Bible Commentaries

Exodus 12:51 — Verse Exodus 12:51. By their armies. — צבאתם tsibotham, from צבא tsaba, to assemble, meet together, in an orderly or regulated manner, and hence to war, to act together as troops in battle; whence צבאות tsebaoth, troops, armies, hosts. It is from this that the

Exodus 38:24 — drachms. The Hebrews had, besides these, their shekels and half-shekels, or bekas and the Romans their denarii, which last were very nearly of the same value with the drachms of the Greeks. What was the value of a Hebrew talent appears from Exodus 38:25-26, for there 603,550 persons being taxed at half a shekel a head, they must have paid in the whole 301,775 shekels; and that sum is there said to amount to one hundred talents, and 1775 shekels over: if therefore we deduct the 1775 shekels from the

Nehemiah 1:1 — THE BOOK OF NEHEMIAH --------------------------------- Chronological Notes relative to this Book Year from the Creation, according to Archbishop Usher, whose system of chronology is the most generally received, 3558. -Year before the birth of Christ, 442. -Year before the vulgar era of Christ's nativity, 446. -Year of the Julian period, 4268. -Year since the flood of Noah, according to the English Bible, 1902. -Year of the Cali Yuga, or Indian era of the Deluge,

Job 28:28 — through the whole moral world by thy offense; and labour to be reconciled to him by the righteousness and true holiness, that thou mayest escape the bitter pains of an eternal death. See the note on Job 28:12.FROM what has been observed on verses Job 28:25, Job 28:26, Job 28:25-26, and from the doctrine of the atmosphere in general, I can safely draw the following conclusions: - 1. From the gravity and elasticity of the air, we learn that it closely invests the earth, and all bodies upon it, and binds

Job 28:28 — moral por tu ofensa; y trabaja para reconciliarte con él por la justicia y la verdadera santidad, para que puedas escapar de los amargos dolores de una muerte eterna. Véase la nota sobre  Job 28:12 . DE lo que se ha observado en los versículos Job 28:25 , Job 28:26 , Job 28:25-18 ,  y de la doctrina de la atmósfera en general, puedo sacar con seguridad las siguientes conclusiones: - 1. De la gravedad y elasticidad del aire, aprendemos que invade estrechamente la tierra, y todos los cuerpos sobre

Psalms 119:1 — . Las palabras que expresan aquella revelación que Dios había dado entonces a los hombres, o alguna característica particular de ella, se consideran generalmente como las diez siguientes: 1. Testimonios ; 2. Mandamientos; 3. Preceptos ; 4. Palabra ; 5. Ley ; 6. Caminos ; 7. Verdad ; 8. Sentencias ; 9. Rectitud ; 10. Estatutos . A estos algunos añaden lo siguiente: 1. Fidelidad ; 2. Sentencia ; 3. Nombre ; pero estos no se usan en el sentido de las otras diez palabras. Creo que se afirma casi universalmente

Psalms 55:23 — Verse Psalms 55:23. But thou, O God, shalt bring them down into the pit of destruction — The Chaldee is emphatic: "And thou, O Lord, by thy WORD (במימרך bemeymerach) shalt thrust them into the deep gehenna, the bottomless pit, whence they shall never come out;

Psalms 55:23 — Versículo Salmo 55:23 . Pero tú, oh Dios, los harás descender al pozo de la destrucción.  El caldeo es enfático: "Y tú, oh Señor, por tu PALABRA (במימרך bemeymerach) los empujarás a la fosa profunda de la gehenna, el pozo sin fondo, de donde nunca saldrán; el pozo de

Psalms 94:23 — of Jacob doth not hear nor see.4. "He chastiseth the heathen," as Sodom, Gomorrah, c., or he chastises them by the checks of their own conscience "and shall not he then correct you," who go under the name of his people, and yet so impiously blaspheme?5. "He that teacheth man knowledge" - hath endued him with a reasonable soul, and made him capable of all arts and sciences; is he stupid? is he without understanding? "Shall not he know?" He looks into your hearts, and knows your thoughts and counsels,

