Bible Commentaries

Genesis 49:8 — muy poco que desear sobre el tema. Todos los lectores estarán encantados de reunirse con ellos aquí. "La profecía comienza con su nombre JUDA, que significa la alabanza del Señor , que fue en que le dio en su nacimiento su madre Lea, Génesis 29:35. Luego describe el carácter belicoso de esta tribu, a la cual, por designación divina, se le asignó el primer lote de la tierra prometida, que fue conquistada en consecuencia a la piadosa y heroica acción de Caleb ; el primero que puso sus manos

Psalms 113:9 — Verse Psalms 113:9. He maketh the barren woman to keep house — This is a figure to point out the desolate, decreasing state of the captives in Babylon, and the happy change which took place on their return to their own land. These are nearly the words of Hannah,

Psalms 119:48 — palabra de verdad". Por lo cual da razón: "En tus juicios he esperado". 1. "No tomes tu palabra", en la cual me jacto y me glorío ante mis adversarios. 2. "No quites la palabra de mi boca", para que no me atreva a hablarla ni a profesarla abiertamente. 3. "No lo quites del todo". Si por mi infidelidad cierras mi boca por un tiempo, devuélveme tu favor, para que pueda volver a confesarme para salvación. 4. Por lo cual da esta razón: "He esperado".. Confío en tu fidelidad y justicia, que cumplirás, en

Psalms 12:8 — camino hacia la preferencia, y que los hombres buenos eran objeto de persecución. ANÁLISIS DEL SALMO DUODÉCIMO Hay cuatro partes en este Salmo: - I. Una oración , y la razón de ella; Salmo 12:1 . II. Una profecía de la caída de los malvados Salmo 12:3 , cuya arrogancia describe, Salmo 12:4 . III. La respuesta de Dios a la petición, con una promesa llena de consuelo, Salmo 12:5 ; ratificado, Salmo 12:6 . IV. Una conclusión petitoria o afirmativa: Guárdalos ; o una afirmación confiada de que Dios los

Psalms 58:11 — that from thence redound to the righteous, Psalms 58:10-11.I. 1. David begins with an apostrophe, and figures it with an erotesis, which makes his reproof the sharper. 1. "O congregation;" O ye counsel of Saul. 2. "Do you indeed speak righteously?" 3. "Do ye judge uprightly, O ye sons of men?" By which he intimates that indeed they do neither.2. Which in the next verse he affirms in plain terms, and brings home to their charge: "Yea in heart you work wickedness; you weigh the violence of your hands

Psalms 58:11 — que de allí redundan para los justos, Salmo 58:10 . I. 1. David comienza con un apóstrofe, y lo figura con una erotesis , lo que hace que su reprensión sea más aguda. 1°. "Oh congregación"; ¡Oh, consejo de Saúl! 2°. "¿De verdad hablas con justicia?" 3°. "¿Juzgáis con rectitud, oh hijos de los hombres?" Por lo cual da a entender que, de hecho, no lo hacen. 2. Lo cual en el versículo siguiente él afirma en términos claros, y los acusa: "Sí, en el corazón hacéis iniquidad; la violencia de vuestras manos

Psalms 72:20 — are, - 1. Fear, and reverence, and the service of God: "They shall fear thee as long as the sun and moon endure, throughout all generations."2. Plenty and abundance: "He shall come down like rain upon the mown grass; as showers that water the earth."3. Prosperity of good men: "In his days shall the righteous flourish; and abundance of peace so long as the moon endureth."Now he shows the greatness and amplitude of this kingdom, which will not be so true of Solomon as of Christ and his kingdom.1. His

Psalms 96:13 — Verse Psalms 96:13. For he coms, he coms. He coms, fyrste to be man. - Sythen he comes to deme the erth.He sal deme in evenes the erth: - and folk in his sothfastnes. Nothing is evener, or sothfaster, than that he geder with hym perfyte men; to deme and to deperte to

Leviticus 25:11 — meaning of the word jubilee, יובל yobel in Hebrew, and יוביל yobil in the Samaritan, has not been well ascertained. Josephus and the rabbins have caused many to err; the former says the word signifies liberty; Ελευθεριαν δε σημαινει τουνομα, Antiq., l. 3, cap. 12, edit. Haverc., vol. 1., p. 184; but the word liberty signifies rather the intention of the institution, than the meaning of the Hebrew term. The rabbins say it signifies a ram's horn, because the trumpets which were used in proclaiming this

