Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 30:12
It [is] not in heaven, that thou shouldest say, Who shall go up for us to heaven, and bring it unto us, that we may hear it, and do it?
12. not in heaven ] Not among the hidden things still with God, Deu 29:29 (28), and requiring a mediator. God has not left men to hunger for it; it has been mediated and heard.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
Verse 12. It is not in heaven] Shall not be communicated in that way in which the prophets received the living oracles; but the WORD shall be made flesh, and dwell among you.
Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible
In heaven, i.e. shut up there; but it hath been thence delivered and published in thy hearing.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
It [is] not in heaven,…. The scheme of it was formed in heaven, it was hid in the heart of God there, before revealed; it was ordained before the world was for our glory; it was brought down from thence by Christ, and committed to his apostles and ministers of the word to preach it to men; and has been ever since continued on earth, and will be at the time of the conversion of the Jews:
that thou shouldest say; that there should be any occasion of saying; it forbids any such kind of speech as, follows:
who shall go up for us to heaven, and bring it to us, that we may hear it, and do it? there is no need of that, for it is brought from thence already, and may be heard, and should be obeyed; for to put such a question would be the same as to ask “to bring Christ down from above”, who is come down already by the assumption of human nature, to preach the Gospel, give the sense of the law, and fulfil it, to do the will of his Father, bring in an everlasting righteousness, and save his people; so that there is no need of his coming again on the same errand, since he has obtained eternal redemption, and is the author of everlasting salvation, which is the sum and substance of the Gospel.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
We cannot err in the application of these things to the LORD JESUS and his Gospel; because the HOLY GHOST hath directly done so by the ministry of his servant the apostle. He calls it the righteousness which is by faith. I pray the Reader to compare the two passages together: Rom 10 from the 4th verse to the 10th. When he hath done this, I would recommend him to pause over both, and see whether Moses did not in this place very plainly preach CHRIST. Since the SON of GOD came down from heaven, we need not say, Who shall go up for us to heaven, to bring GOD’S will to us? And since the SON of GOD, after redemption-work was finished by him, returned to glory, we need not say, Who shall go up from the deep. JESUS hath opened the communication between the two worlds; and JESUS himself is the word, both the written and the uncreated word, which is nigh unto his people in the mouth, and in the heart, the hope of glory. Oh! precious salvation! may I esteem this holy word more than my necessary food. Job 23:12 . And yet more, JESUS the uncreated word, Joh 1:1 .
Fuente: Hawker’s Poor Man’s Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
Deu 30:12 It [is] not in heaven, that thou shouldest say, Who shall go up for us to heaven, and bring it unto us, that we may hear it, and do it?
Ver. 12. Who shall go up for us to heaven? ] And yet to know heavenly things, is to ascend into heaven. Pro 30:4
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
Pro 30:4, Joh 3:13, Rom 10:6, Rom 10:7
Reciprocal: Rom 2:13 – For not
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Deu 30:12-14. In heaven Shut up there, but it hath been thence delivered and published in thy hearing. Neither beyond the sea The knowledge of this commandment is not to be fetched from far distant places, to which divers of the wise heathen travelled for their wisdom; but it was brought to thy very doors and ears, and declared to thee in this wilderness. In thy mouth Thou knowest it so well, that it is the matter of thy common discourse. In thy heart In thy mind, (as the heart is very commonly taken,) to understand and believe it. In a word, the law is plain and easy: but the gospel is much more so.