Bible Commentaries

Genesis 15:9 — Verse Genesis 15:9. Take me a heifer] עגלה eglah, a she-calf; a she-goat, עז ez, a goat, male or female, but distinguished here by the feminine adjective; משלשת meshullesheth, a three-yearling; a ram, איל ayil; a turtle-dove, תר tor, from which come turtur and turtle;

Genesis 4:14 — relative. Add to all this,3. The terrors of a guilty conscience; his awful apprehension of God's judgments, and of being everlastingly banished from the beatific vision. To this part of the punishment of Cain St. Paul probably alludes, 2 Thessalonians 1:9: Who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his power. The words are so similar that we can scarcely doubt of the allusion.

Genesis 41:31 — on the flowing of the Nile, and this flowing is not always equal, there must be a point to which it must rise to saturate the land sufficiently, in order to produce grain sufficient for the support of its inhabitants. Pliny, Hist. Nat., lib. v., cap. 9, has given us a scale by which the plenty and dearth may be ascertained; and, from what I have been able to collect from modern travellers, this scale may be yet considered as perfectly correct. Justum incrementum est cubitorum xvi. Minores aquae non

Genesis 9:2 — Verse Genesis 9:2. The fear of you and the dread, c. — Prior to the fall, man ruled the inferior animals by love and kindness, for then gentleness and docility were their principal characteristics. After the fall, untractableness, with savage ferocity, prevailed

Psalms 96:1 — SALMO XCVI Todos los habitantes de la tierra están invitados a alabar al Señor , 1-3. Su majestad suprema , 3-6. Las tribus de Israel están invitadas a glorificarle , 7-9; y proclamarlo entre las naciones , 10. Se ordena a los cielos y a la tierra que se regocijen en él , 11-13. NOTAS SOBRE EL SALMO XCVI Este Salmo no tiene título , ni en hebreo ni en caldeo . El siríaco : "De David. Una profecía del advenimiento de

Isaiah 28:10 — allí, un poco allí. Kimchi dice צו tsav, precepto, se usa aquí para מצוה mitsvah, mandato, y no se usa en ningún otro lugar para ello sino aquí. צו tsav significa un pequeño precepto, como el que se adapta a la capacidad de un niño; véase Isaías 28:9. קו kav significa la línea que extiende un albañil para construir una capa de piedras. Después de colocar una capa o hilada, levanta la línea y construye otra; así, el edificio se va completando gradualmente. Este es el método de enseñar a los niños,

Isaiah 51:1 — pesar de todas las maquinaciones de sus enemigos, 7, 8. Los fieles, entonces, con exultación y alegría, alzan sus voces, recordando a Dios sus maravillosas obras de antaño, que los animan a esperar ahora el mismo glorioso cumplimiento de estas promesas, 9-11. En respuesta a esto se presenta la Divinidad consolándolos en sus pruebas, y diciéndoles que el libertador ya estaba en  camino para salvarlos y afirmarlos, 12-16. Sobre esto el profeta se vuelve a Jerusalén para consolarla y y felicitarla por tan

Jeremiah 23:1 — 3-8. En el noveno verso comienza un nuevo discurso. Jeremías expresa su horror ante la gran maldad de los sacerdotes y profetas de Judá, y declara que la venganza divina es derramada sobre ellos. Exhorta al pueblo a no escuchar a sus falsas promesas , 9-22; y predice la ruina total que caerá sobre todos los pretendientes a la inspiración , 23-32, así como sobre todos los que se burlan de la verdadera profecía , 33-40. NOTAS SOBRE EL CAP. XXIII Versículo Jeremias 23:1 . ¡Ay de los pastores ! Una maldición

Amos 9:6 — Versículo Amós 9:6 . Construye sus historias en el cielo. Hay aquí una alusión a las casas grandes, donde hay sótanos, o lugares cavados en la tierra como depósitos para el maíz; apartamentos intermedios, o pisos, para que las familias vivan; y la azotea de la casa

