Bible Commentaries

Genesis 11:9 — 9.Therefore is the name of it called Babel. Behold what they gained by their foolish ambition to acquire a name! They hoped that an everlasting memorial of their origin would be engraven on the tower; God not only frustrates their vain expectation, but

Psalms 17:9 — 9.From the face of the ungodly. The Psalmist, by again accusing his enemies, intends to set forth his own innocence, as an argument for his obtaining the favor of God. At the same time, he complains of their cruelty, that God may be the more inclined

Isaiah 24:9 — 9.They shall not drink wine with a song. To drink wine is not in itself evil, because God has appointed it for the use of man; but here the Prophet describes the banquets of drunkards, which were full of licentiousness, songs, and insolence. Again, because

Jeremiah 3:24 — shame he understands wickedness, of which they ought to have been ashamed. The meaning then is, that all the evils they had endured could in no other way be accounted for, inasmuch as the whole was to be ascribed to their wickedness. Our shame, then, (96) that is, our wickedness, has consumed the labor of our fathers It follows — (96) Rather, “And the shame,” i e , the idol-worship, referred to in the preceding verse; the article ה is prefixed to the noun. This is the view

Matthew 12:42 — 42. La reina del sur. Como Etiopía se encuentra en dirección sur desde Judea, estoy de acuerdo con Josephus y otros escritores, quienes afirman que ella era la reina de Etiopía. En la historia sagrada se la llama la reina de Saba, ( 2 Crónicas 9:1.) No debemos suponer que esta Sheba es el país de Saba, que más bien se extiende hacia el este, sino una ciudad situada en Meroe, un isla en el Nilo, que era la metrópoli del reino. Aquí también debemos prestar atención a los puntos de contraste.

Matthew 5:9 — 9.Happy are the peacemakers By peacemakers he means those who not only seek peace and avoid quarrels, as far as lies in their power, but who also labor to settle differences among others, who advise all men to live at peace, and take away every occasion

Matthew 7:9 — 9.Is there any man among you? It is a comparison from the less to the greater. First, our Lord contrasts the malice of men with the boundless goodness of God. Self-love (φιλαυτία) renders us malicious: for

Luke 9:51 — Luke 9:51.While the days of his being received up, etc. Luke alone relates this narrative, which, however, is highly useful on many accounts. For, first, it describes the divine courage and firmness of Christ (586) in despising death; secondly, what deadly

John 13:9 — 9.Lord, not my feet only. When Peter heard that he was ruined, if he did not accept the cleansing which was offered to him by Christ, this necessity proved, at length, to be a sufficient instructor to tame him. He therefore lays aside opposition and yields,

Acts 13:51 — Они же, отрясши на них прах. У иудеев это было символом проклятия, что можно вывести из заповеди Христовой (Matthew 10:14, Luke 9:5,Luke 10:11). Невероятно, чтобы Христос заповедал Своим людям пользоваться неизвестным никому знаком. Ведь замысел Его состоял в том, чтобы внушить страх явным и открытым врагам Своего учения. Он хотел таким образом показать, сколь ненавистны для Бога

Acts 18:15 — contention) it is not to be doubted but that many did trouble themselves and others with superfluous trifles. Yea, we hear with what Paul hitteth them in the teeth − (328) in many places, especially in the Epistle to Titus, ( Titus 1:14, and Titus 3:9.) Yet Gallio is not worthy to be excused who doth mock the holy law of God together with their curiosity. For as it behooved him to cut off all occasion of vain contentions in words, so we must, on the other side, know that when the worship of God is

Acts 18:3 — because the false apostles taught freely without taking any thing, that they might craftily creep in, therefore the holy man would not give place to them in that point, lest he should cause the gospel of Christ to be evil spoken of, ( 1 Corinthians 9:12.) But we may easily gather out of this place, that whithersoever he came, (until he was occupied in the continual labor of teachings) he wrought of his occupation, that he might get his living. When Chrysostom saith that Paul was a cordiner he doth

Acts 22:9 — − 9.They which were with me. I showed in the other place, that there is no such disagreement in the words of Luke as there seemeth to be. Luke said there, that though Paul’s companions stood amazed, yet heard they a voice. − (502) But in this

Romans 14:9 — 9.For to this end Christ also died, etc. This is a confirmation of the reason which has been last mentioned; for in order to prove that we ought to live and to die to the Lord, he had said, that whether we live or die we are under the power of Christ.

Romans 3:13 — barbarity, when the throat is said to be so great a gulf, that it is sufficient to swallow down and devour men whole and entire. Theirtongues are deceitful, and, the poison of asps is under their lips, import the same thing, (100) This is from Psalms 5:9, that is, the first part, and is literally the Septuagint, which correctly represents the Hebrew. The last clause is from Psalms 140:3, and is according to the Septuagint, and the Hebrew, too, except that “asps,” or adders, is in the singular

1 Corinthians 13:9 — подмогу нашей немощи. Но несовершенству когда-нибудь наступит конец. Поэтому одновременно прекратится и использование этих даров. Глупо существовать тому, что излишне, поэтому оно и исчезнет. И этот довод апостол развивает вплоть до конца настоящей главы.9) Отчасти знаем. Многие толкуют это место превратно: у нас-де еще нет совершенного знания или пророчества, но мы ежедневно в них преуспеваем. Однако подлинный смысл сказанного иной: то, что сейчас у нас имеются знание и пророчество, вызвано нашим несовершенством.

1 Corinthians 6:8 — hermanos Aquí hay otra agravación del mal; porque si son doblemente culpables los que defraudan a los extraños, es monstruoso que el hermano sea engañado o despojado por el hermano. Ahora todos somos hermanos que invocan a un Padre en el cielo ( Mateo 23:9.) Al mismo tiempo , si alguien actúa como parte sin principios hacia extraños, Paul no alivia el crimen; pero él enseña que los corintios estaban completamente cegados al hacer de la sagrada hermandad una cuestión de ningún momento.

Joshua 1:9 — 9.Have not I commanded, etc Although in Hebrew a simple affirmation is often made in the form of a question, and this phraseology is of very frequent occurrence, here, however, the question is emphatic, to give an attestation to what had previously been

1 Thessalonians 4:9 — 9 En cuanto al amor fraternal. Habiendo elogiado previamente, en términos nobles, su amor, ahora habla con anticipación y dice: No es necesario que te escriba. Él asigna una razón, porque se les había enseñado divinamente, por lo que quiere decir que

2 Timothy 2:7 — llegamos a un conocimiento completo de él. El Señor te dé entendimiento en todas las cosas. La oración, que ahora sigue, se agrega a modo de corrección. Debido a que nuestras mentes no se elevan fácilmente a esa "corona incorruptible" ( 1 Corintios 9:25) de la vida por venir, (164) Paul betakes él mismo a Dios, para "dar entendimiento" a Timoteo. Y, por lo tanto, inferimos que no menos se nos enseña en vano, si el Señor no abre nuestros entendimientos, que los mandamientos se darían en vano, si