Galatians 4:10

Ye observe days, and months, and times, and years.

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Word by word — the Greek

Word	Greek	Strong’s	Meaning
observe	παρατηρεῖσθε paratēreisthe	G3906	to inspect alongside · verb — present middle indicative, 2nd person plural
days	ἡμέρας hēmeras	G2250	day · noun — accusative plural feminine
and	καὶ kai	G2532	and · conjunction
months	μῆνας mēnas	G3376	a month · noun — accusative plural masculine
and	καὶ kai	G2532	and · conjunction
times	καιροὺς kairous	G2540	an occasion · noun — accusative plural masculine
and	καὶ kai	G2532	and · conjunction
years	ἐνιαυτούς. eniautous	G1763	a year · noun — accusative plural masculine

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Cross-references

Colossians 2:16-17 Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holyday, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days:
Romans 14:5 One man esteemeth one day above another: another esteemeth every day alike. Let every man be fully persuaded in his own mind.
Leviticus 23:1-44 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
Leviticus 25:13 In the year of this jubile ye shall return every man unto his possession.
Numbers 28:1-29 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
Leviticus 25:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses in mount Sinai, saying,

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Galatians 4:8-11

In these verses the apostle puts them in mind of what they were before their conversion to the faith of Christ, and what a blessed change their conversion had made upon them; and thence endeavours to convince them of their great weakness in hearkening to those who would bring them under the bondage of the law of Moses. I. He reminds them of their past state and behaviour, and what they were before the gospel was preached to them. Then they knew not God; they were grossly ignorant of the true God, and the way wherein he is to be worshipped: and at that time they were under the worst of slaveries, for they did service to those which by nature were no gods, they were employed in a great number…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Galatians 4:10

To regard the observance of certain days as in itself meritorious as a work, is alien to the free spirit of Christianity. This is not incompatible with observing the Sabbath or the Christian Lord's day as obligatory, though not as a work (which was the Jewish and Gentile error in the observance of days), but as a holy mean appointed by the Lord for attaining the great end, holiness. The whole life alike belongs to the Lord in the Gospel view, just as the whole world, and not the Jews only, belong to Him. But as in Paradise, so now one portion of time is needed wherein to draw off the soul more entirely from secular business to God (Col 2:16). "Sabbaths, new moons, and set feasts" (Ch1 23:31;…

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Adam Clarke on Galatians 4:10

Ye observe days - Ye superstitiously regard the Sabbaths and particular days of your own appointment; And months - New moons; times - festivals, such as those of tabernacles, dedication, passover, etc. Years - Annual atonements, sabbatical years, and jubilees.

John Gill on Galatians 4:10

Ye observe days, and months, and times, and years. Lest the apostle should be thought to suggest, without foundation, the inclination of these people to be in bondage to the ceremonies of the law, he gives this as an instance of it; which is to be understood, not of a civil observation of times, divided into days, months, and years, for which the luminaries of the heavens were made, and into summer and winter, seedtime and harvest, which is not only lawful, but absolutely necessary; but of a religious observation of days, &c. not of the lucky and unlucky days, or of any of the festivals of the Gentiles, but of Jewish ones. By "days" are meant their seventh day sabbaths; for since they are di…

The Church Fathers

Being, therefore, observers of "seasons" for these things, and of "days, and months, and years," we Galaticize.
— Tertullian, On Fasting

By "years" I think he means the seventh year of release, and the fiftieth, which they call the jubilee.
— Jerome, EPISTLE TO THE GALATIANS 2.4.10-11

Hence is plain that their teachers were preaching to them not only circumcision, but also the feast-days and new-moons.
— John Chrysostom, Homily on Galatians 4

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Dictionary and topics

Heaven — (1.) Definitions. The phrase “heaven and earth” is used to indicate the whole universe (Gen. 1:1; Jer. 23:24; Acts 17:24). According to the Jewish notion there were three heavens, (a) The firmament,…
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Feast Of The New Moon, The · Observance of, by Christians, condemned — Observance of, by Christians, condemned
Instability · General scriptures concerning — General scriptures concerning
Months · Observance of, condemned — Observance of, condemned

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Galatians 4:10

Word by word — the Greek

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Galatians 4:8-11

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Galatians 4:10

Adam Clarke on Galatians 4:10

John Gill on Galatians 4:10

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Galatians 4:10

Word by word — the Greek

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Galatians 4:8-11

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Galatians 4:10

Adam Clarke on Galatians 4:10

John Gill on Galatians 4:10

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

John Calvin on Galatians 4:6-11

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Galatians 4:10-11