Verse 2 The woman, &c. The point of analogy in this comparison seems to be this,--that the connection of the accountable agent with the claims and penalties of law, is like that of husband and wife--one which only death can sever. The death, however, which frees the believer from his terrible responsibility, is that spiritual change which takes place when he is united to Christ,--when he dies to sin, and begins to live unto righteousness.--I speak to them that know the law; meaning that the illustration was drawn from the provisions of the Jewish law in respect to marriage.