Ezechiele 40:48

48 Poi egli mi menò al portico della casa, e misurò gli stipiti del portico, ed erano di cinque cubiti di qua, e di cinque di là; poi la larghezza della porta, ed era di tre cubiti di qua, e di tre di là.

Ezechiele 40:48 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 40:48

And he brought me to the porch of the house
Having passed through the inner court, and measured that, he came to the body of the fabric, the principal part of it, the house or temple; to the porch that led into it. Here of right a new chapter should begin, for this and the next verse more properly "belong" to the following chapter. This porch was a large roof, and was a covering both from cold winds and storms, and from the scorching heat of the sun; and was an emblem of Christ, the hiding place from the wind, and the covert from the tempest of divine justice and vengeance, and the wrath of God; and from the heat of a fiery law, of Satan's fiery darts or temptations, and of the persecutions of men: it was also, as is thought, a place for the priests to pray in, before they went into the temple; as Christ is the way in which the priests of the Lord go unto him, and pray before him; in whose name, and for whose righteousness sake, they present their supplications to him. And measured each post of the porch, five cubits on this side, and five
cubits on that side;
these posts stood, one on the north side of the porch, and the other on the south, and were each five cubits thick: and the breadth of the gate was three cubits on this side, and three
cubits on that side;
this gate signifies Christ, the door, or gate, or way of entrance into the spiritual temple the church, ( John 10:1 John 10:7 John 10:9 ) and it had two leaves, that on the north was three cubits broad, and that on the south was of the same measure: this two leaved gate may show, that both Jews and Gentiles, being converted, may enter into the Gospel church; as they will in the latter day, when the Jews shall be called, and the fulness of the Gentiles brought in; here will be an open door set; the gate will be wide enough to let them all in, ( Revelation 3:8 Revelation 3:9 ) .

Ezechiele 40:48 In-Context

46 E quell’altra camera, che riguarda verso il Settentrione, è per li sacerdoti che fanno l’ufficio dell’altare. Essi sono i figliuoli di Sadoc, i quali, d’infra i figliuoli di Levi, si accostarono al Signore, per fare il suo servigio.

47 Poi misurò il cortile, ed era di cento cubiti di lunghezza, e di cento di larghezza, quadro; e l’altare era a diritto davanti alla casa.

48 Poi egli mi menò al portico della casa, e misurò gli stipiti del portico, ed erano di cinque cubiti di qua, e di cinque di là; poi la larghezza della porta, ed era di tre cubiti di qua, e di tre di là.

49 La lunghezza del portico era di venti cubiti, e la larghezza di undici cubiti, oltre allo spazio de’ gradi, per li quali si saliva ad esso; e le colonne erano presso degli stipiti, l’una di qua, l’altra di là.