Bible Commentaries

Exodus 32:7-35 — de Aarón. El acto fue simbólico, por supuesto. El ídolo fue reducido a nada y se hizo que el pueblo se tragara su propio pecado (comparar Miqueas 7:13 ). La referencia de Aarón al carácter del pueblo, y su manera de declarar lo que había hecho Ex. 5:24, son muy característicos del lenguaje despectivo de una mente débil. Haznos dioses - Haznos un dios. Desnudo - Bastante rebelde, o "licencioso". Vergüenza entre sus enemigos - Comparar ; ; . Éxodo 32:26 La tribu de Levi, la propia tribu de Moisés,

Job 1:22 — inteligente, y en el sentimiento de que tiene el "derecho" de eliminar lo que nos ha dado. Es de el; y puede ser quitado cuando le plazca. Puede ser, y debe ser entregado, sin una queja, y hacer esto "porque" Dios lo quiere, es una verdadera resignación. (5) Vemos la verdadera fuente de "consuelo" en las pruebas. No es en la creencia de que las cosas están reguladas por casualidad y peligro; o incluso que están controlados por leyes físicas. Podemos tener la visión filosófica más clara del modo en que

Job 28:11 — hombre, primero para encontrarlos y luego para procurarlos; se distribuyen en pequeñas cantidades, de modo que su valor siempre es grande; proporcionan un medio de circulación conveniente en todos los países; se permiten todo lo necesario para adornos. (5) Hay otra prueba de sabiduría con respecto a su disposición en la tierra, que probablemente era desconocida en el tiempo de Job. Es el hecho de que los metales más útiles se encuentran en conexión inmediata con el combustible requerido para su reducción,

Job 31:26 — denotar el sol en Job 37:2 l; compare Isaías 18:4; Habacuc 3:4. Entonces, también, Homero habla del sol no solo como λαμπρὸν φάος ἡελίοιο lampron faos hēelioio - luz brillante del sol , pero simplemente como φάος faos - light. Odyssey r. 335. La adoración aquí mencionada es la de los cuerpos celestes, y se sabe que esto existió en los primeros períodos del mundo, y probablemente fue una de las primeras formas de idolatría. Ezequiel menciona expresamente que prevaleció en su tiempo, Ezequiel

Job 36:33 — así lo expresa Gesenius aquí: "Le da a conocer su trueno, eso es , al hombre o a sus enemigos ". O la palabra puede significar "su amigo", ya que la palabra רע rêa‛ se usa a menudo; Job 2:11; Job 19:21; Proverbios 27:17; Cantares de los Cantares 5:16; Oseas 3:1. O puede denotar "voluntad, pensamiento, deseo"; Salmo 139:2, Salmo 139:17. Debe hacerse una elección entre estos diferentes significados de acuerdo con el punto de vista del alcance del pasaje. A mí me parece que la palabra "amigo" se

Psalms 14 overview — in that conclusion or desire.They were, says the psalmist, “in great fear,” for there was evidence which they could not deny or resist that God was “in the generation of the righteous,” or that there was a God such as the righteous served, Psalms 14:5. This evidence was found in the manifestation of his favor toward them; in his interposition in their behalf, in the proof which could not be resisted or denied that he was their friend. These facts produced “fear” or apprehension in the minds of the

Psalms 68 overview — nothing in the psalm which conflicts with the supposition that David was the author, and as it accords so much, in its scope and language, with his undoubted compositions. On the phrase in the title “A Psalm or Song,” see the notes at the title to Psalms 65:1-13.It is not certainly known on what occasion the song was composed. It is evidently, like the eighteenth psalm, a triumphal song designed to celebrate victories which had been achieved; but whether composed to celebrate some particular victory, or

Isaiah 14 overview — persons are introduced who are represented as seeing the fallen king of Babylon - as looking narrowly upon him, to make themselves sure that it was he - and as taunting him with his proud designs and his purposes to make the world a wilderness Isaiah 14:15-20. They see him cast out and naked; lying among the undistinguished dead, and trodden under feet; and contrast his condition with that of monarchs who are usually deposited in a splendid mausoleum. But the once haughty king of Babylon is represented

1 Corinthians 12 overview — the same agent, 1 Corinthians 12:4-11. All were not, therefore, to expect precisely the same influences or operations; nor were they to suppose that because there were various operations, that therefore they were not influenced by the Spirit of God.(5) Paul states and illustrates the truth that the church is one, 1 Corinthians 12:12-27. As the body is one, yet has many members, so is it with the church, 1 Corinthians 12:12. The body has many members, and no members in the body are useless, but all

