Bible Commentaries

Psalms 115:4 — Verse Psalms 115:4. Their idols are silver, c. — They are metal, stone, and wood. They are generally made in the form of man, but can neither see, hear, smell, feel, walk, nor speak. How brutish to trust in such! And next to these, in stupidity and inanity, must

Psalms 119:164 — Verse 164. Seven times a day do I praise thee — We have often seen that seven was a number expressing perfection, completion, c., among the Hebrews and that it is often used to signify many, or an indefinite number, see Proverbs 24:16; Leviticus 26:28.

Psalms 6:4 — Versículo Salmo 6:4 . Vuélvete, oh Señor. Una vez que tuve la luz de tu rostro, por el pecado he perdido esto; Te he provocado a partir: ¡Oh Señor, vuelve! Es una cosa terrible estar obligado a decir, Vuélvete, oh Señor , porque esto supone una reincidencia ; y sin embargo, ¡qué misericordia es que un reincidente pueda REGRESAR a Dios , con la expectativa de que Dios regresará a él !

Psalms 63:4 — Versículo Salmo 63:4 . Levantaré mis manos en tu nombre. Tomaré a Dios como mi porción. Me dedicaré a él, y lo tomaré por testigo de que soy recto en lo que profeso y hago. Los judíos piadosos, en cada lugar de su dispersión, en todas sus oraciones, alabanzas, contratos, etc., extendían sus manos hacia Jerusalén , donde el verdadero Dios tenía su templo, y donde manifestaba su presencia.

Psalms 83:9 — Versículo Salmo 83:9 . Háganles como a los madianitas. Quienes fueron completamente derrotados por Gedeón , Jueces 7:21-7 . En cuanto a Sísara , capitán del ejército de Jabín , rey de Canaán, que fue derrotado totalmente por Débora y Barac , cerca del monte Tabor , junto al río Cisón ; y él mismo, después de haber huido de la batalla, muerto por Jael , la mujer de Heber , el cineo. Véase  Jueces 4:15.

Hosea 7:1 — persisted in their iniquity, without fearing the consequences, 1, 2; that those who ought to check their crimes were pleased with them, 3; and that they all burned with adultery, as an oven when fully heated, and ready to receive the kneaded dough, 4. The fifth verse alludes to some recent enormities; the sixth charges them with dividing their time between inactivity and iniquity; the seventh alludes to their civil broils and conspiracies; (see 2 Kings 15:10; 2 Kings 15:14; 2 Kings 15:25;) the eighth

Hosea 7:4 — Verse Hosea 7:4. As an oven heated by the baker — Calmet's paraphrase on this and the following verses expresses pretty nearly the sense: Hosea makes a twofold comparison of the Israelites; to an oven, and to dough. Jeroboam set fire to his own oven-his kingdom-and

Numbers 8:4 — Verse Numbers 8:4. This work of the candlestick, c. — See many curious particulars relative to this candlestick, Numbers 8:4- : and "Exodus 25:39". The candlestick itself was an emblem of the Church of Christ the oil, of the graces and gifts of the Spirit of God;

Matthew 8:29 — the company or importunity of others. Jehu said to the messenger who was sent by Joram to meet him, What hast thou to do with peace? David said, What have I to do with you, ye sons of Zeruiah? Compare Judges 11:12; 2 Samuel 16:10; 2 Kings 9:18; Ezra 4:3; John 2:4. Mark 1:24.Jesus, thou Son of God — Griesbach omits the word Jesus, on the authority of several MSS. of the greatest antiquity and respectability; besides some versions, and several of the fathers. I heartily concur with these MSS.,

Matthew 8:29 — la importunidad de los demás. Jehú le dijo al mensajero que Joram envió a recibirlo: ¿Qué tienes que ver con la paz ? David dijo: ¿Qué tengo yo que ver con ustedes, hijos de Sarvia ? Comparar Jueces 11:12; 2 Samuel 16:10; 2 Reyes 9:18; Esdras 4:3; Juan 2:4. Marco 1:24. Jesús, Hijo de Dios...  Griesbach omite la palabra Jesús , con la autoridad de varios MSS. de la mayor antigüedad y respetabilidad; además de algunas versiones , y varios de los padres . Estoy de acuerdo con estos manuscritos,

