Bible Commentaries

Psalms 112:3 — curse; or God will, by his providence, sweep them away. Both צדקה tsedakah and δικαιοσυνη are often used to signify, not only justice and righteousness, but also beneficence and almsgiving; and this is most probably the meaning here. See Psalms 112:9.

Psalms 122:1 — PSALM CXXII The satisfaction of a gracious soul in the use of God's ordinances, 1, 2. Description of the internal government of Jerusalem, 3-5. Prayers for its peace and prosperity, 6-9. NOTES ON PSALM CXXIIIn the preceding Psalms we find the poor captives crying to God for deliverance; here they are returning thanks that they find they are permitted to return to their own land and to the ordinances of their God.Verse Psalms 122:1.

Proverbs 28:9 — Verse Proverbs 28:9. He that turneth away his ear from hearing the law — Many suppose, if they do not know their duty, they shall not be accountable for their transgressions; and therefore avoid every thing that is calculated to enlighten them. They will not read

Isaiah 35:9 — Verse Isaiah 35:9. It shall not be found there - "Neither shall he be found there"] Three MSS. read ולא velo, adding the conjunction; and so likewise the Septuagint and Vulgate. And four MSS., one ancient, read ימצא yimmatsa, the verb, as it certainly ought to be, in

Jeremiah 16:1 — the evils which threatened his country, the prophet is forbidden to encumber himself with a wife and family, or to bear any share in the little joys and sorrows of his neighbours, which were to be forgotten and absorbed in those public calamities, 1-9, which their sins should draw on them, 10-13. A future restoration however is intimated, 14, 15, after these calamities should be endured, 16-18; and the conversion of the Gentiles is foretold, 19-21. NOTES ON CHAP. XVIVerse Jeremiah 16:1. The word

Jeremiah 25:10 — Verse Jeremiah 25:10. I will take from them — See Jeremiah 7:34; Jeremiah 16:9.The sound of the mill-stones, and the light of the candle. — These two are conjoined, because they generally ground the corn before day, by the light of the candle. Sir J. Chardin has remarked, that every where in the morning may be heard the

Ezekiel 18:9 — Verse Ezekiel 18:9. Hath walked in my statutes — Not only acknowledging them to be right, but acting according to them. Especially in every thing that relates to my worship, changing nothing, neglecting nothing.And hath kept my judgments, to deal truly — Has

Obadiah 1:20 — Verse Obadiah 1:20. Zarephath — Sarepta, a city of the Sidonians, 1 Kings 17:9. That is, they should possess the whole city of Phoenicia, called here that of the Canaanites.Which is in Sepharad — This is a difficult word. Some think the Bosphorus is meant; others, Spain; others, France; others, the Euphrates; others, some

Jonah 3:1 — CHAPTER III Jonah is sent again to Nineveh, a city of three days' journey, (being sixty miles in circumference, according to Diodorus Siculus,) 1-4. The inhabitants, in consequence of the prophet's preaching, repent in dust and ashes, 5-9. God, seeing that they were deeply humbled on account of their sins, and that they turned away from all their iniquities, repents of the evil with which he had threatened them, 10. NOTES ON CHAP. IIIVerse Jonah 3:1. And the word of the Lord —

Matthew 15:1 — CHAPTER XV. The Pharisees accuse the disciples of eating with unwashed hands, 1, 2. Our Lord answers, and convicts them of gross hypocrisy, 3-9. Teaches the people and the disciples what it is that renders men unclean, 10-20. Heals the daughter of a Canaanitish woman, 21-28. Heals many diseased people on a mountain of Galilee, 29-31. With seven loaves, and a few little fishes, he feeds 4,000

Matthew 24:28 — remarkable that the Roman fury pursued these wretched men wheresoever they were found. They were a dead carcass doomed to be devoured; and the Roman eagles were the commissioned devourers. See the pitiful account in Josephus, WAR, b. vii. c. 2, 3, 6, 9, 10, and 11.

Matthew 9:12 — Verse Matthew 9:12. They that be whole need not a physician — A common proverb, which none could either misunderstand or misapply. Of it the reader may make the following use:-1. Jesus Christ represents himself here as the sovereign Physician of souls.2. That

Matthew 9:24 — Verse Matthew 9:24. The maid is not dead, but sleepeth — That is, she is not dead so as to continue under the power of death; but shall be raised from it as a, person is from natural sleep.They laughed him to scorn. — κατεγελων αυτον, they ridiculed him;

Matthew 9:28 — Verse Matthew 9:28. When he was come unto the house — That is, the house of Peter at Capernaum, where he ordinarily lodged.Believe ye that I am able to do this? — Without faith Jesus does nothing to men's souls now, no more than he did to their bodies in

Luke 24:36 — wherever two or three are gathered together in his name, he is in the midst of them.Peace be unto you. — The usual salutation among the Jews. May you prosper in body and soul, and enjoy every heavenly and earthly good! See the notes on Matthew 5:9; Matthew 10:12.

John 17:19 — Verse John 17:19. I sanctify myself — I consecrate and devote myself to death-that I may thereby purchase eternal salvation for them. There seems to be here an allusion to the entering of the high priest into the holy of holies, when, having offered the sacrifice,

John 6:6 — judgment with the facts he relates, which St. Matthew rarely ever does. The other evangelists say that, previously to this miracle, he continued to instruct and heal the multitudes till it was near the close of the day. Matthew 14:14-15; Mark 6:34-35; Luke 9:11-12.

Acts 6:11 — underhand work; got associated to themselves profligate persons, who for money would swear any thing.Blasphemous words against Moses, and against God. — This was the most deadly charge they could bring against him. We have already seen, Matthew 9:4, that blasphemy, when against GOD, signifies speaking impiously of his nature, attributes, or works; and, when against men, it signifies speaking injuriously of their character, blasting their reputation, c. These false witnesses came to prove that

Romans 2:12 — Verse Romans 2:12. For as many as have sinned without law, c.] They, viz. the Gentiles, who shall be found to have transgressed against the mere light of nature, or rather, that true light that lighteth every man that cometh into the world, John 1:9, shall not come under the same rule with those, the Jews, who have in addition to this enjoyed an extraordinary revelation but they shall be dealt with according to the inferior dispensation, under which they lived: while those, the Jews, who have sinned

Romans 9:32 — Verse Romans 9:32. Wherefore? — And where lies their mistake? Being ignorant of God's righteousness-of his method of saving sinners by faith in Christ, they went about to establish their own righteousness-their own method of obtaining everlasting salvation.