Bible Commentaries

Genesis 13:6 — Verse Genesis 13:6. Their substance was great — As their families increased, it was necessary their flocks should increase also, as from those flocks they derived their clothing, food, and drink. Many also were offered in sacrifice to God.They could not dwell

Genesis 6:8 — man, איש צדיק ish tsaddik, a man who gave to all their due; for this is the ideal meaning of the original word.2. He was perfect in his generation - he was in all things a consistent character, never departing from the truth in principle or practice.3. He walked with God - he was not only righteous in his conduct, but he was pious, and had continual communion with God. The same word is used here as before in the case of Enoch. See Genesis 5:22.

Psalms 100:4 — el permiso. La palabra בתודה bethodah , que rendimos con acción de gracias , es propiamente con la confesión-ofrenda o sacrificio . Ver en el título . Salmo 100:1 . Bendice su nombre.  Bendecid a Jehová , porque él es vuestro Elohim ; ver Salmo 100:3 . En nuestro servicio litúrgico decimos: "Habla bien de su nombre"; no podemos hacer otra cosa; no tenemos sino cosas buenas para hablar de nuestro Dios.

Psalms 106:37 — Versículo Salmo 106:37 . Sacrificaron a sus hijos y a sus hijas a los demonios. Vea los lugares a los que se hace referencia en el margen ( 2 Reyes 16:3 ; Isaías 57:5 ; Ezequiel 16:20 ; Ezequiel 20:26 ). Que hacer que sus hijos y sus hijas pasaran por el fuego a Moloc

Psalms 112:3 — Versículo Salmo 112:3 . Bienes y riquezas estarán en su casa. Este es a menudo el caso: un hombre piadoso debe ahorrar tanto tiempo como dinero . Antes de convertirse, perdió mucho tiempo y malgastó su dinero. Todo esto ahora lo guarda, y por lo tanto la riqueza deben estar

Psalms 132:3 — Versículo Salmo 132:3 . Seguramente no vendré.  Esto debe referirse a la situación del templo; o, como nosotros lo expresaríamos, él no pasaría otro día hasta que hubiera encontrado el terreno sobre el cual construir el templo, y proyectado el plan, e ideado los medios

Psalms 96:3 — Versículo Salmo 96:3 . Declara su gloria entre las naciones.  Los paganos no conocen al verdadero Dios: como su ser y sus atributos están en el fundamento de toda religión, estos son los primeros temas de instrucción para el mundo gentil. Declara, ספרו sapperu, detalla,

Proverbs 3:12 — Versículo Proverbios 3:12 . A quien el Señor ama. Para animarte a soportar la corrección, debes saber que es una prueba del amor de Dios por ti; y así muestra que te trata como un padre trata a su hijo, incluso a aquel a quien siente el mayor afecto. La última cláusula que

Proverbs 3:18 — Versículo Proverbios 3:18 . Ella es un árbol de la vida. עץ חיים ets chaiyim , "el árbol de la vida", en alusión más manifiesta al árbol llamado que Dios plantó en el principio en el jardín del Paraíso, al comer del fruto del cual todos los desechos de la naturaleza podría

Ecclesiastes 4:1 — CAPÍTULO IV La vanidad de la vida aumenta con la opresión , 1-3; por envidia , 4; por ociosidad , 5. La miseria de una vida solitaria, y las ventajas de la sociedad , 6-12. Un niño pobre y sabio; mejor que un rey viejo y necio , 13. La incertidumbre del favor popular , 14-16. NOTAS SOBRE EL CAP. IV Versículo Eclesiastés

Acts 15:3 — Verse Acts 15:3. Being brought on their way by the Church — That is; the members of the Church provided them with all necessaries for their journey; for it does not appear that they had any property of their own.Declaring the conversion of the Gentiles —

Acts 18:9 — ceasing to preach, or leaving Corinth. To prevent this, and comfort him, God was pleased to give him this vision.Be not afraid — That this comfort and assurance were necessary himself shows us in his first epistle to these Corinthians, Acts 2:3: I was with you in weakness, and in fear, and in much trembling.

Acts 23:8 — Verse Acts 23:8. The Sadducees say that there is no resurrection — It is strange, since these denied a future state, that they observed the ordinances of the law; for they also believed the five books of Moses to be a revelation from God: yet they had nothing

Acts 3:25 — Verse Acts 3:25. Ye are the children of the prophets — This is the argumentum ad hominem: as ye are the children or disciples of the prophets, ye are bound to believe their predictions, and obey their precepts; and not only so, but ye are entitled to their

Acts 5:11 — assembly. On the word Church, see the observations at the end of Matthew 16:0. Matthew 16:28 It has been properly observed that we have in this place a native specimen of a New Testament Church:1. Called by the Gospel;2. grafted into Christ by baptism;3. animated by love;4. united by all kinds of fellowship;5. and disciplined by the exemplary punishment of hypocrites.See Dodd.

Acts 5:14 — Verse Acts 5:14. And believers were the more added to the Lord — Believers:1. Those who credited the Divine mission of Christ.2. That he was the Messiah.3. That he died for their sins.4. That he rose again.5. That he ascended into heaven.6. That he sent down the gift of the Holy Spirit.7. That he ever appeared in the presence of God for them.8. That it was he who gives repentance and remission of sins.

Acts 7:6 — Verse Acts 7:6. That his seed should sojourn in a strange land — See Genesis 15:13, Genesis 15:14.Four hundred years. — MOSES says, Exodus 12:40, that the sojourning of the children of Israel in Egypt-was 430 years. See the note there. St. PAUL has the same number, Galatians 3:17; and so has Josephus, Ant. lib. ii. cap. 1, sect.

Romans 3:5 — Verse Romans 3:5. JEW. But if our unrighteousness commend the righteousness of God — May we not suppose that our unrighteousness may serve to commend and illustrate the mercy of God in keeping and fulfilling to us the promise which he made to our forefathers?

Romans 3:8 — Verse Romans 3:8. APOSTLE. And not rather, c.] And why do you not say, seeing you assume this ground, that in all cases we should do wickedly, because God, by freely pardoning, can so glorify his own grace? This is a most impious sentiment, but it follows from your

3 John 1:5 — Verse 3 John 1:5. Thou doest faithfully — πιστον ποιεις. Kypke thinks that πιστον is put here for πιστιν, and that the phrase signifies to keep or preserve the faith, or to be bound by the faith, or to keep one's engagements. Thou hast acted as the faith-the