Bible Commentaries

Genesis 18:32 — bien y el mal, el vicio y la virtud, son iguales a los ojos de Dios. Y estos juicios deben dispensarse de tal manera que demuestren que no son el resultado de causas naturales, sino que provienen inmediatamente de la justicia enfurecida del Altísimo. 5. Todo hombre que ama a Dios, ama también a su prójimo; y el que ama a su prójimo hará todo lo que esté en su mano para promover el bienestar tanto de su alma como de su cuerpo. Abraham no puede evitar que los hombres de Sodoma pequen contra Dios; pero

Genesis 49:17 — in conjunction with that of Reuben and the half tribe of Manasseh, got a great victory over the Hagarites, taking captive one hundred thousand men, two thousand asses, fifty thousand camels, and two hundred and fifty thousand sheep; see 1 Chronicles 5:18-22. Dr. Durell and others translate the last word עקב akeb, rear - "He shall invade their rear;" which contains almost no meaning, as it only seems to state that though the army that invaded Gad should be successful, yet the Gadites would harass

Exodus overview — Israelites from Egypt is the most remarkable fact mentioned in the whole book. In the Hebrew Bibles it is called ואלה שמות Ve-Elleh Shemoth, these are the names, which are the words with which it commences. It contains a history of the transactions of 145 years, beginning at the death of Joseph, where the book of Genesis ends, and coming down to the erection of the tabernacle in the wilderness at the foot of Mount Sinai.In this book Moses details the causes and motives of the persecution raised up against

Exodus 9:29 — religious worship. SOLOMON kneeled down on his knees, and spread forth his hands to heaven; 2 Chronicles 6:13. So DAVID, Psalms 143:6: I stretch forth my hands unto thee. So EZRA: I fell upon my knees, and spread out my hands unto the Lord my God; Ezra 9:5. See also JOB Job 11:13: If thou prepare thine heart, and stretch out thy hands towards him. Most nations who pretended to any kind of worship made use of the same means in approaching the objects of their adoration, viz., kneeling down and stretching

1 Kings overview — chapters in both these prophets which are similar to some found in the first and second books of Kings; compare 2 Kings 18:0, 2 Kings 19:0, and 2 Kings 20:0, with Isaiah 36:0, Isaiah 37:0, Isaiah 38:0, and Isaiah 39:1-8; and 2 Kings 24:18; 2 Kings 25:1, etc., with Jeremiah 52:1, etc.But rather than allow those prophets to be the authors or compilers of these books, some very learned men have judged that the chapters in question have been taken from the books of Kings in after times, and inserted

Job 1:6 — demonstrative ה he in the word האלהים haelohim, thus, [Syriac] baney Elohim. The Arabic nearly copies the Hebrew also, [Arabic] banoa Iloheem; to which, if we give not the literal translation of the Hebrew, we may give what translation we please. Coverdale (1535) translates it, servauntes of God. The Targum supposes that this assembly took place on the day of the great atonement, which occurred once each year. And there was a day of judgment in the beginning of the year; and the troops of angels came, that

Job 40:24 — ass, unicorn, peacock, ostrich, horse, hawk, eagle, behemoth, and leviathan."Now, it must have surprised most readers to find that the description of these creatures is strangely interrupted at Job 40:1, and as strangely resumed afterwards at Job 40:15; and therefore, if these fourteen verses will connect with and regularly follow what now ends the poem, we cannot much doubt that these fourteen verses have again found their true station, and should be restored to it."The greatness of the supposed

Psalms 139:24 — — בדרך עולם bederech olam, in the old way - the way in which our fathers walked, who worshipped thee, the infinitely pure Spirit, in spirit and in truth. Lead me, guide me, as thou didst them. We have ארח עולם orach olam, the old path, Job 22:15. "The two words דרך derech and ארח orach, differ," says Bishop Horsley, "in their figurative senses: derech is the right way, in which a man ought to go; orach is the way, right or wrong, in which a man actually goes by habit." The way that is right

Psalms 22:1 — SALMO XXII Bajo gran aflicción y angustia, el salmista ora a Dios , 1-3; apela a la perversidad habitual de Dios en favor de su pueblo , 4, 5; relata los insultos que recibió , 6-8; menciona la bondad de Dios hacia él en su juventud, como razón por qué debería esperar ayuda ahora , 9-11; detalla sus sufrimientos, y las indignidades ofrecidas a él , 12-18, ora con la confianza de ser escuchado

