Bible Commentaries

Genesis 6:5 — Verse Genesis 6:5. The wickedness of man was great — What an awful character does God give of the inhabitants of the antediluvian world!1. They were flesh, (Genesis 6:3,) wholly sensual, the desires of the mind overwhelmed and lost in the desires of the flesh, their souls no longer discerning their high destiny, but ever minding earthly things, so that they were sensualized, brutalized, and become flesh; incarnated

Job 28:16 — las montañas,etc. oro en bruto . versión Job 28:16 . 2. כתם KETHEM, de כתם catham , firmar o estampar: oro que se hace corriente al ser acuñado , o estampado con su peso o valor ; lo que llamaríamos oro estándar o esterlina . versión Job 28:17 . 3. זהב ZAHAB, de זהב zahab , para ser Lear, brillante o resplandeciente : el metal que no se mancha ; el único metal que siempre mantiene su brillo. Pero probablemente aquí signifique oro labrado , o aquel en el que se engarzan piedras preciosas ; oro

Psalms 15:2 — heart, soul, mind, and strength. This is giving GOD his due.2. As a member of civil society, he has various duties to perform to his fellows, as they have to him. He is to love them as himself, and do unto all men as he would they should do unto him.3. There are duties which he owes to himself. That his body may be in health, vigour, and activity, he should avoid every thing by which it might be injured, particularly all excesses in eating, drinking, sleeping, c. That his soul may be saved, he should

Psalms 91:1 — PSALM XCI The safety of the godly man, and his confidence, 1, 2. How he is defended and preserved, 3-10. The angels of God are his servants, 11, 12; and he shall tread on the necks of his adversaries, 13. What God says of, and promises to, such a person, 14-16. NOTES ON PSALM XCIThis Psalm has no title in the Hebrew; nor can it be determined on what

Ecclesiastes overview — of this book in 1792, in which he endeavors to prove: -1. That the style of Ecclesiastes is that of the later Hebrew writers, as appears by the Chaldaisms, Syriasms, and Hellenisms that occur in it.2. That it may have been written between the years 380 and 130 before Jesus Christ, if not later.The Jena reviewers seem to have thought it to be a translation from the Greek, and to have been written by a Jew of Alexandria, while the famous library was founding by Ptolemy Philadelphus king of Egypt,

Isaiah 57:1 — LVII Después de mencionar la remoción de personas justas como un terrible síntoma de la proximidad de los juicios divinos , 1, 2, el profeta continúa acusando a la nación en general de idolatría, y de cortejar la inútil alianza de reyes idólatras , 3-12. En oposición a tal vana confianza, el profeta ordena confianza en Dios, con quien los penitentes y los humildes están seguros de hallar aceptación, y de quién deben obtener protección temporal y Liberaciones espirituales , 13-19. Terrible condición

Jeremiah 31:20 — Verse Jeremiah 31:20. Is Ephraim my dear son? — It is impossible to conceive any thing more tenderly affectionate than this. Let us consider the whole account. The ten tribes, called here Ephraim, for the reason before alleged, are represented as acknowledging

Jeremiah 31:20 — Versículo Jeremias 31:20 . ¿Efraín es mi querido hijo? Es imposible concebir algo más tiernamente cariñoso que esto. Consideremos el relato completo. Las diez tribus , llamadas aquí Efraín , por la razón antes alegada, se representan reconociendo sus pecados. He oído a

Ezekiel 4:1 — CHAPTER IV Ezekiel delineates Jerusalem, and lays siege to it, as a type of the manner in which the Chaldean army should surround that city, 1-3. The prophet commanded to lie on his left side three hundred and ninety days, and on his right side forty days, with the signification, 4-8. The scanty and coarse provision allowed the prophet during his symbolical siege, consisting chiefly of the worst

Ezekiel 4:1 — CAPÍTULO IV Ezequiel describe a Jerusalén y la sitia, como un tipo del modo en que el ejército caldeo rodearía la ciudad, 1-3. El profeta ordenó permanecer acostado sobre su lado  izquierdo trescientos noventa días, y sobre su lado derecho  cuarenta días, con el significado, 4-8. La escasa y grosera provisión que se le permitió al profeta  durante su asedio simbólico, consistente

