Bible Commentaries

Isaiah 6:10 — 10.Harden the heart of this people. (96) Here the former statement is more fully expressed; for God informs Isaiah beforehand, not only that his labor in teaching will be fruitless, but that by his instruction he will also blind the people, so as to be the occasion of producing greater insensibility

Isaiah 6:10 — 10. Endurezca el corazón de esta gente. (96) Aquí la declaración anterior se expresa más completamente; porque Dios informa a Isaías de antemano, no solo que su labor en la enseñanza será infructuosa, sino que por su instrucción también cegará a la gente, para ser la ocasión de producir una

Jeremiah 15:1 — ruin on the reprobate and the obstinate in their wickedness, according to what is said by Christ, “Whatsoever ye shall bind on earth shall be bound in heaven, and whatsoever ye shall loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.” (Matthew 16:19) For he gave his Apostles the power not only of binding, but also of loosing. And Paul, after having spoken in high terms of the former power, adds, “When your obedience shall be accomplished,”(2 Corinthians 10:6) as though he had said,

Jeremiah 15:16 — to be ministers of the word, but he was a faithful and true minister of God. He then says, that the word of God had been to him the joy and gladness of his heart; that is, that he delighted in that word, like David, who compares it to honey. (Psalms 19:11; Psalms 119:103) The same manner of speaking is used by Ezekiel,(Ezekiel 2:8 and Ezekiel 3:1;) for the Prophet is there bidden to eat the volume presented to him; and then he says that it was to him like honey in sweetness, for he embraced the truth

Jeremiah 17:16 — have not cared to become a pastor.” But a meaning more suitable to the context may be given to the words, that the Prophet hastened not, for it follows, and I have not coveted. These two expressions, לא אצתי la atsati, hastened,” and, לא התאויתי la ethaviti, correspond the one with the other, I have not hastened,” and “I have not coveted;” and both is a denial of his

Jeremiah 18:18 — cannot perish from the priest,” means the same thing. But we find elsewhere what God threatened, even that a dreadful judgment was at hand, when the wise would become blind, when the priests and prophets would become foolish and fatuitous. (Hosea 9:7; Isaiah 29:14.) But we may hence learn on what condition and for what purpose God everywhere honors the ministers and pastors of the Church with high eulogies: it is not certainly that they may be proud through a false pretense, but that they may

Jeremiah 18:18 — del sacerdote", significa lo mismo. Pero encontramos en otra parte lo que Dios amenazó, incluso que un juicio terrible estaba cerca, cuando los sabios se volverían ciegos, cuando los sacerdotes y los profetas se volverían tontos y fatigosos. ( Oseas 9:7; Isaías 29:14.) Pero, por lo tanto, podemos aprender sobre qué condición y con qué propósito Dios honra a todos los ministros y pastores de la Iglesia con grandes elogios: ciertamente no es para que puedan estar orgullosos con una falsa pretensión,

Jeremiah 31:12 — he says, that they would celebrate this favor on the high place of Sion, not in an obscure corner, but so that their voice might be heard far and wide. He adds, and they shall flow together to the goodness of Jehovah, to the wheat, vine, and oil (29) This mode of speaking, common among the Prophets, ought to be specially noticed. They describe the kingdom of Christ in a way suitable to the comprehension of a rude people, and hence they set before them external images; for when Christ’s kingdom

Ezekiel 16:63 — reconciles by gratuitous pardon. For he is appeased by us only when he makes us new creatures in Christ, and regenerates us by his Spirit; as it is said in Isaiah, God will be propitious to the people who shall have returned from their iniquity. (Isaiah 59:20.) That promise is restricted to those who do not indulge and revel in sin, but humble themselves before God, and decide their own salvation to be impossible without their being severe judges to their own condemnation. Therefore Ezekiel follows up

Ezekiel 3:18 — his own discretion. When, therefore, God sends forth his servants, he does not resign that power, for still the supreme authority remains with himself: because there is one lawgiver, as James says, who can save and destroy. (James 4:12; Ezekiel 13:19.) And elsewhere Ezekiel reproves the false prophets, because they keep alive the souls which were dying, and slay the souls not devoted to death. For we know that proud men always tyrannize over the conscience when they take upon themselves the prophetic

Ezekiel 3:18 — su propia discreción. Por lo tanto, cuando Dios envía a sus siervos, no renuncia a ese poder, ya que la autoridad suprema permanece consigo misma: porque hay un legislador, como dice James, que puede salvar y destruir. ( Santiago 4:12; Ezequiel 13:19.) Y en otros lugares Ezequiel reprende a los falsos profetas, porque mantienen vivas las almas que estaban muriendo y matan a las almas que no estaban dedicadas a la muerte. Porque sabemos que los hombres orgullosos siempre tiranizan sobre la conciencia

