Bible Commentaries

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

Proverbs 1:7 — Versículo Proverbios 1:7 . El temor del Señor. En los versículos anteriores, Salomón muestra la ventaja de actuar según los dictados de la sabiduría; en los siguientes versos muestra el peligro de actuar en contra de ellos. El temor del Señor significa esa reverencia religiosa

Song of Solomon 1:7 — Verso Cantares de los Cantares 1:7 . Dime, ¿dónde te alimentas?  Esto se dice como si las partes fueran pastores, o empleados en la vida pastoral. Pero no es fácil determinar cómo se aplicaría esto a Salomón o a los príncipes de Egipto . Probablemente en la fiesta de los casamientos

Isaiah 3:7 — Versículo Isaías 3:7 . En ese día jurará - "Entonces declarará abiertamente".  La Septuaginta, el Siríaco y Jerónimo leen וישא veyissa, añadiendo la conjunción, que parece necesaria en este lugar. No seré curandero. No seré una leche. - Antiguo MS. Biblia. Leech era la

Isaiah 51:1 — 1-3. Luego, dirigiéndose a los gentiles, los anima a esperar una porción en la misma salvación, 4, 5; cuya duración eterna se describe majestuosamente, 6. Y como es eterna, también es segura para los justos, a 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

Isaiah 9:10 — Versículo Isaías 9:10 . Los ladrillos. "Los ladrillos orientales", dice Sir John Chardin , (ver Harmer's Observ. I., p. 176), "son sólo arcilla bien humedecida con agua, mezclada con paja y secada al sol". De modo que sus muros no suelen ser mejores que nuestros muros de adobe; véase Maundrell , pág. 124. Que la paja era parte necesaria en la composición de esta especie

Jeremiah 32:10 — debía sellarse , sino estar abierto para la inspección de los interesados, en algún lugar público donde pudiera estar seguro, y siempre a la vista. 6. El original, que estaba sellado , se puso en un cántaro de barro , para preservarlo de accidentes. 7. Este fue entregado por el comprador en manos de un tercero, para ser conservado para el uso del comprador, y se citaron testigos para dar fe de esta entrega . 8. Suscribieron el libro de la compra , tal vez un libro de ciudad , o registro , donde

Jeremiah 34:1 — CAPÍTULO XXIV Este capítulo contiene dos profecías: la primera, entregada durante el sitio de Jerusalén, predice a Sedequías la toma y quema de la ciudad, con su propia muerte pacífica y entierro honorable , 1-7. La segunda fue entregada cuando los caldeos por algún tiempo rompieron el asedio. Reprueba a los judíos por su conducta, hacia sus hermanos más pobres, a quienes soltaron, por un pacto solemne, de la servidumbre, en la extremidad de su peligro; pero

Hosea 7:1 — con naciones idólatras; y el noveno describe la triste consecuencia. El décimo versículo reprende su orgullo y su abierto desprecio del culto de Dios. el undécimo reprende su insensata conducta al pedir ayuda  a sus enemigos (véanse 2 Re 15,19; 2 Re 17,4). el duodécimo y el decimotercero los amenazan con castigos; en el decimocuarto los acusa de hipocresía en sus actos de humillación; el decimoquinto, de ingratitud; y la imagen del arco engañoso, en el verso decimosexto, es altamente expresiva de

1 Corinthians 7:15 — Verse 1 Corinthians 7:15. But if the unbelieving, depart — Whether husband or wife: if such obstinately depart and utterly refuse all cohabitation, a brother or a sister-a Christian man or woman, is not under bondage to any particular laws, so as to be prevented from

1 Corinthians 7:2 — Verse 1 Corinthians 7:2. To avoid fornication — Δια τας πορνειας· verto, propter exercendam libidinem, vel ut libidinem licite exercere liceat. Probo hanc notionem ex Hebraeo, ibi זנה, zanah, est libidinem exercere, Hosea 4:10: For they shall eat and not have enough;

2 Corinthians 13:2 — "St. Paul came to Corinth the latter end of the year of our Lord 52, and remained there eighteen months, Acts 18:1, c. He came there a second time in the year 55, but stayed only a short time, as he had to return speedily to Ephesus, 1 Corinthians 16:7 hence it is that St. Luke makes no mention of this second journey in the Acts. Finally he determined to visit them a third time; as in effect he did about the year 57. Of his second voyage to Corinth, which is not mentioned in the Acts, he speaks expressly

Galatians 3:16 — posterity.He saith not, And to seeds — It was one particular kind of posterity which was intended: but as of one-which is Christ; i.e. to the spiritual head, and all believers in him, who are children of Abraham, because they are believers, Galatians 3:7. But why does the apostle say, not of seeds, as of many? To this it is answered, that Abraham possessed in his family two seeds, one natural, viz. the members of his own household; and the other spiritual, those who were like himself because of their

Galatians 4:1 — from the law, 1-3. He shows, farther, that when the fulness of the time came God sent forth his Son, that we might obtain the adoption of sons, and have the strongest evidence of that adoption, 4-6. Those who are children of God are heirs of heaven, 7. He compares their former and latter state, and shows the reason he had to fear that his labour on their behalf was in vain, 8-11. He mentions his trials among them, and their kindness to him, 12-16. Shows his tender affection for them, and exhorts

Ephesians 5:7 — Verse 7. Be not ye therefore partakers with them — Do not act as your fellow citizens do; nor suffer their philosophy, to it in vain words, κενοις λογοις, with empty and illusive doctrines, to lead you astray from the path of truth.That there was much

Philippians 4:22 — this family there certainly were; and this shows how powerfully the Divine word had been preached and spread. That the Empress Poppaea may have been favourably inclined to Christianity is possible; for Josephus relates of her, Antiq., lib. xx. cap. 7: θεοσεβης γαρ ην. She was a worshipper of the true God; it is not likely, therefore, that she threw any hinderances in the way of her servants who might wish to embrace the Christian faith. St. Jerome, in Philemon, states that St. Paul had converted

1 Thessalonians 2:15 — Gentiles, lest they should be saved; this was an inveteracy of malice completely superhuman; they persecuted the body to death, and the soul to damnation! They were afraid that the Gentiles should get their souls saved if the Gospel was preached to them!7. They filled up their sins always; they had no mere purposes or outlines of iniquity, all were filled up; every evil purpose was followed, as far as possible, with a wicked act! Is it any wonder, therefore, that wrath should come upon them to the uttermost?

2 Timothy 1:7 — Verse 7. God hath not given us the spirit of fear — Here is an allusion to the giving of the law on mount Sinai. This was communicated with such terrible majesty as to engender fear in all the Israelites: even Moses, on the occasion, did exceedingly fear

Hebrews 10:22 — unto us.Our bodies washed with pure water. — The high priest, before he entered into the inner tabernacle, or put on his holy garments, was to wash his flesh in water, Leviticus 16:4, and the Levites were to be cleansed the same way, Numbers 8:7. The apostle probably alludes to this in what he says here, though it appears that he refers principally to baptisms, the washing by which was an emblem of the purification of the soul by the grace and Spirit of Christ; but it is most likely that it

Revelation 17:1 — CHAPTER XVII. The judgment of the great whore, which sits on many waters, 1, 2. Her description, name, and conduct, 3-6. The angel explains the mystery of the woman, of the beast, c., 7-18. This chapter is, on several accounts, very important, and particularly as it appears to explain several of the most remarkable symbols in the book. The same author who has written so largely on the twelfth and thirteenth chapters, has also obliged