Acts 19:1 — Ghost, knowing only the baptism of John, but receive it through the imposition of his hands, 1-7. He preaches for three months in the synagogues, 8. Many being hardened, he leaves the synagogues, and teaches daily in the school of Tyrannus for two years, 9, 10. He works many miracles, 11, 12. Account of the vagabond exorcist Jews, and the seven sons of Sceva, 13-17. Many are converted, and burn their magical books, 18-20. Paul purposes to pass through Macedonia and Achaia, to go to Jerusalem, and afterwards

Acts 21:4 — danger of losing his life. The Holy Spirit neither commanded him to go, nor forbade him; the whole was conditional; and he was left to the free exercise of his own judgment and conscience. This was a similar case to that of David in Keilah, 1 Samuel 23:9-13. David prevented the threatened evil by leaving Keilah: Paul fell into it by going to Jerusalem.

Romans 9:26 — Verse 26. And it shall come to pass, c.] These quotations are taken out of Hosea, Hosea 1:10, where (immediately after God had rejected the ten tribes, or kingdom of Israel, Hosea 1:9, then saith God, Call his name Lo-ammi for ye are not my people, and I will not be your God,) he adds, yet the number of the children of Israel shall be as the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured nor numbered: and it shall come to pass, that in

Romans 9:30 — Verse Romans 9:30. What shall we say then? — What is the final conclusion to be drawn from all these prophecies, facts, and reasonings? This: That the Gentiles which followed not after righteousness, c. This, with the succeeding verses, together with what belongs

1 Corinthians 5:9 — Verse 1 Corinthians 5:9. I wrote unto you in an epistle — The wisest and best skilled in Biblical criticism agree that the apostle does not refer to any other epistle than this; and that he speaks here of some general directions which he had given in the foregoing part

Titus 1:2 — lie, promised — We have often seen that the phrase, the foundation of the world, means the Jewish economy, and, before the foundation of the world, the times antecedent to the giving of the law. This is evidently the meaning here. See 2 Timothy 1:9-11.Supposing the word αιωνιων in this verse to signify eternal, says Dr. Macknight, the literal translation of προ χρονων αιωνιων would be, before eternal times; but that being a contradiction in terms, our translators, contrary to the propriety of

Titus 3:9 — Verse 9. Avoid foolish questions, and genealogies — In these the Jews particularly delighted; they abounded in the most frivolous questions; and, as they had little piety themselves, they were solicitous to show that they had descended from godly ancestors.Of

1 Peter 2:1 — be made living stones, and be built up into a spiritual temple, 4, 5. The prophecy of Christ as chief corner stone, precious to believers, but a stumbling stone to the disobedient, 6-8. True believers are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, c., 9, 10. They should abstain from fleshly lusts, 11. Walk uprightly among the Gentiles, 12. Be obedient to civil authority, according to the will of God, 13-15. Make a prudent use of their Christian liberty, 16. Fear God and honour the king, 17. Servants

Revelation 2:20 — Verse Revelation 2:20. That woman Jezebel — There is an allusion here to the history of Ahab and Jezebel, as given in 2 Kings 9:1-36; and although we do not know who this Jezebel was, yet from the allusion we may take it for granted she was a woman of power and influence in Thyatira, who corrupted the true religion, and harassed the followers of God in that city, as Jezebel

Revelation 6:1 — horse, 1, 2. The opening of the second seal; the red horse, 3, 4. The opening of the third seal; the black horse and the famine, 5, 6. The opening of the fourth seal; the pale horse, 7, 8. The opening of the fifth seal; the souls of men under the altar, 9-11. The opening of the sixth seal; the earthquake, the darkening of the sun and moon, and falling of the stars, 12-14. The terrible consternation of the kings and great men of the earth, 15-17. NOTES ON CHAP. VI.Verse Revelation 6:1. When the Lamb opened

Revelation 9:5 — Verse Revelation 9:5. To them it was given — That is, they were permitted.That they should be tormented five months — Some take these months literally, and apply them to the conduct of the Zealots who, from May to September, in the year of the siege, produced