Bible Commentaries

Genesis 1:4 — Verse Genesis 1:4. God divided the light from the darkness.] This does not imply that light and darkness are two distinct substances, seeing darkness is only the privation of light; but the words simply refer us by anticipation to the rotation of the earth round its

Genesis 4:5 — Verse Genesis 4:5. Unto Cain — As being unconscious of his sinfulness, and consequently unhumbled, and to his offering, as not being accompanied, as Abel's was, with faith and a sacrifice for sin, he had not respect - He could not, consistently with his holiness

Psalms 144:12 — Versículo Salmo 144:12 . Para que nuestros hijos sean como plantas. Dios había prometido a su pueblo, siendo fiel, TRES descripciones de BENDICIONES, Deuteronomio 28:4 . 1. El fruto del cuerpo - hijos e hijas. 2. Los frutos de la tierra - hierba y maíz en abundancia

Proverbs 22:17 — sentimientos , deben ser escuchadas cuidadosamente. 2. Habla conocimiento : da doctrinas verdaderas en sí mismas y confirmadas por la observación y la experiencia . 3. Estos deben ser escuchados con humildad y profunda atención : "Inclina tu oído". 4. No sólo deben ser escuchadas , sino meditadas y ponderadas : "Aplica tu corazón a mi conocimiento".

Proverbs 4:12 — Versículo Proverbios 4:12 . Tus pasos no se estrecharán. La verdadera sabiduría te enseñará a evitar las situaciones embarazosas. Un hombre bajo la influencia de la religión verdadera reflexiona sobre sus caminos y sopesa cuidadosamente las circunstancias que se presentan

Proverbs 4:16 — Versículo Proverbios 4:16 . Excepto que hayan hecho daño. La noche es su tiempo para el botín y la depredación. Y deben ganar algo de botín , antes de ir a descansar . Este creo que es el significado del pasaje. Concedo, también, que puede haber algunos de una disposición

Ecclesiastes 9:4 — Versículo Eclesiastés 9:4 . Porque para el que se une a todos los vivientes hay esperanza. Mientras el hombre vive, espera enmendarse , y espera tener una mejor suerte ; y así se gasta la vida, con la esperanza de crecer mejor y con la esperanza de obtener más . La Vulgata dice

Isaiah 4:3 — Versículo Isaías 4:3 . Escrito entre los vivos.  Es decir, cuyo nombre consta en la inscripción o registro del pueblo; o todo hombre viviente que sea ciudadano de Jerusalén. Véase Ezequiel 13:9 , donde, "no se escribirán en la escritura de la casa de Israel", es lo mismo

Galatians 4:9 — evident that they had been once addicted to them. And this they might have been, allowing that they had become converts from heathenism to Judaism, and from Judaism to Christianity. This makes the sense consistent between the 8th and 9th verses. Galatians 4:8-9.

Ephesians 4:2 — Verse Ephesians 4:2. With all lowliness — It is by acting as the apostle here directs that a man walks worthy of this high vocation; ταπεινοφροσυνη signifies subjection or humility of mind.Meekness — The opposite to anger and irritability of disposition.Long-suffering

Philippians 1:13 — that it is used in this latter sense here. There were, no doubt, persons belonging to the emperor's household who would bring the news of so remarkable a case to the palace; for we find that there were Christians even in Caesar's household; Philippians 4:22.

1 Thessalonians 4:5 — Verse 1 Thessalonians 4:5. Not in the lust of concupiscence — Having no rational object, aim, nor end. Some say, "not like beasts;" but this does not apply as they who use it wish, for the males and females of the brute creation are regular and consistent in their intercourse,

Hebrews 10:33 — Verse 33. Ye were made a gazing-stock — Θεατριζομενοι. Ye were exhibited as wild beasts and other shows at the theatres. See the note on 1 Corinthians 4:9, where all this is illustrated.Companions of them that were so used. — It appears, from 1 Thessalonians 2:14-15, that the Churches of God in Judea were greatly persecuted, and that they believed with courage and constancy in their persecutions.

Hebrews 11:34 — Verse 34. Quenched the violence of fire — As in the case of the three faithful Hebrews, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, who, for their steady attachment to God's worship, were cast into a fiery furnace, in which they were preserved, and from which they

James 4:10 — Verse 10. Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord — In James 4:7 they were exhorted to submit to God; here they are exhorted to humble themselves in his sight. Submission to God's authority will precede humiliation of soul, and genuine repentance is performed as in the sight of God; for when a sinner is truly awakened

1 John 3:18 — — In making professions of love, and of a charitable and humane disposition, and resting there; but in deed- by humane and merciful acts;And in truth. — Feeling the disposition of which we speak. There is a good saying in Yalcut Rubeni, fol. 145, 4, on this point: "If love consisted in word only, then love ceaseth as soon as the word is pronounced. Such was the love between Balak and Balaam. But if love consisteth not in word, it cannot be dissolved; such was the love of Abraham, Isaac, Jacob,

Revelation 15:8 — Verse Revelation 15:8. The temple was filled with smoke — So was the tabernacle when consecrated by Moses, Exodus 40:34-35, and the temple when consecrated by Solomon, 1 Kings 8:10-11; 2 Chronicles 5:14. See Isaiah 6:4. This account seems at least partly copied from those above.When the high priest entered into the holy of holies, and the ordinary priest into the

Revelation 18:1 — CHAPTER XVIII. A luminous angel proclaims the fall of Babylon, and the cause of it, 1-3. The followers of God are exhorted to come out of it, in order to escape her approaching punishment, 4-8. The kings of the earth lament her fate, 9, 10. The merchants also bewail her, 11. The articles in which she trafficked enumerated, 12-16. She is bewailed also by shipmasters, sailors, &c., 17-19. All heaven rejoices over her fall, and her final

Revelation 3:1 — CHAPTER III. The epistle to the Church of Sardis, 1-6. The epistle to the Church of Philadelphia, 7-13. The epistle to the Church of Laodicea, 14-22. NOTES ON CHAP. III.Epistle to the Church at Sardis.Verse Revelation 3:1. The seven Spirits, of God — See the note on Revelation 1:4; Revelation 1:16, c.Thou hast a name that thou livest — Ye have the reputation of Christians, and consequently

Revelation 9:1 — CHAPTER IX. The fifth angel sounds, and a star falls from heaven to earth, 1. The bottomless pit is opened, and locusts come out upon the earth, 2, 3. Their commission, 4-6. Their form, 7-10. Their government, 11, 12. The sixth angel sounds, and the four angels bound in the Euphrates are loosed, 13-15. The army of horsemen, and their description, 16-19. Though much evil is inflicted upon men for their idolatry, &c.,