Bible Commentaries

Acts 10:22 — just . Greek. dikaios. App-191 . of good report = borne witness to. Greek. martureo. Same as "of honest report" in Acts 6:3 . among = by. Greek. hupo. App-104 . nation . Greek. ethnos. warned from God . Greek. chrematizo. See note on Luke 2:26 . by . Greek. hupo, as above. send for . Greek. metapempo, as in Acts 10:5 . words . Greek. rhema. See note on Mark 9:32 . of = from. Greek. para. App-104 .

Acts 14:19 — And = But. who persuaded = and having persuaded. Greek. peitho. App-150 . stoned . Compare 2 Corinthians 11:25 . drew = dragged. Greek. suro. See note on John 21:8 . out of = outside. Greek. exo. supposing = reckoning. Greek. nomizo. This word, which occurs fifteen times, always means to conclude from custom, law, or evidence, never to imagine. See note on Luke 3:23 . had been dead = was dead, as was the fact.

Acts 2:42 — And. This and the "ands" in following verses give the Figure of speech Polysyndeton. App-6 . continued stedfastly. Greek. proskartereo. See note on Acts 1:14 . doctrine = teaching. fellowship = the fellowship. Compare Acts 2:44 . breaking of bread. This was the common meal. Compare verses:## Act 44:46 and Matthew 14:19 . Isaiah 58:7 . breaking. Only here and Luke 24:35 . prayers = the prayers. App-134 . Compare Acts 3:1 .

Acts 27:29 — lest = lest perchance. upon. The texts read kata. App-104 . rocks = rough (Greek. trachus. Only here and Luke 3:5 ) places. anchors nkura . Only here, verses: Acts 27:30 , Acts 27:40 . Hebrews 6:19 . out of. Greek. ek. App-104 . stern. Greek. prumna. Only here, Acts 27:41 , and Mark 4:38 . wished = were praying. Greek. euchomai. App-134 . for the day = that the day would come.

Romans 12:2 — not . Greek. me . App-105 . conformed . Greek. suschematizo. Only here and 1 Peter 1:14 . Compare 1 Corinthians 4:6 . world . Greek. ai o n . App-129 . transformed . Greek. metamorphoomai. See Matthew 17:2 . renewing . Greek. anakainosis. Only here and Titus 3:5 . Compare Hebrews 6:6 . your = the. that, &c. = to (Greek. eis) your proving. that = the. perfect . Greek. teleios App-125 . will . Greek. thelema. App-102 .

Romans 4:19 — being, &c . Figure of speech Tapeinosis. App-6 . See this Figure of speech in Romans 5:6 also. considered . App-133 . not . The texts omit. now = already. dead . Greek. nekroo. See Colossians 3:5 .Hebrews 11:12 . when he was = be being. Greek. huparcho. See Luke 9:48 . an hundred years old . Greek. hekatontaetes. Only here. neither yet = and. deadness . Greek. nekrosis. Only here and 2 Corinthians 4:10 .

Romans 5:14 — to = until. Greek. mechri. Moses . Occurs twenty-two times in the Epistles. Compare Matthew 8:4 . similitude = likeness. See Romans 1:23 . transgression . Greek. parabasis. See Romans 2:23 . the = a. figure. Greek. tupos . See John 20:25 . Him . . . come = The Coming One. A well-known Hebraism for the Messiah. See Matthew 11:3 . Adam was a type ( App-6 ) as the federal head of a new-created race.

Romans 5:5 — maketh . . . ashamed = causeth shame. Greek. kataischuno. Here, Romans 9:33 ; Romans 10:11 .Luke 13:17 . 1Co 1:27 ; 1 Corinthians 11:4 , 1 Corinthians 11:5 , 1Co 11:22 ; 2 Corinthians 7:14 ; 2 Corinthians 9:4 . 1 Peter 2:6 ; 1 Peter 3:16 . love . App-135 . is shed abroad . Greek. ekchuno. See Acts 1:18 ; Acts 10:45 . Holy Ghost . App-101 . is = was. unto = to.

1 Corinthians 14:16 — when = if. App-118 . occupieth = fills up. Greek. anapleroo . Here, 1 Corinthians 16:17 . Matthew 13:14 .Galatians 1:6 , Galatians 1:2 .Philippians 1:2 , Philippians 1:30 . 1 Thessalonians 2:16 . unlearned . See Acts 4:13 . Literally "private" as opposed to "official". Amen = the amen. See p. 1511. at . App-104 . giving of thanks . Greek. eucharistia. See Acts 24:3 . seeing = since. understandeth = knoweth. App-132 .

2 Corinthians 12:4 — into . Greek. eis. App-104 . paradise . See note on Ecclesiastes 2:5 , unspeakable. Greek. arretos. Only here. words , Greek. rhema. See Mark 9:32 . utter . Greek. laleo . App-121 . Paul was alive, and whether be was carried away bodily, as Phillip was (Acts 8:39 ), or not, he knew not, nor can we, only God knows. He may have been as Ezekiel was (Ezekiel 8:3 ), or John (Revelation 1:10 ).

