Song of Songs 2:4

Verse 4. Cellar. This was not under ground. Homer (Od. b. 237.) places the wine near the nuptial bed. Calmet.—In me. Hebrew “he brought me to the banquetting-house, and his banner over me was love.” Prot. Bible.—He has shewn me the greatest tenderness. Only the religion of Christ lays before us our duties to God, to ourselves, and neighbours. Calmet. Saint Thomas Aquinas ii. 2. q. 26. Bible.—The holy Spirit came on the assembled disciples, who were deemed to be drunk, and Christ nourishes the pious soul with the wine of his own blood. Menochius.