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Commentaries on Song of Solomon 8:3

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John Gill - Exposition

John Gill

INTRODUCTION TO SONG OF SOLOMON 8 This chapter begins with an ardent wish of the church for a free and intimate converse with Christ; declaring what she would do to him, and for him, should she have such an interview with him, So 8:1; what familiarity should be between them, So 8:3; charging the daughters of Jerusalem not to give him any disturbance, So 8:4. Upon which they inquire who she was...

John Gill - Exposition

John Gill

His left hand [should be] under my head, and his right hand should embrace me. That is, when she should have the presence of Christ in her mother's house. Or the words are a petition that so it might be, "let his left hand", c. (g) or a declaration of what she did enjoy, "his left hand is under my head", &c. (h), [See comments on So 2:6]. (g) Tigurine version, Marckius, some in Michaelis. (h)...

Matthew Henry - Complete Commentary

Matthew Henry

The affections between Christ and his spouse are as strong and lively here, in this closing chapter of the song, as ever, and rather more so. I. The spouse continues her importunity for a more intimate communion and fellowship with him, ver. 1-3. II. She charges the daughters of Jerusalem not to interrupt her communion with her beloved (ver. 4); and they, thereupon, admire her dependence on him,...