Bible Commentaries

Jeremiah 22:1 — the eighth verse of the next chapter, is addressed to the king of Judah and his people. It enjoins on them the practice of justice and equity, as they would hope to prosper, 14; but threatens them, in case of disobedience, with utter destruction, 5-9. The captivity of Shallum, the son of Josiah, is declared to be irreversible, 10-12; and the miserable and unlamented end of Jeconiah, contemptuously called Coniah, is foretold, 13-19. His family is threatened with the like captivity, and his seed declared

Jeremiah 28:9 — Verse Jeremiah 28:9. When the word of the prophet shall come to pass — Here is the criterion. He is a true prophet who specifies things that he says shall happen, and also fixes the time of the event; and the things do happen, and in that time.You say that Nebuchadnezzar

Ezekiel 18:7 — God.7. Hath spoiled none by violence — Either by robbery or personal insult. For a man may be spoiled both ways.8. Hath given his bread to the hungry — Has been kind-hearted and charitable; especially to them that are in the deepest want.9. Hath covered the naked with a garment — Has divided both his bread and his clothing with the necessitous. These are two branches of the same root.

Ezekiel 46:9 — Verse Ezekiel 46:9. He that entereth in by the way of the north, c. — As the north and the south gates were opposite to each other, he that came in at the north must go out at the south he that came in at the south must go out at the north. No person was to come

Hosea 9:10 — Verse Hosea 9:10. I found Israel like grapes in the wilderness — While they were faithful, they were as acceptable to me as ripe grapes would be to a thirsty traveller in the desert.I saw your fathers — Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Moses, Joshua, Caleb, Samuel,

Amos 1:5 — Anti-Libanus.The people of Syria shall go into captivity unto Kir — KIR is supposed to be the country of Cyrene in Albania, on the river Cyrus, which empties itself into the Caspian Sea. The fulfilment of this prophecy may be seen in 2 Kings 16:1-9.

Micah 1:2 — devotions. The temple was yet standing, for Jerusalem was not taken for many years after this; and these prophecies were delivered before the captivity of the ten tribes, as Micah appears to have been sent both to Israel and to Judah. See Micah 1:5-9; Micah 1:12-13.

Zechariah 4:1 — ON CHAP. IVVerse Zechariah 4:1. The angel - came again, and waked me — Abp. Newcome considers this vision as represented on the same night, Zechariah 1:8, with the preceding ones. See the latter part of Zechariah 4:10, compared with Zechariah 3:9. After some interval the prophet, overpowered with the vision which had been presented to him, was awakened from his prophetic trance as from a sleep.

Zechariah 6:1 — Jews under Joshua and Zerubbabel; but relates in a fuller sense, to the Messiah, and to that spiritual kingdom of which he was to be both king and high priest. In him all these types and figures were verified; on him all the promises are yea and amen, 9-15. NOTES ON CHAP. VIVerse Zechariah 6:1. There came four chariots — Four monarchies or empires. This is supposed to mean the same with the vision of the four horns, in Zechariah 1:18-21.Mountains of brass. — The strong barriers of God's

Matthew 15:19 — Verse Matthew 15:19. Out of the heart — In the heart of an unregenerate man, the principles and seeds of all sin are found. And iniquity is always conceived in the heart before it be spoken or acted. Is there any hope that a man can abstain from outward sin till

Matthew 9:4 — Verse Matthew 9:4. Jesus knowing (ιδων seeing) their thoughts — In telling them what the thoughts of their hearts were, (for they had expressed nothing publicly,) he gave them the fullest proof of his power to forgive sins; because God only can forgive sins,

Mark 1:15 — Verse Mark 1:15. The time is fulfilled — That is, the time appointed for sending the Messiah; and particularly the time specified by Daniel, Daniel 9:24-27. Here are four points worthy of deep attention, in the preaching of the Son of God.1. Every thing that is done is according to a plan laid by the Divine wisdom, and never performed till the time appointed was filled up.2. That the kingdom and

Luke 1:19 — Verse Luke 1:19. I am Gabriel — This angel is mentioned, Daniel 8:16; Daniel 9:21. The original גבריאל is exceedingly expressive: it is compounded of גבורה geburah, and אל el, the might of the strong God. An angel with such a name was exceedingly proper for the

Luke 9:53 — going up to Jerusalem to keep the feast; (it was the feast of tabernacles, John 7:2); and knowing him thereby to be a Jew, they would afford nothing for his entertainment; for, in religious matters, the Samaritans and Jews had no dealings: see John 4:9. The Samaritans were a kind of mongrel heathens; they feared Jehovah, and served other gods, 2 Kings 17:34. They apostatized from the true religion, and persecuted those who were attached to it. See an account of them, Matthew 16:1. Those only who have

Acts 23:24 — Antonius Felix; and gives us to understand that he governed with all the authority of a king, and the baseness and insolence of a quondam slave. E libertis Antonius Felix per omnem saevitiam ac libidinem jus regium servili ingenio exercuit. Hist. v. 9. He had, according to Suetonius, in his life of Claudius, chap. 28, three queens to his wives; that is, he was married thrice, and each time to the daughter or niece of a king. Drusilla, the sister of Agrippa, was his wife at this time; see Acts 24:24.

1 Corinthians 6:9 — Verse 1 Corinthians 6:9. The unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom — The unrighteous, αδικοι, those who act contrary to right, cannot inherit, for the inheritance is by right. He who is not a child of God has no right to the family inheritance, for that inheritance

1 Corinthians 9:10 — Verse 1 Corinthians 9:10. And he that thresheth in hope should be partaker of his hope. — Instead of ὁ αλοων της ελπιδος αυτου μετεχειν, επ' ελπιδι, many of the best MSS. and versions read the passage thus: ὁ αλοων επ' ελπιδι του μετεχειν· And he who thresheth in

1 Corinthians 9:2 — Verse 1 Corinthians 9:2. If I be not an apostle unto others — If there be other Churches which have been founded by other apostles; yet it is not so with you.The seal of mine apostleship are ye — Your conversion to Christianity is God's seal to my apostleship.

Colossians 3:9 — Verse 9. Lie not one to another — Do not deceive each other; speak the truth in all your dealings; do not say, "My goods are so and so," when you know them to be otherwise; do not undervalue the goods of your neighbour, when your conscience tells you

1 Thessalonians 5:4 — the Jews, viz.: that God would judge the Gentiles in the night time, when utterly secure and careless; but he would judge the Jews in the day time, when employed in reading and performing the words of the law. The words in Midrash Tehillim, on Psalms 9:8, are the following: When the holy blessed God shall judge the Gentiles, it shall be in the night season, in which they shall be asleep in their transgressions; but when he shall judge the Israelites, it shall be in the day time, when they are occupied