Bible Commentaries

Psalms 126:1 — SALMO CXXVI El gozo de los israelitas al volver del cautiverio, y el efecto que su liberación tuvo sobre los paganos , 1-3. La oración que habían ofrecido , 4. La inferencia que extraen del todo , 5, 6. NOTAS SOBRE EL SALMO CXXVI Este Salmo no es de David, no tiene título en Hebreo ni en ninguna de las Versiones, y ciertamente pertenece al final del cautiverio. Pudo haber sido compuesta por Hageo y Zacarías

Isaiah 6:1 — tiempos de Uzías, cuyas actas, primera y última, escribió,  2 Crónicas 26:22 ; lo que suele hacer un profeta contemporáneo; y la frase, en el año que murió Uzías , probablemente significa después de la muerte de Uzías; como la misma frase ( Isaías 14:28 ) significa después de la muerte de Acaz. No es que las profecías de Isaías estén colocadas en un orden temporal exacto. Los capítulos ii, iii, iv y v parecen ser, por sus características internas, anteriores al capítulo i; corresponden a la época

Lamentations 5:22 — fundamento de la petición precedente, en la que ruegan que se les devuelva su favor y el goce de sus antiguos privilegios". Pareau piensa que no se puede dar un buen sentido a este lugar a menos que traduzcamos interrogativamente, como en  Jeremias 14:19 : - "¿Has rechazado totalmente a Judá? ¿Ha aborrecido tu alma a Sión?". Sobre esta base traduce aquí, An enim prorsus nos rejecisses? ¿Nobis iratus esses usque adeo? "¿Nos has desechado del todo? ¿Estarás enojado con nosotros para siempre? ¿Extenderás

Haggai 2:23 — Zechariah 2:9.And will make thee as a signet — I will exalt thee to high dignity, power, and trust, of which the seal was the instrument or sign in those days. Thou shalt be under my peculiar care, and shalt be to me very precious. See Jeremiah 22:24; Cant. Song of Solomon 8:6; and see the notes on these two places.For I have chosen thee — He had an important and difficult work to do, and it was necessary that he should be assured of God's especial care and protection during the whole.ON the

Matthew 9:38 — Hindoos: -1. The person neither eats nor drinks for a day and night. This fast is indispensable, and occurs twenty-nine times in the year.2. The person fasts during the day, and eats at night.3. The person eats nothing but fruits, and drinks milk or water.4. He eats once during the day and night.5. Eats one particular kind of food during the day and night, but as often as he pleases.6. Called Chanderaym, which is, to eat on the first day, only one mouthful; two on the second; and thus continue increasing

Matthew 9:38 — los hindúes: - 1. La persona no come ni bebe durante el día y la noche. Este ayuno es indispensable y ocurre veintinueve veces al año. 2. La persona ayuna durante el día y come por la noche. 3. La persona no come más que frutas y bebe leche o agua. 4. Come una vez durante el día y la noche. 5. Come un tipo particular de comida durante el día y la noche, pero con la frecuencia que le place. 6. Llamado Chanderaym , que es, para comer el primer día, solo un bocado; dos en el segundo; y así continuar

John 1:1 — THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO ST. JOHN. -Usherian years of the World, 3999-4033. -Alexandrian years of the World, 5497-5531. -Antiochian years of the World, 5487-5621. -Constantinopolitan AEra of the World, 5503-5537. -Rabbinical years of the World, 3754-3788. -Years of the Julian Period, 4708-4742. -AEra of the Seleucide, 307-341.

John 1:1 — EL EVANGELIO SEGÚN SAN JUAN. -Años usherianos del mundo, 3999-4033. -Años alejandrinos del mundo, 5497-5531. -Años antioquenos del mundo, 5487-5621. -Años Constantinopolitanos del Mundo, 5503-5537. -Años rabínicos del Mundo, 3754-3788. -Años del Período Juliano, 4708-4742. -Año de la Seleúcida, 307-341. -Del 5 a.C.