Hebrews 10 overview — who offered them perfect. This was conclusively proved by the fact, that they continued constantly to be offered. II. Since this was the fact in regard to those sacrifices, a better offering had been provided in the gospel by the Redeemer; Hebrews 10:5-10. A body had been prepared him for this work; and when God had said that he had no pleasure in the offerings under the Law, Christ had come and offered his body once for all, in order that an effectual atonement might be made for sin. III. This sentiment

Hebrews 6:5 — preaching for its eloquence or power of argument; but now his love is for “the truth;” compare Psalms 19:10. There is no book that he so much delights in as the Bible; and no pleasure is so pure as what he has in contemplating the truth; compare Joshua 21:45; Joshua 23:15.And the powers of the world to come - Or of the “coming age.” “The age to come” was a phrase in common use among the Hebrews, to denote the future dispensation, the times of the Messiah. The same idea was expressed by the phrases “the

James 2:10 — us in our lives.And yet offend in one point - In one respect; or shall violate any one of the commands included in the general word law. The word offend here means, properly, to stumble, to fall; then to err, or fail in duty. See the notes at Matthew 5:29; Matthew 26:31.He is guilty of all - He is guilty of violating the law as a whole, or of violating the law of God as such; he has rendered it impossible that he should be justified and saved by the law. This does not affirm that he is as guilty as

1 Peter 2:12 — his religion solemnly requires him to do.Glorify God - Honor God; that is, that they may be convinced by your conduct of the pure and holy nature of that religion which he has revealed, and be led also to love and worship him. See the notes at Matthew 5:16.In the day of visitation - Many different opinions have been entertained of the meaning of this phrase, some referring it to the day of judgment; some to times of persecution; some to the destruction of Jerusalem; and some to the time when the gospel

1 Peter 2:23 — world, and that he will suffer no ultimate injustice to be done us. “Commit thy way unto the Lord; trust also in him, and he shall bring it to pass; and he shall bring forth thy righteousness as the light, and thy judgment as the noon-day,” Psalms 37:5-6. The Latin Vulgate has here, “But he committed himself to him who judged him unjustly,” judicanti se injuste; that is, to Pontius Pilate, meaning that he left himself in his hands, though he knew that the sentence was unjust. But there is no authority

1 Peter 3 overview — rather that which was of the heart, 1 Peter 3:3-4. For an illustration of the manner in which these duties should be performed, the apostle refers them to the holy example of the wife of Abraham, as one which Christian females should imitate, 1 Peter 3:5-6. II. The duty of husbands, 1 Peter 3:7. It was their duty to render all proper honor to their wives, and to live with them as fellow-heirs of salvation, that their prayers might not be hindered; implying: (1)That in the most important respects they

2 Peter 2 overview — were cast down to hell, 2 Peter 2:4. If God brought such dreadful punishment on those who were once before his throne, wicked men could have no hope of escape. (2) The case of the wicked in the time of Noah, who were cut off by the flood, 2 Peter 2:5. (3) The case of Sodom and Gomorrah, 2 Peter 2:6. (4) The “character” of the persons referred to was such that they could have no hope of escape. (a) They were corrupt, sensual, presumptuous, and self-willed, and were even worse than the rebel angels

1 John 4:2 — indispensable to proper evidence that anyone came from God, that he should maintain that Jesus was truly a man, or that there was a real incarnation of the Son of God. John always regarded this as a very important point, and often refers to it, John 19:34-35; John 20:25-27; 1 John 5:6. It is as important to be held now as it was then, for the fact that there was a real incarnation is essential to all just views of the atonement. If he was not truly a man, if he did not literally shed his blood on the cross,

1 John 5:21 — be: (a)An image or representation of the Deity, and, (b)The making of that an object of adoration instead of the true God.Since one of these things would be likely to lead to the other, both are forbidden in the prohibitions of idolatry, Exodus 20:4-5. This would forbid all attempts to represent God by paintings or statuary; all idol-worship, or worship of pagan gods; all images and pictures that would be substituted in the place of God as objects of devotion, or that might transfer the homage from

Revelation 1:5 — testimony to the truth respecting God and future events.And the first-begotten of the dead - The same Greek expression - πρωτότοκος prōtotokos - occurs in Colossians 1:18. See it explained in the notes on that passage. Compare the notes at 1 Corinthians 15:20.And the prince of the kings of the earth - Who has over all the kings of the earth the pre-eminence which kings have over their subjects. He is the Ruler of rulers; King of kings. In Revelation 17:14; Revelation 19:16, the same thought is expressed

Revelation 13:1 — and from a state of commotion that might well be represented by the restless ocean. The sea in either case naturally describes a nation or people, for this image is frequently so employed in the Scriptures. Compare, as above, Daniel 7:2, and Psalms 65:7; Jeremiah 51:42; Isaiah 60:5; Revelation 10:2. The natural idea, therefore, in this passage, would be that the power that was represented by the “beast” would spring up among the nations, when restless or unsettled, like the waves of the ocean.And