Bible Commentaries

2 Kings 9:11-13 — and took every man his garment, and put it under him on the top of the stairs, and blew the trumpet, saying, Jehu is king." "Wherefore came this mad fellow to thee" Madness was widely associated with prophecy in the O.T., as in Jer. 20:26 and Hosea 9:7 "The common worldly man in every age tends to view the religious enthusiast in this way, combined with emotions compounded with sincere respect tinctured, if ever so lightly, with aversion and contempt."The Layman's Bible Commentary, Vol. 7, p. 90.

Job 11:7-12 — love to gouge for the mote in their brother's eye. In the last analysis, God Himself finally opened his lips, as Zophar suggested in Job 11:5, flatly declaring that Zophar and Job's other friends had not spoken "that which was right" about God (Job 42:7). How wrong he was! Some of the generalities Zophar here uttered about God were of course true; but his thinly veiled suggestions that Job was ignorant (Job 11:8), that he could not hinder God (Job 11:10), that Job was one of the "false men" (Job 11:11),

Psalms 108:1-13 — A COMPOSITE OF Psalms 57:7-11UNITED WITH Psalms 60:5-12 "My heart is fixed, O God; I will sing, yea, I will sing praises, even with my glory. Awake, psaltery and harp: I myself will awake right early. I will give thanks unto thee, O Jehovah, among the peoples; And I will sing

Ecclesiastes 11:10 — THE THIRD REMEDY This third remedy of the perplexities of life is piety, that is, the faithful worship and service of God.The Pulpit Commentary, op. cit., p. 280. The scriptural text that develops this extends through Ecclesiastes 12:7 "Therefore remove sorrow from thy heart, and put away evil from thy flesh; for youth and the dawn of life are vanity." Note this parallel: Remove sorrow from thy heart;Put away evil from thy flesh. According to the genius of Hebrew parallelism, these

Song of Solomon 3:1-5 — hinds of the field, That ye stir not up, nor awaken my love, Until he please." The question regarding this paragraph is whether or not it relates an actual event, or the Shulamite's dream of searching for her lover. "This passage and Song of Solomon 5:2-7 are usually interpreted as dream sequences."Broadman Bible Commentary (Nashville: Broadman Press, 1972), Vol. 5, p. 138. "The maiden relates a bad dream she had experienced."James Waddey, p. 107. "She is probably relating a dream."The Pulpit Commentary,

Isaiah 49 overview — the old physical nation of the Jews; but he would also become a light to the heathen of all nations, bringing salvation to the ends of the earth. II.    Jehovah directly promises the ultimate success of Messiah's work (Isaiah 49:7-12). Men would indeed despise and reject him (Isaiah 49:7). No matter what the Old Israel did, Jehovah would make Jesus Christ the basis of a New Covenant for all men, the basis of mankind's renewal of their lost fellowship with God (Isaiah 49:8). He

Isaiah 66:15-17 — flaming fire, rendering vengeance to them that know not God, and to them that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus: who shall suffer punishment, even eternal destruction, from the face of the Lord and form the glory of his might" (2 Thessalonians 1:7-9). The heavens that now are, and the earth, by the same word have been stored up for fire, being reserved against the day of judgment and destruction of ungodly men (2 Peter 3:7 ff). The Adamic race is on a collision course with disaster, due to their

Nahum 3:5 — upon Assyrian inscriptions and monuments, Billerbeck and Jeremias' conclusion was that, "It was an Assyrian method of treating female captives."Ibid. The execution of this terrible punishment "is carried out still further in literal terms in Nahum 3:6-7."C. F. Keil, op. cit., p. 31. Taylor and others reject as totally un-Christian any idea of shameful and humiliating punishment like that in view here. "The statement of what this Deity does is poles removed from the New Testament account of God's character,

Zechariah 4:10 — would serve as a pledge that, in time, the true temple, the Church of Jesus Christ, would be built by that greater Son of David, of whom God said, "He shall build a house for my name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom for ever" (2 Samuel 7:13). In all of these references to Zerubbabel, it is explicit that he is a type of the Messiah. "Zerubbabel was made as a "signet," chosen by Jehovah (Haggai 2:23), a symbol of Him who was to come. His work was a foreshadowing of what the Messiah would

Matthew 28:7-8 — to Emmaus (Luke) 4.    To Peter (Luke 23:24; 1 Corinthians 15:5). 5.    To the Ten Apostles, when Thomas was absent (John 20:20) 6.    To the Apostles, when Thomas was present (John 20:26) 7.    To the seven by the lake (John 21:1-25) 8.    To more than five hundred people (1 Corinthians 15:6) 9.    To James and all the apostles (1 Corinthians 15:7) 10.    To

