But Lot’s wife looked back from behind him, and she became a pillar of salt.
ExplanationCommentary
Verse 26. And his wife. As a standing memorial to the servants of God to proceed in virtue, and not to look back to vice or its allurements. Challoner.—His, Lot’s wife. The two last verses might be within a parenthesis.—Remember Lot’s wife, our Saviour admonishes us. Having begun a good work, let us not leave it imperfect, and lose our reward. Lu. 17. Matthew 24.—A statue of durable metallic salt, petrified as it were, to be an eternal monument of an incredulous soul. Wisd. 10:7. Some say it still exists. Bible.—God may have inflicted this temporal punishment on her, and saved her soul. Menochius.—She looked back, as if she distrusted the words of the angel; but her fault was venial. Tirinus.