Bible Commentaries

Genesis 33:1 — CHAPTER XXXIII Esau, with four hundred men, meets Jacob, 1. He places his children under their respective mothers, passes over before them, and bows himself to his brother, 2, 3. Esau receives him with great affection, 4. Receives the homage of the handmaids, Leah, Rachel, and their children, 5-7. Jacob offers him the present of cattle, which he at first refuses, but after much entreaty accepts, 8-11. Invites Jacob to accompany

Exodus 2:3 — Verse Exodus 2:3. An ark of bulrushes — תבת גמא tebath gome, a small boat or basket made of the Egyptian reed called papyrus, so famous in all antiquity. This plant grows on the banks of the Nile, and in marshy grounds; the stalk rises to the height of six or

Exodus 5:3 — Verse Exodus 5:3. Three days' journey — The distance from Goshen to Sinai; see Exodus 3:18.And sacrifice unto the Lord — Great stress is laid on this circumstance. God required sacrifice; no religious acts which they performed could be acceptable to him

Psalms 119:168 — section the psalmist shows: - I His love to God; andII. The ardour and perfection of that love.I. The first sign of his love was, that it stood in the midst of persecution.1. "Princes have persecuted."2. But "without a cause," though they pretended many.3. "But my heart standeth in awe." My love and confidence have due respect to thy infinite justice and immaculate purity.The second sign of his love is the joy and delight he took in God's law; it was greater than a conqueror could feel at the fortunate

Psalms 3:1 — PSALM III David complains, in great distress, of the number of his enemies, and the reproaches they cast on him, as one forsaken of God, 1, 2; is confident, notwithstanding, that God will be his protector, 3; mentions his prayers and supplications, and how God heard him, 4, 5; derides the impotent malice of has adversaries, and foretells their destruction, 6, 7; and ascribes salvation to God, 8. NOTES ON PSALM IIIThis is said to be A Psalm of David, when

Matthew 3:10 — Verse Matthew 3:10. And now also the axe is laid — Or, Even now the axe lieth. As if he had said, There is not a moment to spare - God is about to cut off every impenitent soul - you must therefore either turn to God immediately, or be utterly and finally ruined.

Matthew 4:3 — Verse Matthew 4:3. And when the tempter — This onset of Satan was made (speaking after the manner of men) judiciously: he came when Jesus, after having fasted forty days and forty nights, was hungry: now, as hunger naturally diminishes the strength of the body,

Matthew 6:33 — Verse Matthew 6:33. But seek ye first the kingdom of God — Matthew 3:7.His righteousness — That holiness of heart and purity of life which God requires of those who profess to be subjects of that spiritual kingdom mentioned above. Matthew 5:20.The seventh

Luke 7:50 — puede mejorarse aún más. Los siguientes pueden considerarse usos piadosos y sobrios de esta historia. En esta resurrección del hijo de la viuda, cuatro cosas son muy dignas de mención:-1. El encuentro. 2. Lo que hizo Cristo para resucitar al muerto. 3. 3. Lo que hizo el hombre cuando fue resucitado; y 4. El efecto producido en la mente de la gente. I. El encuentro. 1. Fue poco común: fue un encuentro de vida y muerte, de consuelo y angustia. Por una parte, JESÚS, acompañado de sus discípulos, y de

Acts 1:3 — Verse Acts 1:3. To whom - he showed himself alive - by many infallible proofs] πολλοιςτεκμηριοις; by many proofs of such a nature, and connected with such circumstances, as to render them indubitable; for this is the import of the Greek word τεκμηριον. The proofs

Acts 19:2 — they had not heard that there were particular gifts and graces of the Holy Spirit to be received. They could not mean that they had not heard of the Holy Spirit for John, in his baptism, announced Christ as about to baptize with the Holy Ghost, Matthew 3:11; Luke 3:16; but they simply meant that they had not heard that this Spirit, in his gifts, had been given to or received by any one.

Acts 24:10 — and decide on a question of this nature he fully allows; and expects, from this circumstance, to have a favourable hearing.2. The tractation, which consists of two parts:I. REFUTATION:1. of the charge of polluting the temple;2. of stirring up sedition;3. of being a leader of any sect who had a different worship from the God of their fathers.II. AFFIRMATION:1. that he had lived so as to preserve a good conscience towards God, and towards men;2. that so far from polluting the temple, he had been purified

Acts 3:2 — Verse Acts 3:2. A - man lame from his mother's womb — The case of this man must have been well known:1. from the long standing of his infirmity:2. from his being daily exposed in a place so public.It appears that he had no power to walk, and was what we term

1 Corinthians 3:1 — CHAPTER III. Because of the carnal, divided state of the people at Corinth, the apostle was obliged to treat them as children in the knowledge of sacred things, 1-3. Some were for setting up Paul, others Apollos, as their sole teachers, 4. The apostle shows that himself and fellow apostles were only instruments which God used to bring them to the knowledge of the truth; and even their sowing, and watering the seed

Galatians 1:4 — sense, even of its own votaries, told them that it was impossible that the blood of bulls and goats should take away sin. A higher atonement was necessary; and when God provided that, all its shadows and representations necessarily ceased. Galatians 4:3; Galatians 4:3.

2 Thessalonians 3:1 — and his brethren to the prayers of the Church, that their preaching might be successful, and that they might be delivered from wicked men, 1, 2. Expresses his confidence in God and them, and prays that they may patiently wait for the coming of Christ, 3-5. Gives them directions concerning strict discipline in the Church; and shows how he and his fellow labourers had behaved among them, not availing themselves of their own power and authority, 6-9. Shows them how to treat disorderly and idle people,

1 Timothy 3:11 — necessary to give counsels and cautions as to the deacons themselves; and to prescribe their qualifications, lest improper persons should insinuate themselves into that office.Not slanderers — μη διαβολους. Literally, not devils. See note on 1 Timothy 3:7. This may be properly enough translated slanderers, backbiters, tale-bearers, c., for all these are of their father, the devil, and his lusts they will do. Let all such, with the vast tribe of calumniators and dealers in scandal, remember that the

1 Timothy 3:7 — Former inveterate habits will revive in him who does not continue to deny himself, and watch unto prayer.The snare of the devil.-Some would translate παγιδα του διαβολου, the snare of the accuser; and they give the same meaning to the word in 1 Timothy 3:6, because it is evident that διαβολους has that meaning, 1 Timothy 3:11, and our translators render it slanderers. Now, though διαβολος signifies an accuser, yet I do not see that it can, with any propriety, be restrained to this meaning in the texts

Hebrews 5:9 — Verse Hebrews 5:9. And being made perfect — και τελειωθεις. And having finished all-having died and risen again. τελειωθηναι signifies to have obtained the goal; to have ended one's labour, and enjoyed the fruits of it. Hebrews 12:23: The spirits of just men made perfect, πνευμασι δικαιων τετελειωμενων, means the souls of those who have gained the goal, and obtained the prize. So, when Christ had finished his course of tremendous sufferings, and consummated the whole by his death

2 Peter 3:3 — Verse 2 Peter 3:3. Knowing this first — Considering this in an especial manner, that those prophets predicted the coming of false teachers: and their being now in the Church proved how clearly they were known to God, and showed the Christians at Pontus the necessity