Bible Commentaries

Genesis 1:14-19 — the living forms of a new vegetation. It only remains to remove the “void” by peopling this now fair and fertile world with the animal kingdom. For this purpose the Great Designer begins a new cycle of supernatural operations.Genesis 1:14, Genesis 1:15Lights. - The work of the fourth day has much in common with that of the first day, which, indeed it continues and completes. Both deal with light, and with dividing between light and darkness, or day and night. “Let there be.” They agree also in choosing

Job 1:5 — other ceremonies to offer sacrifice; or that he offered sacrifices for the purpose of procuring expiation for sins which they might actually have committed. The former sense, he remarks, is favored by the use of the word in Exodus 19:10; 1 Samuel 16:5, where the word means to prepare themselves by ablutions to meet God and to worship him. The latter sense is demanded by the connection. Job felt as every father should feel in such circumstances, that there was reason to fear that God had not been

Psalms 9 overview — "Cuando mis enemigos sean rechazados, caerán y perecerán ante tu presencia . " Compare Salmo 9:6, Salmo 9:13, Salmo 9:19-2. (b) Estos eran enemigos extranjeros, o aquellos que se llaman paganos, es decir, pertenecientes a naciones idólatras, Salmo 9:5: "Has reprendido a los paganos". Compare Salmo 9:15, Salmo 9:19. (c) Eran desoladores enemigos, enemigos invasores, aquellos que arrasaron la tierra en sus marchas, Salmo 9:6: "Has destruido ciudades: su monumento pereció con ellas". (d) El escritor

Daniel 12 overview — perplexity, Daniel looked and saw two other personages standing on the two sides of the river, and between them and the angel who had conversed with Daniel a colloquy or conversation ensues, respecting the time necessary to accomplish these things, Daniel 12:5-7. They are introduced as interested in the inquiry as to the time of the continuance of these things - that is, how long it would be to the end of these wonders. These were evidently angels also, and they are represented(a) as ignorant of the future

Daniel 3 overview — and fearful punishment. The order of Nebuchadnezzar was not more arbitrary and unreasonable than those which have been frequently issued by the Turkish sultan.II. A second objection to the chapter is the account of the musical instruments in Daniel 3:5. The objection is, that to some of these instruments “Grecian” names are given, and that this proves that the transaction must have a later date than is attributed to it, or that the account must have been written by one of later times. The objection

Daniel 3 overview — amenaza de Un castigo rápido y temeroso. La orden de Nabucodonosor no fue más arbitraria e irrazonable que las que el sultán turco ha emitido con frecuencia. II Una segunda objeción al capítulo es el relato de los instrumentos musicales en Daniel 3:5. La objeción es que a algunos de estos instrumentos se les dan nombres "griegos", y esto demuestra que la transacción debe tener una fecha posterior a la que se le atribuye, o que la cuenta debe haber sido escrita por uno de los últimos tiempos. La

Daniel 7:5 — Aristotle says that the bear is greedy as well as silly and foolhardy. (Wemyss, Key to the Symbolic Language of Scripture.) The name in Hebrew is taken from his grumbling or growling. Compare Isaiah 19:11 : “We roar all like bears.”Compare Horace, Epod. 16, 51: “Nec vespertinus circumgemit ursus ovile.”Virgil mentions their ferocity: “Atque in praesepibus ursi Saevire.” - AEn. vii. 17.The bear is noted as especially fierce when hungry, or when robbed of its whelps. Jerome (on Hosea 13:8) remarks, “It is

Amos 2:11 — His promise. Samuel was an Ephrathite 1 Samuel 1:1; Ahijah the Shilonite, that is, of Shiloh in Ephraim, lived on to old age in the kingdom of the ten tribes after their schism, the witness against the apostasy of Jeroboam 1 Kings 14:7-14; 1 Kings 15:29, yet acknowledged by the king whose rise and of the destruction of whose house he prophesied 1 Kings 14:2, 1 Kings 14:4.Jehu, son of Hanani, was the prophet of both kingdoms 1 Kings 16:1, 1 Kings 16:7, 1 Kings 16:12; 2Ch 19:2; 2 Chronicles 20:34;

Obadiah 1:16 — el amor de Dios, Edom estaba bajo su desagrado constante; sus montañas eran, y continuarían siendo Malaquías 1:4, un desperdicio; estaba "empobrecido"; sus lugares estaban desolados. Malaquías, profetizando hacia (Ver la introducción a Malaquías) 415 a. C., predijo una nueva desolación. Un siglo después, encontramos a los Nabathaeans en posesión tranquila y establecida de Petra, después de haber depositado allí la riqueza de su mercancía, asistiendo a ferias a distancia, vengándose del general de

Matthew 16:13-20 — now usually applied to land in the vicinity of the sea - means “borders” or “regions.” He came into the part of the country which appertained to Cesarea Philippi. He was passing northward from the region of Bethsaida, on the coasts of Magdala Matthew 15:39, where the transactions recorded in the previous verses had occurred.When Jesus came - The original is, “when Jesus was coming.” Mark says Mark 8:27 that this conversation took place when they were in the way, and this idea should have been retained

