Full Gal 3:15–29. Paul: "He saith not, And to seeds, as of many; but as of one, And to thy seed, which is Christ." Zera can carry collective or individual force; Paul reads it individually, tracking a messianic-singular reading already present in rabbinic sources (Bereshit Rabbah 23). Pastor Marc editorial hook: the Jewish/Christian interpretive divergence on this grammar.
Galatians 3:16 — The Singular Seed
Paul's grammatical argument that the promises were made to one descendant, not the collective.
Primary passage:Galatians 3:16 →
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John Calvin
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1. O foolish Galatians. An expostulation is here interwoven -- I should rather say, inserted -- amidst his doctrinal statements. Some will wonder that he did not delay it to the close of the Epistle, but the very serious nature of the errors which he has brought forward unquestionably roused…
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