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Saturday, August 16th, 2025
the Week of Proper 14 / Ordinary 19
the Week of Proper 14 / Ordinary 19
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Genesis 2:1 CHAPTER II The seventh day is consecrated for a sabbath, and the reasons assigned, 1-3. A recapitulation of the six days' work of creation, 4-7. the garden of Eden planted, 8. Its trees, 9. Its rivers, and the countries watered by them, 10-14. Adam placed in the garden, and the command given not to eat of the tree of knowledge on pain
Genesis 27:4 to be the sole reason why savoury meat is so particularly mentioned in the text. When we consider,1. That no covenant was deemed binding unless the parties had eaten together;2. That to convey this blessing some rite of this kind was necessary; and,3. That Isaac's strength was now greatly exhausted, insomuch that he supposed himself to be dying; we shall at once see why meat was required on this occasion, and why that meat was to be prepared so as to deserve the epithet of savoury.As I believe this
Genesis 3:20 Verse Genesis 3:20. And Adam called his wife's name Eve; because she was the mother of all living. — A man who does not understand the original cannot possibly comprehend the reason of what is said here. What has the word Eve to do with being the mother of all
Genesis 32:2 Verse Genesis 32:2. Mahanaim. — The two hosts, if read by the points, the angels forming one, and Jacob and his company forming another; or simply hosts or camps in the plural. There was a city built afterwards here, and inhabited by the priests of God, Joshua
Genesis 4:25 when all the other families of the earth were destroyed, Noah being the tenth descendant from Adam through Seth.Though all these persons are mentioned in the following chapter, I shall produce them here in the order of their succession:1. Adam;2. Seth;3. Enos;4. Cainan;5. Mahalaleel;6. Jared;7. Enoch;8. Methuselah;9. Lamech, (the second;)10. Noah.In order to keep this line distinct, we find particular care was taken that, where there were two or more sons in a family, the one through whom God particularly
Hebrews 1:11 Verse Hebrews 1:11. They shall perish — Permanently fixed as they seem to be, a time shall come when they shall be dissolved, and afterward new heavens and a new earth be formed, in which righteousness alone shall dwell. See 1 Peter 3:10-13.Shall wax old as doth a garment — As a garment by long using becomes unfit to be longer used, so shall all visible things; they shall wear old, and wear out; and hence the necessity of their being renewed. It is remarkable that our word
Hebrews 10:18 frequently repeated. If they reply that their mass is only the representation and commemoration of the sacrifice of Christ, they give up the cause, and renounce an article of their faith, established by the council of Trent, which, in session xxii. can. 1, 3, declared the sacrifice of the mass to be a true and propitiatory sacrifice for sin. I say, give up the cause; for the representation and commemoration of a sacrifice is not a sacrifice. Farther, it cannot be affirmed that the body of Christ is offered
Hebrews 11:3 Verse Hebrews 11:3. Through faith we understand — By worlds, τους αιωνας, we are to understand the material fabric of the universe; for αιων can have no reference here to age or any measurement of time, for he speaks of the things which are SEEN; not being made
Hebrews 11:4 reference to an atonement, he, Abel, though dead, yet speaketh; i.e. preacheth to mankind the necessity of an atonement, and that God will accept no sacrifice unless connected with this. See this transaction explained at large in my notes on "Genesis 4:3", &c.
James 2:13 Verse 13. For he shall have judgment — He who shows no mercy to man, or, in other words, he who does not exercise himself in works of charity and mercy to his needy fellow creatures, shall receive no mercy at the hand of God; for he hath said, Blessed
James 5:4 Verse James 5:4. The hire of the labourers — The law, Leviticus 19:13, had ordered: The wages of him that is hired shall not abide with thee all night until the morning, every day's labour being paid for as soon as ended. This is more clearly stated in another law, Deuteronomy 24:15: At his day thou shalt give him his
1 Peter 3:1 be adorned, and be in subjection as Sarah was to Abraham, 1-6. The duty of husbands to their wives, 7. How to obtain happiness, and live a long and useful life, 8-11. God loves and succours them that do good; but his face is against the wicked, 12, 13. They should suffer persecution patiently, and be always ready to give a reason of the hope that is in them; and preserve a good conscience, though they suffered for righteousness, 14-17. Christ suffered for us, and was put to death in the flesh, but
1 Peter 3:10 Verse 10. For he that will love life — This is a quotation from Psalms 34:12-16, as it stands in the Septuagint; only the aorist of the imperative is changed from the second into the third person, c. He who wishes to live long and prosperously, must act as he is here directed. 1. He must refrain from evil-speaking, lying,
1 Peter 3:6 Verse 6. Even as Sara obeyed — Almost the same words are in Rab. Tanchum, fol. 9, 3: "The wife of Abraham reverenced him, and called him lord, as it is written, Genesis 18:12: And my lord is old." The words of the apostle imply that she acknowledged his superiority, and her own subjection to him, in the order of God.Whose daughters
3 John 1:6 Verse 3 John 1:6. Which have borne witness of thy charity — Of thy love and benevolence.Before the Church — The believers at Ephesus; for to this Church the apostle seems to refer.Whom if thou bring forward — If thou continue to assist such,
Revelation 1:18 have the keys of death and the grave, so that I can destroy the living and raise the dead. The key here signifies the power and authority over life, death, and the grave. This is also a rabbinical form of speech. In the Jerusalem Targum, on Genesis 30:22, are these words: "There are four KEYS in the hand of God which he never trusts to angel or seraph. 1. The key of the rain; 2. The key of provision; 3. The key of the grave; and 4. The key of the barren womb."In Sanhedrin, fol. 113, 1, it is said:
Revelation 15:1 CHAPTER XV. The seven angels with the seven last plagues, 1. The sea of glass, and those who had a victory over the beast, 2. The song of Moses and the Lamb, 3, 4. The temple in heaven opened, 5. Seven angels come out of the temple, who receive from one of the four living creatures seven golden vials full of the wrath of God, 6-8. NOTES ON CHAP. XV.Verse Revelation 15:1. Seven angels having the seven last
Revelation 17:3 Verse Revelation 17:3. So he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness — This wilderness into which the apostle was carried is the desolate state of the true Church of Christ, in one of the wings of the once mighty Roman empire. It was a truly awful sight,
Revelation 3:15 Verse Revelation 3:15. Thou art neither cold nor hot — Ye are neither heathens nor Christians-neither good nor evil-neither led away by false doctrine, nor thoroughly addicted to that which is true. In a word, they were listless and indifferent, and seemed to care
Revelation 3:20 Verse Revelation 3:20. Behold, I stand at the door and knock — There are many sayings of this kind among the ancient rabbins; thus in Shir Hashirim Rabba, fol. 25, 1: "God said to the Israelites, My children, open to me one door of repentance, even so wide as the
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