Bible Commentaries

Genesis 24:53 — he gave now appears to have been in the way of dowry.Precious things. — מגדנת migdanoth. This word is used to express exquisite fruits or delicacies, Deuteronomy 33:13-16; precious plants or flowers, Cant. Song of Solomon 4:16; Song of Solomon 7:13. But it may mean gifts in general, though rather of an inferior kind to those mentioned above.

Malachi 3:3 — his work.The sons of Levi — Those who minister in their stead under the NEW covenant, for the OLD Levitical institutions shall be abolished; yet, under the preaching of our Lord, a great number of the priests became obedient to the faith, Acts 6:7; and, as to the others that did not believe, this great Refiner threw them as dross into the Roman fire, that consumed both Jerusalem and the temple.

Matthew 26:64 — a few years, ye shall see the Son of man sitting on the right hand of power, fully invested with absolute dominion, and coming in the clouds of heaven, to execute judgment upon this wicked race. See Matthew 24:30. Our Lord appears to refer to Daniel 7:13: One like the Son of man came with the clouds of heaven, &c. This may also refer to the final judgment.

Matthew 28:7 — Verse Matthew 28:7. Go quickly and tell his disciples — Thus these faithful women proclaim the Gospel to those who were afterwards to be the teachers of the whole human race! Behold what honour God puts upon those who persevere in his truth, and continue to acknowledge

Mark 7:9 — Verse Mark 7:9. Full well — καλωσ , -a strong irony. How noble is your conduct! From conscientious attachment to your own traditions ye have annihilated the commandments of God!That ye may keep — But στησητε, that ye may establish, is the reading of

Luke 1:10 — performing by the priest, the people are employed in the thing signified. Happy the people who attend to the spirit as well as the letter of every divine institution! Incense was burnt twice a day in the temple, in the morning and in the evening, Exodus 30:7-8; but the evangelist does not specify the time of the day in which this transaction took place. It was probably in the morning.

John 1:7 — Verse John 1:7. That all men through him might believe. — He testified that Jesus was the true light-the true teacher of the way to the kingdom of glory, and the lamb or sacrifice of God, which was to bear away the sin of the world, John 1:29, and invited men

John 19:7 — Verse John 19:7. We have a law — In Leviticus 24:14-16, we find that blasphemers of God were to be put to death; and the chief priests having charged Jesus with blasphemy, they therefore voted that he deserved to die. See Matthew 26:65-66. They might refer also

John 3:21 — produced by it, yet we learn from other scriptures that it had produced the most blessed effects in his mind, and that from this time he became a disciple of Christ. He publicly defended our Lord in the Sanhedrin, of which he was probably a member, John 7:50, and, with Joseph of Arimathea, gave him an honourable funeral, John 19:39, when all his bosom friends had deserted him. See Dodd.

John 6:47 — Verse 47. Hath everlasting life. — He is entitled to this, on his believing me to be the Messiah, and trusting in me alone for salvation. Our blessed Lord recapitulates here what he had said in the preceding discourse. The person who is saved is,1. drawn

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

Acts 21:7 — Verse Acts 21:7. We came to Ptolemais — This was a seaport town of Galilee, not far from Mount Carmel, between Tyre and Caesarea, where the river Belus empties itself into the sea. It was at first called Accho, (and this is the reading of the Syriac and Arabic,)

Acts 23:8 — the law as referring to these things alone. In order, therefore, to procure them, they watched, fasted, prayed, c., and all this they did that they might obtain happiness in the present life. See the account of the Pharisees and Sadducees, Matthew 3:7; Matthew 16:1.

Acts 3:14 — the same import with that used by Peter.And desired a murderer — Barabbas: the case must have been fresh in their own remembrance. Like cleaves to like, and begets its like: they were murderers themselves, and so Christ calls them, Matthew 22:7, and they preferred a murderer to the holy and righteous ONE of God.

Acts 5:14 — more added to the Lord — Believers:1. Those who credited the Divine mission of Christ.2. That he was the Messiah.3. That 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 7:6 — Verse Acts 7:6. That his seed should sojourn in a strange land — See Genesis 15:13, Genesis 15:14.Four hundred years. — MOSES says, Exodus 12:40, that the sojourning of the children of Israel in Egypt-was 430 years. See the note there. St. PAUL has the

Romans 15:7 — Verse Romans 15:7. Wherefore receive ye one another — Προσλαμβανεσθε. Have the most affectionate regard for each other, and acknowledge each other as the servants and children of God Almighty.As Christ also received us — Καθως και ὁ Χριστος προσελαβετο ἡμας·

1 Corinthians 5:7 — Verse 1 Corinthians 5:7. Purge out therefore the old leaven — As it is the custom of the Jews previously to the passover to search their houses in the most diligent manner for the old leaven, and throw it out, sweeping every part clean; so act with this incestuous person.

2 Corinthians 7:10 — Verse 2 Corinthians 7:10. For godly sorrow — That which has the breach of God's holy law for its object.Worketh repentance — A thorough change of mind unto salvation, because the person who feels it cannot rest till he finds pardon through the mercy of God.But

2 Corinthians 8:7 — Verse 2 Corinthians 8:7. As ye abound in every thing] See the note on 1 Corinthians 1:5. In faith, crediting the whole testimony of God; in utterance, λογω, in doctrine, knowing what to teach: knowledge of God's will, and prudence to direct you in teaching and doing it; in