Bible Commentaries

Exodus 13:22 — Verse Exodus 13:22. He took not away the pillar of the cloud — Neither Jews nor Gentiles are agreed how long the cloud continued with the Israelites. It is very probable that it first visited them at Succoth, if it did not accompany them from Rameses; and that

Exodus 15:27 — the twelve wells, the other three having been choked up with sand; and the seventy palm trees multiplied into more than 2000, the dates of which bring a considerable revenue to the Greek monks at Tor. See his account at the end of this book, Exodus 40:38; Exodus 40:38. and see also the map. Thus sufficient evidence of the authenticity of this part of the sacred history remains, after the lapse of more than 3000 years.IN the preceding notes the reader has been referred to Dr. Kennicott's translation

Exodus 28:3 — Verse Exodus 28:3. Whom I have filled with the spirit of wisdom — So we find that ingenuity in arts and sciences, even those of the ornamental kind, comes from God. It is not intimated here that these persons were filled with the spirit of wisdom for this purpose

Exodus 28:30 — Verse Exodus 28:30. Thou shalt put in the breastplate - the Urim and the Thummim — What these were has, I believe, never yet been discovered.1. They are nowhere described.2. There is no direction given to Moses or any other how to make them.3. Whatever they were,

1 Kings 17:24 — The word of the Lord in thy mouth is truth. — Three grand effects were produced by this temporary affliction:1. The woman was led to examine her heart, and try her ways;2. The power of God became highly manifest in the resurrection of the child;3. She was convinced that the word of the Lord was truth, and that not one syllable of it could fall to the ground.Through a little suffering all this good was obtained.THE subject in the fourth verse of this chapter deserves a more particular consideration.I

1 Kings 3:5 — Versículo 1 Reyes 3:5 . El Señor se le apareció a Salomón en un sueño.  Esta fue la noche después de haber ofrecido los sacrificios (ver 2 Crónicas 1:7 ), y probablemente después de haber orado fervientemente por la sabiduría; véase Sabiduría 7:7: Por eso oré, y se me

2 Kings 15:1 — reinado cincuenta y dos años,  y Jotam, su hijo, reina en su lugar, 5-7. Zacarías reina sobre Israel, y actúa con maldad; y Salum conspira contra él y lo mata, después de haber reinado seis meses, 8-12. Salum reina un mes y es asesinado por Menahem, 13-15. El reinado malvado y opresivo de Menahem; sustituye al rey de Asiria, y muere, después de haber reinado diez años, 16-22. Pecaia, su hijo, reina en su lugar; hace maldades; Peca, uno de sus capitanes, conspira contra él y lo mata, después de haber

Psalms 63:1 — SALMO LXIII El alma de David tiene sed de Dios, mientras está ausente del santuario, y anhela ser restaurado a la Divinidad de sus ordenanzas , 1, 2. Expresa una gran confianza en el Altísimo y lo alaba por su bondad , 3-8; muestra la miseria de quien no busca a Dios , 9, 10; y su propia seguridad como rey del pueblo , 11. NOTAS SOBRE EL SALMO LXIII El título de este salmo es: Salmo de David, cuando estaba en el desierto de Judea; pero en lugar de Judea, la Vulgata,

Numbers 26:55 — decir, fortuitamente: responde al griego κληρος, que algunos piensan que viene de κλαω romper; porque la suerte, siendo una especie de apelación a Dios, ("La suerte se echa en el regazo, pero toda la disposición de ella es del Señor",  Proverbios 16:33 ), rompió todas las contenciones y litigios relativos al asunto en disputa. A partir de esta división original de la tierra prometida por sorteo a los hijos de Israel, todas las porciones, nombramientos, cargos, participaciones o divisiones en asuntos

Matthew 16:1 — insidiously require our Lord to give them a sign, 1. They are severely rebuked for their hypocrisy and wickedness, 2-5. The disciples are cautioned to beware of them and their destructive doctrine, 6-12. The different opinions formed by the people of Christ, 13, 14. Peter's confession, and our Lord's discourse on it, 15-20. He foretells his sufferings, and reproves Peter, 21-23. Teaches the necessity of self-denial, and shows the reasons on which it is founded, 24-26. Speaks of a future judgment, 27. And promises