Acts 14:28 — Verse Acts 14:28. And there they abode long time — How long the apostles tarried here we cannot tell; but we hear no more of them till the council of Jerusalem, mentioned in the following chapter, which is generally supposed to have been held in the year 51

Romans 2:1 — the blessings of the Gospel, is inexcusable, because he is guilty of the same crimes; and therefore shalt not escape the righteous judgment of God, 1-3. It is an awful thing to despise the goodness and long-suffering of God, which lead to repentance, 4, 5. God, the impartial judge, will render to every man according to his works, 6-11. The Jews and the Gentiles will be judged according to their respective advantages and disadvantages, 12, 13. In some cases, the Gentiles, who had no law, have shown

Romans 3:31 — thraldom and misery of sin and Satan.2. This chapter contains a fine and striking synopsis of the whole Christian system. The wretched state of man is awfully exhibited, from the 10th to the 18th verse; Romans 3:10-18 and the plan of salvation, in the 24th, 25th, and 26th verses. Romans 3:24-26 A pious writer calls these the Catechism of Christian Righteousness. The following points in this catechism are worthy of high consideration - viz. How is God glorified in us, and we in him? - By his GRACE. What

1 Corinthians 13:12 — myself known unto him in a vision, and I will speak unto him in a dream; Rab. Tanchum thus explains: "My Shechinah shall not be revealed to him, באספקלריא מאירה beaspecularia maira, in a lucid specular, but only in a dream and a vision."On Ezekiel 1:4, Ezekiel 1:5 : And I looked, and behold a whirlwind-a great cloud, and a fire unfolding itself, c. Sohar Chadash, fol. 33, says: "This is a vision באספקלריא דלא נהרא beaspecularia dela nahara, by an obscure or dark specular."From a great variety of

1 Corinthians 2:16 — understood thus: How can the animal man know the mind of the Lord? and how can any man communicate that knowledge which he has never acquired, and which is foolishness to him, because it is spiritual, and he is animal? This quotation is made from Isaiah 40:13.But we have the mind of Christ. — He has endowed us with the same disposition, being born again by his Spirit; therefore we are capable of knowing his mind and receiving the teachings of his Spirit. These teachings we do receive, and therefore

1 Corinthians 8:1 — CHAPTER VIII. The question of the Corinthians concerning meats offered to idols, and the apostle's preface to his instructions on that head, 1-3. The nature of idolatry, 4, 5. Of genuine worship, 6. Some ate of the animals that had been offered to idols knowingly, and so defiled their conscience, 7. Neither eating nor abstinence in themselves recommend us to God, 8. But no man should use his Christian liberty so as to

Galatians 1:24 — Verse Galatians 1:24. They glorified God in me. — Hearing now that I preached that faith which before I had persecuted and endeavoured to destroy, they glorified God for the grace which had wrought my conversion. I owe nothing to them; I owe all to God; and they themselves

2 Timothy 1:1 — relative to this Epistle. -Year of the Constantinopolitan era of the world, or that used by the Byzantine historians, 5573. -Year of the Alexandrian era of the world, 5567. -Year of the Antiochian era of the world, 5557. -Year of the Julian period, 4775. -Year of the world, according to Archbishop Usher, 4069 -Year of the world, according to Eusebius, in his Chronicon, 4293. -Year of the minor Jewish era of the world, or that in common use, 3825. -Year of the Greater Rabbinical era of the world,

Titus 1:16 — souls of men. The piety of the flock must be faint and languishing when it is not animated by the heavenly zeal of the pastor; they must be blind if he be not enlightened; and their faith must be wavering when he can neither encourage nor defend it.4. In consequence of the appointment of improper persons to the Christian ministry, there has been, not only a decay of piety, but also a corruption of religion. No man is a true Christian minister who has not grace, gifts, and fruit; if he have the grace

Hebrews 1:3 — from the sun itself, though each is essential to the other; as the αυγασμα, or inherent splendour, cannot subsist without its απαυγασμα, or proceeding splendour, nor the proceeding splendour subsist without the inherent splendour from which it proceeds.4. That Christ is eternal with the Father, as the proceeding splendour must necessarily be coexistent with the inherent splendour. If the one, therefore, be uncreated, the other is uncreated; if the one be eternal, the other is eternal.Upholding all things

Hebrews 1:6 — Christ; he is not only in them, and with them, but he is in and among all who believe on him through their word.Let all the angels of God worship him. — The apostle recurs here to his former assertion, that Jesus is higher than the angels, Hebrews 1:4, that he is none of those who can be called ordinary angels or messengers, but one of the most extraordinary kind, and the object of worship to all the angels of God. To worship any creature is idolatry, and God resents idolatry more than any other

Hebrews 6:2 — holding forth these in their full spirit and power. It preaches,1. Repentance, unto life. 2. Faith in God through Christ, by whom we receive the atonement. 3. The baptism by water, in the name of the holy Trinity; and the baptism of the Holy Ghost. 4. The imposition of hands, the true sacrificial system; and, by and through it, the communication of the various gifts of the Holy Spirit, for the instruction of mankind, and the edification of the Church. 5. The resurrection of the dead, which is both