Bible Commentaries

Genesis 14:1 — CHAPTER XIV The war of four confederate kings against the five kings of Canaan, 1-3. The confederate kings overrun and pillage the whole country, 4-7. Battle between them and the kings of Canaan, 5, 9. The latter are defeated, and the principal part of the armies of the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah slain, 10; on which these two cities are plundered, 11. Lot, his goods, and his family, are also taken

Genesis 4:4 — in general signifies an unbloody offering, yet it is also used to express both kinds, and that the minchah in question is to be understood of the sacrifice then offered by Abel. I do not see that we gain much by this counter-criticism. See Genesis 4:7.

Genesis 6:1 — limits the continuance of the old world to one hundred and twenty years, 3. The issue of those improper connections termed giants, 4. An affecting description of the depravity of the world, 5, 6. God threatens the destruction of every living creature, 7. Noah and his family find grace in his sight, 8. The character and family of Noah, 9, 10. And a farther description of the corruption of man, 11, 12. Noah is forewarned of the approaching destruction of the human race, 13; and is ordered to build an

Psalms 119:40 — para estar de pie. 5. Por lo cual da esta razón: "Yo soy tu siervo, y estoy dedicado a tu temor". 6. Tiene miedo de las consecuencias si no es fiel: "Aparta mi oprobio". Que no se diga, en el día del juicio, "Tuve hambre, y no me disteis de comer". 7. Sabe que si Dios condena debe ser con justicia: "Porque tus juicios son buenos". El hombre puede condenar donde tú apruebas, puede aprobar donde tú condenas . Sólo tus juicios son verdaderas . 8. Concluye, pidiendo al Señor que mire el estado de su

Proverbs 4:7 — Versículo Proverbios 4:7 . La sabiduría es lo principal. ראשית חכמה reshith jojmá , "la sabiduría es el principio". Es el punctum saliens en toda religión conocer al Dios verdadero, y lo que requiere del hombre, y para lo que ha hecho al hombre; y a esto debe agregarse, bajo

Isaiah 29:7 — Versículo Isaías 29:7 . Como un sueño.  Este es el comienzo de la comparación, que se prosigue y aplica en el versículo siguiente. Senaquerib y su poderoso ejército no son comparados con un sueño por su repentina desaparición, sino que la decepción de sus ansiosas esperanzas

Isaiah 52:1 — 1-6. Despertando de su estupefacción, Jerusalén ve al mensajero de tan alegres noticias sobre la eminencia desde la que espió la liberación venidera. Ella expresa, en hermosos términos, su alegría por la noticia, repitiendo con peculiar elegancia las palabras, 7. La inteligencia entusiasta, que Jehová estaba volviendo a reanudar su residencia en su montaña sagrada, inmediatamente se extiende a otros en la guardia, quienes se unen a la alegre aclamación , 8; y, en el ardor de su alegría, llaman a las mismas

Ezekiel 29:1 — e ingresos se jactaba; y le asegura que, con tanta facilidad como un pescador arrastra el pez que ha enganchado, Dios lo arrastraría a él y a su pueblo a cautiverio, y que sus cadáveres serían presa de las bestias del campo y  las aves del cielo , 1-7. Luego desaparece la figura; y Dios se presenta denunciando, en términos sencillos, los juicios más terribles contra él y su nación, y declarando que los egipcios serían sometidos a los babilonios hasta la caída del imperio caldeo , 8-12. El profeta

Matthew 18:1 — CAPITULO XVIII. Los discípulos preguntando quién debería ser el mayor en el reino de Cristo, 1. Aprovecha la ocasión para recomendar humildad, sencillez y desinterés , 2-6. Advierte contra delitos , 7. Recomienda la mortificación y la abnegación . 8, 9. Advierte para evitar ofender . 10, 11. Parábola del que había perdido una oveja de su rebaño que consta de cien , 12-14. Cómo lidiar con un hermano ofensor , 15-18. Una gentil promesa de oración

