Bible Commentaries

Genesis 27:29 — Verse Genesis 27:29. Let people serve thee — "However alike their temporal advantages were to each other," says Bp. Newton, "in all spiritual gifts and graces the younger brother was to have the superiority, was to be the happy instrument of conveying the blessing

Exodus 9:1 — the Israelites had died, yet, through hardness of heart, he refuses to let the people go, 7. Moses and Aaron are commanded to sprinkle handfuls of ashes from the furnace, that the sixth plague, that of boils and blains, might come on man and beast, 5, 9; which having done, the plague takes place, 10. The magicians cannot stand before this plague, which they can neither imitate nor remove, 11. Pharaoh's heart is again hardened, 12. God's awful message to Pharaoh, with the threat of more severe plagues

Exodus 9:1 — muerto, sin embargo, por dureza de corazón, se niega a dejar que el pueblo se vaya, 7. Se les ordena a Moisés y Aarón que esparzan puñados de cenizas del horno, que es la sexta plaga, la de furúnculos y llagas, que vendrían sobre el hombre y la bestia, 8, 9; Sobreviene la plaga como fue dicho, 10. Los magos no pueden hacer frente a esta plaga, que tampoco pueden imitar ni quitar, 11. El corazón de Faraón se endurece de nuevo, 12. El terrible mensaje de Dios al faraón, con la amenaza de plagas que antes,

1 Kings 8:1 — sagrados, y el tabernáculo, fuera de la ciudad de de David, y los coloca en el templo, por lo que se sacrifican número de ovejas y bueyes son sacrificados, 1-8. En el arca no había nada más que las dos tablas de piedra que Moisés puso allí en Horeb, 9. La nube de la gloria de Dios llena la casa, 10, 11. Salomón bendice al pueblo, 12-21. Su oración dedicatoria, 22-53. Después bendice y exhorta al pueblo, 54-61. Ofrecen un sacrificio de veintidós mil bueyes y ciento veinte mil ovejas, 62, 63. El santificó

2 Kings 18:4 — Verse 2 Kings 18:4. Brake in pieces the brazen serpent. — The history of this may be seen in Numbers 21:8; Numbers 21:9; see the notes there.We find that this brazen serpent had become an object of idolatry, and no doubt was supposed to possess, as a telesm or amulet, extraordinary virtues, and that incense was burnt before it which should have been burnt before the

Psalms 26:12 — nombre. ANÁLISIS DEL SALMO 26 Hay cuatro partes generales en este Salmo: - I. Un llamamiento de David a Dios para que sea su Juez, Salmo 26:1 . II. Las causas que le indujeron a hacer el pedido. Su inocencia consciente, integridad, etc. III. Una petición, Salmo 26:9 . IV. Su gratitud, Salmo 26:12 . I. Comienza con su apelación a Dios, a quien sabía que era un Juez justo y por lo tanto desea que se le trate de acuerdo a la ley: "Júzgame; examíname; pruébame; mis deseos y mi corazón". II. Luego asigna dos causas

Psalms 28:9 — Verse Psalms 28:9. Save thy people — Continue to preserve them from all their enemies; from idolatry, and from sin of every kind.Bless thine inheritance — They have taken thee for their God; thou hast taken them for thy people.Feed them — רעה raah signifies

Psalms 52:1 — SALMO LII El salmista señala la malevolencia de un poderoso enemigo, y predice su destrucción , 1-5. De cuya destrucción deben regocijarse los justos , 6, 7. La confianza del salmista en Dios , 8, 9. NOTAS SOBRE EL SALMO LII El título es: "Al músico principal, un salmo instructivo de David, cuando Doeg el edomita vino e informó a Saúl, y le dijo: David ha venido a la casa de Ahimelec". La historia a la que se alude es la siguiente: David, al enterarse

Psalms 99:9 — Verse Psalms 99:9. Worship at his holy hill — Worship him publicly in the temple.For the Lord our God is holy. — The words of the chorus; as in the third and fifth verses.ANALYSIS OF THE NINETY-NINTH PSALMThere are two parts in this Psalm: - I. A description

