Bible Commentaries

Psalms 98:9 — "Before Jehovah; for he cometh to judge the earth: He will judge the world with righteousness, And the peoples with equity." "Before Jehovah." These words belong to the preceding verse, carrying the meaning that all that singing and the joyful noises,

Isaiah 53 overview — JESUS CHRIST, GOD'S SERVANT We should not be surprised at this title assigned to the Holy Messiah in the Sacred Scriptures, because there is a magnificent profusion of names and titles bestowed upon the Son of God by the inspired writers of the Bible.

Isaiah 62:10-12 — "Go through, go through the gates; prepare ye the way of the people; cast up, cast up the highway; gather out the stones; lift up an ensign for the peoples. Behold, Jehovah hath proclaimed unto the end of the earth, Say ye to the daughter of Zion; Behold,

Daniel 12:8-9 — "And I heard, but I understood not; then said I, O my lord, what shall be the issue of these things? And he said, Go thy way, Daniel, for the words are shut up and sealed till the time of the end." One of the favorite dictums of Bible enemies is that

Matthew 13:17-18 — For verily I say unto you that many prophets and righteous men desired to see the things which ye see, and saw them not; and to hear the things which ye hear, and heard them not. Here, as in Matthew 13:11, above, Christ referred to the hidden nature

Matthew 17:1 — THE TRANSFIGURATION; THE COMING OF ELIJAH; THE DISCIPLES' FAILURE WITH THE DEMON-POSSESSED BOY;THE PASSION PROPHESIED AGAIN;JESUS PAYS TRIBUTE WITH THE MONEY IN THE FISH'S MOUTH And after six days Jesus taketh with him Peter, and James, and John his

Matthew 19:28 — And Jesus said unto them, Verily I say unto you, that ye who have followed me, in the regeneration when the Son of man shall sit on the throne of his glory, ye also shall sit upon twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel. This was not a reference

Matthew 28:7-8 — And go quickly and tell his disciples, He is risen from the dead; and lo, he goeth before you into Galilee; there shall ye see him: lo, I have told you. And they departed quickly from the tomb with fear and great joy, and ran to bring his disciples

Matthew 4:18 — And walking by the sea of Galilee, he saw two brethren, Simon who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea, for they were fishers. Jesus called BUSY men to follow him. Dummelow noted that "He called them while actually

Luke 22:31-34 — Simon, Simon, behold, Satan asked to have you, that he might sift you as wheat: but I made supplication for thee, that thy faith fail not; and do thou, when thou hast turned again, establish thy brethren. And he said unto him, Lord, with thee I am ready

Acts 19:11-12 — And God wrought special miracles by the hands of Paul: insomuch that unto the sick were carried away from his body handkerchiefs or aprons, and the diseases departed from them, and the evil spirits went out. Special miracles … From this it is

Acts 3:22-23 — Moses indeed said, A prophet shall the Lord God raise up unto you from among your brethren, like unto me; and to him shall ye hearken in all things whatsoever he shall speak unto you. And it shall be, that every soul that shall not hearken to that prophet

Acts 4:15-16 — But when they had commanded them to go aside out of the council, they conferred among themselves, saying, What shall we do to these men? for indeed that a notable miracle hath been wrought through them, is manifest to all that dwell in Jerusalem; and

Romans 1:2 — Which he promised afore through his prophets in the holy Scriptures. This verse seals the identity of the Christian religion with that divine institution set forth prophetically and typically in the Old Testament. The redemptive gospel Paul preached

Romans 7:5 — For when we were in the flesh, the sinful passions which were through the law, wrought in our members to bring forth fruit unto death. Under Romans 7:4 Paul's teaching is viewed as applicable to both Jewish and Gentile Christians, the same being essentially

Galatians 1:23 — But they only heard say, He that once persecuted us now preacheth the faith of which he once made havoc. Nothing in the New Testament more emphatically nails down the fact that Paul did not "bring a brand-new way of salvation." The gospel

Galatians 2:7-8 — But contrariwise, when they saw that I had been intrusted with the gospel of the uncircumcision, even as Peter with the gospel of the circumcision (for he that wrought for Peter unto the apostleship of the circumcision wrought for me also unto the Gentiles). Gospel

Ephesians 4:2 — With all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love. These qualities of Christian character are the opposite of those sought and glorified by the non-Christian; and in the pagan culture that provided the setting for the

Philippians 3:10-11 — That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, becoming conformed unto his death; if by any means I may attain unto the resurrection from the dead. As Barry pointed out, "The order of these verses

2 Peter 2:1 — But there arose false prophets also among the people, as among you also there shall be false teachers, who shall privily bring in destructive heresies, denying even the Master that bought them, bringing upon themselves swift destruction. False prophets