Bible Commentaries

Psalms 105:26-36 — Israel from bondage. There were ten of these visitations, but only eight are mentioned in this psalm. "The sequence followed in the psalm is 9, 1, 2, 4, 3, -, -, 7, 8, and 10."H. C. Leupold, p. 740. Note that 9 (the darkness) is mentioned first, 5 and 6 are omitted; and 4 and 3 change places. The Genesis sequence is as follows: Changing water into blood (Exodus 7:20) The plague of frogs (Exodus 8:6) The plague of lice (Exodus 8:17) The plague of flies (Exodus 8:24) The murrain of cattle (Exodus 9:6) Plague

Psalms 97:3-6 — fire against the day of judgment and destruction of ungodly men (2 Peter 3:7). "The earth saw and trembled" The Final Judgment is an appointment that shall be universally attended, with no absentees whatever. This thought is reiterated in Psalms 97:6, where "all the peoples" are depicted as seeing God's glory. The "trembling," due to the wrath of God and the stricken consciences of guilty men, is mentioned in Revelation 6:14 ff. "The mountains melted like wax" This is the same prophecy as that of

Proverbs 10:9 — "He that walketh uprightly walketh surely; But he that perverteth his ways shall be known." "He that walketh in innocence walketh securely; but he that goeth in secret ways is known."C. F. Keil, Keil-Delitzsch's Old Testament Commentaries (Grand Rapids: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company), Vol. 6, p. 215.

Proverbs 11:5 — "The righteousness of the perfect shall direct his way; But the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness." "Righteousness traces out blameless paths; but ungodliness encounters unjust dealing."LXX. The New Testament echoes this truth in the words, "Whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap." (Galatians 6:7).

Proverbs 23:9 — Word 9 . "Speak not in the hearing of a fool; For he will despise the wisdom of thy words." The sacred words of the Christ are a perfect comment on this: "Give not that which is holy unto the dogs; neither cast your pearls before swine" (Matthew 7:6).

Leviticus 26:23-26 — the purpose of returning them to God whom they have forsaken? This same benign purpose is visible in all of the judgments upon mankind typified in Revelation under the symbols of the seals, the trumpets, and the vials of the wrath of God (Revelation 6-16). Also implicit here is that fact that God monitors and disciplines the conduct of Adam's rebellious race. A similar thing is also visible in Ezekiel 5:12. These verses speak of punishment in the fourth degree, and famine and starvation are features

Isaiah 53 overview — writers of the Bible. A mere glance at these cannot fail to impress any thoughtful student. NAMES AND TITLES: Isaiah prophetically referred to Jesus as Immanuel (Isaiah 7:13); Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace (Isaiah 9:6); God's Servant (Isaiah 52:13). Moses referred to him as The Seed of Woman (Genesis 3:15); The Seed (singular) of Abraham (Genesis 28:14, and Galatians 3:16); Shiloh (Genesis 49:10); The Star out of Jacob, The Scepter out of Israel (Numbers 24:17);

Jeremiah 12 overview — JEREMIAH'S COMPLAINT There are three divisions in this chapter: (Jeremiah 12:1-6) which register's Jeremiah's complaint, (Jeremiah 12:7-13) which recounts God's judgment upon Judah and her enemies, and (Jeremiah 12:14-17) that promises the return of Israel from captivity and the conversion of Gentiles, both of which events are conditional.

Numbers 7:18-88 — The next 66 verses of this chapter repeat verbatim, with only the most minuscule variations the gifts of exactly the same tally of gifts on the part of each of the remaining eleven princes of Israel. As we have done before, we shall resort to a tabular presentation

Matthew 14:13 — the following accounts from the four gospel accounts of the same incident: Matthew calls the place a "desert," adding a word about there being "grass" there (Matthew 14:19); Mark relates that there was "green grass" (Mark 6:39); and John refers to "much grass" (John 6:10). Luke gives the location as Bethsaida (Luke 9:10), a beautifully-situated city near the mountains at the northeast corner of Galilee. Wide, level grassy places may still be seen there, but so

