Bible Commentaries

Genesis 3:8 — Verse Genesis 3:8. The voice of the Lord — The voice is properly used here, for as God is an infinite Spirit, and cannot be confined to any form, so he can have no personal appearance. It is very likely that God used to converse with them in the garden, and that

John 12:43 — Verse 43. They loved the praise of men — δοξαν, the glory or honour that cometh from men.How common are these four obstacles of faith! says Quesnel:1. Too great a regard to men.2. Riches and temporal advantages.3. The fear of disgrace.4. The love of the

John 5:23 — Verse 23. That all men should honour the Son, c.] If then the Son is to be honoured, EVEN AS the Father is honoured, then the Son must be God, as receiving that worship which belongs to God alone. To worship any creature is idolatry: Christ is to be honoured

Acts 14:10 — versions; and though it may not stand on such evidence as to entitle it to a place in the text, yet it is not likely that St. Paul would not have used the sacred name on such an occasion; especially as this appears to have been the usual form. See Acts 3:6.He leaped and walked. — Giving the fullest proof of his restoration: his leaping, however, might have been through joy of having received his cure.

Acts 17:24 — Stoics held the contrary:1. St. Paul assumes, as an acknowledged truth, that there was a God who made the world and all things.2. That this God could not be confined within temples made with hands, as he was the Lord or governor of heaven and earth.3. That, by fair consequence, the gods whom they worshipped, which were shut up in their temples could not be this God; and they must be less than the places in which they were contained. This was a strong, decisive stroke against the whole system of

Romans 5:3 — Verse Romans 5:3. And not only so — We are not only happy from being in this state of communion with our God, and the prospect of being eternally with him;But we glory in tribulations also — All the sufferings we endure for the testimony of our Lord are

Romans 6:3 — Verse Romans 6:3. Know ye not, &c.] Every man who believes the Christian religion, and receives baptism as the proof that he believes it, and has taken up the profession of it, is bound thereby to a life of righteousness. To be baptized into Christ, is to receive

1 Corinthians 16:3 — Verse 1 Corinthians 16:3. Whomsoever ye shall approve by your letters] Why should Paul require letters of approbation in behalf of certain persons, when he himself should be among them, and could have their characters viva voce? It is probable that he refers here to letters

1 Corinthians 3:4 — Verse 1 Corinthians 3:4. For while one saith, I am of Paul, c.] It was notorious that both Paul and Apollos held the same creed between them there was not the slightest difference: when, therefore, the dissentients began to prefer the one to the other, it was the fullest

Galatians 1:19 — Jerusalem two apostles, or at least two eminent members of the Church, of the name of James. This is distinctly inferred from the Acts of the Apostles, Acts 12:2, where the historian relates the death of James, the brother of John; and yet, in Acts 15:13-21, and in Acts 21:18, he records a speech delivered by James in the assembly of the apostles and elders. In this place JAMES, the Lord's brother, is mentioned thus to distinguish him from JAMES the brother of John. Some think there were three of this

Philippians 2:25 — Christ he was,1. A brother-one of the Christian family; a thorough convert to God, without which he could not have been a preacher of the Gospel.2. He was a companion in labour; he laboured, and laboured in union with the apostle in this great work.3. He was a fellow soldier; the work was a work of difficulty and danger, they were obliged to maintain a continual warfare, fighting against the world, the devil, and the flesh.4. He was their apostle-a man whom God had honoured with apostolical gifts,

1 Thessalonians 4:3 — Verse 1 Thessalonians 4:3. This is the will of God, even your sanctification — God has called you to holiness; he requires that you should be holy; for without holiness none can see the Lord. This is the general calling, but in it many particulars are included. Some of

1 Timothy 3:4 — Verse 1 Timothy 3:4. The fourteenth qualification of a Christian bishop is, that he ruleth well his own house; του ιδιου οικου καλως προΐσταμενον, one who properly presides over and governs his own family. One who has the command, of his own house, not by sternness,

2 Timothy 1:9 — χρονων αιωνιων. Before the Mosaic dispensation took place, God purposed the salvation of the Gentiles by Christ Jesus; and the Mosaic dispensation was intended only as the introducer of the Gospel. The law was our schoolmaster unto Christ, Galatians 3:24. See the parallel places, and the notes there.

2 Timothy 3:4 — Verse 2 Timothy 3:4. Traitors — προδοται. From προ, before, and διδωμι, to deliver up. Those who deliver up to an enemy the person who has put his life in their hands; such as the Scots of 1648, who delivered up into the hands of his enemies their unfortunate countryman

Hebrews 2:2 — Verse Hebrews 2:2. If the word spoken by angels — The law, (according to some,) which was delivered by the mediation of angels, God frequently employing these to communicate his will to men. See Acts 7:53; and Galatians 3:19. But the apostle probably means those particular messages which God sent by angels, as in the case of Lot, "Genesis 19:12" c., and such like.Was steadfast — Was so confirmed by the Divine authority, and so strict, that it would

Hebrews 3:13 — Verse Hebrews 3:13. But exhort one another daily — This supposes a state of chose Church fellowship, without which they could not have had access to each other.While it is called to-day — Use time while you have: it, for by and by there will be no more

1 John 1:3 — Verse 1 John 1:3. That which we have seen and heard — We deliver nothing by hearsay, nothing by tradition, nothing from conjecture; we have had the fullest certainty of all that we write and preach.That ye also may have fellowship with us — That ye may be

Revelation 10:1 — CHAPTER X. The description of a mighty angel with a little book in his hand, 1, 2. The seven thunders, 3, 4. The angel swears that there shalt be time no longer, 5-7. John is commanded to take the little book and eat it; he does so, and receives a commission to prophesy to many peoples, 8-11. NOTES ON CHAP. X.Verse Revelation 10:1. Another mighty angel

Revelation 3:10 — Verse Revelation 3:10. The word of my patience — The doctrine which has exposed you to so much trouble and persecution, and required so much patience and magnanimity to bear up under its attendant trials.The hour of temptation — A time of sore and peculiar