Song 8:5 | JFB | STEP | 5. Who is this —Words of the daughters of Jerusalem, that is, the churches of Judea; referring to Paul, on his return from Arabia ("the wilderness"), whither he had gone after conversion ( ). I raised thee . . . she . . . bare thee — ( ). The first words of Jesus Christ to the bride since her going to the garden of nuts ( ); so His appearance to Paul is the only one since His ascension, is not an address of Him as visible: her reply implies He is not visible ( ). Spiritually, she was found in the moral wilderness ( ); but now she is "coming up from" it ( ), especially in the last stage of her journey, her conscious weakness casting itself the more wholly on Jesus Christ ( ). "Raised" ( ). Found ruined under the forbidden tree ( ); restored under the shadow of Jesus Christ crucified, "the green tree" ( ), fruit-"bearing" by the cross ( ). "Born again by the Holy Ghost" "there" ( ). In this verse, her dependence, in the similar verse, , &c., His omnipotence to support her, are brought out ( ).

Song of Solomon 8:5

5. Who is this—Words of the daughters of Jerusalem, that is, the churches of Judea; referring to Paul, on his return from Arabia ("the wilderness"), whither he had gone after conversion (Ga 1:15-24).

I raised thee . . . she . . . bare thee— (Ac 26:14-16). The first words of Jesus Christ to the bride since her going to the garden of nuts (So 6:9, 10); so His appearance to Paul is the only one since His ascension, So 8:13 is not an address of Him as visible: her reply implies He is not visible (1Co 15:8). Spiritually, she was found in the moral wilderness (Eze 16:5; Ho 13:5); but now she is "coming up from" it (Jer 2:2; Ho 2:14), especially in the last stage of her journey, her conscious weakness casting itself the more wholly on Jesus Christ (2Co 12:9). "Raised" (Eph 2:1-7). Found ruined under the forbidden tree (Ge 3:22-24); restored under the shadow of Jesus Christ crucified, "the green tree" (Lu 23:31), fruit-"bearing" by the cross (Isa 53:11; Joh 12:24). "Born again by the Holy Ghost" "there" (Eze 16:3-6). In this verse, her dependence, in the similar verse, So 3:6, &c., His omnipotence to support her, are brought out (De 33:26).