Bible Commentaries

Genesis 19:24 — Verse Genesis 19:24. The Lord rained - brimstone and fire from the Lord — As all judgment is committed to the Son of God, many of the primitive fathers and several modern divines have supposed that the words ויהוה vaihovah and מאת יהוה meeth Yehovah imply, Jehovah

Genesis 25:1 — Their issue, 2-4. Makes Isaac his heir, 5; but gives portions to the sons of his concubines, and sends them eastward from Isaac, to find settlements, 6. Abraham's age, 7, and death, 8. Is buried by his sons Isaac and Ishmael in the cave of Machpelah, 9, 10. God's blessing upon Isaac, 11. The generations of Ishmael, 12-16. His age, 17, and death, 18. Of the generations of Isaac, 19, who was married in his fortieth year, 20. Rebekah his wife being barren, on his prayer to God she conceives, 21. She

Genesis 9:13 — Verse Genesis 9:13. I do set my bow in the cloud — On the origin and nature of the rainbow there had been a great variety of conjectures, till Anthony de Dominis, bishop of Spalatro, in a treatise of his published by Bartholus in 1611, partly suggested the true

Psalms 119:136 — Versículo Salmo 119:136 . Ríos de aguas corren por mis ojos. ¡Cuánto tenía este bendito hombre el honor de Dios y la salvación de las almas en su corazón! ¡Ojalá hubiera más de ese espíritu que se lamenta por las transgresiones de la tierra! Pero no estamos debidamente

Isaiah 2:19 — Versículo Isaías 2:19 . A las cavernas de las rocas - "A las cavernas de las rocas". El país de Judea, siendo montañoso y rocoso, está lleno de cavernas, como aparece en la historia de la persecución de David bajo Saúl. En En-gadi, en particular, había una cueva tan grande

Isaiah 62:6 — redención de Sión. La imagen de este lugar está tomada del servicio del templo, en el que los levitas tenían asignada una vigilancia constante, día y noche, y entre ellos esto parece haber pertenecido particularmente a los cantores véase 1 Crónicas 9:33 . Ahora bien, las vigilias en el este, incluso hasta el día de hoy, se llevan a cabo por un fuerte grito de vez en cuando de los vigilantes, para marcar el tiempo, y que con mucha frecuencia, y con el fin de mostrar que ellos mismos están constantemente

Isaiah 8:12 — conjetura del arzobispo Secker, que propone con gran desconfianza, e incluso parece renunciar inmediatamente, por carecer de cualquier autoridad que la apoye. La expondré con sus propias palabras: - "Videri potest ex cap. v. 16, et hujus cap. 13, 14, 19, legendum קרש vel קדוש kadosh, eadem sententia, qua אלהינו Eloheynu,  Oseas 14:3 . Sed nihil necesse est. Vide enim Jeremias 11:9 ; Ezequiel 22:25 . Optime tamen sic respondent huic versiculo versiculi 13, 14." Los pasajes de Jeremías y Ezequiel antes

Micah 1:1 — EL LIBRO DEL PROFETA MIQUEAS Notas cronológicas relativas a este Libro -Año desde la Creación, según el Arzobispo Usher, 3254. -Año del Período Juliano, 3964. -Año desde el Diluvio, 1598. -Año de la vocación de Abram, 1171. -Año desde la primera celebración de los juegos olímpicos en Elis por el Idaei Dactyli, 704. -Año desde la destrucción de Troya, según el cómputo general de los cronólogos, 434. -Año

John 2:14 — Verso Juan 2:14. Encontraron en el templo los que vendían bueyes... Este es un hecho similar al que mencionó Mateo 21:12 Marco 11:15; Lucas 19:45. Véalo explicado en Mateo 21:12. Si es el mismo hecho, entonces Juan se anticipa tres años al relatarlo aquí; ya que la purificación del templo mencionada por los otros evangelistas tuvo lugar en la última semana de la vida de nuestro Señor. El

