Bible Commentaries

Genesis 46:34 — Verse Genesis 46:34. Thy servants trade hath been about cattle — "The land of Goshen, called also the land of Rameses, lay east of the Nile, by which it was never overflowed, and was bounded by the mountains of the Thebaid on the south, by the Nile and Mediterranean

Exodus 12:29 — of the houses of the Egyptians there could have been no death, as it is not at all likely that every first-born child of every Egyptian family was still alive, and that all the first-born of their cattle still remained. And yet it is said, Exodus 12:30, that there was not a house where there was not one dead. The word therefore must not be taken in its literal sense only. From its use in a great variety of places in the Scriptures it is evident that it means the chief, most excellent, best beloved,

Exodus 32:32 — Verse Exodus 32:32. Forgive their sin---; and if not, blot me--- out of thy book — It is probable that one part of Moses' work during the forty days of his residence on the mount with God, was his regulating the muster-roll of all the tribes and families of

1 Kings 19:21 — secular occupations, yet never supersedes the duties of filial affection. Though Elisha must leave his oxen, and become a prophet to Israel: yet he may first go home, eat and drink with his parents and relatives, and bid them an affectionate farewell.3. We do not find any attempt on the part of his parents to hinder him from obeying the Divine call: they had too much respect for the authority of God, and they left their son to the dictates of his conscience. Wo to those parents who strive, for filthy

Job 28:28 — revelación de su voluntad que Dios dio a Adán después de su caída. Antes había buscado la sabiduría de forma prohibida. Cuando él y Eva vieron que el árbol era agradable a los ojos, y un árbol apetecible para hacerse sabio, tomaron y comieron Génesis 3:6 .  Así perdieron toda la sabiduría que tenían, al no poner el temor del Señor ante sus ojos; y se volvieron necios, malvados y miserables. Escuchad, pues, lo que Dios prescribe como remedio adecuado para esta terrible enfermedad: El temor del Señor,

Psalms 126:1 — PSALM CXXVI The joy of the Israelites on their return from captivity, and the effect their deliverance had upon the heathen, 1-3. The prayer which they had offered up, 4. The inference they draw from the whole, 5, 6. NOTES ON PSALM CXXVIThis Psalm is not of David, has no title in the Hebrew or any of the Versions, and certainly belongs to the close of the captivity. It might

Psalms 97:1 — PSALM XCVII The reign of Jehovah, its nature and blessedness, 1, 2. He is fearful to the wicked, 3-4. Idolaters shall be destroyed, 7. The blessedness of the righteous, 8-12. NOTES ON PSALM XCVIIThis Psalm has no title either in the Hebrew or Chaldee; and in fourteen of Kennicott's and De Rossi's MSS. it is written as a part of the preceding. In

Leviticus 11:44 — of the nature of the brute on which he exclusively feeds? I could pursue this inquiry much farther, and bring many proofs founded on indisputable facts, but I forbear for he who might stand most in need of caution, would be the first to take offence.3. As the body exists only for the sake of the soul, and God feeds and nourishes it through the day of probation, that the soul may here be prepared for the kingdom of heaven; therefore he shows in the conclusion of these ordinances, that the grand scope

Isaiah 6:1 — dispersion, 11, 12. The prophet adds, however, that under their repeated dispersions, (by the Chaldeans, Romans, c.,) a small remnant would be preserved as a seed from which will be raised a people, in whom will be fulfilled all the Divine promises, 13. As this vision seems to contain a solemn designation of Isaiah to the prophetic office, it is by most interpreters thought to be the first in order of his prophecies. But this perhaps may not be so for Isaiah is said, in the general title of his prophecies,

Lamentations 5:22 — sin, and see our folly: once more restore us, and we shall never again forsake thee! He heard the prayer; and at the end of seventy years they were restored to their own land.This last verse is well rendered in the first printed edition of our Bible, 1535: - Renue our daies as in olde tyme, for thou hast now banished us longe ynough, and bene sore displeased at us.My old MS. Bible is not less nervous: Newe thou our dais as fro the begynnyng: bot castand aweie thou put us out: thou wrathedist ugein us

Matthew 27:35 — Verse 35. And they crucified him — Crucifixion properly means the act of nailing or tying to a cross. The cross was made of two beams, either crossing at the top at right angles, like a T, or in the middle of their length, like an X. There was, besides,

Matthew 6:13 — Verse Matthew 6:13. And lead us not into temptation — That is, bring us not in to sore trial. πειρασμον, which may be here rendered sore trial, comes from πειρω, to pierce through, as with a spear, or spit, used so by some of the best Greek writers. Several of the

Deuteronomy overview — months of the Jews being lunar. The history is continued about seven days after the death of Moses; for he began to deliver his first discourse to the people in the plains of Moab the first day of the eleventh month of the fortieth year, Deuteronomy 1:3, and died on the first day of the twelfth month of the same year, aged 120 years.As the Israelites were now about to enter into the promised land, and many of them had not witnessed the different transactions in the wilderness, the former generations

John 18:40 — ladrones, un capitán de bandoleros, y es probable que este fuera el caso. No sólo era una persona que vivía del saqueo, sino que derramó la sangre de muchos de los que él y su banda robaron, y se levantó contra el gobierno romano, como aprendemos de Lucas 23:19.Nunca existió un pueblo más pérfido, cruel y asesino que estos judíos; y no es de extrañar que prefirieran a un asesino antes que al Príncipe de la paz. Cristo mismo había dicho: Si fuerais del mundo, el mundo amaría a los suyos. Lo semejante se

Acts 14:28 — Illyria, Romans 15:19, on the side of the Adriatic Gulf: see its situation on the map. Many of the tribulations and perils through which the Apostle Paul passed are not mentioned by St, Luke, particularly those of which he himself speaks, 2 Corinthians 11:23-27. He had been five times scourged by the Jews; thrice beaten by the Romans; thrice shipwrecked; a whole night and day in the deep, probably saving his life upon a plank; besides frequent journeyings, and perils from his countrymen, from the heathen,

Romans 2:1 — The apostle shows that the Jew, who condemns the Gentiles, and considers them utterly unworthy of 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

Romans 5:15 — χαρισμα, or free gift, which should be well observed; for in this, I conceive, lie the connection and sinews of the argument: the free gift, which stands opposed to Adam's offence, and which, I think, was bestowed immediately after the offence; Genesis 3:15: The seed of the woman shall bruise the serpent's head. This gift, I say, includes both the grace which exactly answers to the offence, and is that part of the grace which stretches far beyond it. And, if the one part of the gift be freely bestowed

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

1 Samuel 6:19 — the אנשים anashim, and איש ish, of the Hebrew text.2. The TARGUM of Jonathan is something similar to the Vulgate: - "And he smote עמא besabey amma, of the elders of the people SEVENTY men; ובקהלא ubekahala, and of the congregation FIFTY THOUSAND men."3. The SEPTUAGINT follow the Hebrew text: Και επαταξεν εν αυτοις ἑβδομηκοντα ανδρας, και πεντηκοντα χιλιαδας ανδρων; "And he smote of them SEVENTY men; and FIFTY THOUSAND men." εκτουλαου, of the people, is added by some copies.4. The SYRIAC has forty-five