Matthew 16:28 — their Lord; and as they neither bear his cross, nor follow him in the regeneration, they must look for another heaven than that in which he sits at the right hand of God. This is an awful subject; but how few of those called Christians lay it to heart!3. The term CHURCH in Greek εκκλησια, occurs for the first time in Matthew 16:18. The word simply means an assembly or congregation, the nature of which is to be understood from connecting circumstances; for the word εκκλησια, as well as the terms congregation

Matthew 28:19 — infancy preached in the world. That the children and even infants, of proselytes, were baptized among the Jews, and reputed, in consequence, clean, and partakers of the blessings of the covenant, see proved at large by Wetstein, in his note on Matthew 3:16. Matthew 3:6, and particularly Mark 16:16.In the name of the Father, c.] Baptism, properly speaking, whether administered by dipping or sprinkling, signifies a full and eternal consecration of the person to the service and honour of that Being in

Deuteronomy 1:1 — EL QUINTO LIBRO DE MOISÉS LLAMADO DEUTERONOMIO -Año anterior al Año común de Cristo, 1451 -Período Juliano, 3263. -Ciclo del Sol, 10. -Letra Dominical, B -Ciclo de la Luna, 10. -Indicción, 15. -Creación de Tisri o septiembre de 2553. CAPÍTULO I Introducción al libro , 1, 2. Moisés se dirige al pueblo en el cuadragésimo año después del éxodo de Egipto , 3-5; y

Deuteronomy 20:19 — Dios debería ir con ellos para guiarlos y dirigirlos, y debería pelear por ellos; y contra su poder nadie pudo prevalecer. 2. Todas estas interferencias eran pruebas permanentes del ser de Dios, de su providencia especial y de la verdad de su religión. 3. Aunque Dios les prometió tal protección, sin embargo, debían esperarla en el uso diligente de su propia prudencia e industria. Los sacerdotes, los oficiales y el pueblo tenían sus respectivos papeles para actuar en este negocio; si cumplían con su

Deuteronomy 31:27 — Versículo Deuteronomio 31:27 . Mientras yo aún vivo, habéis sido rebeldes.  Era tal la disposición de este pueblo a actuar en contra de la bondad moral, que Moisés se sintió justificado al inferir lo que ocurriría por lo que ya había sucedido. 1. NUNCA hubo un pueblo más completa

Acts 28:1 — crew, getting safely ashore, find that the island on which they were shipwrecked is called Melita, 1. They are received with great hospitality by the inhabitants, 2. A viper comes out of the bundle of sticks, laid on the fire, and seizes on Paul's hand, 3. The people, seeing this, suppose him to be a murderer, and thus pursued by Divine vengeance, 4. Having shook it off his hand, without receiving any damage, they change their minds, and suppose him to be a god, 5, 6. Publius, the governor of the island,

1 Corinthians 9:26 — in these races; and to gain the applause of the multitude, they stretched every nerve; the apostle knew that the eyes of all were fixed upon him.1. His false brethren waited for his halting:2. The persecuting Jews and Gentiles longed for his downfall:3. The Church of Christ looked on him with anxiety:4. And he acted in all things as under the immediate eye of God.Not as one that beateth the air — Kypke observes, that there are three ways in which persons were said, αεραδερειν, to beat the air.1.

Colossians 4:18 — me Paul. — The preceding part of the epistle was written by a scribe, from the mouth of the apostle: this, and what follows, was written by the hand of St. Paul himself. A similar distinction we find, 1 Corinthians 16:21, and in 2 Thessalonians 3:17; and this, it seems, was the means by which the apostle authenticated every epistle which he sent to the different Churches. The salutation of Paul with mine own hand, which is the token in every epistle, so I write.Remember my bonds — See

Judges 3:31 — Verse Judges 3:31. And after him was Shamgar the son of Anath — Dr. Hales supposes that "Shamgar's administration in the West included Ehud's administration of eighty years in the East; and that, as this administration might have been of some continuance, so

1 Samuel 8:22 — y cuando recibió su última respuesta de Dios, se lo dijo y los despidió. A este respecto podemos observar: 1. Que DIOS no cambió el gobierno de Israel; fue el pueblo mismo quien lo cambió. 2. Que aunque Dios les permitió tener un rey, no lo aprobó . 3. Que, a pesar de que no permitió que eligieran al hombre , mandó a su siervo Samuel que lo eligiera por sorteo, disponiendo él de ese sorteo. 4. Que Dios nunca abandonó el gobierno supremo; él todavía era REY en Israel , y el rey, así llamado, era solo