Bible Commentaries

Genesis 16:1 — wife, 1-3. She conceives and despises her mistress, 4. Sarai is offended and upbraids Abram, 5. Abram vindicates himself; and Hagar, being hardly used by her mistress, runs away, 6. She is met by an angel, and counselled to return to her mistress, 7-9. God promises greatly to multiply her seed, 10. Gives the name of Ishmael to the child that should be born of her, 11. Shows his disposition and character, 12. Hagar calls the name of the Lord who spoke to her, Thou God seest me, 13. She calls the name

Genesis 36:1 — his sons, by his Canaanitish wives Adah, Aholibamah, and Bashemath, 1-3. The children of Adah and Bashemath, 4. Of Aholibamah, 5. Esau departs from Canaan and goes to Mount Seir, 6-8. The generations of Esau, i.e., his grandchildren, while in Seir, 7-19. Anah finds mules (Yemim) in the wilderness, 24. The generations of Seir, the Horite, 29-30. The kings which reigned in Edom, 31-39. The dukes that succeeded them, 40-43. NOTES ON CHAP. XXXVIVerse Genesis 36:1. These are the generations of Esau —

Genesis 9:1 — forbidden, 5. A man-slayer to forfeit his life, 6. The covenant of God established between him and Noah and the whole brute creation, 8-11. The rainbow given as the sign and pledge of this covenant, 12-17. The three sons of Noah people the whole earth, 18, 19. Noah plants a vineyard, drinks of the wine, is intoxicated, and lies exposed in his tent, 20, 21. The reprehensible conduct of Ham, 22. The laudable carriage of Shem and Japheth, 23. Noah prophetically declares the servitude of the posterity of Ham,

Psalms 115:1 — SALMO CXV Sólo Dios debe ser glorificado , 1-3. La vanidad de los ídolos , 4-8. Se exhorta a Israel, a la casa de Aarón y a todos los que temen a Dios confiar en el Señor , 9-11. La bondad del Señor para con su pueblo, y sus graciosas promesas , 12-16. Como los muertos no pueden alabarlo, los vivos deben hacerlo , 17, 18. NOTAS SOBRE EL SALMO CXV Este Salmo está escrito como parte del precedente por dieciocho de los manuscritos

Psalms 90:9 — Versículo Salmo 90:9 . Pasamos nuestros años como un cuento. La Vulgata tiene: Anni nostri sicut aranea meditabuntur; "Nuestros años pasan como los de la araña". Nuestros planes y operaciones son como la tela de araña ; la vida es tan frágil , y el hilo de ella tan quebradizo

Psalms 98:1 — es célebre por sus obras maravillosas , 1, 2; para el cumplimiento exacto de sus misericordiosas promesas , 3. La manera en que debe ser alabado , 4-6. La creación inanimada llamada a participar en este concierto , 7, 8. La justicia de sus juicios , 9. NOTAS SOBRE EL SALMO XCVIII En hebreo se denomina simplemente מזמור mizmor, un salmo. En el caldeo, un salmo profético. En la Vulgata, la Septuaginta y la Etiópica, un Salmo de David. En el siríaco se atribuye a David, y se afirma que fue compuesto

Ecclesiastes 7:1 — CAPÍTULO VII El valor de un buen nombre , 1. Ventajas del dolor y la corrección , 2-5. El vacío de la alegría de un necio , 6. De la opresión , 7. Mejor el final que el principio , 8. Contra la prisa de espíritu , 9. Comparación de tiempos pasados ​​y presentes , 10. Excelencia de sabiduría , 11, 12. De las dispensaciones de la Providencia , 13-15. Contra los extremos , 16-18. La fuerza de la sabiduría , 19. El hombre está siempre sujeto al pecado y al error ,

Ecclesiastes 9:2 — Versículo Eclesiastés 9:2 . Todas las cosas son iguales para todos. Esto es generalmente cierto; pero Dios a menudo hace la diferencia, y sus fieles seguidores son testigos de muchas intervenciones de la Divina Providencia en su favor. Pero hay bendiciones generales y males

Isaiah 22:14 — revelado a mis oídos", y se refiere a 1 Samuel 2:27 ; 1 Samuel 3:21 : pero la construcción en esos lugares es diferente, y no hay palabra de Dios añadida; que aquí parece querer algo más que el verbo נגלה nigleh para introducirlo. Compare Isaías 5:9 , donde el texto es aún más imperfecto. El Señor Dios de los ejércitos. אדני יהוה צבאות Adonai Yehovah tsebaoth . Pero אדני Adonai, Señor , es omitido por dos de los manuscritos de Kennicott y De Rossi , y por dos de los míos; por tres ediciones, y