Daniel 7:25 — guerras, y no habrá fin todavía", dice él. Los anuncia como preludios de males mayores, cuando toda Judea debería ser devastada por guerras y otras matanzas. Luego agrega: "A menos que esos días se hayan acortado". ( Mateo 24:6; Marco 13:7; Lucas 21:9.) Este acortamiento de los días se nota aquí como si el Señor acortara; una continua sucesión de ellos. Porque cuando la posesión de la tiranía parecía feroz, y de repente y más allá de la expectativa de todos, Dios finalmente arrebató su Iglesia, y

Hosea 1:10 — los judíos, sino también de los gentiles; como dice Oseas, Llamaré a un pueblo que no era mío, mi pueblo; y su amado, que no fue amado: y será, donde les había sido dicho: No sois mi pueblo; allí serán llamados los hijos del Dios viviente " ( Romanos 9:24, etc.) Pablo aplica este pasaje, y con razón, a todo el cuerpo de fieles, reunidos sin ninguna diferencia, tanto de los judíos como de los gentiles: porque de lo contrario, como hemos dicho, la corrección y la verdad de la profecía no serían evidentes.

Haggai 1:1 — Babilonia. Vengo ahora a nuestro Profeta: él dice: En el segundo año de Darío, el Señor me ordenó que reprenda la pereza de la gente. Podemos concluir fácilmente que han transcurrido más de veinte años desde que la gente comenzó a regresar a su propio país. (129) Algunos dicen treinta o cuarenta años, y otros van más allá de ese número; Pero esto no es probable. Algunos dicen que los judíos regresaron a su país en el quincuagésimo octavo año de su cautiverio; pero esto no es cierto, y puede ser fácilmente

Zechariah 9:9 — acostumbrados a llevar el yugo de la ley, y que él también debía llevar a los gentiles a la obediencia, que hasta ahora había sido innombrable. Pero estas cosas son muy frívolas. Es suficiente para nosotros saber lo que significa el Profeta. Luego sigue: 9. Alégrate mucho, hija de Sión; Grita hija de Jerusalén: He aquí tu Rey, él vendrá a ti; Justo y salvo será él; Humilde, y él cabalgará sobre un asno, incluso sobre un potro, el potro de un asno: 10. Y cortaré el carro de Efraín, y el caballo de Jerusalén;

Matthew overview — because in one passage he mentions his Gospel,(15) (2 Timothy 2:8.) As if what follows did not make it clear that Paul is speaking of his whole preaching, and not of a single book: for he adds, for which I suffer trouble, even to bonds, (2 Timothy 2:9.) Now, it is certain that he was not held guilty (16) of having written a book, but of having administered and preached with the living voice the doctrine of Christ. Eusebius, whose industry was great, discovers here a singular want of judgment in collecting

Matthew 26:39 — 39. Y se adelantó un poco. Hemos visto en otros pasajes, que para excitarse a sí mismo a una mayor seriedad de oración, el Señor oró en ausencia de testigos; porque cuando nos retiramos de la mirada de los hombres, logramos mejor recobrar nuestros sentidos,

Deuteronomy 5:9 — 9 No te inclinarás ante ellos. Los idólatras en vano se esfuerzan por eludir este segundo punto con sus tontas tonterías; entre los papistas, esa distinción insignificante es comúnmente avanzada, que solo λατρέια, (81) y no δελέια está prohibido. Para

Romans 11:2 — a foresight, I know not what, by which God foresees what sort of being any one will be, but that good pleasure, according to which he has chosen those as sons to himself, who, being not yet born, could not have procured for themselves his favor. (339) So he says to the Galatians, that they had been known by God, (Galatians 4:9); for he had anticipated them with his favor, so as to call them to the knowledge of Christ. We now perceive, that though universal calling may not bring forth fruit, yet

Hebrews 4:12 — 5:23,) he meant no other thing, but that they might continue pure and chaste in mind, and will, and outward actions. Also Isaiah means the same when he says, “My soul desired thee in the night; I sought thee with my spirit.” (Isaiah 26:9.) What he doubtless intends to show is, that he was so intent on seeking God, that he applied his whole mind and his whole heart. I know that some give a different explanation; but all the sound­minded, as I expect, will assent to this view. Now,