Bible Commentaries

Genesis 24:1 — CHAPTER XXIV Abraham, being solicitous to get his son Isaac property married, calls his confidential servant, probably Eliezer, and makes him swear that he will not take a wife for Isaac from among the Canaanites, 1-3, but from among his own kindred, 4. The servant proposes certain difficulties, 5, which Abraham removes by giving him the strongest assurances of God's direction in the business, 6, 7, and then specifies the conditions of the oath, 8. The form of the

Genesis 26:1 — CHAPTER XXVI A famine in the land obliges Isaac to leave Beer-sheba and go to Gerar, 1. God appears to him, and warns him not to go to Egypt, 2. Renews the promises to him which he had made to his father Abraham, 3-5. Isaac dwells at Gerar, 6. Being questioned concerning Rebekah, and fearing to lose his life on her account, he calls her his sister, 7. Abimelech the king discovers, by certain familiarities which he had noticed between Isaac and Rebekah, that she

Genesis 33:20 — Verse Genesis 33:20. And he erected there an altar — It appears that Jacob had a very correct notion of the providence and mercy of God; hence he says, Genesis 33:5: The children which God hath GRACIOUSLY given thy servant; and in Genesis 33:11 he attributes

Genesis 5:32 — Verse Genesis 5:32. Noah begat Shem, Ham, and Japheth. — From Genesis 10:21; 1 Chronicles 1:5, c., we learn that Japheth was the eldest son of Noah, but Shem is mentioned first, because it was from him, in a direct line, that the Messiah came. Ham was certainly

Isaiah 22:25 — Sebna, como una repetición y confirmación de la sentencia más arriba denunciada contra él. LO QUE se dice de Eliaquim hijo de Hilcías, Isaías 22:20 , es muy notable; y el significado literal no es fácil de entender. De Isaías 9:6 , y de Apocalipsis 3:7 , parece pertenecer solo a nuestro Señor. La remoción de Sebna de estar a cargo del tesoro de la casa del Señor , Isaías 22:19 , y la investidura de Eliaquim con su manto, cinto, oficio y gobierno , Isaías 22:20 , probablemente señalan el cambio

Isaiah 3:6 — Versículo Isaías 3:6 . De la casa de su padre - "De la casa de su padre". Para בית beith, la casa, los intérpretes antiguos parecen haber leído מבית mibbeith, de la casa; του οικειου του πατρος αυτου, Septuaginta; domesticum patris sui, Vulgata; lo cual no da buen sentido.

Isaiah 50:1 — CAPÍTULO L En este capítulo Dios vindica sus tratos con su pueblo, cuya enajenación se debe a sí mismos , 1. Y, por alusión a las liberaciones temporales relacionadas con la desecación del Mar Rojo y el Éufrates, afirma su poder de salvar , 2, 3; a saber, por la obediencia y los sufrimientos del Mesías , 4-6; quien al final resultó victorioso sobre todos sus enemigos , 7-9. Los dos últimos versículos exhortan a la fe y a la confianza en Dios en  circunstancias más desconsoladas; con una denuncia

Isaiah 66:3 — Versículo Isaías 66:3 . El que mata un buey es como si matara a un hombre - "El que mata un buey mata a un hombre".  Estos son ejemplos de maldad unida a la hipocresía; de los más flagrantes delitos cometidos por quienes a la vez afectaban gran rigor en el desempeño de todos

Jeremiah 1:1 — EL LIBRO DEL PROFETA JEREMIAS Notas cronológicas relativas al comienzo de la profecía de Jeremías -Año desde la Creación, según el Arzobispo Usher, 3375. -Año del Diluvio, según el texto hebreo generalmente aceptado, conferido con Hechos 7:4 , 1719. -Cuarto año de la trigésima séptima Olimpiada. -Año desde la construcción de Roma según el relato varoniano, 125. -Año anterior a la era vulgar de la

Jeremiah 4:1 — de las exhortaciones y promesas dirigidas a Israel en el capítulo precedente, 1, 2. El profeta se dirige entonces al pueblo de Judá y Jerusalén, exhortando al arrepentimiento y a la reforma, para que el terrible juicio que les amenazaba, no llegara. 3, 4. Luego da la alarma de guerra, 5, 6. Nabucodonosor, como un león feroz, es representado, por  la certeza de la profecía, es representado en marcha, y que el  desastroso acontecimiento ya había sido anunciado, 7-9. Y como los profetas mentirosos habían

