Bible Commentaries

2 Chronicles 4:7-10 — SOLOMON'S CORRUPTED VERSION OF THE GOLDEN CANDLESTICKS "And he made the candlesticks of gold according to the ordinance concerning them; and he set them in the temple, five on the right side, and five on the left. He made also ten tables, and placed

Matthew 18:15 — And if thy brother sin against thee, go, show him his fault between thee and him alone: if he hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother. The exclusive reference of the words of this verse to PRIVATE offenses only, and the rejection of their application

Matthew 27:25 — And all the people answered and said, His blood be on us and our children. This evil prayer was answered; thus people receive what they ask. All the subsequent sorrows that came upon Israel were then and there invoked by a multitude that included the

Mark 13:20 — And except the Lord had shortened the days, no flesh would have been saved; but for the elect's sake, whom he chose, he shortened the days. The elect's sake … These were Christians, "whom he chose," not through some immutable decree,

Acts 21:32 — And forthwith he took soldiers and centurions, and ran down upon them: and they, when they saw the chief captain and the soldiers, left off beating Paul. At the northwest corner of the temple stood the great tower of Antonio, official headquarters of

Romans 13:13 — Let us walk becomingly, as in the day; not in reveling and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and jealousy. Becomingly, as in the day … suggests the beauty and adornment of Christian behavior, which is of a kind not

2 Corinthians 11:20 — For ye bear with a man, if he bringeth you into bondage, if he devoureth you, if he taketh you captive, if he exalteth himself, if he smiteth you on the face. Titus had no doubt given Paul a first-hand account of such scandalous conduct on the part

2 Corinthians 2:14 — But thanks be to God, who is always leadeth us in triumph in Christ, and maketh manifest through us the savor of his knowledge in every place. THE TRIUMPH METAPHOR Suddenly, in the light of the good news brought by Titus, Paul sees the glorious triumph

2 Corinthians 8:18 — And we have sent together with him the brother whose praise in the gospel is spread through all the churches. Adam Clarke capitalized the word "Gospel" in this verse, making it bear the meaning that the brother Paul sent with Titus was the

Colossians 1:3-4 — We give thanks to God the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, praying always for you, having heard of your faith in Christ Jesus, and of the love which ye have toward all the saints. Some commentators have supposed that Paul copied his habit of beginning

Colossians 2:9 — For in him dwelleth all the fullness of the godhead bodily. This is an unequivocal declaration of the deity of the Son of God, a thesis repeated at least a dozen times in the Greek New Testament, and reinforced by literally hundreds of other intimations

1 Timothy 1:1-2 — Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus according to the commandment of God our Saviour, and Christ Jesus our hope; unto Timothy, my true child in faith: Grace, mercy, peace, from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord. An apostle of Christ Jesus …

1 Timothy 2:6 — who gave himself a ransom for all; the testimony to be borne in its own times; The actual meaning of this somewhat obscure passage has been often disputed, but it would appear that the timeliness of the testimony is what Paul emphasized, calling to

1 Timothy 3:1 — Faithful is the saying, If a man seeketh the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work. Faithful is the saying … Despite the fact of some scholars applying this remark to the conclusion of the previous chapter it would be more appropriately

Titus 2:9-10 — Exhort servants to be in subjection to their own masters, and to be well-pleasing to them in all things; not gainsaying, not purloining, but showing all good fidelity; that they may adorn the doctrine of God our Saviour in all things. Well-pleasing

Titus 3:12-13 — When I shall send Artemas unto thee, or Tychicus, give diligence to come unto me to Nicopolis: for there I have determined to winter. Set forward Zenas the lawyer and Apollos on their journey diligently, that nothing be wanting unto them. Artemas …

Titus 3:15 — All that are with me salute thee. Salute them that love us in faith. Grace be with you all. All that are with me… It is impossible to know who any of these might have been. That love us in faith… Here the preference of the ASV translators

Hebrews 1:8 — But of the Son he saith, Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever; And the scepter of uprightness is the scepter of thy kingdom. This quotation is from Psalms 45:6 and relates to the Godhead of Christ. CHRIST AS GOD This verse has proved offensive to

2 Peter 2 overview — This entire chapter is a prophecy of the great apostasy foretold by Christ himself and by Paul, Peter and John. It is printed as a single paragraph in the ASV, but a workable outline of it is given by Strachan, thus: R. H. Strachan, Expositor's Greek

Jude 1:4 — For there are certain men crept in privily, even they who were of old written of beforehand unto this condemnation, ungodly men, turning the grace of our God unto lasciviousness, and denying our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ. There are certain