Bible Commentaries

Genesis 18:4 — Verse Genesis 18:4. Let a little water - be fetched, and wash your feet, c. — In these verses we find a delightful picture of primitive hospitality. In those ancient times shoes such as ours were not in use and the foot was protected only by sandals or soles, which

Psalms 90:4 — Versículo Salmo 90:4 . Por mil años delante de ti. Como si él hubiera dicho, Aunque la resurrección del cuerpo puede estar a mil (o cualquier número indefinido de) años de distancia; sin embargo, cuando estos han pasado, no son más que ayer , o una sola vigilia de la noche

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

Luke 23:11 — Verse Luke 23:11. A gorgeous robe — εσθητα λαμπραν. It probably means a white robe, for it was the custom of the Jewish nobility to wear such. Hence, in Revelation 3:4, it is said of the saints, They shall walk with me in WHITE (garments,) because they are WORTHY. In such a robe, Herod, by way of mockery, caused our Lord to be clothed; but, the nobility among the Romans wearing purple for the most part, Pilate's soldiers,

Luke 24:49 — Verse 49. The promise of my Father — That is, the Holy Ghost, promised, John 15:26. See Acts 1:4; Acts 2:33.Until ye be endued with power — The energy of the Holy Ghost was to be communicated to them for three particular purposes.1. That he might

Luke 4:15 — Verse Luke 4:15. And he taught in their synagogues — We do not find that even the persecuting Jews ever hindered Christ or his disciples from preaching in their synagogues. Is it the same in every place where even the Christian religion is established by law?

John 11:4 — Verse John 11:4. This sickness is not unto death — Not to final privation of life at this time; but a temporary death shall be now permitted, that the glory of God may appear in the miracle of his resurrection. It is very likely that this verse contains the message

John 13:4 — Verse John 13:4. He riseth from supper — Not from eating, as Bishop Pearce has well observed, but from his place at table; probably the dishes were not as yet laid down, though the guests were seated. According to the custom of the Jews and other Asiatics, this

John 3:6 — Verse John 3:6. That which is born of the flesh is flesh — This is the answer to the objection made by Nicodemus in John 3:4. Can a man enter the second time into his mother's womb and be born? Our Lord here intimates that, were even this possible, it would not answer the end; for the plant will ever be of the nature of the seed that produces it-like will beget its like.

John 4:11 — Verse John 4:11. Thou hast nothing to draw with — ουτε αντλημα εχεις, Thou hast no bucket. Good water is not plentiful in the east; and travellers are often obliged to carry leathern bottles or buckets with them, and a line also, to let them down into the

John 9:4 — Verse John 9:4. While it is day — Though I plainly perceive that the cure of this man will draw down upon me the malice of the Jewish rulers, yet I must accomplish the work for which I came into the world whole it is day-while the term of this life of mine shall

Acts 4:21 — Verse Acts 4:21. When they had farther threatened them — προσαπειλησαμενοι, When they had added to their former threatenings, repeating the former menaces, and adding new penalties.Finding nothing how they might punish them — Or, as the Codex Bezae reads,

Romans 11:4 — Verse Romans 11:4. But what saith the answer of God — The answer which God made assured him that there were seven thousand, that is, several or many thousands; for so we must understand the word seven, a certain for an uncertain number. These had continued faithful

2 Corinthians 4:10 — Verse 2 Corinthians 4:10. Always bearing about in the body, c.] Being every moment in danger of losing our lives in the cause of truth, as Jesus Christ was. We, in a word, bear his cross, and are ready to offer up our lives for him. There is probably an allusion here to

Philippians 4:2 — Verse Philippians 4:2. I beseech Euodias, and beseech Syntyche — These were two pious women, as it is generally supposed, who were deaconesses in the Church at Philippi, and who in some points of doctrine and discipline had disagreed. He exhorts them to be of the

1 Thessalonians 2:6 — honourable; we sought no glory of you nor of others, though we were honourable as the apostles of Christ. כבוד cabod, in Hebrew, to which the Greek βαρος answers, signifies not only weight but glory; and in both these senses the apostle uses it, 2 Corinthians 4:17.

2 Thessalonians 1:4 — Verse 4. We ourselves glory in you in the Churches of God — We hold you up as an example of what the grace of God, can produce when communicated to honest and faithful hearts.For your patience and faith — From Acts 17:5; Acts 17:13, and from 1 Thessalonians

James 2:23 — — He believed God; this faith was never inactive, it was accounted to him for righteousness: and being justified by thus believing, his life of obedience showed that he had not received the grace of God in vain. Genesis 15:6; Genesis 15:6; "Romans 4:3"; "Galatians 3:6"; where this subject is largely explained.The friend of God. — The highest character ever given to man. As among friends every thing is in common; so God took Abraham into intimate communion with himself, and poured out upon

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 were under his more immediate protection, and that nothing should hurt them. It was a custom in the

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 most expert horsemen in the world: they live so much on horseback that the horse and his rider seem to make but