Bible Commentaries

Genesis 3:17 — Verse Genesis 3:17. Unto Adam he said — The man being the last in the transgression is brought up last to receive his sentence: Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife - "thou wast not deceived, she only gave and counselled thee to eat; this thou

Genesis 30:3 — Verse Genesis 30:3. She shall bear upon my knees — The handmaid was the sole property of the mistress, as has already been remarked in the case of Hagar; and therefore not only all her labour, but even the children borne by her, were the property of the mistress.

Genesis 31:3 — Verse Genesis 31:3. And the Lord said unto Jacob, Return - and I will be with thee. — I will take the same care of thee in thy return, as I took of thee on thy way to this place. The Targum reads, My WORD shall be for thy help, see Genesis 15:1. A promise of

Genesis 40:3 — Verse Genesis 40:3. Where Joseph was bound. — The place in which Joseph was now confined; this is what is implied in being bound; for, without doubt, he had his personal liberty. As the butler and. the baker were state criminals they were put in the same prison

Psalms 119:142 — plan de redención; su método de salvar a otros . Y la palabra δικαιοσυνη, que le responde, en la Septuaginta y en el Nuevo Testamento , se usa con la misma latitud de significado, y en el mismo sentido; particularmente en ese notable pasaje, Romanos 3:25 , donde véanse las notas. Tu método misericordioso de tratar con los pecadores y justificar a los impíos durará mientras dure la tierra; y tu ley que da testimonio de esto, en todas sus páginas, es la verdad .

Psalms 144:12 — 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 suficiente. 3. Fruto del ganado - "el aumento de vacas y rebaños de ovejas". Estas son las bendiciones a las que se refiere el salmista aquí, como aquellas en las que podría regocijarse y triunfar en el presente: bendiciones que en realidad disfruta su pueblo en

Proverbs 22:17 — pasadas. Ver   Proverbios 22:6 . 1. Habla el sabio ; y todas sus palabras , no sólo sus 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 22:3 — Versículo Proverbios 22:3 . El hombre prudente prevé el mal. Dios en su misericordia ha negado al hombre el conocimiento del futuro; pero en su lugar le ha dado esperanza y prudencia . Por la esperanza está continuamente esperando y anticipando el bien ; por prudencia obtiene

Proverbs 3:15 — Versículo Proverbios 3:15 . Ella es más preciosa que las piedras preciosas. מפנינים mippeninim . La palabra significa principalmente perlas , pero puede tomarse por piedras preciosas en general. La raíz es פנה panah , miró, vio ; y como da la idea de que el ojo siempre está

Proverbs 31:28 — Versículo Proverbios 31:28 . Sus hijos se levantan y la llaman bienaventurada. 20. Considera una buena educación junto a la influencia divina ; y sabe también que si instruye al niño en el camino que debe andar, aun cuando fuere viejo no se apartará de él. 1) Sus hijos son

Song of Solomon 5:3 — Versículo Cantares de los Cantares 5:3 . Me he quitado el abrigo, La novia debe haber estado en un sueño o en un gran desorden mental para haber puesto las excusas frívolas aquí mencionadas. Las palabras se refieren al caso de una persona que había ido a descansar a su cama. Como no usaban

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

1 Timothy 5:16 — sick, c., c. For the performing of such offices it is very likely that none but widows were employed and these were chosen, other things being equal, out of the most indigent of the widows, and therefore called by the apostle, here and in 1 Timothy 5:3, αἱς οντως χηραι, widows indeed-widows desolate, without support, and without relatives. See note on 1 Timothy 5:10.

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

2 Peter 2:9 — false teachers, yet he would powerfully save his faithful servants from their contagion and from their destruction. We should carefully observe, 1. That the godly man is not to be preserved from temptation. 2. That he will be preserved in temptation. 3. That he will be delivered out of it.

1 John 4:9 — because of sin; and every individual was dead in trespasses and sins; and Jesus came to die in the stead of the world, and to quicken every believer, that all might live to him who died for them and rose again. This is another strong allusion to John 3:16: God so loved the world, that he gave his only-begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life; where the reader is requested to see the note.

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

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

Revelation 3:18 — Verse Revelation 3:18. I counsel thee — O fallen and deceived soul, hear Jesus! Thy case is not hopeless. Buy of me.Gold tried in the fire — Come and receive from me, without money and without price, faith that shall stand in every trial: so gold tried in

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