Bible Commentaries

Exodus 30 overview — This chapter is of unusual importance, detailing the instructions for the golden altar of incense (Exodus 30:1-10); the institution of the poll-tax for the ransom of souls (Exodus 30:11-16); the command for making a bronze laver (Exodus 30:17-21) the

Jeremiah 32:36-44 — "And now therefore thus saith Jehovah, the God of Israel, concerning this city, whereof ye say, It is given into the hand of the king of Babylon, by the sword, and by the famine, and by the pestilence: Behold, I will gather them out of all the countries,

Ezekiel 36:25-31 — "And I will sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be clean: from all your filthiness, and from all your idols, will I cleanse you. A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you; and I will take away the stoney heart

Amos 2:4-5 — "Thus saith Jehovah: For three transgressions of Judah, yea, for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they have rejected the law of Jehovah, and have not kept his statutes, and their lies have cause them to err, after which their

Numbers 10:1-10 — "And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying, Make thee two trumpets of silver; of beaten work shalt thou make them: and thou shalt use them for the calling of the congregation, and for the journeying of the camps. And when they shall blow them, all the congregation

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

Deuteronomy 28:49-57 — "Jehovah will bring against thee from far, from the end of the earth, as the eagle flieth; a nation whose tongue thou shalt not understand; a nation of fierce countenance, that shall not regard the person of the old, nor show favor to the young, and

Deuteronomy 28:58-68 — "If thou wilt not observe to do all the words of this law that are written in this book, that thou mayest fear this glorious and fearful name, JEHOVAH THY GOD; then Jehovah will make thy plagues wonderful, and the plagues of thy seed, even great plagues,

Mark 13:2 — And Jesus said unto him, Seest thou these great buildings? there shall not be left here one stone upon another, which shall not be thrown down. The questioner (and presumably all the apostles) were wrong. The temple would not be spared. The impending

Mark 7:21-23 — For from within, out of the heart of evil men, evil thoughts proceed, fornications, thefts, murders, adulteries, covetings, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, railing, pride, foolishness: all these evil things proceed from within, and

Luke 21:24 — And they shall fall by the edge of the sword, and shall be led captive into all nations: and Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled. Fall by the edge of the sword … Josephus gives the names

Acts 11:25-26 — And he went forth to Tarsus to seek for Saul; and when he had found him, he brought him to Antioch. And it came to pass, that even for a whole year they were gathered together with the church, and taught much people; and that the disciples were called

Romans 13:1 — Let every soul be in subjection to the higher powers: for there is no power but of God; and the powers that be are ordained of God. The state itself, no less than God's church, is a divine institution, existing by God's permission and authority, and

Ephesians 2:8-9 — For by grace have ye been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God; not of works that no man should glory. The jubilation with which some hail this text would be much more restrained by a little careful study of it. There

1 Timothy 3:2 — The bishop therefore must be without reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate, sober-minded, orderly, given to hospitality, apt to teach; Of the fifteen qualifications mentioned in this chapter, seven are listed in this verse. Without reproach …

Hebrews 12:28-29 — Wherefore, receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, let us have grace whereby we may offer service well-pleasing to God with reverence and awe: for our God is a consuming fire. There is a marked resemblance in this exhortation with that of Peter who

Hebrews 9:13-14 — For if the blood of goats and bulls, and the ashes of a heifer sprinkling them that have been defiled, sanctify unto the cleanness of the flesh: how much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without blemish

Hebrews 9:2 — For there was a tabernacle prepared the first wherein were the candlestick, and the table and the showbread; which is called the Holy place. For a diagram of the three compartments, the court, the holy place, and the most holy place, see in the tenth

1 Peter 4:7 — But the end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore of sound mind, and be sober unto prayer: DESTRUCTION OF JERUSALEM Such a verse as this, along with many others similar to it, is a problem to some people. "The night is far spent, the day is

Revelation 17:11 — And the beast that was, and is not, is himself also an eighth, and is of the seven; and he goeth into perdition. As we see it, the Apostate Church, together with many harlot daughters and countless spiritual developments flowing out of it and accompanying