Isaiah 40:1 — tidings that the time of favour and deliverance was at hand, 1, 2. Immediately a harbinger is introduced giving orders, as usual in the march of eastern monarchs, to remove every obstacle, and to prepare the way for their return to their own land, 3-5. The same words, however, the New Testament Scriptures authorize us to refer to the opening of the Gospel dispensation. Accordingly, this subject, coming once in view, is principally attended to in the sequel. Of this the prophet gives us sufficient

Isaiah 40:1 — de que se acercaba el tiempo de la gracia, 1, 2. Inmediatamente se introduce un heraldo dando órdenes, como es habitual en la marcha de los monarcas orientales, para remover todo obstáculo, y para preparar el camino de regreso a su propia tierra, 3-5. Las mismas palabras, sin embargo, las Escrituras del  Nuevo Testamento autorizan a referirnos a la apertura  de la dispensación evangélica. En consecuencia, este tema, una vez puesto a la vista, es  principalmente la continuación. De esto el profeta

Matthew 4:25 — Verse Matthew 4:25. This verse is immediately connected with the fifth chapter, and should not be separated from it.Great multitudes — This, even according to the Jews, was one proof of the days of the Messiah: for they acknowledged that in his time there should

Deuteronomy overview — appoints Bezer, Ramoth, and Golan, to be the cities of refuge on the east side of Jordan; Deuteronomy 4:0.Repeats the decalogue, and tells the people what effect the publication of it had on their fathers, when God spoke to them from the mount; Deuteronomy 5:0.Exhorts them to love God with all their heart, and promises them an abundance of good things; Deuteronomy 6:0.Repeats the command to exterminate the Canaanites, and all vestiges of their idolatry; Deuteronomy 7:0.Recites the many interpositions of

Deuteronomy 34:12 — the Pentateuch, considered as a historian and philosopher, a great deal has been said in the course of the notes on the book of GENESIS; and especially at the conclusion of the fiftieth chapter; to which the reader is particularly referred. Genesis 50:26.Of Moses as a legislator, volumes might be written, and the subject not be exhausted. What is called the Law of Moses, is more properly the Law of God; and Torath Yehovah, the Law of Jehovah, is the grand title of the Pentateuch. Such a definition

1 Timothy 3:16 — — Και ὁμολογουμενες· And confessedly, by general consent, it is a thing which no man can or ought to dispute; any phrase of this kind expresses the meaning of the original.God was manifest in the flesh — If we take in the whole of the 14th, 15th, and 16th verses, 1 Timothy 3:14-16 we may make a consistent translation in the following manner, and the whole paragraph will stand thus: Hoping to see thee shortly; but should I tarry long, these things I now write unto thee, that thou mayest know

1 Timothy 4:16 — apostatize, yet by some, here, many are understood. The original word frequently signifies a multitude and there are abundant instances in Scripture where it is used in that sense, as the reader may perceive from John 6:64-66; Romans 11:17; 1 Corinthians 10:5-6. This apostasy may be general and extensive, and include many but not all."II. It is more particularly shown wherein the apostasy should consist, in the following words: Giving heed to seducing spirits and doctrines of devils; or rather: `Giving heed

2 Timothy overview — Rome when he wrote this epistle.3. That he was there a prisoner, and in such confinement as we know, from the Acts of the Apostles, he was not in during the time of his first imprisonment there.4. That this must have been some subsequent imprisonment.5. That as the general consent of all Christian antiquity states that St. Paul was twice imprisoned at Rome, and that from his second imprisonment he was never liberated, but was at its conclusion martyred; therefore this epistle must have been written

Philemon 1:25 — Verse Philemon 1:25. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit — By using the plural, νμων, your, the apostle in effect directs or addresses the epistle, not only to Philemon, but to all the Church at his house.Amen. — Is wanting as usual in the

James 5:20 — Verse James 5:20. Let him know — Let him duly consider, for his encouragement, that he who is the instrument of converting a sinner shall save a soul from eternal death, and a body from ruin, and shall hide a multitude of sins; for in being the means of his

James 5:20 — Versículo Santiago 5:20 . Hágale saber... Considere debidamente, para su estímulo, que el que es el instrumento de convertir a un pecador salvará un alma de la muerte eterna, y un cuerpo de la ruina, y ocultará una multitud de pecados ; porque al ser el medio de su conversión,