Bible Commentaries

Job 42:11 — reveals many friends that darkness had driven away, or brings to light many - real or professed - who were concealed at midnight.And did eat bread with him in his house - An ancient token of friendship and affection; compare Psalms 41:9; Proverbs 9:5; Proverbs 23:6; Jeremiah 41:1.And every man also gave him a piece of money - This is probably one of the earliest instances in which money is mentioned in history. It is, of course, impossible now to determine the form or value of the “piece of money”

Isaiah 36 overview — referencias frecuentes en los propios libros. Así, Natán el profeta, Ahías el silonita e Iddo el vidente, registraron los actos de Salomón 2 Crónicas 9:29; así, el mismo Iddo, el vidente, y Semaías, el profeta, registraron los actos de Roboam 2 Crónicas 12:15; así, los actos de Josafat fueron escritos en el Libro de Jehú 2 Crónicas 20:34; y así Isaías escribió los actos del rey Uzías 2 Crónicas 26:22, y también de Ezequías 2 Crónicas 32:32. Muchos de estos bocetos o fragmentos históricos no nos han llegado;

Isaiah 61:1 — 'sin medida' para dotarlo para su gran oficio ( Juan 3:34; vea las notas en Isaías 11:2). Porque el Señor me ha ungido - La palabra traducida 'ha ungido' (משׁח mâshach), es aquello de lo que se deriva la palabra Mesías (véanse las notas en Isaías 45:1). los profetas y reyes fueron apartados para su alto cargo, por la ceremonia de derramar aceite sobre sus cabezas; y la idea aquí es que Dios había apartado al Mesías para el oficio que debía llevar, y lo había dotado abundantemente de las gracias

Isaiah 9:1 — grievous, heavy calamity - a calamity which would be well denoted by the expression, ‘he made them vile; he exposed them to contempt and derision.’ The time to which reference is made here, was probably the invasion of the land by Tiglath-pileser; 2Ki 15:29; 1 Chronicles 5:26. In that invasion, the parts of Zebulun and Naphtali were particularly afflicted. ‘Tiglath-pileser took Ijon, and Gilead, and Galilee, and all the land of Naphtali, and carried them captive to Assyria;’ 2 Kings 15:29. This region

Amos 3:9 — dreaded and those whom they courted, God would lay open their sins. Contempt and contumely from an enemy aggravate suffering: man does not help whom he despiseth. “They were all ashamed of a people who could not profit them,” saith Isaiah Isaiah 30:5 subsequently, of Egypt in regard to Judah. From those palaces, already doomed to destruction for their sins, the summons was to go, to visit Samaria, and see her sins, amid grace which those people had not. As our Lord says, “It shall be more tolerable

Zephaniah 1:14 — near to Christ, shall in the Great Day be found not to be His, but to have rejected Him. Jerome: “Truly was vengeance required, ‘from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah, whom they slew between the temple and the altar’ Matthew 23:35, and at last when they said of the Son of God, “His blood be upon us and upon our children” Matthew 27:25, they experienced a bitter day, because they had provoked the Lord to bitterness; a Day, appointed by the Lord, in which not the weak only but

Haggai 2:7 — ley", de quienes dijeron que "Dios le reveló cosas desconocidas para Moisés" fue inducido por esta profecía. reconocer al impostor Bar-cochab, a la destrucción de sí mismo y del más eminente de su tiempo; cumpliendo las palabras de nuestro Señor Juan 5:43, "He venido en el nombre de mi padre, y no me recibís; si otro viene en su propio nombre, lo recibiréis ". Akiba, siguiendo el significado tradicional de la gran profecía que cautivó sus propios ojos, parafraseó las palabras: "Sin embargo, un poco,

Zechariah 8:23 — Lord,” that is, Christ, who is the exact image of God the Father, and, as is written, “the brightness of His glory, and the express image of His Person” Hebrews 1:3, of whom also the divine David saith, “Shew Thy countenance to Thy servant” Psalms 119:135.For the Image and Countenance of God the Father hath shone upon us. Having Him propitious and kind, we lay aside the injury from sin, being justified through faith, “not by works of righteousness, which we have done, but according to His great mercy”

Matthew 2:23 — rise like the edge of a shell, to guard it against intrusion. It is a rich and beautiful field, in the midst of barren mountains.Another traveler (circa 1880’s) speaks of the streets as narrow and steep. The houses, which are flat-roofed, are about 250 in number, and the inhabitants he estimates at 2,000. The population of the place is variously stated. though the average estimate is 3,000, of whom about 500 are Turks, and the rest are nominal Christians.As all testimony to the truth and fidelity

Matthew 3:7 — and by Josephus: the Herodians, probably political friends of Herod; the Galileans, a branch of the Pharisees; and the Therapeutae, a branch of the Essenes, but converts from the Greeks. The three principal sects are supposed to have originated about 150 years before Christ, as they are mentioned by Josephus at that time in his history. Of course nothing is said of them in the Old Testament, as that was finished about 400 years before the Christian era.I. The Pharisees were the most numerous and wealthy

