Bible Commentaries

Exodus overview — grievous pestilence among their cattle.6. Smote both man and beast with boils.7. Destroyed their crops with grievous storms of hail, accompanied with the most terrible thunder and lightning.8. Desolated the whole land by innumerable swarms of locusts.9. He spread a palpable darkness all over Egypt; and,10. In one night slew all the first-born, both of man and beast, through the whole of the Egyptian territories.What proved the miraculous nature of all these plagues most particularly was, 1st, Their

Exodus 27:21 — though corrupted, of the tabernacle and its service. It is probable that the original founders had consecrated this temple to the true God, under the name of אל EL, the strong God, or אל גבור EL GIBBOR, the strong, prevailing, and victorious God, Isaiah 9:6, out of whom the Greeks and Romans made their Hercules, or god of strength; and, to make it agree with this appropriation, the labours of Hercules were sculptured on the doors of this temple at Gades. In foribus labor Alcidae Lernaea recisis Anguibus

Psalms 111:10 — of the psalmist to praise God; the manner in which he would do so; and the company with whom he would do it, Psalms 111:1.II. An expression of the reasons which moved him to praise God, viz., his admirable benefits, special and general, Psalms 111:2-9.III. An inference from the premises by way of sentiment in which he commends the fear of God, Psalms 111:10.I. The title of this Psalm is, "Hallelujah, praise ye the Lord;" and he adds, - 1. "I will praise the Lord." And shows how it should be done.2.

Psalms 45:17 — por lo que el pueblo caerá bajo ti." 7. Por la estabilidad y eternidad de su poder: "Tu trono, oh Dios, es por los siglos de los siglos." 8. Por su justicia y equidad: "El cetro de tu reino es un cetro justo. Amas la justicia y odias la iniquidad". 9. Por la plenitud de sus dones y gracias, más allá de todos los demás: "Por eso Dios - te ha ungido con el óleo de la alegría por encima de tus compañeros". 10. Por el esplendor de sus vestidos y edificios. "Todos tus vestidos huelen a mirra, de los

Isaiah 7:8 — Verse Isaiah 7:8-9. For the head of Syria, c. — "Though the head of Syria be Damascus, And the head of Damascus Retsin Yet within threescore and five years Ephraim shall be broken, that he be no more a people: And the head of Ephraim be Samaria; And the head of

Nahum overview — exordium sets forth with grandeur the justice and power of God, tempered by lenity and goodness, Nahum 1:1-8.A sudden address to the Assyrians follows; and a prediction of their perplexity and overthrow, as devisers of evil against the true God, Nahum 1:9-11. Jehovah himself then proclaims freedom to his people from the Assyrian yoke, and the destruction of the Assyrian idols, Nahum 1:12-14. Upon which the prophet, in a most lively manner, turns the attention of Judah to the approach of the messenger

Matthew 1:1 — THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO ST. MATTHEW. -Usherian year of the World, 4000. -Alexandrian year of the World, 5498. -Antiochian year of the World, 5488. -Constantinopolitan AEra of the World, 5504. -Year of the Julian Period, 4709. -AEra of the Seleucidae, 308. -Year before the vulgar AEra of Christ, 5. -Year of the CXCIII. Olympiad, 4. -Year of the building of

Matthew 6:1 — CHAPTER VI. Of alms-giving, 1-5. Of prayer, 6-8. The Lord's prayer, or model according to which Christians should pray, 9-13. Of forgiveness, 14, 15. Of fasting, 16, 17. Of laying up treasures, 18-21. Of the single eye, 22, 23. The impossibility of serving two masters, 24. Of contentment and confidence in the Divine providence, 25-32. Directions about seeking the kingdom

Matthew 8:12 — to by the evangelists, I would observe, once for all:-that they who were invited to them entered by a gate designed to receive them; whence Christ, by whom we enter into the marriage feast, compares himself to a gate, John 10:1-2; John 10:7; John 10:9. This gate, at the time the guests were to come, was made narrow, the wicket only being left open, and the porter standing there, that they who were not bidden to the marriage might not rush into it. Hence Christ exhorts the Jews to enter in at the

Matthew 8:12 — observaría, de una vez por todas: -que aquellos que fueron invitados a ellas entraron por una puerta diseñada para recibirlos; de donde Cristo, por quien entramos en la fiesta de bodas, se compara con una puerta , Juan 10:1; Juan 10:7; Juan 10:9. Esta puerta , en el momento en que iban a venir los invitados, se estrechó,  sólo el postigo quedó abierto, y el portero de pie allí, para que aquellos que no estaban invitados al matrimonio no se apresuren a hacerlo. Por eso Cristo exhorta a los