Isaiah 22:9 — Versículo Isaías 22:9 . Juntasteis las aguas - "Y recogeréis las aguas". Había dos estanques en o cerca de Jerusalén, alimentados por manantiales: el estanque superior, o el estanque viejo, alimentado por el manantial llamado Gihón, 2 Crónicas 32:30 , hacia la parte alta

Isaiah 25:8 — Versículo Isaías 25:8 . Él se tragará la muerte. Él, por la gracia de Dios, probará la muerte por cada hombre. Hebreos 2:9. Probablemente, tragarse la muerte y gustar la muerte , en ambos versículos, se refieren a lo mismo: Jesús muriendo en lugar de un mundo culpable.Estas formas de expresión pueden referirse al castigo de ciertos criminales; se vieron obligados a beber

Ephesians 6:1 — Children should obey their parents, that they may live long and be happy, 1-3. Parents should be tender towards their children, 4. Servants should show all obedience and fidelity to their masters, 5-8. And masters should treat their servants with humanity, 9. All should be strong in the Lord, and be armed with his armour, because of their wily, powerful, and numerous foes, 10-13. The different parts of the Christian armour enumerated, 14-17. The necessity of all kinds of prayer and watchfulness, 18-20.

Philippians 3:14 — goal, on which the runners were obliged to keep their eye fixed; for they who transgressed or went beyond this line did not run lawfully, and were not crowned, even though they got first to the goal. See the concluding observations on "1 Corinthians 9:27".What is called σκοπος, mark or scope, here, is called κανων the line, i.e. the marked line, Philippians 3:16. When it was said to Diogenes, the cynic, "Thou art now an old man, rest from thy labours;" to this he answered: Ει δολιχον εδραμον, προς

Philippians 4:1 — true yokefellow to help them to a good understanding, 3. Gives them directions concerning their temper and frame of mind, 4-7. And how to act in all respects as becomes the purity and excellence of the Gospel, as they had heard from and seen in him, 8, 9. Thanks them for their attention to him in his captivity, in sending him what was necessary for his support, though he had learned to be contented in all situations in life, 10-14. Mentions particular cases in which they had ministered to him; promises

1 Timothy 2:12 — authority — A woman should attempt nothing, either in public or private, that belongs to man as his peculiar function. This was prohibited by the Roman laws: In multis juris nostri articulis deterior est conditio foeminarum quam masculorun,; l. 9, PAP. LIB. 31, QUAEST. Foeminoe ab omnibus officiis civilibus vel publicis remotae sunt; et ideo nec judicis esse possunt, nec magistratum gerere, nec postulare, nec pro alio invenire, nec procuratores existere; l. 2, de Reg. Juris. ULP. LIB. i. AD

2 Timothy 4:1 — own approaching death, and expresses the strongest confidence of being eternally happy, 6-8. Desires Timothy to come and see him; shows that several had forsaken him, that others were gone to different districts, and that he had only Luke with him, 9-12. Desires him to bring the cloak, book, and parchments, which he had left at Troas, 13. Of Alexander the coppersmith's opposition, 14, 15. Tells Timothy how he was deserted by all when obliged to make his first defence before Nero; how God supported

Hebrews 11:19 — Verse 19. To raise him up, even from the dead — Abraham staggered not at the promise through unbelief, but was strong in faith, giving glory to God. The resurrection of the dead must have been a doctrine of the patriarchs; they expected a heavenly inheritance,

1 Peter 1:20 — of the world, occurs often in the New Testament, and is supposed by some learned men and good critics to signify the commencement of the Jewish state. Perhaps it may have this meaning in Matthew 13:35; Luke 11:50; Ephesians 1:4; Hebrews 4:3; Hebrews 9:26. But if we take it here in its common signification, the creation of universal nature, then it shows that God, foreseeing the fall and ruin of man, appointed the remedy that was to cure the disease. It may here have a reference to the opinion of

Revelation 12:7 — "There was war among those above and among those below, בשמים חזקה היתה והמלחמה vehammilchamah hayethah chazakah bashshamayim, and there was great war in heaven."Of Michael the rabbins are full. See much in Schoettgen, and see the note on Jude, Jude 1:9.The dragon-and his angels — The same as Rab. Sam. ben David, in Chasad Shimuel, calls וחיילותיו סמאל Samael vechayilothaiv, "Samael and his troops;" fol. 28, 2.NOTES ON CHAP. XII., BY J. E. C.Ver. 7. And there was war in heaven — As heaven

Revelation 2:24 — commendation of the sound part of the Church, that they have no need of any new exhortation or charge to be given them, no new advice but to persevere as usual. See Romans 15:14; Romans 15:15. The expression of burden is taken from the history of Ahab, 2 Kings 9:25: The Lord laid this burden on him a word often used by the prophets to signify a prophecy threatening heavy things to be suffered. Isaiah 13:1, and "Numbers 4:19"." See Dodd's Notes.It is worthy of remark that the Gnostics called their doctrine the