Luke 21:7-36 — 21:14. resolverlo, por lo tanto, en sus corazones, solucionarlo firmemente en sus mentes, tan firmemente como para convertirse en un principio resuelto, que siempre debe depender de Dios por Ayuda en todas sus pruebas. Ver Marco 13:11. Lucas 21:15. una boca - elocuencia, la capacidad de hablar, ya que el caso puede exigir. Comparar Éxodo 4:11. Gainsay - hablar en contra. No podrán "responder", o para "resistir" la fuerza de lo que dirá. Lucas 21:18. un cabello de su cabeza perecer - Esta

1 Corinthians 8:13 — conocimiento de esta simple verdad cambiaría el aspecto moral del mundo entero. Difundir esta verdad debería ser el gran objetivo y propósito de todos los cristianos verdaderos; y cuando esta verdad se difunda, los ídolos de los paganos caerán al polvo. 5. Los cristianos reconocen a un único Señor, 1 Corintios 8:6. Él gobierna sobre ellos. Sus leyes los obligan. El los controla. Él tiene derecho a ellos. Puede deshacerse de ellos como le plazca. No son los suyos; pero están obligados a vivir completamente

Galatians 3:20 — de este Dios con referencia al mediador a través de Abraham, y luego recibir la ley a través del mismo mediador en el Monte Sinaí. Él sigue siendo la única fiesta sin cambios; Y está el mismo mediador; Implicando todo el tiempo que hay dos partes. (5) Sigue, por lo tanto, de acuerdo con el argumento del apóstol, que la ley dada durante mucho tiempo después de la promesa, no podía aboga, porque se referían al mismo plan, estaban bajo el mismo Dios, que era uno inmutable. Fiesta en toda esta transacción,

Galatians 3:28 — salvation, and arranged, not as princes and nobles, and rich men and poor men, in separate orders and ranks, but mingling together as redeemed by the same blood, and arranged in ranks according to their eminence in holiness; compare my notes at Isaiah 56:8.There is neither bond nor free - The condition of a free man does not give him any special claims or advantages in regard to religion; and the condition of a slave does not exclude him from the hope of heaven, or from being regarded as a child of

Hebrews 10:39 — poor, so ignorant that he may not come and speak to God; and there is not a situation of poverty, want, or wo, where he may not make his wants known with the assurance that his prayers will be heard through faith in the great Redeemer; Hebrews 10:19-20.(5) When we come before God, let our hearts be pure; Hebrews 10:22. The body has been washed with pure water in baptism, emblematic of the purifying influences of the Holy Spirit. Let the conscience be also pure. Let us lay aside every unholy thought.

Hebrews 10:39 — ignorante que no pueda venir y hablarle a Dios; y no hay una situación de pobreza, deseo o desgracia, en la que no pueda dar a conocer sus deseos con la seguridad de que sus oraciones serán escuchadas por la fe en el gran Redentor; Hebreos 10:19-2. (5) Cuando vengamos ante Dios, que nuestros corazones sean puros; Hebreos 10:22. El cuerpo ha sido lavado con agua pura en el bautismo, emblemático de las influencias purificadoras del Espíritu Santo. Que la conciencia también sea pura. Dejemos a un lado

Hebrews 5:7 — OMS - es decir, el Señor Jesús, por lo que la conexión exige. El objeto de este versículo y los dos siguientes es, mostrar que el Señor Jesús tuvo esa calificación para la Oficina de Sacerdote a la que se había referido en Hebreos 5:2. Fue una cualificación importante para esa oficina que el que sostenía debería poder mostrar compasión, ayudar a aquellos que estaban fuera del camino, y simpatizar con los pacientes; En otras palabras, fueron abarcados con la enfermedad, y por lo

3 John 1:14 — order to preach to the pagan, they should feel that those who go make far greater sacrifices than those who contribute to their support. they give up all; we give only the small sum, not diminishing our own comforts, which is necessary to sustain them.(5) For the same reason it is our duty to contribute to the support of missionaries in the destitute places of our own land, 3 John 1:8. They often go among a people who are as destitute, and who will as little appreciate the gospel, and who are as much

3 John 1:14 — predicar a los paganos, deben sentir que los que van hacen sacrificios mucho mayores que los que contribuyen a su apoyo. renuncian a todo; solo damos una pequeña suma, sin disminuir nuestras propias comodidades, lo cual es necesario para mantenerlas. (5) Por la misma razón, es nuestro deber contribuir al apoyo de los misioneros en los lugares desfavorecidos de nuestra propia tierra, 3 Juan 1:8. A menudo van entre personas que son tan indigentes, y que apreciarán el evangelio tan poco, y que tienen

Jude 1:9 — whatever. (4)There is no intimation that there was any such contention about his body. There is a mere mention that Satan resisted the angel of the Lord, as seen in the vision, but no intimation that the controversy had “any” reference to Moses in any way. (5)The reason of the resistance which Satan offered to the angel in the vision as seen by Zechariah is stated. It was in regard to the consecration of Joshua to the office of high priest implying a return of prosperity to Jerusalem, and the restoration