Bible Dictionary
Handwriting
In Colossians 2:14, the “handwriting” represents the record of indebtedness or condemnation under the law, which Christ removes through the grace of the gospel.
Definition
Handwriting is writing that records a debt or obligation. In the biblical discussion of Colossians, it denotes the record of indebtedness and condemnation arising from the law.
Biblical Usage
In Colossians 2:14, the handwriting is described as blotted out through the grace of the gospel. It represents the condemnation resulting from the law that had been broken.
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Historical Bible Dictionaries
Easton's Bible Dictionary
(Col. 2:14). The “blotting out the handwriting” is the removal by the grace of the gospel of the condemnation of the law which we had broken.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (ISBE)
<p>hand'-rit-ing.</p><p>See WRITING; MANUSCRIPTS.</p>