Bible Commentaries

Psalms 22 overview — THE GREAT OLD TESTAMENT PROPHECY OF THE CRUCIFIXION OF CHRIST From Halley's Bible Handbook, we have the following: "This sounds like a cry of anguish from David, but though written a thousand years before Jesus, it is so vivid a description of the crucifixion

Psalms 68:4-6 — GOD EXTOLLED AS THE HELPER OF THE HELPLESS "Sing unto God, sing praises to his name: Cast up a highway for him that rideth through the deserts; His name is Jehovah; and exult ye before him. A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, Is God

Hosea 4:15 — "Though thou, Israel, play the harlot, yet let not Judah offend; and come not ye unto Gilgal, neither go ye up to Bethaven, nor swear, As Jehovah liveth." The injection of the name of Judah into this passage was at one time made the basis of allegations

Matthew 1:20 — But when he thought on these things, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared unto him in a dream, saying, Joseph, thou son of David, fear not to take unto thee Mary thy wife; for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Spirit. An angel of the Lord

Matthew 16:20 — Then charged he the disciples that they should tell no man that he was the Christ. This admonition came because any indiscreet disclosure of Christ's true and total heavenly identity would have compromised Jesus' purpose, which was to accomplish his

Matthew 28:19-20 — All authority hath been given unto me in heaven and on earth. Go ye therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them into the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit: teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have

Matthew 5:12 — Rejoice and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets that were before you. The apostles took to heart this admonition of the Saviour to rejoice in persecutions. James (James 1:2-4), Paul (1 Timothy 3:12;

Deuteronomy 21 overview — Here again, we have evidence of the miscellaneous, "shotgun" lack of organization in this great address by Moses. The Great Lawgiver included many things in this remarkable presentation that were not very closely related to each other. As Cousins stated

Deuteronomy 32:4-6 — THE CORRUPT PEOPLE CALLED TO REMEMBER GOD (Deuteronomy 32:4-6) "The Rock, his work is perfect; For all his ways are justice: God of faithfulness and without iniquity, Just and right is he. They have dealt corruptly with him, they are not his children,

John 21:15 — So when they had broken their fast, Jesus saith to Simon Peter, Simon, son of John, lovest thou me more than these? He saith unto him, Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I love thee. He saith unto him, Feed my lambs. Simon son of John … This is the

Acts 1:3 — To whom he also showed himself alive after his passion by many proofs, appearing unto them by the space of forty days. And speaking the things concerning the kingdom of God. Many proofs … It is regrettable that the KJV rendition of "many

Acts 2:29-31 — Brethren, I may say unto you freely of the patriarch David, that he both died and was buried, and his tomb is with us unto this day. Being therefore a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him, that of the fruit of his loins he would

Acts 21:17-19 — And when we were come to Jerusalem, the brethren received us gladly. And the day following Paul went in with us unto James; and all the elders were present. And when he had saluted them, he rehearsed one by one the things which God had wrought among

Romans 14:4 — Who art thou that judgest the servant of another? to his own lord he standeth or falleth. Yea, he shall be made to stand; for the Lord hath power to make him stand. The presumption of one Christian judging another overlooks the fact that God judges

1 Corinthians 10:11 — Now these things happened unto them by way of example; and they were written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the ages are come. Now these things happened … This is a bold testimony to the Old Testament record, which contains not legends,

1 Corinthians 6:2 — Or know ye not that the saints shall judge the world and if the world is judged by you, are ye unworthy to judge the smallest matters? Or know ye not … These words are the key to understanding this difficult passage. Macknight said: Because this

Galatians 4:3 — So we also, when we were children, were held in bondage under the rudiments of the world. We … The word here means all people, Jews and Gentiles alike, the world itself being in bondage to all kinds of rudimentary and imperfect conceptions until

1 Thessalonians 1:1 — Paul, and Silvanus, and Timothy, unto the church of the Thessalonians in God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ: Grace to you and peace. Paul, Silvanus, and Timothy … The inclusion of Paul's distinguished helpers, Silvanus and Timothy, in this

2 Timothy 3:17 — that the man of God may be complete, furnished completely unto every good work. The man of God here is not merely Timothy. "Man" is generic and means "human being." All persons who walk in the way of God are made complete and completely

Hebrews 12:23 — To the general assembly and church of the firstborn, who are enrolled in heaven, and to God the Judge of all, and to the spirits of just men made perfect. For some of the implications of "firstborn," see under Hebrews 1:5 and Hebrews 1:6.