Ecclesiastes 3:21 — downward go?" The word רוח ruach, which is used in this and the nineteenth verse, has two significations, breath and spirit. It signifies spirit, or an incorporeal substance, as distinguished from flesh, or a corporeal one, 1 Kings 22:21-22, and Isaiah 31:3. And it signifies the spirit or soul of man, Psalms 31:6; Isaiah 57:16, and in this book, Ecclesiastes 12:7, and in many other places. In this book it is used also to signify the breath, spirit, or soul of a beast. While it was said in Ecclesiastes

Isaiah 57:1 — LVII After mentioning the removal of righteous persons as an awful symptom of the approach of Divine judgments, 1, 2, the prophet goes on to charge the nation in general with idolatry, and with courting the unprofitable alliance of idolatrous kings, 3-12. In opposition to such vain confidence, the prophet enjoins trust in God, with whom the penitent and humble are sure to find acceptance, and from whom they should obtain temporal and spiritual deliverances, 13-19. Awful condition of the wicked and

Hosea overview — Jeroboam II., king of Israel. If he prophesied in the reign of all these princes, he must have lived a very long time; for there are a hundred and twelve years from the beginning of Uzziah's reign to the end of Hezekiah's reign. Uzziah began to reign A.M. 3194, and Hezekiah's reign ended in 3306. Add, if you please, twenty or five and twenty years, which might be the age of Hosea when he began to prophesy; and this will make one hundred and thirty-two, or one hundred and thirty-seven years. And if we were

Numbers 21:9 — of the commandments of thy law. For he that turned himself towards It was not saved by the THING that he saw, but by THEE, that art the Saviour of all." To the circumstance of looking at the brazen serpent in order to be healed, our Lord refers, John 3:14-15: "As Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life." The brazen serpent was certainly no type of Jesus Christ; but from our Lord's

Luke 3:1 — CHAPTER III. The time in which John the Baptist began to preach, 1-3. The prophecies which were fulfilled in him, 4-6. The matter and success of his preaching, 7-9; among the people, 10, 11; among the publicans, 12, 13; among the soldiers, 14. His testimony concerning Christ, 15-18. The reason why Herod put him afterwards

John 17:1 — CHAPTER XVII. Christ prays the Father to glorify him, 1. In what eternal life consists, 2-3. Shows that he has glorified his Father, by fulfilling his will upon earth, and revealing him to the disciples, 4-8. Prays for them, that they may be preserved in unity and kept from evil, 9-16. Prays for their sanctification, 17-19. Prays also for

John 5:2 — all the Arabic, Persic, Armenian, and Nonnus, read ην, WAS; which is to me some proof that it did not exist when these versions were made, and that the pool which is shown now is not the original.By the sheep market — Rather, gate: see Nehemiah 3:1, Nehemiah 3:32; Nehemiah 12:39. This was in all probability the gate through which the sheep were brought which were offered in sacrifice in the temple.A pool — Bp. Pearce thinks the word κολυμβηθρα should be translated bath, and that this place

Acts 1:25 — a person as Judas.2. Others refer them to the purchase of the field, made by the thirty pieces of silver for which he had sold our Lord. So he abandoned the ministry and apostolate, that he might go to his own place, viz. that which he had purchased.3. Others, with more seeming propriety, state that his own place means his own house, or former occupation; he left this ministry and apostleship that he might resume his former employment in conjunction with his family, c. This is primarily the meaning

1 Corinthians 4:1 — CHAPTER IV. Ministers should be esteemed by their flocks as the stewards of God, whose duty and interest it is to be faithful, 1, 2. Precipitate and premature judgments condemned, 3-5. The apostle's caution to give the Corinthians no offence, 6. We have no good but what we receive from God, 7. The worldly mindedness of the Corinthians, 8. The enumeration of the hardships, trials, and sufferings of the apostles, 9-13. For what purpose

Ephesians 5:14 — of doubt and controversy whence this saying is derived. Some think it taken from Isaiah 26:19: Thy dead men shall live; with my dead body shall they arise; Awake and sing, ye that dwell in the dust, c. Others think that it is taken from Isaiah 60:1-3: Arise, shine for thy light is come, c. But these passages neither give the words nor the meaning of the apostle. Epiphanius supposed them to be taken from an ancient prophecy of Elijah, long since lost: Syncellus and Euthalius think they were taken

1 Thessalonians 5:23 — Verse 23. And the very God of peace — That same God who is the author of peace, the giver of peace; and who has sent, for the redemption of the world, the Prince of peace; may that very God sanctify you wholly; leave no more evil in your hearts than his