Deuteronomy 6:16-19 — thrust out all thine enemies from before thee, as Jehovah hath spoken." "Ye shall not tempt Jehovah your God" This, of course, is one of the passages from Deuteronomy that Jesus used in vanquishing the Devil on the occasion of the Temptation (Matthew 4:7; Luke 4:12). Eerdman's explanation of this passage is as follows: "To tempt God is to put him to a test, or to try to make him act in a certain way to prove his goodness and power. Thus in Massah, when the people needed water, they cried out in unbelief,

Mark 7:11-13 — the vow was binding thereafter, no matter what distress it caused … It also became a barrier to some repentant son who regretted the vow and wished to break it. The Pharisees would not suffer him to do anything for his father and mother (Mark 7:12).A. Elwood Sanner, op. cit., Vol. VI, p. 330. There could have been no better example of nullifying the word of God by means of a human tradition than the case here cited by Jesus. Many such like things ye do … Christ fingered this one example

John 2:22 — from the dead, his disciples remembered that he spake this; and they believed the Scripture and the word which Jesus had said. As Westcott declared: John notices on other occasions the real meaning of the words of the Lord not understood at first: John 7:39; John 12:33; John 21:19; and, in each case, he speaks with complete authority. This trait of progressive knowledge is inexplicable except as a memorial of personal experience.B. F. Westcott, op. cit., p. 43. And they believed the scripture …

John 7:3 — ordinary sense of his human brothers: James, Joseph, Simon, and Judas (Matthew 13:55), who were, in all probability, additional sons of Mary and Joseph (See my Commentary on Matthew, Matthew 13:55-56). His brothers at this time did not believe in him (John 7:5), having a carnal view of his work. They said, in effect., "Get on down to Jerusalem and perform some more miracles to encourage the people down there who believe in you."

Acts 19:11-12 — Acts 14:8 ff). (2) Both exorcise demons (Acts 5:16; Acts 16:18). (3) Both have triumphant encounters with sorcerers (Acts 8:18 ff; Acts 13:6 ff). (4) Both raise the dead (Acts 9:36 ff; Acts 20:9 ff). (5) Both miraculously escape from prison (Acts 12:7 ff; Acts 16:25 ff). (6) Both figure in miracles emanating from their bodies (Acts 5:15; Acts 19:12). (7) Peter was a surname given to Simon by Jesus; and it appears that the name Paul replaced the name of Saul by design of the Holy Spirit. Paul himself

Acts 8:6 — against assault, having steep sides and a permanent water supply within the fortifications. This city figured prominently in certain dramatic incidents in the Old Testament. It was here that the lepers reported the flight of the Assyrian army (2 Kings 7); Ahab was buried in Samaria, as were a number of other Israelite kings. The city fell to Sargon II whose massive deportation of the inhabitants terminated the northern kingdom of Israel (722 B.C.). Extensive excavations of the site were made in 1908-1910

1 Corinthians 13 overview — (Philadelphia: Westminster Press, 1954), p. 131. but as McGarvey said, "It has been admired by all ages, but, unfortunately, practiced by none!" J. W. McGarvey, Commentary on 1 Corinthians (Cincinnati, Ohio: Standard Publishing Company, 1916), p. 127. A sample of the marvelous praise which has been heaped upon this chapter is the following: It is a glorious hymn or paean in honor of Christian love, in which St. Paul rises on the wings of inspiration to the most sunlit heights of Christian eloquence.

Hebrews 11:35 — dead by a resurrection: and others were tortured, not accepting their deliverance; that they might obtain a better resurrection. Old Testament instances of women receiving back their dead in a resurrection are those of the widow of Sarepta (1 Kings 17:17-24), whose son was raised by Elijah; and the Shunamite woman (2 Kings 4:18-37), whose son was raised by Elisha. From the New Testament, of course, may be added the widow of Nain, whose son Jesus raised (Luke 7), and the sisters of Lazarus (John 11),

1 John 4 overview — this chapter, but additional truth appears with regard to testing the spirits (1 John 4:1-6), and there is more extended teaching on love. God is love, love as a test, love of one another, love of God, God's love of us, etc. are all stressed (1 John 4:7-21). One of the features of this whole epistle is the presentation of a number of tests regarding the genuineness of Christian life. These have been organized by some and classified as the tests of: (1) obedience; (2) love; and (3) faith.<1> However,

2 Samuel 7 overview — MESSIAH THE SON OF DAVID PROMISED "This chapter is a milestone of O.T. revelation."The New Layman's Bible Commentary, p. 410. "Nathan's prophecy here (2 Samuel 7:1-17) is in many ways the most important (part) of the books of Samuel."The New Bible Commentary, Revised, p. 305. Our own conviction is that there is not a more important prophecy of the Messiah anywhere in the O.T. There are also two exceedingly important