Bible Commentaries

Genesis 17:20 — each other1. The Arabs, as well as the Jews, are descended from Abraham, and both boast of their descent from the father of the faithful.2. The Arabs, as well as the Jews, are circumcised, and both profess to have derived this ceremony from Abraham.3. The Arabs, as well as the Jews, had originally twelve patriarchs, who were their princes or governors.4. The Arabs, as well as the Jews, marry among themselves, and in their own tribes.5. The Arabs, as well as the Jews, are singular in several of their

Genesis 3:14 — Verse Genesis 3:14. And the Lord God said unto the serpent — The tempter is not asked why he deceived the woman; he cannot roll the blame on any other; self-tempted he fell, and it is natural for him, such is his enmity, to deceive and destroy all he can. His

Genesis 4:14 — religious worship.2. The continual apprehension of being slain, as all the inhabitants of the earth were at that time of the same family, the parents themselves still alive, and each having a right to kill this murderer of his relative. Add to all this,3. The terrors of a guilty conscience; his awful apprehension of God's judgments, and of being everlastingly banished from the beatific vision. To this part of the punishment of Cain St. Paul probably alludes, 2 Thessalonians 1:9: Who shall be punished

Psalms 101:5 — לישן תליתי על חבריה demishtaey lishan telitai al chabreyah: "El que habla con la triple lengua contra su prójimo". Es decir, la lengua por la que mata a tres personas, a saber, 1. El hombre al que calumnia; 2. Aquel a quien comunica la calumnia; y, 3. Él mismo, el calumniador. Todo calumniador tiene su triple lengua, y por cada calumnia inflige esas tres heridas mortales. Tal persona merece ser cortada. Sobre este tema, San Jerónimo habla casi de la misma manera: Ille qui detrahit, et se, et illum

Psalms 93:1 — SALMO XIII El gobierno universal de Dios , 1, 2; la oposición a ese gobierno , 3, 4; la verdad de los testimonios de Dios , 5. NOTAS SOBRE EL SALMO XCIII Este Salmo no tiene título ni en hebreo ni en caldeo. La Vulgata, la Septuaginta, la Etíope y el árabe afirman que es "un cántico de alabanza de David para el día anterior al sábado,

Proverbs 22:21 — Versículo Proverbios 22:21 . Para hacerte saber la certeza de las palabras de verdad. 1. Estas son palabras o doctrinas de verdad : 1) Son verdaderos en sí mismos. 2) Procede del Dios de la verdad. 3) Se cumplen verdaderamente para todo aquel que cree. 2. Estas palabras de verdad son ciertas, קשט koshet , no son de interpretación dudosa o difícil; apuntan directamente al gran fin para el cual Dios los dio; prometen , y se cumplen . Aquel que los

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 — CAPÍTULO LI El profeta exhorta a los hijos de Abraham a confiar en el Señor;  y describe breve, pero bellamente, la gran bendición que debería ser la consecuencia, 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,

Jeremiah 21:1 — Sofonías al profeta para pedirle que interceda con Dios en favor de su pueblo , 1, 2. Pero se declara que está en contra de Jerusalén y de toda la tierra de Judá; y la única mitigación de su castigo deben proceder de su entrega al rey de Babilonia , 3-10. Profecía acerca de la casa del rey de Judá , 11, 12. A pesar de las asombrosas fortificaciones de los alrededores de Jerusalén, en la cual el pueblo en vano confía, el Señor  ciertamente irá a visítarlos por sus iniquidades; la ciudad será tomado

Jeremiah 23:1 — dispersiones, de los cuales su liberación de la dominación caldea fue un tipo, cuando Jesús el Cristo, el Renuevo justo, la Raíz e Hijo de David, y único Heredero legítimo al trono, tomará para sí su gran poder y reinará gloriosamente sobre toda la casa de Jacob , 3-8. En el noveno verso comienza un nuevo discurso. Jeremías expresa su horror ante la gran maldad de los sacerdotes y profetas de Judá, y declara que la venganza divina es derramada sobre ellos. Exhorta al pueblo a no escuchar a sus falsas promesas ,

Jeremiah 32:10 — Versículo Jeremias 32:10 . Suscribí las pruebas . Tenemos aquí todas las circunstancias de este acto jurídico: 1. Se hace una oferta de la reversión de la tierra, hasta el jubileo, a quien entonces de derecho entraría en posesión. 2. Se conviene el precio, y se pesa la

1 Thessalonians 2:15 — Jesus, through the most unprincipled and fell malice.2. They killed their own prophets there was no time in which the seed of the serpent did not hate and oppose spiritual things, they slew even their own prophets who declared to them the will of God.3. They persecuted the apostles showing the same spirit of enmity to the Gospel which they had shown to the law.4. They did not please God, nor seek to please him; though they pretended that their opposition to the Gospel was through their zeal for God's

2 Thessalonians 2:3 — Verse 2 Thessalonians 2:3. Except there come a falling away first — We have the original word αποστασια in our word apostasy; and by this term we understand a dereliction of the essential principles of religious truth-either a total abandonment of Christianity itself,

Hebrews 10:38 — Verse 38. Now the just shall live by faith — Ὁ δε δικαιος εκ πιστεως ζησεται· But the just by faith, i.e. he who is justified by faith, shall live-shall be preserved when this overflowing scourge shall come. See this meaning of the phrase vindicated,

Hebrews 3:7 — Verse Hebrews 3:7. Wherefore (as the Holy Ghost saith, Today — These words are quoted from Psalms 95:7; and as they were written by David, and attributed here to the Holy Ghost, it proves that David wrote, by the inspiration of God's Holy Spirit. As these words

James 2:2 — or the righteousness of his cause, procured him the respect of which St. James speaks.There come in also a poor man — In ancient times petty courts of judicature were held in the synagogues, as Vitringa has sufficiently proved, De Vet. Syn. l. 3, p. 1, c. 11; and it is probable that the case here adduced was one of a judicial kind, where, of the two parties, one was rich and the other poor; and the master or ruler of the synagogue, or he who presided in this court, paid particular deference

1 Peter 2:1 — CHAPTER II. We should lay aside all evil dispositions, and desire the sincere milk of the word, that we may grow thereby, 1-3. And come to God to be made living stones, and be built up into a spiritual temple, 4, 5. The prophecy of Christ as chief corner stone, precious to believers, but a stumbling stone to the disobedient, 6-8. True believers are a chosen generation, a royal

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

Revelation 3:5 — Verse Revelation 3:5. I will not blot out his name — This may be an allusion to the custom of registering the names of those who were admitted into the Church in a book kept for that purpose, from which custom our baptismal registers in Churches are derived. These

Revelation 6:1 — CHAPTER VI. What followed on the opening of the seven seals. The opening of the first seal; the white horse, 1, 2. The opening of the second seal; the red horse, 3, 4. The opening of the third seal; the black horse and the famine, 5, 6. The opening of the fourth seal; the pale horse, 7, 8. The opening of the fifth seal; the souls of men under the altar, 9-11. The opening of the sixth seal; the earthquake, the