Bible Commentaries

Job 24:5 — He aquí, como asnos salvajes en el desierto - Con respecto al asno salvaje, vea las notas en Job 6:5. Schultens, Good, Noyes y Wemyss entienden esto, no como una referencia a los arrogantes tiranos en sí, sino a los oprimidos y necesitados miserables que habían expulsado de la sociedad y obligados a buscar una subsistencia precaria, como el asno salvaje,

Job 30:2 — - O, más bien, en quién ha cesado el vigor o el poder de lograr cualquier cosa. La palabra כלח kelach significa "finalización", o el acto o el poder de terminar o completar cualquier cosa. Luego denota la vejez como "terminada" o "completada"; Job 5:26. Aquí significa la madurez o vigor que permitiría a un hombre completar o lograr cualquier cosa, y la idea es que en estas personas esto había perecido por completo. Reducidos por el hambre y la necesidad, no tenían poder para efectuar nada, y no

Psalms 17 overview — 17:1-2.2. A reference of the author of the psalm to himself, and to his own life and character, as not deserving the treatment which he was receiving from others, Psalms 17:3-4.3. An earnest petition on this ground for the divine interposition, Psalms 17:5-9.4. A description of the character of his enemies, and a prayer on the ground of that character, that God would interpose for him, Psalms 17:10-14.5. The expression of a confident hope of deliverance from all enemies; a looking forward to a world where

Psalms 17 overview — correcto, Salmo 17:1. 2. Una referencia del autor del salmo a sí mismo y a su propia vida y carácter, ya que no merece el trato que estaba recibiendo de los demás, Salmo 17:3. 3. Una petición sincera sobre esta base para la interposición divina, Salmo 17:5. 4. Una descripción del carácter de sus enemigos, y una oración sobre la base de ese carácter, para que Dios interponga por él, Salmo 17:10. 5. La expresión de una esperanza segura de liberación de todos los enemigos; Esperando un mundo en el que sería

Psalms 17:1 — en base a nuestro propio mérito; podemos pedirle que intervenga porque se hace mal, y se promoverá su gloria al asegurar lo que es justo y correcto. Atiende a mi grito - La palabra usada aquí - רנה rinnâh - significa un grito de alegría, Salmo 30:5; Salmo 42:4; Salmo 47:1; o un grito triste, clamor, llanto, Salmo 61:1; et soepe. Es expresivo, en cualquier caso, de un sentimiento profundo que se ventila de manera audible. Aquí denota la "expresión" sincera de la oración. Escuche mi oración -

Psalms 3:3 — sujetarse, las partes vitales del cuerpo Estaría protegido. Vea las notas en Efesios 6:14. De este uso del escudo era natural hablar de Dios como el "escudo" o el "Protector" de su pueblo, una denominación que a menudo se le da en las Escrituras ( Génesis 15:1; Deu 33:29 ; 2 Samuel 22:3; Salmo 28:7; Salmo 119:114; Salmo 144:2; Salmo 33:2; Salmo 84:11; Proverbios 30:5. Mi gloria - Mi honor, o la fuente de mi honor. Es decir, él me otorga todo el honor que tengo, y es mi gloria que pueda confiar en él.

Acts 10:2 — A devout man - Pious, or one who maintained the worship of God. See the notes on Luke 2:25. Compare Acts 2:5; Acts 8:2.And one that feared God - This is often a designation of piety. See notes on Acts 9:31. It has been supposed by many that the expressions here used denote that Cornelius was a Jew, or was instructed in the Jewish religion,

Acts 5:15 — Insomuch - So that. This should be connected with Acts 5:12. Many miracles were performed by the apostles, “insomuch, etc.”They brought forth - The people, or the friends of the sick, brought them forth.Beds - κλινῶν klinōn. This word denotes usually the “soft” and “valuable” beds on which the rich commonly

Romans 1:25 — idols, which are called false gods. There is but one real or true God, and all others are false.Into a lie - Into idols, or false gods. Idols are not infrequently called falsehood and lies, because they are not true representations of God; Jeremiah 13:25; Isaiah 28:15; Jeremiah 10:14; Psalms 40:4.The creature - Created things, as the sun, moon, animals, etc.Who is blessed forever - It was not uncommon to add a doxology, or ascription of praise to God, when his name was mentioned; see Romans 9:5; 2 Corinthians

