Bible Commentaries

Genesis 15:15 — things seem to be distinctly marked here:1. The soul of Abram should be introduced among the assembly of the first-born; Thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace.2. His body should be buried after a long life, one hundred and seventy-five years, Genesis 25:7. The body was buried; the soul went to the spiritual world, to dwell among the fathers - the patriarchs, who had lived and died in the Lord. Genesis 25:8.

Genesis 7:24 — Verse Genesis 7:24. And the waters prevailed upon the earth a hundred and fifty days. — The breaking up of the fountains of the great deep, and the raining forty days and nights, had raised the waters fifteen cubits above the highest mountains; after which forty

Proverbs 11:7 — Versículo Proverbios 11:7 . Cuando un hombre malvado muere , la ESPERANZA es una gran bendición para el hombre en su presente estado de prueba y sufrimiento; porque le lleva a esperar una terminación favorable de sus males. Pero no se hizo esperanza para los impíos ; ¡y, sin

Proverbs 7:22 — Versículo Proverbios 7:22 . Como va el buey al matadero. El original de este versículo y el siguiente ha sido traducido de diversas formas. El Dr. Gray corrige y traduce así: "Él va tras ella de inmediato, como un BUEY va al MATADERO; como un PERRO a la CADENA; y como un

Matthew 19:7 — Verse Matthew 19:7. Why did Moses then command to give a writing of divorcement? — It is not an unusual case for the impure and unholy to seek for a justification of their conduct from the law of God itself, and to wrest Scripture to their own destruction. I knew

Matthew 8:7 — Verse Matthew 8:7. I will come and heal him. — εγω ελοθων θεραπευσω αυτον, I am coming, and will heal him. This saying is worthy of observation. Jesus did not positively say, I will came and heal him; this could not have been strictly true, because our Lord healed

Matthew 9:27 — Verse Matthew 9:27. Son of David — This was the same as if they had called him Messiah. Two things here are worthy of remark:1st. That it was a generally received opinion at this time in Judea, that the Messiah should be son of David. (John 7:42.)2dly. That Jesus

Luke 17:1 — CHAPTER XVII. Christ teaches the necessity of avoiding offences, 1, 2. How to treat an offending brother, 3, 4. The efficacy of faith, 5, 6. No man by his services or obedience can profit his Maker, 7-10. He cleanses ten lepers, 11-19. The Pharisees inquire when the kingdom of God shall commence; Christ answers them, and corrects their improper views of the subject, 20-37. NOTES ON CHAP. XVII.Verse Luke 17:1. It is impossible but that offences will

Luke 7:19 — Verse Luke 7:19. Art thou he that should come? — That is, to save. Art thou the promised Messiah? Matthew 11:3.Some have thought that this character of our Lord, ο ερχομενος, he who cometh, refers to the prophecy of Jacob, Genesis 49:10, where he is called

Luke 8:15 — Verse Luke 8:15. With patience. — Rather, with perseverance. The Greek word υπομονη, which our translators render patience, properly signifies here, and in Romans 2:7, perseverance. The good ground, because it is good, strong and vigorous, continues to bear: bad or poor ground cannot produce a good crop, and besides it is very soon exhausted. The persons called the good ground in the text are filled with the power

John 11:45 — determined to resist the truth no longer. Their friendly visit to these distressed sisters became the means of their conversion. How true is the saying of the wise man, It is better to go to the house of mourning than to the house of feasting! Ecclesiastes 7:2. God never permits men to do any thing, through a principle of kindness to others, without making it instrumental of good to themselves. He that watereth shall be watered also himself, Proverbs 11:25. Therefore, let no man withhold good, while it

Acts 16:7 — Verse Acts 16:7. After they were come to Mysia — They passed through Phrygia into Mysia, which lay between Bithynia on the north, Phrygia on the east, AEolia on the south, and the Mediterranean on the west.But the Spirit suffered them not — God saw that

Acts 7:23 — Verse Acts 7:23. When he was full forty years old — This was a general tradition among the Jews: "Moses was forty years in Pharaoh's court, forty years in Midian, and forty years he served Israel."To visit his brethren — Probably on the ground of trying

1 Corinthians 15:27 — Verse 27. For he hath put all things under his feet — The Father hath put all things under the feet of Christ according to the prophecy, Psalms 110:1-7.He is excepted — i.e. The Father, who hath put all things under him, the Son. This observation

1 Corinthians 9:7 — Verse 1 Corinthians 9:7. Who goeth a warfare - at his own charges? — These questions, which are all supposed from the necessity and propriety of the cases to be answered in the affirmative, tend more forcibly to point out that the common sense of man joins with the providence

2 Corinthians 11:7 — Verse 2 Corinthians 11:7. Have I committed an offence in abasing myself — Have I transgressed in labouring with my hands that I might not be chargeable to you? and getting my deficiencies supplied by contributions from other Churches, while I was employed in labouring

Galatians 4:7 — Verse 7. Thou art no more a servant — Thou who hast believed in Christ art no longer a slave, either under the dominion of sin or under obligation to the Mosaic ritual; but a son of God, adopted into the heavenly family.And if a son, then an heir —

Ephesians 1:7 — Verse 7. In whom we have redemption — God has glorified his grace by giving us redemption by the blood of his Son, and this redemption consists in forgiving and delivering us from our sins; so then Christ's blood was the redemption price paid down for

Revelation 7:3 — Verse Revelation 7:3. Till we have sealed the servants of our God — There is manifestly an allusion to Ezekiel 9:4 here. By sealing we are to understand consecrating the persons in a more especial manner to God, and showing, by this mark of God upon them, that they

Revelation 9:7 — Verse Revelation 9:7. The locusts were like unto horses — This description of the locusts appears to be taken from Joel 2:4. The whole of this symbolical description of an overwhelming military force agrees very well with the troops of Mohammed. The Arabs are the