Bible Commentaries

Genesis 23:1-2 — "And the life of Sarah was a hundred and seven and twenty years: these were the years of the life of Sarah. And Sarah died in Kiriath-arba (the same is Hebron), in the land of Canaan: and Abraham came to mourn for Sarah, and to weep for her, And Abraham

Genesis 3:1 — "Now the serpent was more subtle than any beast of the field which Jehovah God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, ye shall not eat of any tree of the garden?" The problem that stands at the head of this chapter is that of understanding

Exodus 19:4-6 — "Ye have seen what I did to the Egyptians, and how I bare you on eagles' wings, and brought you unto myself. Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be mine own possession from among all peoples: for all the

Job 14:7-12 — MAN GIVETH UP THE GHOST; AND WHERE IS HE? "For there is hope of a tree, If it be cut down, that it will sprout again, And that the tender branch thereof will not cease. Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, And the stock thereof die in the ground.

Leviticus 27:1-8 — "And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying, Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When a man shall accomplish a vow, the persons shall be for Jehovah by thy estimation. And thy estimation shall be of the male from twenty years old even unto

Isaiah 66:18-21 — "For I know their works and their thoughts: the time cometh, that I will gather all nations and tongues; and they shall come, and shall see my glory. And I will set a sign among them, and I will send such as escape of them unto the nations, to Tarshish,

Jeremiah 33:14-18 — MESSIAH THE BRANCH IS PROMISED "Behold, the days come, saith Jehovah, that I will perform the good word which I have spoken concerning the house of Israel and the house of Judah. In those days, and at that time, will I cause a Branch of righteousness

Ezekiel 34 overview — THE SHEPHERD OF ISRAEL; THE MESSIANIC KINGDOM(Note: The headings for this chapter were suggested by F. F. Bruce and John Skinner respectively. In view of what Our Lord Jesus Christ and his inspired apostles and writers have stated in the New Testament,

Matthew 19:14-15 — But Jesus said, Suffer the little children, and forbid them not, to come unto me: for to such belongeth the kingdom of heaven. And he laid his hands on them, and departed thence. Does this verse teach infant baptism and membership in God's church? Certainly,

Deuteronomy 16:13-17 — THE FEAST OF TABERNACLES "Thou shalt keep the feast of tabernacles seven days, after thou hast gathered in from thy threshing-floor and from thy winepress: and thou shalt rejoice in thy feast, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy man-servant,

Deuteronomy 25:17-19 — "Remember what Amalek did unto thee by the way as ye came forth out of Egypt; how he met thee by the way, and smote the hindmost of thee, all that were feeble behind thee, when thou wast faint and weary; and he feared not God. Therefore it shall be,

Mark 13:3-4 — And as he sat on the mount of Olives over against the temple, Peter, and James, and John, and Andrew asked him privately, Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign when these things are all about to be accomplished? "Mark,

Mark 16:17-18 — And these signs shall accompany them that believe: in my name shall they cast out demons; they shall speak with new tongues; they shall take up serpents, and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall in no wise hurt them; they shall lay hands on the

Acts 15 overview — The first thirty-five verses of this chapter (Acts 15:1-35) relate the event which has been called The Jerusalem Council, where, it has been alleged, the mother church convened a formal session to pass on the preaching of the apostle Paul, especially

Romans 1:1 — Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, separated unto the gospel of God. (Romans 1:1) All letters and other written communications, in New Testament times, were written upon parchments and conveyed to their recipients in rolled-up

1 Corinthians 3:12 — But if any man buildeth on the foundation gold, silver, costly stones, wood, hay, stubble. Two widely held misconceptions are grounded on this verse, which is understood (1) as "applicable primarily, if not exclusively to teachers," John Wesley,

Galatians 2:1 — Then after fourteen years I went up again to Jerusalem with Barnabas, taking Titus with me. Paul's intention here was to justify his apostleship, as not having been received through human beings; and, since that apostleship began with his conversion,

Colossians 3 overview — Findlay's outline of this section of the epistle is: a.    The Colossians urged to maintain a lofty spiritual life (Colossians 3:1-4). b.    They were to put off old vices (Colossians 3:5-8). c.    They

Hebrews 3:6 — But Christ as a son, over his house; whose house we are, if we hold fast our boldness and the glorying of our hope firm unto the end. Reiterating the supremacy of Christ, the author, on the basis of a bold deduction, names Christians themselves as components

Hebrews 6:1-2 — Wherefore leaving the doctrine of the first principles of Christ, let us press on unto perfection; not laying again a foundation of repentance from dead works, and of faith toward God, of the teaching of baptisms, and of laying on of hands, and of the