Bible Commentaries

Genesis 24:53 — Verse 53. Jewels of silver, and jewels of gold — The word כלי keley, which we here translate jewels signifies properly vessels or instruments; and those presented by Eliezer might have been of various kinds. What he had given before, Genesis 24:22, was in token of respect, what 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

Psalms 100:4 — Versículo Salmo 100:4 . Entrad por sus puertas con acción de gracias. Adorad públicamente a Dios; y cuando vengáis a la casa de oración, sed agradecidos de tener tal privilegio; y cuando entres en sus atrios , alábalo por el permiso. La palabra בתודה bethodah , que rendimos

Psalms 137:4 — Versículo Salmo 137:4 . ¿Cómo cantaremos la canción del Señor?  איך נשיר eich! nahir; ¡Oh, cantamos ! ¿Quién no escucha el profundo suspiro en el sonido fuertemente gutural del original איך eich ! exprimido, por así decirlo, desde el fondo del corazón? ¿ Podemos NOSOTROS,

Proverbs 27:4 — Versículo Proverbios 27:4 . ¿Quién podrá estar de pie ante la envidia? Los rabinos tienen una historia curiosa sobre este tema, y ​​los modernos la han convertido en una fábula. Había dos personas, una codiciosa y otra envidiosa , a quienes una cierta persona prometió concederles

Ecclesiastes 4:16 — Versículo Eclesiastés 4:16 . No hay fin de todas las personas. Se supone que esto se refiere a las multitudes de personas que saludan el advenimiento y la ascensión de un nuevo soberano; pues, como comenta Suetonio , A plerisque adorari solem orientem , "La mayoría de la

Isaiah 42:4 — Versículo Isaías 42:4 . No fallará ni se desanimará. - "Su fuerza no será abatida ni quebrantada". Rabbi Meir ita citat locum istum, ut post ירוץ yaruts, addat כוחו cocho, robur ejus, quod hodie non comparet in textu Hebraeo, sed addendum videtur, ut sensus fiat planior. "Rabí

Isaiah 66:12 — omitidas en el presente texto, por su semejanza con las dos palabras siguientes; על צד al tsad, al lado . Una conjetura muy probable de Houbigant . Los caldeos y la vulgata han omitido las dos últimas palabras en lugar de las dos primeras. Isaías 60:4 .

Jeremiah 39:4 — Versículo Jeremias 39:4 . Salió de la ciudad de noche. Probablemente había un pasaje subterráneo privado , que conducía fuera de los muros, por el cual Sedequías y sus seguidores podrían escapar sin ser vistos, hasta que se alejaron de la ciudad. El camino del llano. Había

Jeremiah 47:4 — Versículo Jeremias 47:4 . Para saquear a todos los filisteos. Este pueblo, de los cuales había cinco señoríos , ocupaba la costa del mar Mediterráneo, al sur de los fenicios. Tiro y Sidón. Lugares suficientemente notables tanto en el Antiguo como en el Nuevo Testamento,

Acts 15:4 — Verse Acts 15:4. They were received of the Church — The whole body of Christian believers.The apostles — Either the whole or part of the twelve; though we read of none but John, Peter, and James. See Galatians 2:9.And elders — Those who were officers

Acts 16:2 — father. At this time Timothy must have been very young; for, several years after, when appointed to superintend the Church at Crete, he appears to have been then so young that there was a danger of its operating to the prejudice of his ministry: 1 Timothy 4:12, Let no man despise thy youth. He had a very early religious education from his godly mother Eunice, and his not less pious grandmother Lois; and, from his religious instructions, was well prepared for the work to which God now called him.

Acts 4:8 — Verse Acts 4:8. Then Peter, filled with the Holy Ghost — Which guided him into all truth, and raised him far above the fear of man; placing him in a widely different state of mind to that in which he was found when, in the hall of Caiaphas, he denied his Master,

Acts 5:11 — Church, see the observations at the end of Matthew 16:0. Matthew 16:28 It has been properly observed that we have in this place a native specimen of a New Testament Church:1. Called by the Gospel;2. grafted into Christ by baptism;3. animated by love;4. united by all kinds of fellowship;5. and disciplined by the exemplary punishment of hypocrites.See Dodd.

Acts 5:14 — Verse Acts 5:14. And believers were the 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

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 same number, Galatians 3:17; and so has Josephus, Ant. lib. ii. cap. 1, sect. 9; in Bell.

Romans 14:4 — Verse Romans 14:4. Who art thou that judgest another man's servant? — Who has ever given thee the right to condemn the servant of another man, in things pertaining to his own master? To his own master he standeth or falleth. He is to judge him, not thou; thy

1 Corinthians 16:10 — Verse 1 Corinthians 16:10. Now, if Timotheus come — Of Timothy we have heard before, 1 Corinthians 4:17. And we learn, from Acts 19:22, that Paul sent him with Erastus from Ephesus to Macedonia. It is evident, therefore, in opposition to the very exceptionable subscription at the end of this epistle, that the epistle itself was not sent by Timothy,

Galatians 4:6 — Verse Galatians 4:6. And because ye are sons — By faith in Christ Jesus, being redeemed both from the bondage and curse of the law; GOD-the Father, called generally the first person of the glorious TRINITY, hath sent forth the SPIRIT-the Holy Ghost, the second

Hebrews 9:6 — services, τας λατρειας επιτελουντες, which included his burning the incense at the morning and evening sacrifice, dressing the lamps, removing the old show-bread and laying on the new, and sprinkling the blood of the sin-offerings before the veil Leviticus 4:6: and for these works he must have constant access to the place.

Revelation 4:11 — Verse Revelation 4:11. Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive — Thus all creation acknowledges the supremacy of God; and we learn from this song that he made all things for his pleasure; and through the same motive he preserves. Hence it is most evident, that he hateth