accredited. Its spiritual and glorious character. CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Holy Spirit, Paul, Moses. CONCLUSION: True ministers are Christ's instruments, for He is th...
2 Corinthians 3:1. _Do we begin again to commend ourselves?_ A happy mode of recovery, as though he had slidden unawares into self-applause, when contrasting his ministry with that of false teachers....
NOT LIKE MOSES. Paul again compares himself to Moses, and shows the veil which Moses put over his face symbolized both a lack of boldness and that God's truth was _veiled_ in The Law. But as the glory...
_Seeing then that we have such hope, we use great plainness of speech _ THE DUTY OF OUTSPOKENNESS ON RELIGIOUS QUESTIONS True religion is very simple and very deep. A s simple as this statement, “Go...
2 CORINTHIANS—NOTE ON 2 CORINTHIANS 3:12 If Paul’s ministry announces life, not death, then why are the majority of the Jews in Paul’s day still rejecting it? Does Israel’s rejection of Paul’s message...
2 CORINTHIANS—NOTE ON 2 CORINTHIANS 3:13 VEIL is the key concept in vv. 2 Corinthians 3:13. so that the Israelites might not
CHAPTER III. SYNOPSIS OF THE CHAPTER i. Paul asserts that he does not seek or need the praise of men, as the Judaising false apostles sought it: the fruit of his preaching is, he says, sufficient co...
_CRITICAL NOTES_ N.B. A _continuous outpour_ of argument and appeal, all “alive,” and quivering, thrilling, with quick emotion, _from_ 2 Corinthians 2:17 _to_ 2 Corinthians 6:10. 2
EXPOSITION Defence against the charge of self-recommendation, which St. Paul does not need (2 Corinthians 3:1). His sufficiency comes from God (2 Corinthians 3:4), who has made him minister of a coven...
Shall we turn tonight to the third chapter of II Corinthians. Paul the apostle, it seemed, had the detractors to his ministry, men that followed him around seeking to discredit him. There are always t...
2 Corinthians 3:18; Colossians 2:17; Ephesians 2:14; Ephesians 2:15;...
Could not steadfastly look. Rev., should not. See Exodus 34:30-35, where the A. V., by the use of till, gives the wrong impression that Moses wore the veil while speaking to the people, in order to hi...
And we do not act as Moses did, who put a veil over his face — Which is to be understood with regard to his writings also. So that the children of Israel could not look steadfastly to the end of that...
Did Moses wear a veil when speaking to the people or not? PROBLEM: Exodus 34:33 (KJV) asserts that, “Till Moses had done speaking with them, he put a vail [sic] on his face” (cf. v. 35). This implies...