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John Gill's Exposition on Psalms 50:18
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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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When thou sawest a thief, then thou consentedst with him, etc.] Or “didst run with him” f677; joined and agreed with him in the commission of the same things; which was literally true of the Scribes and Pharisees: they devoured widows’ houses, and robbed them of their substance, under a pretence of long prayers; they consented to the deeds of Barabbas, a robber, when they preferred him to Jesus Christ; and they joined with the thieves on the cross in reviling him: and, in a spiritual sense, they stole away the word of the Lord, every man from his neighbour; took away the key of knowledge from the people, and put false glosses upon the sacred writings; and hast been a partaker with adulterers; these teachers of the law were guilty both of theft and adultery, ( <450221>Romans 2:21,22); they are called by our Lord an adulterous generation, (<401239>Matthew 12:39); and they were so in a literal sense; (see <430804>John 8:4-9); and in a figurative one, adulterating the word of God, and handling it deceitfully.
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