Bible Commentaries

Genesis 14:24 — family, and the loss of all his property, though by the good providence of God he and they were rescued.2. Long observation has proved that the company a man keeps is not an indifferent thing; it will either be the means of his salvation or destruction.3. A generous man cannot be contented with mere personal safety while others are in danger, nor with his own prosperity while others are in distress. Abram, hearing of the captivity of his nephew, determines to attempt his rescue; he puts himself at the

Genesis 14:24 — pérdida de todas sus propiedades, aunque por la buena providencia de Dios él y ellos fueron rescatados. 2. Una larga observación ha demostrado que la compañía que mantiene un hombre no es algo indiferente; será el medio de su salvación o destrucción. 3. Un hombre generoso no puede contentarse con la mera seguridad personal mientras otros están en peligro, ni con su propia prosperidad mientras otros están en peligro. Abram, al enterarse del cautiverio de su sobrino, decide intentar su rescate; se pone

Genesis 3:1 — CHAPTER III Satan, by means of a creature here called the serpent, deceives Eve, 1-5. Both she and Adam transgress the Divine command, and fall into sin and misery, 6, 7. They are summoned before God, and judged, 8-13. The creature called the serpent is degraded and punished, 14. The promise of redemption by the incarnation of Christ, 15. Eve sentenced, 16. Adam sentenced, 17. The ground cursed, and death threatened, 18, 19. Why the woman was called Eve, 20. Adam

Exodus 34:33 — Verse Exodus 34:33. And till Moses had done speaking — The meaning of the verse appears to be this: As often as Moses spoke in public to the people, he put the veil on his face, because they could not bear to look on the brightness of his countenance; but when

Exodus 34:33 — Verso Éxodo 34:33. Y hasta que Moisés terminó de hablar.  El significado del versículo parece ser éste: Cada vez que Moisés hablaba en público con el pueblo, se ponía el velo en la cara, porque no podían soportar mirar el brillo de su rostro; pero cuando entraba

2 Chronicles 9:29 — Verse 2 Chronicles 9:29. Nathan the prophet — These books are all lost. See the account of Solomon, his character, and a review of his works, at the end of 1 Kings 11:43.I. By the kindness of a learned friend, who has made this kind of subjects his particular study, I am able to give a more correct view of the value of the talent of gold and the talent of silver than that which I have quoted 1 Kings 10:17, from Mr.

Psalms 150:6 — God in his sanctuary." Or in your hearts, which are the temples of the Holy Ghost.2. "Praise him in the firmament," c. His magnificence when he sits on his throne. Some understand the Church by it, in which his saints shine as stars in the firmament.3. "Praise him for his mighty acts," c. The works of his power.4. "Praise him according," &c. Whereby he excels all things he being absolutely great they only comparatively so.II. The prophet desires that no way be omitted by which we may show our

Psalms 150:6 — santuario". O en sus corazones, que son los templos del Espíritu Santo. 2. "Alabadle en el firmamento"... Su magnificencia cuando se sienta en su trono. Algunos entienden por ello la Iglesia, en la que sus santos brillan como estrellas en el firmamento. 3. "Alabadle por sus hechos poderosos"... Las obras de su poder. 4. "Alabadle según"... Por lo que supera a todas las cosas, siendo él absolutamente grande y ellas sólo comparativamente. II. El profeta desea que no se omita ningún medio por el cual podamos

Psalms 19:3 — Verse Psalms 19:3. There is no speech nor language where their voice is not heard. — Leave out the expletives here, which pervert the sense; and what remains is a tolerable translation of the original: - אין אמר ואין דברים בלי נשמע קולם Ein omer veein debarim,

Psalms 26:12 — piety: "I will wash my hands in innocence," i.e., I will worship thee; and for this end he would keep his hands from blood, oppression, c., in order that he "might publish with the voice of thanksgiving, and tell of all the wondrous works of the Lord."3. He mentions a second act of his piety, his love to God's house, and the service done in it: "O Lord, I have loved the habitation of thy house, and the place where thy honour dwelleth."III. Upon which conscientiousness of his integrity he falls to prayer,

