Bible Commentaries

2 Kings 17:13 — Law, and breathed into the old words a new life. Among this succession were, in Israel, Ahijah the Shilonite 1 Kings 14:2, Jehu the son of Hanani 1 Kings 16:1, Elijah, Micaiah the son of Imlah 1 Kings 22:8, Elisha, Jonah the son of Amittai 2 Kings 14:25, Oded 2 Chronicles 28:9, Amos, and Hosea; in Judah, up to this time, Shemaiah 2 Chronicles 11:2; 2 Chronicles 12:5, Iddo 2Ch 12:15; 2 Chronicles 13:22, Azariah the son of Oded 2 Chronicles 15:1, Hanani 2 Chronicles 16:7, Jehu his son 2 Chronicles 19:2,

2 Kings 17:13 — Ley, y dieron a las viejas palabras una nueva vida. Entre esta sucesión estaban, en Israel, Ahijah el shilonita 1 Reyes 14:2, Jehu, hijo de Hanani 1 Reyes 16:1, Elijah, Micaiah, hijo de Imlah 1 Reyes 22:8, Eliseo, Jonás, hijo de Amittai 2 Reyes 14:25, Oded 2 Crónicas 28:9, Amós y Oseas; en Judá, hasta este momento, Semaías 2 Crónicas 11:2; 2 Crónicas 12:5, Iddo 2Ch 12:15 ; 2 Crónicas 13:22, Azarías hijo de Oded 2 Crónicas 15:1, Hanani 2 Crónicas 16:7, Jehu su hijo 2 Crónicas 19:2, Jahaziel

Job 1:11 — hebrea utilizada aquí נגע nâga‛ significa correctamente "tocar"; luego tocar a cualquier persona con violencia Génesis 26:11; Josué 9:19, y luego golpear, herir, golpear; ver Génesis 32:26, 33; 1 Samuel 6:9; Job 19:21; compare las notas en Isaías 53:4. Aquí significa evidentemente herir o golpear; y la idea es que si Dios le quitara la propiedad de Job, se llevaría su religión con ella, y el juicio fue ver si este efecto seguiría. Y te maldecirá en la cara - Lo hará abierta y públicamente. La

Job 29:14 — I put on righteousness - Or “justice” - as a magistrate, and in all his transactions with his fellow-men. It is common to compare moral conduct or traits of character with various articles of apparel; compare Isaiah 11:5, note; Isaiah 61:10, note.And it clothed me - It was my covering; I was adorned with it. So we speak of being “clothed with humility;” and so, also, of the “garments of salvation.”My judgment - Or rather justice - particularly as a magistrate.Was as

Job 31:8 — such an interpretation. The word צאצאים tse'ĕtsâ'iym - means properly shoots; that is, what springs out of anything - as the earth, or a tree - from יצא yâtsâ' - to go out, to go forth. It is applied to the productions of the earth in Isaiah 42:5; Isaiah 34:1, and to children or posterity, in Isaiah 22:24; Isaiah 61:9; Isaiah 65:23; Job 5:25; Job 21:8. Here it refers evidently to the productions of the earth; and the idea is, that if he had been guilty of dishonesty or fraud in his dealings,

Psalms 25:13 — referred to the land of Canaan, as a promise connected with obeying the law of God: Exodus 20:12. It came then to be synonymous with outward worldly prosperity; with length of days, and happiness in the earth. See it explained in the notes at Matthew 5:5.

Psalms 9:15 — The heathen - Hebrew, “The nations;” that is, the idolatrous people that were arrayed against him. See the notes at Psalms 9:5.Are sunk down - That is, referring to those who had been overcome, as mentioned in Psalms 9:5; or to those who still encompassed him, in respect to whom he was so certain that they would be overcome that he could speak of it as a thing already accomplished.

Psalms 93 overview — The author of this psalm is unknown, and there is nothing by which we can determine this, or its date, or the occasion on which it was written. It seems, from Psalms 93:5, to have been composed with some reference to the sanctuary, and to the service there: “Holiness becometh thine “house,” O Lord,” and it may have been designed, with the last psalm, to have been used in the place of public worship on the sabbath-day.

Isaiah 2:5 — The phrase is applied to the Jews because their tribes were descended from the twelve sons of Jacob.Let us walk - Let us “live.” The word “walk” is often used to denote human life or conduct; compare Isaiah 2:3; Romans 6:4; Romans 8:1; 1 Corinthians 5:7; Galatians 6:16, ...In the light of the Lord - The sense of this is: Let us obey the commandments of Yahweh; or, as the Chaldee expresses it, ‘Let us walk in the doctrine of the law of the Lord.’ The idea may be thus expressed: ‘Let us not walk in

Isaiah 61:5 — and cultivating their fields.Your plowmen - Hebrew, אכר 'ikkâr, from which probably is derived the Greek ἀγρός agros; the Gothic akr; the German acker; and the English acre. It means properly a digger or cultivator of the soil, or farmer Jeremiah 51:26; Amos 5:16.And vine-dressers - The sense here accords with that which has been so repeatedly said before, that the pagan world would yet become tributary to the church (see the notes at Isaiah 9:5-7, Isaiah 9:9-10).