Isaiah 28:9 — Verse Isaiah 28:9. Whom shall he teach knowledge? - "Whom, say they, would he teach knowledge?"] The scoffers mentioned below, Isaiah 28:14, are here introduced as uttering their sententious speeches; they treat God's method of dealing with them, and warning them by

Isaiah 9:7 — Verse Isaiah 9:7. Of the increase — In the common Hebrew Bibles, and in many MSS., this word is written with the close or final למרבה ם. But in twelve of Kennicott's MSS., and twelve of De Rossi's, it is written with the open mem; but here it is supposed to

Isaiah 9:7 — Versículo Isaías 9:7 . Del aumento. En las Biblias hebreas comunes, y en muchos MSS, esta palabra está escrita con la למרבה ם cerrada o final. Pero en doce de los MSS de Kennicott, y doce de los de De Rossi, está escrito con la mem abierta; pero aquí se supone que contiene

Jeremiah 18:6 — rechazarlos y destruirlos; y actuar como este alfarero, hacer una vasija nueva de lo que al principio no tuvo éxito en sus manos? Generalmente se supone que San Pablo ha hecho un uso de esta similitud muy diferente del mencionado anteriormente. Vease  Romanos 9:20.  Sus palabras son: "¿No tiene potestad el alfarero sobre el barro, para hacer de la misma masa un vaso para honra y otro para deshonra?". A esto responderá todo hombre sensato y piadoso: Sin duda que sí. Pero, ¿haría algún alfarero una vasija muy

Luke 8:18 — gain, and on the other side no loss. On this ground, the text speaks just nothing.2. It is evident that ο δοκει εχειν, what he seemeth to have, here, is equivalent to οεχει, what he hath, in the parallel places, Mark 4:25; Matthew 13:12; Matthew 25:29; and in Luke 19:26.3. It is evident, also, that these persons had something which might be taken away from them. For 1. The word of God, the Divine seed, was planted in their hearts. 2. It had already produced some good effects; but they permitted the

John 11:9 — Verse John 11:9. Are there not twelve hours in the day? — The Jews, as well as most other nations, divided the day, from sun-rising to sun-setting, into twelve equal parts; but these parts, or hours, were longer or shorter, according to the different seasons

John 11:9 — Verso Juan 11:9. ¿No hay doce horas en el día?  Los judíos, así como la mayoría de las otras naciones, dividieron el día, desde el amanecer hasta el atardecer, en doce partes iguales; pero estas partes, u horas, eran más largas o más cortas, según las diferentes estaciones

Acts 18:6 — utterly rejected it. I shall labour no more with you; and, from henceforth, shall confine my labours to the Gentiles. St. Paul must refer to the Jews and Gentiles of Corinth particularly; for he preached to the Jews occasionally in other places; see Acts 19:8; Acts 19:9; and several were brought to the knowledge of the truth. But it seems as if the Jews from this time systematically opposed the Gospel of Christ; and yet, general tenders of this salvation were made to them wherever the apostles came; and

Acts 8:9 — Verse Acts 8:9. A certain man called Simon — In ancient ecclesiastical writers, we have the strangest account of this man; they say that he pretended to be the Father, who gave the law to Moses; that he came in the reign of Tiberius in the person of the Son;

Joshua 11:9 — Verse Joshua 11:9. He houghed their horses — The Hebrew word עקר akar, which we render to hough or hamstring, signifies to wound, cut, or lop off. It is very likely that it means here, not only an act by which they were rendered useless, but by which they were

Joshua 19:27 — referring to place, is understood among the Hebrews.We must not confound this town or Cabul with the twenty cities given by Solomon to Hiram, with which he was displeased, and which in contempt he called the land of Cabul, the dirty or paltry land, 1 Kings 9:11-13: there was evidently a town of this name, widely different from the land so called, long before the time of Solomon, and therefore this cannot be adduced as an argument that the book of Joshua was written after the days of David. The town in question