Acts 2:3 — influence of God, both the Scriptures and the Jewish writings amply prove. Thus God manifested himself to Moses, when he appointed him to deliver Israel, Exodus 3:2-3; and thus he manifested himself when he delivered the law on Mount Sinai, Exodus 19:16-20. The Jews, in order to support the pretensions of their rabbins, as delivering their instructions by Divine authority and influence, represent them as being surrounded with fire while they were delivering their lectures; and that their words,

Acts 9:5 — Verse Acts 9:5. Who art thou, Lord? — τις ει, κυριε; Who art thou, SIR? He had no knowledge who it was that addressed him, and would only use the term κυριε, as any Roman or Greek would, merely as a term of civil respect.I am Jesus whom thou persecutest —

1 Corinthians 13:5 — and Latin, has simply, is not provokeed to angre. The edition published in English in the following year, 1548, has the same rendering, but the orthography better: is not provoked to anger. The Bible in folio, with notes, published the next year, 1549, by Edmund Becke, preserves nearly the same reading, is not provoketh to anger. The large folio printed by Richard Cardmarden, at Rouen, 1566, has the same reading. The translation made and printed by the command of King James I., fol., 1611, c. departs

1 Thessalonians overview — in this place. We are therefore left to infer that the Church was formed, 1st, of Jewish proselytes, called, Acts 17:4, devout Greeks. And 2dly, of converts from heathenism; for, on the preaching of the Gospel to them, it is said; 1 Thessalonians 1:9, that they turned to God from idols, to serve the living and true God. Though some of the Jews believed on the preaching of Paul and Silas, Acts 17:3, Acts 17:4, yet it is evident that the great bulk of the Church was composed of Grecian proselytes

Hebrews 12:29 — Verse Hebrews 12:29. For our God is a consuming fire.] The apostle quotes Deuteronomy 4:24, and by doing so he teaches us this great truth, that sin under the Gospel is as abominable in God's sight as it was under the law; and that the man who does not labour to serve

1 Peter 5:14 — Peter 5:8. But they were to resist that terrible enemy by steadfastness in the faith, and not to think themselves hardly dealt with when persecuted, knowing that their brethren everywhere were exposed to the same temptations of the devil, 1 Peter 5:9. In the meantime, to give them all the assistance in his power, the apostle prayed earnestly to God to stablish and strengthen them, 1 Peter 5:10. And ended his prayer with a doxology to God, expressive of his supreme dominion over the universe, and

2 Peter 1:1 — -Year of the world, according to Archbishop Usher, 4064. -Year of the world, according to Eusebius, in his Chronicon, 4288. -Year of the minor Jewish era of the world, or that in common use, 3820. -Year of the Greater Rabbinical era of the world, 4419. -Year from the Flood, according to Archbishop Usher, and the English Bible, 2408. -Year of the Cali yuga, or Indian era of the Deluge, 3162. -Year of the era of Iphitus, or since the first commencement of the Olympic games, 1000. -Year of the era of

1 Samuel 2:1 — which was adopted by David, Nathan, Ethan, Isaiah, Daniel, and the succeeding prophets of the Old Testament; and by the apostles and inspired writers of the New. And the allusion thereto by Zacharias, the father of the Baptist, in his hymn, Luke 1:69, where he calls Christ a 'horn of salvation,' and the beautiful imitation of it by the blessed Virgin throughout in her hymn, Luke 1:46-55, furnishing the finest commentary thereon, clearly prove that Hannah in her rejoicing had respect to something

2 Samuel 14:30 — ver. 2 Samuel 14:26: -"And at every year's end, he (Absalom) polled his head; and he weighed the hair at two hundred shekels."The very learned Bochart has written a dissertation on this subject (vide Bocharti Opera, vol. iii., col. 883, edit. Lugd. 1692) in a letter to his friend M. Faukell. I shall give the substance in what follows.There is nothing more likely than that corruptions in the Scripture numerals have taken place. Budaeus de Asse (lib. ii., p. 49 and 51, also lib. iii., p. 67 c.) complains

2 Samuel 21:20 — 21:7.8. The circumstance of Rizpah's watching the bodies of those victims, upon a rock, and probably in the open air, both day and night, from March to October, or even for a much less period, is, as it is here related, very extraordinary and improbable.9. The hanging the bodies so long was against an express law of God, which ordained that those who were hanged on a tree should be taken down before sunset, and buried the same day, lest the land should be defiled, (Deuteronomy 21:22-23). Therefore, 1.