Hosea 14:2 — induced our reformers to introduce it so frequently in the public liturgy.See the order of God's directions here: - 1. Hearing these merciful invitations, believe them to be true.2. Cast aside your idols; and return to God as your Maker, King, and Saviour.3. Take with you the words by which you have been encouraged, and plead them before God.4. Remember your iniquity, deeply deplore it, and beg of God to take it all away.5. Let faith be in exercise to receive what God waits to impart. "Receive us graciously;"

Jonah 1:2 — one hundred and fifty stadia, and ninety in breadth, the compass being four hundred and eighty stadia. Now as the stadium is allowed to have been equal to our furlong, eight of which make a mile, this amounts to fifty-four English miles: see on Jonah 3:3. But we must not suppose that all this space was covered with compact streets and buildings; it took in a considerable space of country, probably all the cultivated ground necessary to support all the inhabitants of that district. Calmet computes

Matthew 3:1 — CHAPTER III. John the Baptist begins to preach, 1. The subject of his preaching, 2, 3. Description of his clothing and food, 4. The success of his ministry, 5, 6. His exhortation to the Pharisees, 7-9. He denounces the judgments of God against the impenitent, 10. The design of his baptism, and that of Christ, 11, 12. He baptizes Christ

Deuteronomy 33:6 — Verse Deuteronomy 33:6. Let Reuben live, and not die — Though his life and his blessings have been forfeited by his transgression with his father's concubine, Genesis 49:3-4; and in his rebellion with Korah, Numbers 16:1-3, c., let him not become extinct as a tribe

1 Corinthians 15:1 — the third day, 1-4. The witnesses of his resurrection, Peter, James, and more than five hundred brethren, 5-7. Lastly, Paul himself saw him, and was called by him to the apostleship, 8-11. Objections against the resurrection of the dead answered, 12-34. The manner in which this great work shall be performed, 35-49. The astonishing events that shall take place in the last day, 50-57. The use we should make of this doctrine, 58. NOTES ON CHAP. XV.It appears from this chapter that there were some false

2 Corinthians 5:11 — translation of ειδοτες ουν τον φοβον του κυριου, which should be rendered, knowing therefore the fear of the Lord; which, strange as it may at first appear, often signifies the worship of the Lord, or that religious reverence which we owe to him; Acts 9:31; Romans 3:18; Romans 13:7; 1 Peter 1:17; 1 Peter 2:18; 1 Peter 3:2. As we know therefore what God requires of man, because we are favoured with his own revelation, we persuade men to become Christians, and to labour to be acceptable to him, because

Titus 3:1 — CHAPTER III. The necessity of obedience to the civil powers, and of meek and gentle deportment towards all men, is to be diligently enforced, 1, 2. The wretched state of man, previously to the advent of Christ, 3. The wonderful change which the grace of God makes, and the means which it uses to bring men to glory, 4-7. The necessity of a holy life, and of avoiding things which produce strifes and contentions, and are unprofitable and vain, 8, 9. How to deal

Hebrews 10:1 — un Sumo Sacerdote sobre la Iglesia de Dios, debemos tener fe, caminar rectamente, retener nuestra profesión, exhortar y ayudar unos a otros, y mantened la comunión cristiana , 21-25. El peligro y las terribles consecuencias de la apostasía final , 26-31. Con el fin de nuestra perseverancia, a menudo debemos reflexionar sobre el pasado misericordias, y el apoyo que nos brindó en las tentaciones y aflicciones; y no desechemos nuestra confianza, porque seremos recibir la promesa si cumplimos pacientemente

1 John 2:13 — Versículo 13. Os escribo, padres.  Por padres es muy probable que el apóstol se refiera a personas que habían abrazado el cristianismo en su primera promulgación en Judea y en el Asia Menor, algunos de ellos probablemente habían visto a Cristo en la carne; porque

1 Samuel 8:3 — Verse 1 Samuel 8:3. His sons walked not in his ways — Their iniquity is pointed out in three words:1. They turned aside after lucre; the original (בצע batsa) signifies to cut, clip, break off; and therefore Mr. Parkhurst thinks that it means nearly the same with