2 Corinthians 4:15 — for your sakes = on account of (Greek. dia. App-104 . 2 Corinthians 4:2 ) you. abundant = abounding. Greek. pleonazo . See Romans 5:20 grace . Greek charis. App-184 . through . Greek. eis. App-104 , 2 Corinthians 4:1 . thanksgiving. Greek. eucharistia . See Acts 24:3 . Compare 2 Corinthians 1:11 . many = the majority, es in 2 Corinthians 2:6 , redound = over flow, or excel. Greek. periaaseo to. Greek. eis. App-104 .

2 Corinthians 5:6 — always . App-151 , Of. i. confident . Greek. tharreo. Always in 2Corinthians except Hebrews 13:6 . at home . Greek. endemeo, Only here and verses: 2 Corinthians 5:8-9 (present). absent. Greek. ekdemeo. Only here and verses: 2 Corinthians 5:8-9 . The demos was the township to which an Athenian citizen belonged. Compare Philippians 1:3 , Philippians 1:20 . Greek. apo. App-104 , Lord . App-98 .:2 A.

2 Corinthians 7:10 — godly sorrow = grief (Greek. lupe. See 2 Corinthians 2:1 ) according to God, as in 2 Corinthians 7:9 . Compare Psalms 51:0 .Matthew 26:75 . worketh . Greek kategazomai, as in 2 Corinthians 4:17 , but the texts read ergazomai. not to be repented of . See App-111 . world . Greek. kosmos. App-129 . Compare Saul (1 Samuel 15:24 , 1 Samuel 15:30 ); Judas (Matthew 27:3-5 ).

2 Corinthians 7:2 — Receive = Make room for. Greek. choreo. See John 21:25 . Compare 2 Corinthians 6:11 , 2 Corinthians 6:13 . wronged . Greek. adikeo. See Acts 7:24 . no man . Greek. oudeis. corrupted . Greek. phtheiro. See 1 Corinthians 3:17 . defrauded . Greek. pleonekteo. See 2 Corinthians 2:11 . Figure of speech Asyndeton ( App-6 ) in this verse, also in verses: 2 Corinthians 7:4 , 2Co 7:5 , 2 Corinthians 7:7 .

2 Corinthians 7:5 — into. Greek. eis. App-104 . Macedonia. This was after leaving Troas (2 Corinthians 2:12 , 2 Corinthians 2:13 ), where he was disappointed at not finding Titus. no . Greek. oudeis. rest. Greek. anesis . See 2 Corinthians 2:13 . troubled. Greek. thlibo. See 2 Corinthians 1:6 . on. Greek. en . App-104 . See 2 Corinthians 4:8 . fightings . Greek. mache. Here, 2 Timothy 2:23 .Titus 3:9 . James 4:1 .

2 Corinthians 9:2 — know . Greek. oida . App-132 . the forwardness of your mind = your readiness. Greek. prothumia . See Acts 17:11 , boast = glory. Greek. kauchaomai. See Romans 2:17 . of = on behalf of. Greek. huper: App-104 . them of , &c. = the Macedonians. Achaia = Greece. a year ago . See 2 Corinthians 8:10 . zeal . Greek. zelos . Compare Acts 5:17 . hath . Omit. provoked. Greek. erethizo. Only here and Colossians 3:21 . very many = the majority.

Ephesians 6:20 — I am an ambassador . Greek. presbeuo ; only here and 2 Corinthians 5:20 . Ancient inscriptions show that presbeuo and presbutes (ambassador) were the terms employed in the Greek East to indicate the Emperor's Legate. bonds = a chain. See Act 28:20 . 2 Timothy 1:16 . Compare Mark 5:3 . An ambassador in a chain! therein = in (Greek. en) it; i.e. the mystery. speak boldly = speak freely, as in Acts 26:26 .

Philippians 2:6 — being = subsisting, or being essentially. Greek. huparcho. See Luke 9:48 form = the essential form, including all the qualities which can be made visible to the eye. Greek. morphe. Only here, Philippians 2:7 , and Mark 16:12 . God. App-98 . thought = reckoned. Some word as "esteem", Philippians 2:3 . not . App-105 . robbery = an act of robbery, or usurpation. to be equal = the being on an equality.

Colossians 3:16 — word . App-121 . dwell. See Romans 8:11 . richly . Greek. plousios. Only here, 1 Timothy 6:17 . Titus 3:6 . 2 Peter 1:11 . admonishing . See Colossians 1:28 , and Acts 20:31 . hymns . See Ephesians 5:19 . spiritual . See 1 Corinthians 12:1 . songs . See Ephesians 5:19 . singing . See Ephesians 5:19 . with . App-104 . grace. See Colossians 1:2 . App-184 . the Lord. The texts real "God".

1 Timothy 1:18 — charge. Same as "commandment",1 Timothy 1:5; 1 Timothy 1:5 . commit. Greek. paratithemi . See Acts 17:3 . which went before = going before. Compare 1 Timothy 4:14 . on . App-104 . by, App-104 . war. Greek. strateuomai. See 1 Corinthians 9:7 . a = the. warfare . Greek. strateia . Only here and 2 Corinthians 10:4 . This clause exhibits the Figs, Paronomasia and Polyptoton , App-6 . Greek. strateue strateian ,