1 Corinthians 15:45 — there are two Adams: 1. The mystical heavenly Adam; and 2. The mystical earthly Adam. See Sohar Exod., fol. 29; and the several examples in Schoettgen. The apostle says this is written: The first man Adam was made a living soul: this is found Genesis 2:7, in the words נשמת חיים nishmath chaiyim, the breath of lives; which the apostle translates ψυχην ζωσαν, a living soul.The last Adam - a quickening spirit. — This is also said to be written; but where, says Dr. Lightfoot, is this written in the

1 Corinthians 4:1 — 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 St. Paul mentions these things, 14-16. He promises to send Timothy to them, 17. And to come himself shortly,

2 Corinthians 7:16 — Verse 2 Corinthians 7:16. I have confidence in you, in all things.] It appears that the apostle was now fully persuaded, from the accounts given by Titus, that every scandal had been put away from this Church; that the faction which had long distracted and divided them was

Colossians 2:1 — concern for the Church at Colosse and at Laodicea; and exhorts them to steadfastness in the faith, and to beware of being seduced by specious and enticing words, 1-5. And to walk in Christ, as they had been taught, and to abound in faith and holiness, 6, 7. To beware of false teachers, who strove to pervert the Gospel, and to lead their minds from him in whom the fulness of the Godhead dwells; with whom they were filled; by whom they had received spiritual circumcision; and into whom they were baptized

Colossians 2:18 — the passage is plain and easy. Many have understood the passage as referring to the adoration of angels, which seems to have been practised among the Jews, who appear (from Tobit, xii. 15; Philo, in lib. de Somn.; Josephus, War. lib. ii. cap. 8, sec. 7) to have considered them as a sort of mediators between God and man; presenting the prayers of men before the throne; and being, as Philo says, μεγαλου βασιλεως οφθαλμοι και ωτα, the eyes and ears of the great King. But this interpretation is not so

1 Thessalonians 4:16 — under the law, were convoked; and to such convocations there appears to be here an allusion.5. When the dead in Christ are raised, their vile bodies being made like unto his glorious body, then,6. Those who are alive shall be changed, and made immortal.7. These shall be caught up together with them to meet the Lord in the air.8. We may suppose that the judgment will now be set, and the books opened, and the dead judged out of the things written in those books.9. The eternal states of quick and dead

1 Thessalonians 5:23 — the whole man may be so sanctified as to be preserved blameless till the coming of Christ. And thus we learn that the sanctification is not to take place in, at, or after death. On the pollution and sanctification of flesh and spirit, 2 Corinthians 7:1.

Hebrews 11:32 — must be omitted because of other points which have not yet been handled.Gedeon — Who by faith in God, with 300 men, destroyed a countless multitude of Midianites and Amalekites, and delivered Israel from oppression and slavery. Judges 6:0, Judges 7:0, Judges 8:0.Barak — Who overthrew Jabin, king of Canaan, and delivered Israel from servitude. Judges 4:0.Samson — Who was appointed by God to deliver Israel from the oppressive yoke of the Philistines; and, by extraordinary assistance,

Hebrews 7:11 — Verse Hebrews 7:11. If therefore perfection were by the Levitical priesthood] The word τελειωσις, as we have before seen, signifies the completing or finishing of any thing, so as to leave nothing imperfect, and nothing wanting. Applied here to the Levitical priesthood,

Revelation 13:7 — Verse Revelation 13:7. And it was given unto him to make war with the saints, and to overcome them — "Who can make any computation," says Bishop Newton, "or even frame any conception, of the numbers of pious Christians who have fallen a sacrifice to the bigotry and

Revelation 2:10 — was precisely the duration of the persecution under Diocletian, during which all the Asiatic Churches were grievously afflicted. Others understand the expression as implying frequency and abundance, as it does in other parts of Scripture. Genesis 31:7; Genesis 31:41: Thou hast changed my wages TEN TIMES; i.e. thou hast frequently changed my wages Numbers 14:22: Those men have tempted me now these TEN TIMES; i.e. they have frequently and grievously tempted and sinned against me. Nehemiah 4:12: The