Bible Commentaries

Exodus 26:31-37 — THE VEIL OF THE TEMPLE "And thou shalt make a veil of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen: with cherubim the work of the skilled workman shall it be made: and thou shalt hang it upon four pillars of acacia overlayed with gold; their

Isaiah 34:1-7 — "Come near ye nations, to hear; and hearken, ye peoples: let the earth hear, and the fullness thereof; the world, and all things that come forth from it. For Jehovah hath indignation against all the nations, and wrath against all their host: he hath

Numbers 24:15-25 — FOURTH ORACLE "Balaam the son of Beor saith, And the man whose eye was closed saith; He saith, who heareth the words of God, And knoweth the knowledge of the Most High, Who seeth the vision of the Almighty, Falling down, and having his eyes open: I

Malachi 4:2 — "But unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of Righteousness arise with healing in his wings; and ye shall go forth and gambol as calves of the stall." Note that we have capitalized "Sun of Righteousness," as in the Authorized Version, there being

Deuteronomy 26:1-11 — "And it shall be, when thou art come unto the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee for an inheritance, and possessest it, and dwellest therein, that thou shall take of the first of all the fruit of the ground, which thou shalt bring in from thy land

Deuteronomy 6:4-9 — "Hear, O Israel: Jehovah our God is one Jehovah; and thou shalt love Jehovah thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might. And these words which I command thee this day, shall be upon thy heart; and thou shalt teach them

Mark 3:28-31 — Verily I say unto you, All their sins shall be forgiven unto the sons of men, and their blasphemies wherewith soever they shall blaspheme: but whosoever shall blaspheme against the Holy Spirit hath never forgiveness, but is guilty of an eternal sin:

John 1:29 — On the morrow he seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith Behold, the Lamb of God that taketh away the sin of the world! EVENTS OF THE SECOND DAY The previous verses of this chapter give the historical situation leading to the call of the first disciples,

Acts 2:1 — And when the day of Pentecost was now come, they were all together in one place. PENTECOST Pentecost … This was one of the three principal feasts of the Jews (2 Chronicles 8:12-13), the others being Passover and Tabernacles. This feast was known

Romans 15:25-26 — But now, I say, I go unto Jerusalem, ministering unto the saints. For it hath been the good pleasure of Macedonia and Achaia to make a certain contribution for the poor among the saints that are at Jerusalem. Paul could not, even at that time, go on

Romans 9:5 — Whose are the fathers, and of whom is Christ as concerning the flesh, who is over all, God blessed for ever. Amen. One cannot but be ashamed of such a rendition of this verse, in which the translators stooped to the device of making the name of the

1 Corinthians 14:34 — As in all the churches of the saints, let the women keep silence in the churches: for it is not permitted them to speak; but let them be in subjection, as also saith the law. Before dealing with this as it may be applied in all generations, it should

2 Thessalonians 2:16-17 — Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God our Father who loved us and gave us eternal comfort and good hope through grace, comfort your hearts and establish them in every good work and word. As so frequently in Paul's writings, there is here an eloquent

1 Timothy 6:15 — which in its own times he shall show, who is the blessed and only Potentate, the King of kings, and Lord of lords; All of the commentaries consulted by this writer unanimously refer these words to God; but despite the reluctance to disagree with those

Titus 3:5 — not by works done in righteousness, which we did ourselves, but according to his mercy he saved us, through the washing of regeneration and renewing of the Holy Spirit, Before taking up a line-by-line analysis of this, it is profitable to glance at

Hebrews 11:4 — By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, through which he had witness borne to him that he was righteous, God bearing witness in respect of his gifts: and through it he being dead yet speaketh. ADAM, WHERE ART THOU? First

1 Peter 2:5 — ye also, as living stones, are built up a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God through Jesus Christ. Ye also, as living stones … The figure of the spiritual temple of God is continued in

Judges 12:1-6 — JEPHTHAH'S STORY CONCLUDED; THREE MINOR JUDGES;THE BRIEF CIVIL WAR WITH THE TRIBE OF EPHRAIM "And the men of Ephraim were gathered together and passed northward; and they said unto Jephthah, Wherefore passedst thou over to fight against the children

Revelation 13 overview — This chapter has the two visions of the two remarkable beasts which rose out of the sea and out of the earth as allies and helpers of the dragon Satan. "He stood upon the sand of the sea" (Revelation 13:1) suggests the summoning of these beasts

Revelation 2:7 — He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith to the churches. To him that overcometh, to him will I give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the Paradise of God. He that hath an ear, let him hear … So! People do not receive spiritual