Proverbs 24:30 — Verse Proverbs 24:30. I went by the field of the slothful — This is a most instructive parable; is exemplified every day in a variety of forms; and is powerfully descriptive of the state of many a blackslider and trifler in religion. Calmet has an excellent note

Proverbs 24:30 — Versículo Proverbios 24:30 . Pasé por el campo de los perezosos. Esta es una parábola muy instructiva; se ejemplifica todos los días en una variedad de formas; y es poderosamente descriptiva del estado de muchos negligentes y bribones en la religión. Calmet tiene una excelente

Leviticus 19:19 — semillas y la ropa. Con respecto a las mezclas heterogéneas entre el ganado, hay algo muy antinatural en ello, y probablemente se prohibió para evitar excitaciones a lujurias tan antinaturales como las condenadas en el capítulo anterior,  Levítico 18:22-3. En cuanto a las semillas, en muchos casos sería muy impropio sembrar diferentes tipos en la misma parcela. Sería improcedente sembrar juntos la avena y el trigo: este último se perjudicaría, el primero se arruinaría. El nabo y la zanahoria no tendrían

Leviticus 9:23 — Verse Leviticus 9:23. Moses and Aaron went into the tabernacle — It is supposed that Moses accompanied Aaron into the tabernacle to show him how to offer the incense, prepare the lamps and the perfume, adjust the shew-bread, c., c.And the glory of the Lord appeared

Isaiah 65:1 — here a vindication of God's dealings with the Jews, 1, 2. To this end the prophet points out their great hypocrisy, and gives a particular enumeration of their dreadful abominations, many of which were committed under the specious guise of sanctity, 3-5. For their horrid impieties, (recorded in writing before Jehovah,) the wrath of God shall certainly come upon them to the uttermost; a prediction which was exactly fulfilled in the first and second centuries in the reigns of the Roman emperors Vespasian,

Isaiah 65:1 — vindicación de los tratos de Dios con los judíos , 1, 2 Con este fin, el profeta señala su gran hipocresía, y da una enumeración particular de sus terribles abominaciones, muchas de los cuales fueron cometidas bajo la engañosa apariencia de santidad , 3-5. Por sus horribles impiedades, (registradas por escrito ante Jehová), la ira de Dios ciertamente vendrá sobre ellos para lo sumo; una predicción que se cumplió exactamente en los siglos I y II en los reinados de los romanos emperadores Vespasiano,

John overview — rest, and possibly performing some offices about the person of his Master; and, finally, our Lord's committing to him the care of his mother, as long as she should survive him. In a MS. of the Greek Testament in the Imperial Library of Vienna, numbered 34 in Lambecius's Catalogue, there is a marginal note which agrees pretty much with the account given above by Theophylact: viz. "John the evangelist was cousin to our Lord Jesus Christ according to the flesh: for Joseph, the spouse of the God-bearing

John 4:54 — meant that it should be so joined in the construction."John does not mention here the miracles which our Lord did at Capernaum on his first journey, John 2:11, nor those which he did at Jerusalem on the feast of the passover. See John 2:12; Luke 4:23.THERE are several particulars in the preceding history of the Samaritan woman which confirm the doctrine of a particular providence, and show how God manages the most common occurrences in order to accomplish the designs of his mercy and love.The Gospel

Acts 13:3 — Verse Acts 13:3. And when they had fasted and prayed, and laid their hands on them —1. They fasted: this was probably done by the whole Church.2. They prayed, that God would bless and prosper them in their work.3. They land hands upon them; thus solemnly appointing

Hebrews 3:8 — Verse Hebrews 3:8. Harden not your hearts — Which ye will infallibly do, if ye will not hear his voice.Provocation — παραπικρασμος. From παρα, signifying intensity, and πικραινω, to make bitter; the exasperation, or bitter provocation. "The Israelites provoked