Bible Commentaries

Psalms 119:12 — Verse Psalms 119:12. Blessed art thou —8. He must acknowledge the mercy of God, in so far preserving him from all the consequences of his sin.9. He should beg of him to become his teacher, that his heart and conscience might be instructed in the spirituality of his statutes.

Psalms 21:9 — Verse Psalms 21:9. Thou shalt make them as a fiery oven — By thy wrath they shall be burnt up, and they shall be the means of consuming others. One class of sinners shall, in God's judgments, be the means of destroying another class; and at last themselves shall be destroyed.

Ecclesiastes 12:9 — Verse Ecclesiastes 12:9. Because the Preacher was wise, he still taught the people knowledge — And in order to do this he took good heed - considered what would be most useful. He set in order - collected and arranged, many parables, probably alluding to the book over which we have already passed.

Song of Solomon 2:9 — Verse 9. He standeth behind our wall — This may refer to the wall by which the house was surrounded, the space between which and the house constituted the court. He was seen first behind the wall, and then in the court; and lastly came to the window of his bride's chamber.

Song of Solomon 6:9 — Verse 9. The daughters saw her, and blessed her — Not only the Jewish women in general spoke well of her on her arrival, but the queens and concubines praised her as the most accomplished of her sex.With this verse the fourth night of the marriage week is supposed to end.

Isaiah 2:9 — Verse Isaiah 2:9. Boweth down - "Shall be bowed down"] This has reference to the preceding verse. They bowed themselves down to their idols, therefore shall they be bowed down and brought low under the avenging hand of God.Therefore forgive them not. — "And thou wilt not forgive them." - L.

Isaiah 65:18 — Verse Isaiah 65:18. Rejoice for ever in that which I create - "Exult in the age to come which I create"] So in Isaiah 9:6 אבי עד abi ad, πατηρ του μελλοντος αιωνος, "the father of the age to come," Sept. See Bishop Chandler, Defence of Christianity, p. 136.

Jeremiah 9:12 — Versículo Jeremias 9:12 . ¿Quién es el sabio? ¿A quién ha revelado Dios estas cosas? Él es el hombre verdaderamente sabio. Pero es sólo a su profeta a quien Dios ha revelado estas cosas, y el rápido cumplimiento de las predicciones mostrará que el profeta no ha hablado de sí mismo.

Ezekiel 9:10 — Verse Ezekiel 9:10. Mine eye shall not spare — They say, the Lord seeth not: this is false; I have seen all their iniquities, and do see all their abominations; and I will bring deserved judgment upon them, and then that eye which now sees will neither pity nor spare.

Daniel 2:8 — Versículo Daniel 2:8 . Que ganaréis tiempo. El rey quiere decir que deseaban prolongar el tiempo para poder recordarlo, o volverse indiferentes al respecto; o que pudieran inventar algo en su lugar; o escapar para salvar la vida, después de haber empacado sus objetos de valor. Véase Daniel 2:9 .

Amos 3:9 — Verse Amos 3:9. Publish in the palaces — The housetops or flat roofs were the places from which public declarations were made. See on Isaiah 21:1, and on Matthew 10:27. See whether in those places there be not tumults, oppressions, and rapine sufficient to excite my wrath against them.

Amos 9:5 — Verse Amos 9:5. The Lord God of hosts is he — So powerful is he that a touch of his hand shall melt or dissolve the land, and cause all its inhabitants to mourn. Here is still a reference to the earthquake. Amos 8:8, where the same images are used.

Amos 9:5 — Versículo Amós 9:5 . El Señor Dios de los ejércitos es él. Tan poderoso es él que un toque de su mano derretirá o disolverá la tierra , y hará que todos sus habitantes se lamenten . Aquí todavía hay una referencia al terremoto . Amós 8:8 , donde se usan las mismas imágenes.

Zephaniah 2:5 — Verse 5. The sea-coasts, the nation of the Cherethites — The sea-coasts mean all the country lying on the Mediterranean coast from Egypt to Joppa and Gaza. The Cherethites - the Cretans who were probably a colony of the Phoenicians. See on 1 Samuel 30:14, and Amos 9:7.

Matthew 17:4 — Verso Mateo 17:4. Pedro dijo: hagamos...  Es decir, cuando vio a Moisés y Elías listos para partir del monte, Lucas 9:33, quería detenerlos, para poder disfrutar siempre de su compañía con la de su Señor y Maestro, suponiendo aún que Cristo establecería un reino temporal sobre la tierra.

Matthew 26:9 — Verso Mateo 26:9. Y dado a los pobres.  ¡Cuán a menudo la caridad sirve como manto de la codicia! A Dios a veces se le roba su derecho con el pretexto de dedicar lo que se le niega a algún propósito caritativo, al que nunca hubo intención de darlo.

Mark 2:16 — Verso Marco 2:16. Pecadores.  Por αμαρτωλοι, los gentiles o paganos generalmente deben entenderse en los Evangelios, porque este fue un término que los judíos nunca aplicaron a ninguno de ellos, Mateo 9:10.  ¿Porqué come...?  Muy buen MSS., varias versiones, con Chrysostom y Augustin , lee, ¿Por qué SU MAESTRO come ?

Mark 2:3 — Verso Marco 2:3. Un enfermo de parálisis... Un paralítico . Mateo 9:2. Llevado por cuatro. Cuatro hombres, uno en cada esquina del sofá o diván en el que yacía: este enfermo parece haber sido demasiado débil para venir él mismo, y demasiado débil para ser llevado de cualquier otra manera.

Revelation 18:19 — Verse Revelation 18:19. They cast dust on their heads — They showed every sign of the sincerest grief. The lamentation over this great ruined city, Revelation 18:9-19, is exceedingly strong and well drawn. Here is no dissembled sorrow; all is real to the mourners, and affecting to the spectators.

Revelation 9:14 — Verse Revelation 9:14. Loose the four angels — These four angels bound-hitherto restrained, in the Euphrates, are by some supposed to be the Arabs, the Saracens, the Tartars, or the Turks; by others, Vespasian's four generals, one in Arabia, one in Africa, one in Alexandria, and one in Palestine.