Romans 15:12 — fall, like an aged tree, yet his name and family should not be extinct. There should be a descendant who should rise, and reign over the Gentiles. The Lord Jesus is thus called also the “root and the offspring of David;” Revelation 22:16; Revelation 5:5.Of Jesse - The father of David; 1 Samuel 17:58. The Messiah was thus descended from Jesse.He that shall rise - That is, as a sprout springs up from a decayed or fallen tree. Jesus thus “rose” from the family of David, that had fallen into poverty

Romans 15:26 — them to lay by for this purpose as God had prospered them on the first day of the week; 1 Corinthians 16:1.Of Macedonia - That is, the Christians in Macedonia - those who had been Gentiles, and who had been converted to the Christian religion; Romans 15:27. Macedonia was a country of Greece, bounded north by Thrace, south by Thessaly, west by Epirus, and east by the AEgean sea. It was an extensive region, and was the kingdom of Philip, and his son Alexander the Great. Its capital was Philippi, at which

Romans 15:4 — translation might seem to suppose, patience “of the Scriptures,” but it means that by patiently enduring sufferings, in connection with the consolation which the Scriptures furnish, we might have hope. The “tendency” of patience, the apostle tells us Romans 5:4, is to produce “hope;” see the notes at this place.And comfort of the Scriptures - By means of the consolation which the writings of the Old Testament furnish. The word rendered “comfort” means also “exhortation” or “admonition.” If this is its meaning

Romans 2:13 — obedience.But the doers of the law - They who comply entirely with its demands; or who yield to it perfect and perpetual obedience. This was the plain and obvious demand, not only of common sense, but of the Jewish Law itself; Deuteronomy 4:1; Leviticus 18:5; compare Romans 10:9.Shall be justified - This expression is evidently synonymous with that in Leviticus 18:5, where it is said that “he shall live in them.” The meaning is, that it is a maxim or principle of the Law of God, that if a creature will

Ephesians 2:10 — workmanship - We are his “making” - ποίημα poiēma. That is, we are “created or formed” by him, not only in the general sense in which all things are made by him, but in that special sense which is denoted by the new creation; see the notes at 2 Corinthians 5:17. Whatever of peace, or hope, or purity we have, has been produced by his agency on the soul. There cannot be conceived to be a stronger expression to denote the agency of God in the conversion of people, or the fact that salvation is wholly of grace.Created

Ephesians 2:5 — Even when we were dead in sins - notes, Ephesians 2:1; compare Romans 5:8. The construction here is, “God, who is rich in mercy, on account of the great love which he bare unto us, even being dead in sin, hath quickened us,” etc. It does not mean that he quickened us when we were dead in sin, but that he loved us then,

1 Timothy 1 overview — the law. They gave undue importance to somethings in the laws of Moses; they did not understand the true nature and design of his laws; and they mingled in their instructions much that was mere fable.(3) The true use and design of the law; 1 Timothy 1:5-11. It was to produce love not vain jangling. It was not made to fetter the conscience by vain and troublesome austerities and ceremonies; it was to restrain and bind the wicked. The use of the law, according to these teachers, and according to the

2 Timothy 4:1 — I charge thee therefore before God - See the notes on 1 Timothy 5:21.Who shall judge the quick and the dead - That is, the Lord Jesus; for he is to be the judge of men; Matthew 25:31-46; 2 Corinthians 5:10. The word “quick” means “living” (See the Acts 10:42 note; Ephesians 2:1 note); and the idea is, that he would

Hebrews 6:15 — in due season the object of his wishes was granted. To see the force of this, we are to remember: (1)That when he was called by God from Haran, and when the promise of a numerous posterity was made to him, he was seventy-five years old; Genesis 12:1-5.Twenty-four years elapsed after this, during which he was a sojourner in a strange land, before the manner in which this promise would be fulfilled was made known to him; Genesis 17:1-16. It was only when he was an hundred years old, and when he had

1 John 1 overview — has actually come in the flesh, 1 John 1:3-4. III. He states that the sum and substance of the whole message which he had to bring to them was, that God is light, and that if we profess to have fellowship with him we must walk in the light, 1 John 1:5-10.In God is no darkness, no impurity, no sin, 1 John 1:5. If we are in darkness, if we are ignorant and sinful, it proves that we cannot have any fellowship with him, 1 John 1:6. If we walk in the light as he is in the light, if we partake of his character

Jude 1 overview — certain plausible errorists had crept in among them, and there was danger that their faith would be subverted. (3) A reference to past facts, showing that men who embraced error, and who followed corrupt and licentious practices, would be punished, Jude 1:5-7. He refers particularly to the unbelieving Hebrews whom God had delivered out of Egypt; to the apostate angels; and to the corrupt inhabitants of Sodom and Gomorrah. The object in this is to warn them from following the examples of those who would