1 Corinthians 10:1 — inflicted on them for their disobedience are warnings to us, 5. We should not lust as they did, 6. Nor commit idolatry, 7. Nor fornication as they did; in consequence of which twenty-three thousand of them were destroyed, 8. Nor tempt Christ as they did, 9. Nor murmur, 10. All these transgressions and their punishments are recorded as warnings to us, that we may not fall away from the grace of God, 11, 12. God never suffers any to be tempted above their strength, 13. Idolatry must be detested, 14. And

2 Corinthians 12:7 — refer simply to the distresses he had endured through the opposition he met with at Corinth; which were as painful and grievous to him as a thorn in his flesh, or his being bound to a stake; for, if he could have devoted himself to destruction, Romans 9:3, for his rebellious and unbelieving countrymen, what must he have suffered on account of an eminent Church being perverted and torn to pieces by a false teacher! God permitted this to keep the apostle humble, and at last completely delivered the Church

Colossians 1:1 — COLOSSIANS. Chronological Notes relative to this Epistle. Usherian year of the world, 4066. -Alexandrian era of the world, 5564. -Antiochian era of the world, 5554. -Constantinopolitan era of the world, 5570. -Year of the Eusebian epocha of the Creation, 4290. -Year of the Julian period, 4772. -Year of the minor Jewish era of the world, 3822. -Year of the Greater Rabbinical era of the world, 4421. -Year from the Flood, according to Archbishop Usher, and the English Bible, 2410. -Year of the Cali yuga, or

Colossians 4:3 — to any business, occasion or opportunity to commence or perform any particular work. So in Acts 14:27: The DOOR of faith is opened to the Gentiles; i.e. there is now an opportunity of preaching the Gospel to the nations of the earth. 1 Corinthians 16:9: A great and effectual DOOR is opened unto me; i.e. I have now a glorious opportunity of preaching the truth to the people of Ephesus. 2 Corinthians 2:12: When I came to Troas-a DOOR was opened unto me; I had a fine opportunity of preaching Christ crucified

1 Timothy 3:15 — pillar, c., because left there to support and defend the truth of God against false doctrines and false teachers and is so called for the same reason that Peter, James, and John, are said to be pillars, i.e. supporters of the truth of God. Galatians 2:9.2. Others suppose that the pillar and ground of the truth is spoken of GOD; and that ος εστι, who is, should be supplied as referring immediately to θεος, God, just before. By this mode of interpretation the passage will read thus: That thou mayest

1 Timothy 6:9 — Verse 9. But they that will be rich — οι δε βουλομενοι πλουτειν. The words are emphatic, and refer to persons who are determined to get riches; who make this their object and aim in life; who live to get money; who get all they can, save all they can,

Hebrews 2:9 — Verse Hebrews 2:9. Should taste death for every man. — In consequence of the fall of Adam, the whole human race became sinful in their nature, and in their practice added transgression to sinfulness of disposition, and thus became exposed to endless perdition.

Hebrews 8:9 — Verse Hebrews 8:9. Not according to the covenant — The new covenant is of a widely different nature to that of the old; it was only temporal and earthly in itself, though it pointed out spiritual and eternal things. The new covenant is totally different from this,

Hebrews 9:2 — Verse Hebrews 9:2. For there was a tabernacle made; the first, wherein — The sense is here very obscure, and the construction involved: leaving out all punctuation, which is the case with all the very ancient MSS., the verse stands thus: Σκηνη γαρ κατεσκευασθη

1 Peter 3:3 — Verse 1 Peter 3:3. Whose adorning — κοσμος. Hebrews 9:1, where the word κοσμος, world or ornament, is defined; and also the note on "Genesis 2:1".Plaiting the hair, and of wearing of gold — Plaiting the hair, and variously folding it about the head, was the most ancient and most simple mode of disposing

Revelation 12:10 — speaking of the day of expiation; "And the holy blessed God hears their testimony from their accuser, הקטיגור מן min hakkatigor; and expiates the altar, the priests, and the whole multitude, from the greatest to the least."In Shemoth Rabba, sec. 31, fol. 129, 2, are these words; "If a man observes the precepts, and is a son of the law, and lives a holy life, then Satan stands and accuses him.""Every day, except the day of expiation Satan is the accuser of men."-Vayikra Rabba, sec. 21, fol. 164."The holy