Matthew 2:1 — Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judaea in the days of Herod the King, behold, Wisemen came from the east to Jerusalem, saying, (Matthew 2:1) Bethlehem of Judaea distinguishes between the two Bethlehems in Israel. One of them was in Zebulun (Joshua 19:15-16) and the other in Judaea. Micah had firmly foretold the birth of the Messiah in the Judean Bethlehem (Micah 5:2). The word BETHLEHEM means "place of bread"; and it seems quite appropriate that "The Bread of Life" should have been

Mark 6:47-48 — in a storm from a distance of several miles. (2) He walked on the lake to go unto them. (3) He commanded Peter to walk on the lake, and for a time Peter did so. (4) He rescued Peter from drowning. (5) The wind ceased as soon as Christ came aboard. (6) The boat was "straightway" at the landing (John 6:21). Were all of these but ordinary events? If so, why is it recorded that "They that were in the boat worshipped him, saying, Of a truth thou art the Son of God!" (Matthew 14:33);

John 6:36 — But I said unto you, that ye have seen me, and yet believe not. The thought of this verse is in John 6:26; but it is a mention of a part of the conversation reported here for the first time, but having taken place a little earlier.

John 6:39-40 — such as "all" and "it" do not compromise the plain meaning of this passage, human souls being viewed not as masculine or feminine, but abstractly (Galatians 3:28). The last day … is repeated four times in this chapter (John 6:39-40; John 6:44; John 6:54). As Dummelow said, "These words show that Christ came to abolish not natural, but spiritual death. Believers will die, but their death will be followed by a glorious resurrection."J. R, Dummelow, Commentary on

John 6:58 — This is the bread which came down out of heaven: not as the fathers ate and died; he that eateth this bread shall live for ever. This and the preceding verse are a repetition for the sake of emphasis of the words in John 6:31-35, which see.

Acts 24:25 — a quality of character demanded of all who hope to be saved; and the persons who composed Paul's audience on this occasion were notoriously deficient in it. Judgment to come … This is one of the fundamental doctrines of Christianity (Hebrews 6:2). Briefly stated, it means that Jesus Christ will summon all the dead and living of the entire world to the judgment of the Great Day, and that every man shall receive the reward of the deeds done in the body, whether they be good or bad. The Christian

1 Corinthians 4:16 — I beseech you therefore, be ye imitators of me. Paul never meant this in any absolute sense but in the sense of "Be ye imitators of me, even as I also am of Christ" (1 Corinthians 11:1). See also Ephesians 5:1, Philippians 3:17, 2 Thessalonians 3:9 and 1 Thessalonians 1:6.

Galatians 6:2 — THE LAW OF CHRIST at the end of this chapter. In the verse before us, two essential elements of that Law have already been mentioned in this chapter, and others will be enumerated in a moment. No. 1 is: "Restore the Backsliders" (Galatians 6:1). No. 2 is "Bear Ye One Another's Burdens" (Galatians 6:2). Of course, in Galatians 6:5, Paul said, "Each man shall bear his own burden"; but it is still surprising that even a Christian scholar should read this as a "contradiction,"

James 5 overview — This chapter has a dramatic denunciation of the wealthy class who had murdered the Messiah, that is, the rich Sadducean aristocracy in Jerusalem who had slain "the Just One" (James 5:6), and whose approaching doom was prophetically announced in this denunciation. This paragraph (James 5:1-6) is parallel to those passages in the gospels which Jesus Christ pronounced against Jerusalem, and the similar pronouncement of the apostle Paul

Revelation 21:9 — 199. Revelation 21:2 = Revelation 21:10-12, the revelation of God's city. Revelation 21:3 = Revelation 21:22-27, the revelation of God's dwelling. Revelation 21:4-5 a = Revelation 21:1-5, the revelation of God's world renewed. Revelation 21:5 b = Revelation 22:6-10, the revelation of God's word validated. Revelation 21:6 a = Revelation 22:11-15, the revelation of God's work completed. Revelation 21:6 b,7 = Revelation 22:16-17, the revelation of God's final blessing. Revelation 21:8 = Revelation 22:18-19, the