Galatians 4:25

James Moffatt - New Testament

for mount Sinai is away in Arabia. She corresponds to the present Jerusalem, for the latter is in servitude with her children.

Cross References

Hebrews 12:18

You have not come to what you can touch, to flames of fire, to mist and gloom and stormy blasts,

Galatians 1:17

instead of going up to Jerusalem to see those who had been apostles before me, I went off at once to Arabia, and on my return I came back to Damascus.

Acts 1:11

who said, "Men of Galilee, why do you stand looking up to heaven? This Jesus who has been taken from you into heaven will come back, just as you have seen him depart to heaven."

Luke 19:44

and raze you and your children within you to the ground, leaving not one stone upon another within you — and all because you would not understand when God was visiting you."

Luke 13:34

O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, slaying the prophets and stoning those who have been sent to you! How often I would fain have gathered your children as a fowl gathers her brood under her wings! But you would not have it!

Matthew 23:37

O Jerusalem, Jerusalem! slaying the prophets and stoning those who have been sent to you! How often I would fain have gathered your children as a fowl gathers her brood under her wings! But you would not have it!

Galatians 4:24

Now this is an allegory. The women are two covenants. One comes from mount Sinai, bearing children for servitude; that is Hagar,

Galatians 4:26

But the Jerusalem on high is free, and she is 'our' mother.