Bible Commentaries

Genesis 21:23 — oath on such occasions probably meant no more than the mutual promise of both the parties, when they slew an animal, poured out the blood as a sacrifice to God, and then passed between the pieces. See this ceremony, Genesis 15:18, and on Genesis 15:9; Genesis 15:10.According to the kindness that I have done — The simple claims of justice were alone set up among virtuous people in those ancient times, which constitute the basis of the famous lex talionis, or law of like for like, kind office

Genesis 39:9 — Verse Genesis 39:9. How then — ואיך veeik, and how? Joseph gives two most powerful reasons for his noncompliance with the wishes of his mistress:1. Gratitude to his master, to whom he owed all that he had.2. His fear of God, in whose sight it would be a heinous

Psalms 112:3 — maldición; o Dios, por su providencia, los barrerá. Tanto צדקה tsedakah como δικαιοσυνη se usan a menudo para significar, no solo justicia y rectitud , sino también beneficencia y limosna ; y este es probablemente el significado aquí. Véase Salmo 112:9 .

Psalms 148:9 — Versículo Salmo 148:9 . Montañas y todas las colinas.  Ya sean primitivas, secundarias o aluviales ; de formación antigua o reciente , con todo su contenido , canteras, minas y minerales. ¡Pero qué profusión de sabiduría y habilidad se prodiga en éstos! Por citar sólo en

Luke 24:32 — Verse 32. Did not our heart burn within us — His word was in our heart as a burning fire, Jeremiah 20:9. Our hearts waxed hot within us, and while we were musing the fire burned, Psalms 39:3. In some such way as this the words of the disciples may be understood: but there is a very remarkable reading here in the Codex Bezae; instead of καιομενη, burned,

John 11:20 — evangelist intended to convey the idea of her sorrow and distress; because anciently afflicted persons were accustomed to put themselves in this posture, as expressive of their distress; their grief having rendered them as it were immovable. See Ezra 9:3-4; Nehemiah 1:4; Psalms 137:1; Isaiah 47:1; Luke 1:79; and Matthew 27:61.

John 7:51 — Verse John 7:51. Doth our law judge any man — τον ανθρωπον, the man, i.e. who is accused. Perhaps Nicodemus did not refer so much to any thing in the law of Moses, as to what was commonly practiced among them. Josephus says, Ant. b. xiv. c. 9. s. 3, That the law has forbidden any man to be put to death, though wicked, unless he be first condemned to die by the Sanhedrin. It was probably to this law, which is not expressly mentioned in the five books of Moses, that Nicodemus here alludes.

Acts 1:17 — in the course of the Divine providence, or as an especial gift of God's goodness, it is used here, as in many other parts of the sacred writings, to signify office or station. On this subject the reader is referred to on Leviticus 16:8, Leviticus 16:9 (note); Joshua 14:2 (note): see also Acts 1:26 (note).

Acts 15:9 — Verse Acts 15:9. Put no difference between us and them — Giving them the Holy Spirit, though uncircumcised, just as he had given it to us who were circumcised: an evident proof that, in the judgment of God, circumcision was no preparation to receive the Gospel

Acts 18:9 — Verse Acts 18:9. Then spake the Lord to Paul in the night by a vision — It is likely that Paul was at this time much discouraged by the violent opposition of the Jews, and probably was in danger of his life; see Acts 18:10; and might have been entertaining serious

Acts 27:9 — Verse Acts 27:9. Sailing was now dangerous, because the fast was now already past — It is generally allowed that the fast mentioned here was that of the great day of atonement which was always celebrated on the tenth day of the seventh month, which would answer

Acts 5:14 — he died for their sins.4. That he rose again.5. That he ascended into heaven.6. That he sent down the gift of the Holy Spirit.7. That he ever appeared in the presence of God for them.8. That it was he who gives repentance and remission of sins. And,9. He by whom the world is to be judged.These were simple articles, of the truth of which they had the fullest evidence.

Acts 9:23 — Verse Acts 9:23. And after that many days were fulfilled — What follows relates to transactions which took place about three years after his conversion, when he had come a second time to Damascus, after having been in Arabia. See Galatians 1:17-18. What he

Romans 1:9 — Verse Romans 1:9. Whom I serve with my spirit — λατπευω Whom I worship with the profoundest religious reverence; for so the original certainly means: I not only employ all the powers of my body in this service, but all those of my soul; being thoroughly convinced

1 Corinthians 3:16 — Verse 1 Corinthians 3:16. Ye are the temple of God — The apostle resumes here what he had asserted in 1 Corinthians 3:9: Ye are God's building. As the whole congregation of Israel were formerly considered as the temple and habitation of God, because God dwelt among them, so here the whole Church of Corinth is called the temple of God, because all genuine believers have

Philippians 3:9 — Verse 9. And be found in him — Be found a believer in Christ, not having mine own righteousness-not trusting in any thing I have done or could do, in order to my salvation; relying on no scheme of justification, set up either formerly by myself or by

Titus 2:9 — Verse 9. Exhort servants to be obedient — The apostle refers to those who were slaves, and the property of their masters; even these are exhorted to be obedient ιδιοις δεσποταις, to their own despots, though they had no right over them on the ground of

Hebrews 9:6 — Verse Hebrews 9:6. When these thing were thus ordained — When the tabernacle was made, and its furniture placed in it, according to the Divine direction.The priests went always into the first Tabernacle — That is, into the first part of the tabernacle,

Revelation 6:9 — Verse Revelation 6:9. The fifth seal — There is no animal nor any other being to introduce this seal, nor does there appear to be any new event predicted; but the whole is intended to comfort the followers of God under their persecutions, and to encourage them to

Revelation 9:15 — Verse Revelation 9:15. For an hour, and a day, and a month, and a year — We have in this place a year resolved into its component parts. Twenty-four hours constitute a day, seven days make a week, four weeks make a month, and twelve months make a year. Probably