Bible Commentaries

Genesis 4:17 — Verse Genesis 4:17. She - bare Enoch — As חנוך Chanoch signifies instructed, dedicated, or initiated, and especially in sacred things, it may be considered some proof of Cain's repentance, that he appears to have dedicated this son to God, who, in his father's stead, might minister in the sacerdotal office, from which Cain, by his crime, was for ever excluded.

Proverbs 14:27 — Versículo Proverbios 14:27 . El temor del Señor es fuente de vida. מקור חיים mekor chaiyim , la vena de la vida . Otra alusión a la gran aorta que lleva la sangre del corazón a todas las extremidades del cuerpo. A esta frase, y al árbol de la vida , Salomón le tiene especial cariño. Ver   Proverbios 4:23 y  Proverbios 10:12 .

Ecclesiastes 3:4 — Versículo Eclesiastés 3:4 . Un tiempo para llorar, - reír, - llorar, - bailar. _________________ "Cuando los duelos privados afectan El corazón, nuestras lágrimas fluyen con pena decente ; Ni menos favorecedor, cuando el público llora , Para desahogar los más profundos suspiros . pero por todas partes Cuando las cosas tienen un aspecto sonriente , nuestras almas Bien pueden exultar ; es entonces un tiempo para la alegría ".

Isaiah 4:6 — Versículo Isaías 4:6 . Un tabernáculo. En países sujetos a violentas tempestades, así como a un calor insoportable, una tienda portátil es una parte necesaria del equipaje del viajero, para defensa y refugio. Y a tales tiendas las palabras del texto hacen evidente alusión. Se encontrarán en todas partes de Arabia y Egipto, y en varios otros lugares del Este.

Isaiah 44:17 — Versículo Isaías 44:17 . Se postra sobre ella. Había cuatro formas de adoración usadas entre los hebreos: 1. השתחוה HISHTACHAVAH, La postración de todo el cuerpo. 2. קדד KADAD, La inclinación de la cabeza. 3. כרע CARA, La flexión de la parte superior del cuerpo hasta las rodillas. 4. ברך BARACH, Doblar la rodilla, o arrodillarse. Ver Isaías 49:23 .

Isaiah 52:4 — Versículo Isaías 52:4 . Así dice el Señor Dios. אדני יהוה Adonai Jehová ; pero a Adonai le falta a doce de los manuscritos de Kennicott , cinco de los de De Rossi y dos de los míos; y por la Septuaginta y el árabe. Algunos MSS. tienen יהוה צבאות Jehová tsebaoth , "Señor de los ejércitos"; y otros tienen יהוה אלהים Yehovah Elohim , "Señor Dios".

Ezekiel 15:4 — Versículo Ezequiel 15:4 . El fuego devora sus dos extremos, y su medio se quema. Judea es como un sarmiento de vid echado en el fuego, que se apodera de ambos extremos y quema el medio : y las dos extremidades de la tierra son asoladas; y el centro, Jerusalén, está ahora amenazado con un asedio, y poco a poco será totalmente destruido.

Ezekiel 25:4 — Verse Ezekiel 25:4. Will deliver thee to the men of the east — Probably the Scenite Arabs, Ishmaelites, and people of Kedar, who seized upon the provinces of the vanquished Ammonites, &c. The following description suits this people only, living on fruits, the milk of their flocks, using camels, &c. Some think the people of the east mean the Chaldeans.

Ezekiel 31:4 — Verse Ezekiel 31:4. The waters made him great — Alluding to the fertility of Egypt by the overflowing of the Nile. But waters often mean peoples. By means of the different nations under the Egyptians, that government became very opulent. These nations are represented as fowls and beasts, taking shelter under the protection of this great political Egyptian tree, Ezekiel 31:6.

Ezekiel 31:4 — Versículo Ezequiel 31:4 . Las aguas lo engrandecieron. En alusión a la fertilidad de Egipto por el desbordamiento del Nilo . Pero las aguas a menudo significan pueblos . Por medio de las diferentes naciones bajo los egipcios, ese gobierno se volvió muy opulento. Estas naciones son representadas como aves y bestias , cobijándose bajo la protección de este gran árbol político egipcio, Ezequiel 31:6 .

Joel 3:4 — Verse 4. What have ye to do with me — Why have the Tyrians and Sidonians joined their other enemies to oppress my people? for they who touch my people touch me.Will ye render me a recompense? — Do you think by this to avenge yourselves upon the Almighty? to retaliate upon God! Proceed, and speedily will I return your recompense; I will retaliate.

Matthew 2:8 — Verse Matthew 2:8. That I may come and worship him also. — See Matthew 2:2, and on Genesis 17:3, and Exodus 4:31. What exquisite hypocrisy was here! he only wished to find out the child that he might murder him; but see how that God who searches the heart prevents the designs of wicked men from being accomplished!

John 4:12 — Verse John 4:12. Our father Jacob — The ancient Samaritans were undoubtedly the descendants of Jacob; for they were the ten tribes that revolted in the reign of Rehoboam: but those in our Lord's time were not genuine Israelites, but a corrupted race, sprung from a mixture of different nations, sent thither by Salmanezer, king of the Assyrians. See 2 Kings 17:24.

Romans 12:7 — Verse Romans 12:7. Or ministry — διακονια simply means the office of a deacon; and what this office was, see in Clarke's note on "Acts 6:4", where the subject is largely discussed.Or he that teacheth — The teacher, διδασκαλος, was a person whose office it was to instruct others, who thereby catechizing, or simply explaining the grand truths of Christianity.

Romans 4:8 — Verse Romans 4:8. Blessed is the man to whom the Lord will not impute sin. — That man is truly happy to whose charge God does not reckon sin; that is, they alone are happy who are redeemed from the curse of the law and the consequence of their ungodly life, by having their sins freely forgiven, through the mercy of God.

1 Corinthians 14:4 — Verse 1 Corinthians 14:4. He that speaketh in an unknown tongue — In the Hebrew for instance, the knowledge of the depth and power of which he has got by a Divine revelation, edifieth himself by that knowledge.But he that prophesieth — Has the gift of preaching.Edifieth the Church. — Speaketh unto men to edification, exhortation, and comfort, 1 Corinthians 14:3.

1 Corinthians 5:4 — Verse 1 Corinthians 5:4. In the name of our Lord Jesus — Who is the head of the Church; and under whose authority every act is to be performed.And my spirit — My apostolical authority derived from him; with the power, συν δυναμει, with the miraculous energy of the Lord Jesus, which is to inflict the punishment that you pronounce:-

2 Corinthians 8:21 — Verse 21. Providing for honest things — Taking care to act so as not only to be clear in the sight of God, but also to be clear in the sight of all men; avoiding even the appearance of evil. I wish the reader to refer to the excellent note on "1 Corinthians 16:4", which I have extracted from Dr. Paley.

1 John 3:4 — Verse 1 John 3:4. Sin is the transgression of the law. — The spirit of the law as well as of the Gospel is, that "we should love God with all our powers, and our neighbour as ourselves." All disobedience is contrary to love; therefore sin is the transgression of the law, whether the act refers immediately to God or to our neighbour.

Revelation 4:1 — CHAPTER IV. John sees the throne of God in heaven surrounded by twenty-four elders; and four living creatures, full of eyes; which all join in giving glory to the Almighty, 1-11. NOTES ON CHAP. IV.Verse Revelation 4:1. A door was opened in heaven — This appears to have been a visible aperture in the sky over his head.