Bible Commentaries

Ezekiel 10:9 — Verse Ezekiel 10:9. The colour of a beryl stone. — אבן תרשיש eben Tarshish, "the stone of Tarshish." The Vulgate translates it chrysolith; Symmachus, the jacinct; the Septuagint, the carbuncle. In the parallel place, Ezekiel 1:16, it is כעין תרשיש keeyn Tarshish,

Joel 2:4 — resemble ten different kinds of animals:1. The HORSE in its head.2. The ELEPHANT in its eyes.3. The BULL in its neck.4. The STAG in its horns.5. The LION in its breast.6. The SCORPION in its belly.7. The EAGLE in its wings.8. The CAMEL in its thighs.9. The OSTRICH in its feet. And10. The SERPENT in its tail.Vid. Hieroz., vol. ii., p. 475, edit. 1692.But its most prominent resemblance is to the horse, which the prophet mentions; and which the Arabic writer puts in the first place, as being the chief.

Amos 3:1 — in them to expect his presence or favour, 3-8. Other neighbouring nations are then called upon to take warning from the judgments about to be inflicted upon the house of Israel, which would be so general that only a small remnant should escape them, 9-15. The image used by the prophet on this occasion, (see Amos 3:12,) and borrowed from his former calling, is very natural and significant, and not a little dignified by the inspired writer's lofty air and manner. NOTES ON CHAP. IIIVerse Amos 3:1. Against

Amos 7:9 — Verse Amos 7:9. And the high places of Isaac shall be desolate — Their total destruction is at hand. The high place of Isaac was Beer-sheba, where Isaac had built an altar to the Lord, Genesis 26:25. This high place, which had been abused to idolatrous uses,

Amos 9:15 — Verse Amos 9:15. I will plant them upon their land — They shall receive a permanent establishment there.And they shall no more be pulled up — Most certainly this prophecy has never yet been fulfilled. They were pulled out by the Assyrian captivity, and

Micah 2:9 — Verse 9. The women of my people — Ye are the cause of the women and their children being carried into captivity-separated from their pleasant habitations, and from my temple and ordinances-and from the blessings of the covenant, which it is my glory to

Habakkuk 2:14 — applied to Babylon. God's power and providence shall be widely displayed in the destruction of this city and empire, in the humiliation of Nebuchadnezzar, Daniel 4:37, and in the captivity and restoration of his people. See Newcome, and see Isaiah 11:9.Secondly. It may be applied to the glorious days of the Messiah. The land of Judea should by his preaching, and that of his disciples, be filled with the knowledge of God. God's great design fully discovered, and the scheme of salvation amply explained.Thirdly.

Zechariah 9:16 — Verse Zechariah 9:16. Shall save them in that day — They are his flock, and he is their Shepherd; and, as his own, he shall save and defend them.As the stones of a crown] אבני נזר מתנוססות abney nezer mithnosesoth, "crowned stones erecting themselves;" i.e., being

Malachi 2:9 — Verse Malachi 2:9. Therefore have I also made you contemptible — The people despised you because they saw that you acted contrary to your functions. This has happened repeatedly since, to several classes of priests. Not maintaining, by purity of life and soundness

Matthew 15:9 — Verse Matthew 15:9. In vain they do worship me, c. — By the traditions of the elders, not only the word of God was perverted, but his worship also was greatly corrupted. But the Jews were not the only people who have acted thus: whole Christian Churches, as well

Matthew 2:9 — Verse Matthew 2:9. In the east — Or, at its rise. Matthew 2:2; Matthew 2:2.Stood over where the young child was. — Super caput pueri, Over the head of the child, as the OPUS IMPERFECTUM, on this place, has it. See Griesbach's Var. Lect. So it appears to have

Matthew 22:9 — Verse Matthew 22:9. Go ye therefore into the highways — διεξοδους των αδων, cross or by-paths; the places where two or more roads met in one, leading into the city, where people were coming together from various quarters of the country. St. Luke adds hedges, to

Matthew 9:25 — Verse Matthew 9:25. He - took her by the hand, and the maid arose. — The fountain of life thus communicating its vital energy to the dead body. Where death has already taken place, no power but that of the great God can restore to life; in such a case, vain is

Mark 3:1 — CHAPTER III. The man with the withered hand healed, 1-5. The Pharisees plot our Lord's destruction, 6. Christ withdraws, and is followed by a great multitude, 7-9. He heals many, and goes to a mountain to pray, 10-13. He ordains twelve disciples, and, gives them power to preach and work miracles, 14, 15. Their names, 16-19. The multitudes throng him, and the scribes attribute his miracles to Beelzebub, 20-22.

Mark 9:1 — CHAPTER IX. The transfiguration of Christ, and the discourse occasioned by it, 1-13. He casts out a dumb spirit which his disciples could not, 14-29. He foretells his death, 30-32. The disciples dispute about supremacy, and Christ corrects them, 33-37. Of the person who cast out demons in Christ's name, but did not follow him, 38-40. Every kind of office done to the disciples of Christ shall be

Luke 19:9 — Verse Luke 19:9. Jesus said unto him — Bishop PEARCE observes: "Probably Luke wrote αυτους, not αυτον, said unto them, i.e. to those who had before called Zaccheus a sinner; (Luke 19:7); for Jesus here speaks of Zaccheus in the third person, he also is a son

Luke 6:15 — Verse Luke 6:15. Called Zelotes — Some Jews gave this name to themselves, according to Josephus, (War, b. iv. c. iii. s. 9, and vii. c. viii. s. 1,) "because they pretended to be more than ordinarily zealous for religion, and yet practised the very worst of actions." "But this (says the judicious Bp. Pearce) Josephus says of the zealots, at the time when Vespasian was marching

Luke 8:1 — CHAPTER VIII. Jesus preaches through every city and village, 1. Women minister to him, 2, 3. Instructs the multitudes by the parable of the sower, 4-8. Explains it at large to his disciples, 9-15. Directions how to improve by hearing the Gospel, 16-18. His mother and brethren seek him, 19-21. He and his disciples go upon the lake, and are taken in a storm, 22-25. They arrive among the Gadarenes, 26, where he cures a demoniac, 27-39. He returns

Luke 9:16 — Verse Luke 9:16. Then he took the five loaves — A minister of the Gospel, who is employed to feed souls, should imitate this conduct of Christ:1. He ought to exhort the people to hear with sedate and humble reverence.2. He should first take the bread of life

John 2:20 — Verse John 2:20. Forty and six years was this temple in building — The temple of which the Jews spake was begun to be rebuilt by Herod the Great, in the 18th year of his reign: Jos. Ant. b. xv. c. 11, s. 1; and xx. c. 9, s. 5, 7. But though he finished the main work in nine years and a half, yet some additional buildings or repairs were constantly carried on for many years afterwards. Herod began the work sixteen years before the birth of our Lord: the transactions