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John Gill
INTRODUCTION TO SONG OF SOLOMON 2 Here begins a new colloquy between Christ and his church; in which they alternately set forth the excellencies of each other; and express their mutual affection for, and delight and pleasure they take in, each other's company. Christ seems to begin, in an account of himself and his own excellencies, and of the church in her present state, So 2:1; then she, in her...
John Gill
I [am] the rose of Sharon, [and] the lily of the valleys. Whether Christ, or the church, is here speaking, is not certain: most of the Jewish writers (t), and some Christian interpreters (u), take them to be the words of the church, expressing the excellency of her grace, loveliness, and beauty, she had from Christ; and intimating also her being in the open fields, exposed to many dangers and...
Matthew Henry
In this chapter, I. Christ speaks both concerning himself and concerning his church, ver. 1, 2. II. The church speaks, 1. Remembering the pleasure and satisfaction she has in communion with Christ, ver. 3, 4. 2. Entertaining herself with the present tokens of his favour and taking care that nothing happen to intercept them, ver. 5-7. 3. Triumphing in his approaches towards her, ver. 8, 9. 4....
Charles H. Spurgeon
I am the rose of Sharon, and the lily of the valleys. As the lily among thorns, so is my love among the daughters. So does Christ’s Church spring up singular for her beauty — as much different from the world — as much superior thereto as the lily to the thorns. Now see how she responds and answers to him.
Charles H. Spurgeon
I am the rose of Sharon, and the lily of the valleys. So he is, and much more than that. “Nature, to make his beauties known, Must mingle colors quite unknown.” So rich is he—rose and lily both in one. “White is his soul, from blemish free, Red with the blood he shed for me.”
Charles H. Spurgeon
I am the rose of Sharon, and the lily of the valleys. As the lily among thorns, so is my love among the daughters. It is the nature of love to make the thing beloved like itself. If Christ be a lily. he makes his people lilies too. Certainly he is the lily of the valley, and ere long his Church is able to say, “As the lily among the thorns, so am I,” while for the present Jesus says it. She is...
Charles H. Spurgeon
I am the rose of Sharon, and the lily of the valleys. Amongst all flowers, there is none that can be compared with him. “White is his soul, from blemish free, Red with the blood he shed for me.”