Psalms 45:7 — Verse Psalms 45:7. Oil of gladness — As an evidence that all causes of mourning, sorrow, and death, were at an end; as in the state of mourning the ancients did not anoint themselves.I have mentioned above that the author of the Epistle to the Hebrews, Hebrews

Psalms 62:11 — promise of men.It may be divided into the five following parts: -I. David's confidence in God, Psalms 62:1-2.II. The mischievous but vain attempts of his enemies, Psalms 62:3-4.III. He encourages himself and others in the same confidence, Psalms 62:5-9.IV. That no trust is to be put in men, nor riches, Psalms 62:9-10.V. The grounds of our confidence in God, Psalms 62:11-12.I. In the first verses David expresses, or rather labours to express, as appears by his frequent repetition of the same thing

Matthew 21:46 — secular kingdom.4. What he did at this time was to fulfil a declaration of God delivered by two prophets, upwards of 700 years before, relative to his lowliness, poverty, and total deadness to all secular rule and pomp. See Isaiah 62:11; Zechariah 9:9.5. All the time he spent now in Jerusalem, which was about five days, he spent in teaching, precisely in the same way he had done for three years past; nor do we find that he uttered one maxim dissimilar to what he formerly taught, or said a word calculated

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

Luke 6:1 — CHAPTER VI. The disciples pluck and eat the ears of corn on the Sabbath day, and the Pharisees find fault, 1, 2. Our Lord shows the true use of the Sabbath, 3-5. He heals the man with the withered hand, 6-11. He goes into a mountain to pray, and calls twelve disciples, 12-16. Multitudes are instructed and healed, 17-19. Pronounces four blessings, 20-23, and four woes, 24-26. Gives various instructions about

Romans 7:15 — Verse Romans 7:15. For, that which I do, I allow not, c.] The first clause of this verse is a general assertion concerning the employment of the person in question in the state which the apostle calls carnal, and sold under sin. The Greek word κατεργαξομαι which is here

Joshua 10:12 — gravedad común en el sistema planetario, cuyo centro de gravedad está incluido dentro de su propia superficie; y en todos los demás aspectos considero que está en reposo en el sistema. 4. Considero que la tierra, no sólo gira alrededor del sol en 365 días, 5 horas, 48 minutos y 48 segundos, sino que gira alrededor de su propio eje, y hace esta revolución en 23 horas, 56 minutos y 4 segundos; que en el curso de 24 horas completas, cada parte de su superficie se vuelve alternativamente hacia el sol;

Judges 11:31 — son or his daughter for a burnt-offering, as did Jephthah the Gileadite, who did not consult Phinehas the priest; for if he had consulted Phinehas the priest, he would have redeemed her with money."]The Targumist refers here to the law, Leviticus 27:1-5, where the Lord prescribes the price at which either males or females, who had been vowed to the Lord, might be redeemed. "When a man shall make a singular vow, the persons shall be for the Lord at thy estimation: the male from twenty years old even

Revelation 14:13 — tema. " El rabino Jonathan enseñó: si un hombre realiza una acción justa en esta vida, lo precede en el mundo venidero. Pero si un hombre comete un crimen, se adhiere a él y lo arrastra hasta el día del juicio ". Sota , fol. 3, 2. Avoda Sara , fol. 5, 1. “Venid y ved, si alguno observa un precepto, esa obra sube a Dios, y dice: Tal me hizo a mí . tal, que me ha realizado” . Sohar Levit ., fol. 34, col. 136. Aquí se observa la misma personificación que en el texto. “En la hora en que el hombre pasa

2 Samuel 14:30 — 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 loudly of this.This might easily have happened, as in former times the numbers in the sacred writings appear to have been expressed by single letters. The letter ר resh stands for two hundred, and might in this

2 Samuel 21:20 — heathenish people, should bless the inheritance of the Lord, is unconstitutional and unlikely.4. That God should leave the choice of the atonement to such a people, or indeed to any people, seems contrary to his established laws and particular providence.5. That he should require seven innocent men to be hung up in place of their offending father, in whose iniquity they most likely never had a share, seems inconsistent with justice and mercy.6. In 2 Samuel 21:8, there is mention made of five sons of Michal,