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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
Touch not, taste not, handle not. This the apostle says, not of himself, but in the person of the Jewish doctors; who…
Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870
Tough not; taste not; handle not - These words seem intended as a specimen of the kind of ordinances which the apostle…
Adam ClarkeMethodist theologian, 1762–1832
Touch not; taste not; handle not - These are forms of expression very frequent among the Jews. In Maccoth, fol. xxi. 1:…
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Colossians 2:16-23
The apostle concludes the chapter with exhortations to proper duty, which he infers from the foregoing discourse.
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Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921
(touch not; taste not; handle not; Better (discarding the brackethere), Handle thou not, nor taste, nor touch. This…
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