Matthew 6:6 — prayer, will create such places in abundance. The Saviour had all the difficulties which we can have, but yet he lived in the practice of secret prayer. To be alone, he rose up “a great while before day,” and went into a solitary place and prayed, Mark 1:35. With him a grove, a mountain, a garden, furnished such a place, and, though a traveler, and among strangers, and without a house, he lived in the habit of secret prayer. What excuse can they have for not praying who have a home, and who spend the precious

Acts 1:20 — For it is written ... - See Psalms 69:25. This is the prediction doubtless to which Peter refers in Acts 1:16. The intermediate passage in Acts 1:18-19, is probably a parenthesis; the words of Luke, not of Peter. So Calvin, Kuinoel, Olshausen, DeWette, and Hackett understand it. It is not

Acts 15:20 — refrain from these things, or wholly avoid them.Pollutions of idols - The word rendered “pollutions” means any kind of “defilement.” But here it is evidently used to denote the flesh of those animals that were offered in sacrifice to idols. See Acts 15:29. That flesh, after being offered in sacrifice, was often exposed for sale in the markets, or was served up at feasts, 1 Corinthians 10:25-29. It became a very important question whether it was right for Christians to partake of it. The Jews would

Acts 23:6 — the immunities and privileges of a Pharisee. He had, from his birth, belonged to that sect, nor had he ever departed from the great cardinal doctrine which distinguished that sect - the doctrine of the resurrection of the dead. Compare Philippians 3:5.Of the hope and resurrection of the dead - That is, of the hope that the dead will be raised. This is the real point of the opposition to me.I am called in question - Greek: I am judged; that is, I am persecuted, or brought to trial. Orobio charges

2 Corinthians 10:10 — any other cause whatever. He wrote 14 epistles to churches and individuals on various occasions and on a great variety of topics; and his letters soon rose into very high repute among even the inspired ministers of the New Testament (see 2 Peter 3:15, 2 Peter 3:16), and were regarded as inculcating the most important doctrines of religion. The general characteristics of Paul’s letters are:(1) They are strongly argumentative. See especially the Epistles to the Romans and the Hebrews.(2) They are

2 Corinthians 8:24 — corazón estará abierto. Y por lo tanto, es que Dios a menudo sufre que su pueblo pase por pruebas para que puedan poseer el espíritu de benevolencia grande y activa. 4. Si los cristianos desean ser generosos, primero deben dedicarse a Dios, 2 Corintios 8:5. Si esto no se hace, no tendrán corazón para dar, y no darán. Tendrán miles de excusas listas, y no habrá motivo de apelación que podamos hacerles. La verdadera liberalidad siempre se basa en el hecho de que nos hemos entregado por completo a Dios. 5.

Galatians 1:10 — of men or of God?” This also is the interpretation of Grotius, Hammond, Elsner, Koppe, Rosenmuller, Bloomfield, etc. and is undoubtedly the true explanation. The word properly means to “persuade,” or to “convince”; Acts 18:4; Act 28:23; 2 Corinthians 5:11. But it also means, to bring over to kind feelings, to conciliate, to pacify, to quiet. Septuagint, 1 Samuel 24:8; 1 Samuel 2:0 Macc. 4:25; Act 12:20; 1 John 3:19. By the question here, Paul means to say, that his great object was now to “please

Galatians 1:4 — necessary to be circumcised, and to conform to the whole Jewish ritual. Yet the tendency of all this was to obscure the doctrines of the gospel, and particularly the great truth that people can be justified only by faith in the blood of Jesus; Galatians 5:4; compare Galatians 1:6-7. Paul, therefore, wished to make this prominent - the very “starting point” in their religion; a truth never to be forgotten, that Christ gave himself for their sins, that he might deliver them from all the bad influences

Ephesians 5:19 — by songs of praise. This has the force of a command, and it is a matter of obligation on Christians. From the beginning, praise was an important part of public worship, and is designed to be to the end of the world; see the notes on 1 Corinthians 14:15. Nothing is more clear than that it was practiced by the Saviour himself and the apostles (see Matthew 26:30), and by the primitive church, as well as by the great body of Christians in all ages.In psalms - The Psalms of David were sung by the Jews

James 5:16 — referirse a aquellos que estaban enfermos, ya que se agrega "que puede ser sanado". La interpretación justa es que podría suponer que tal confesión contribuiría a una restauración a la salud. El caso se suponía todo el tiempo aquí (consulte Santiago 5:15) es que la enfermedad mencionada había sido llevada al paciente por su pecados, aparentemente como un castigo por algunas transgresiones particulares. Compara las notas en 1 Corintios 11:30. En tal caso, se dice que si aquellos que estaban enfermos