Matthew 8:4 — Verse Matthew 8:4. Jesus saith - See thou tell no man — Had our Lord, at this early period, fully manifested himself as the Messiah, the people in all likelihood would have proclaimed him King; this, however, refused by him, must have excited the hatred of the

Matthew 8:4 — Verso Mateo 8:4. Jesús dice - Mira, no le digas a nadie...  Nuestro Señor, en este período temprano, se manifestó completamente como el Mesías , la gente con toda probabilidad lo habría proclamado Rey; esto, sin embargo, rechazado por él, debe haber excitado el odio

1 Corinthians 7:2 — Verse 1 Corinthians 7:2. To avoid fornication — Δια τας πορνειας· verto, propter exercendam libidinem, vel ut libidinem licite exercere liceat. Probo hanc notionem ex Hebraeo, ibi זנה, zanah, est libidinem exercere, Hosea 4:10: For they shall eat and not have enough; they shall commit whoredom, תזנו, libidinem exercebunt, and shall not increase. Here the prophet certainly does not speak of whoredom in our sense of the word; for the persons he mentions expected to have

2 Corinthians 13:2 — threatenings, that he was possessed of a miraculous power, by which he could inflict punishment on offenders; that he could deliver the body to Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that the spirit might be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus, 1 Corinthians 4:21; 1 Corinthians 5:5. What he says he told them before probably relates to 1 Corinthians 4:21: Shall I come with a rod, &c.

2 Corinthians 4:3 — Verse 2 Corinthians 4:3. But if our Gospel be hid — κεκαλυμμενον. Veiled; he refers to the subject that he had treated so particularly in the conclusion of the preceding chapter. If there be a veil on the Gospel, it is only to the wilfully blind; and if any man's heart

Galatians 4:1 — Gospel came, arrived at full maturity, and were redeemed from the law, 1-3. He shows, farther, that when the fulness of the time came God sent forth his Son, that we might obtain the adoption of sons, and have the strongest evidence of that adoption, 4-6. Those who are children of God are heirs of heaven, 7. He compares their former and latter state, and shows the reason he had to fear that his labour on their behalf was in vain, 8-11. He mentions his trials among them, and their kindness to him,

Ephesians 4:25 — Verse 25. Wherefore putting away lying — All falsity, all prevarication, because this is opposite to the truth as it is in Jesus, Ephesians 4:21, and to the holiness of truth, Ephesians 4:24.Speak every man truth with his neighbour — Truth was but of small account among many of even the best heathens, for they taught that on many occasions a lie was to be preferred to the truth itself.

Colossians 4:10 — Verse 10. Aristarchus my fellow prisoner — Concerning Aristarchus, see Acts 19:29; Acts 20:4; Acts 27:2; and see the note on this latter place (Acts 27:2; Acts 27:2. Aristarchus and Epaphras are mentioned as saluters in this epistle, and in that to Philemon written at the same time; but here he is said to be a prisoner, and Epaphras not. In

1 Peter 2:1 — CHAPTER II. We should lay aside all evil dispositions, and desire the sincere milk of the word, that we may grow thereby, 1-3. And come to God to be made living stones, and be built up into a spiritual temple, 4, 5. The prophecy of Christ as chief corner stone, precious to believers, but a stumbling stone to the disobedient, 6-8. True believers are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, c., 9, 10. They should abstain from fleshly lusts, 11. Walk uprightly

Revelation 6:1 — CHAPTER VI. What followed on the opening of the seven seals. The opening of the first seal; the white horse, 1, 2. The opening of the second seal; the red horse, 3, 4. The opening of the third seal; the black horse and the famine, 5, 6. The opening of the fourth seal; the pale horse, 7, 8. The opening of the fifth seal; the souls of men under the altar, 9-11. The opening of the sixth seal; the earthquake, the darkening