1 Thessalonians 1:3 — Verse 1 Thessalonians 1:3. Your work of faith — This verse contains a very high character of the believers at Thessalonica. They had FAITH, not speculative and indolent, but true, sound, and operative; their faith worked. They had LOVE, not that gazed at and became enamoured

1 Timothy 1:5 — doctrine. The word παραγγελια denotes a message or order, brought to one from another, and delivered by word of mouth. The charge here meant is that which the apostle ordered Timothy to deliver to the teachers in Ephesus; for he had said, 1 Timothy 1:3: I had besought thee to abide still at Ephesus, ινα παραγγειλνς, that thou mightest charge some: here he tells him what the scope of this charge was to be."Of faith unfeigned — πιστεως ανυποκριτου. A faith not hypocritical. The apostle appears

Hebrews 1:2 — complete revelation to mankind, but Jesus the Christ.The apostle begins with the lowest state in which Christ has appeared:1. His being a SON, born of a woman, and made under the law. He then ascends,2. So his being an Heir, and an Heir of all things. 3. He then describes him as the Creator of all worlds.4. As the Brightness of the Divine glory. 5. As the express Image of his person, or character of the Divine substance. 6. As sustaining the immense fabric of the universe; and this by the word of his

Hebrews 3:16 — tribe of Levi, who, it is very likely, did not provoke; for, as Dr. Macknight very properly remarks, they were not of the number of those who were to fight their way into Canaan, being entirely devoted to the service of the sanctuary. See Numbers 1:3; Numbers 1:45, and Numbers 1:49. And therefore what remained of them after forty years, no doubt, entered Canaan; for it appears from Numbers 34:17, and Joshua 24:33, that Eleazar, the son of Aaron, was one of those who did take possession of Canaan.

Hebrews 9:14 — himself. As Christ's miraculous conception was by the Holy Spirit, and he wrought all his miracles by the Spirit of God, so his death or final offering was made through or by the eternal Spirit; and by that Spirit he was raised from the dead, 1 Peter 3:18. Indeed, through the whole of his life be was justified by the Spirit; and we find that in this great work of human redemption, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit were continually employed: therefore the words may be understood of the Holy

James 4:13 — Verse 13. Go to now — αγε νυν. Come now, the same in meaning as the Hebrew הבה habah, come, Genesis 11:3; Genesis 11:4; Genesis 11:7. Come, and hear what I have to say, ye that say, c.To-day, or to-morrow, we will go — This presumption on a precarious

James 5:3 — Verse James 5:3. Your gold and silver is cankered — Instead of helping the poor, and thus honouring God with your substance, ye have, through the principle of covetousness, kept all to yourselves.The rust of them shall be a witness against you — Your putrefied

1 Peter 2:12 — carried into slavery; not one of the latter: nor did they deserve it; for not one of them had joined in the sedition against the Roman government. That the day of visitation means a time in which punishment should be inflicted, is plain from Isaiah 10:3: And what will ye do in the DAY of VISITATION, and in the desolation which shall come from afar? To whom will ye flee for help? And where will ye leave your glory? Some think that by the phrase in this place is meant the time in which they should be

1 Peter 5:8 — 1. The subtle serpent; to beguile our senses, pervert our judgment, and enchant our imagination. 2. As an angel of light; to deceive us with false views of spiritual things, refinements in religion, and presumption on the providence and grace of God. 3. As a roaring lion; to bear us down, and destroy us by violent opposition, persecution, and death. Thus he was acting towards the followers of God at Pontus, c., who were now suffering a grievous persecution.Walketh about — Traversing the earth

1 John 2:1 — encourages those who may have fallen, by the hope of mercy through Christ, who is a propitiation for the sins of the whole world, 1, 2. He who knows God keeps his commandments; and he who professes to abide in Christ ought to walk as Christ walked, 3-6. The old and new commandment, that we should walk in the light, and love the brethren, 7-11. The apostle's description of the different states in the family of God; little children, young men, and fathers; and directions to each, 12-15. A statement