Isaiah 65:7 — nation from virtue and pure religion, shall come rushing upon you like accumulated floods. This is in accordance with the Scripture doctrine everywhere, that the consequences of the sins of ancestors pass over and visit their posterity (see Exodus 20:5; Exodus 34:7; Numbers 14:18; Job 21:19; Luke 11:50-51; the notes at Romans 5:19). The case here was, that the nation had been characteristically prone to wander from God, and to fall into idolatry. Crime had thus been accumulating, like pent-up waters,

Acts 1:18 — Now this man ... - The money which was given for betraying the Lord Jesus was thrown down in the temple, and the field was purchased with it by the Jewish priests. See Matthew 27:5, Matthew 27:10, and the notes on that place. A man is said often to do a thing when he furnishes means for doing it. Compare Matthew 27:60, “And laid it (the body of Jesus) in his own new tomb, which he had hewn out in the rock.” That is, had caused

Acts 16:1 — Paul afterward addressed the two epistles which bear his name. It is evident that he was a native of one of these places, but whether of Derbe or Lystra it is impossible to determine.The son of a certain woman ... - Her name was Eunice, 2 Timothy 1:5.And believed - And was a Christian. It is stated also that her mother was a woman of distinguished Christian piety, 2 Timothy 1:5. It was not lawful for a Jew to marry a woman of another nation, or to give his daughter in marriage to a Gentile, Ezra

Acts 5:40 — The reason why they did not adopt the advice of Gamaliel altogether doubtless was, that if they did, they feared that their “authority” would be despised by the people. They had commanded them not to preach; they had threatened them Acts 4:18; Acts 5:28; they had imprisoned them Acts 5:18; and now, if they suffered them to go without even the “appearance” of punishment, their authority, they feared, would be despised by the nation, and it would be supposed that the apostles had triumphed over the

1 Corinthians 16:13 — derivada del deber de aquellos que están estacionados como centinelas para proteger un campamento u observar los movimientos de un enemigo. El término se usa con frecuencia en el Nuevo Testamento, y el deber se impone con frecuencia; Mateo 24:41; Mateo 25:13; Marco 13:35; Lucas 21:36; Hechos 20:31; 1 Tesalonicenses 5:6; 2 Timoteo 4:5. El sentido aquí es que debían vigilar, o estar atentos, contra todos los males de los que los había amonestado, los males de disensión, o doctrinas erróneas, de desorden,

1 Corinthians 5:3 — caso; y juzgo como si estuviera personalmente presente. Muchos suponen que Pablo se refiere a un poder que se les dio a los apóstoles, aunque a distancia, para discernir las circunstancias reales de un caso por el don del Espíritu. Compare Col ​​2: 5 ; 2 Reyes 5:26; 2 Reyes 6:12. (Whitby, Doddridge, etc.) Pero la frase no exige esta interpretación. Paul quiso decir, probablemente, que aunque estaba ausente, su mente y atención se habían prestado a este tema; sentía tan profundamente como si estuviera

2 Thessalonians 3 overview — delivered from the opposition of unreasonable and wicked men. (2)He expresses confidence that God would incline them to do what was right, and prays that he would keep their hearts in his love, and in patient waiting for the Saviour; 2 Thessalonians 3:3-5. (3)He commands them to remove from their number those who were disorderly, and especially those who were idle, and addresses an earnest exhortation to this class, that they would be diligently engaged in the prosecution of the business of their appropriate

2 Timothy 1:9 — us - see the notes at Romans 8:28, Romans 8:30.With an holy calling - A calling which is in its own nature holy, and which leads to holiness; compare the Ephesians 4:1 note; Philippians 3:14 note; Hebrews 3:1 note.Not according to our works - Titus 3:5; notes, Ephesians 2:8-9. The idea is, that our own works have nothing to do in inducing God to call us. As, when we become Christians, he does not choose us because of our works, so the eternal purpose in regard to our salvation could not have been

Hebrews 11:38 — ... - On the Scripture meaning of the word “desert” or wilderness, see the notes on Matthew 3:1. This is a description of persons driven away from their homes, and wandering about from place to place to procure a scanty subsistence; compare 1 Macc. 1:53; 2 Macc. 5:27; 6:7. The instances mentioned in the Books of Maccabees are so much in point, that there is no impropriety in supposing that Paul referred to some such cases, if not these very cases. As there is no doubt about their historic truth, there

Revelation 19:1 — heaven should render praise, and that a song of thanksgiving should be uttered in which all holy beings could unite.Salvation - That is, the salvation is to be ascribed to God. See the notes on Revelation 7:10.And glory, and honour - notes on Revelation 5:12.And power - notes on Revelation 5:13.Unto the Lord our God - That is, all that there is of honor, glory, power, in the redemption of the world belongs to God, and should be ascribed to him. This is expressive of the true feelings of piety always;