Bible Commentaries

Genesis 15:6 — 6. Y él creía en el Señor. Ninguno de nosotros podría concebir la rica y oculta doctrina que contiene este pasaje, a menos que Pablo haya llevado su antorcha antes que nosotros. ( Romanos 4:3.) Pero es extraño, y parece un prodigio, que cuando el Espíritu de Dios ha encendido una luz tan grande, la mayor parte de los intérpretes deambulan con los ojos cerrados, como en la oscuridad de noche. Omito a los judíos, cuya ceguera es bien conocida.

Genesis 4:7 — vowels, it was more easy, in consequence of the affinity of words to each other, to strike into an extraneous sense. I however, as any one, moderately versed in the Hebrew language, will easily judge of their error, I will not pause to refute it. (235) Yet even those who are skilled in the Hebrew tongue differ not a little among themselves, although only respecting a single word; for the Greeks change the whole sentence. Among those who agree concerning the context and the substance of the address,

Exodus 20:8 — in idleness and sloth, and therefore there was no importance in the simple cessation of the labors of their hands and feet; nay, it would have been a childish superstition to rest with no other view than to occupy their repose in the service of God. (329) Wherefore, lest we should make any mistake in the meaning of this Commandment, it is well to remember its analogy and conformity with the thing it signifies; i.e., that the Jews might know that their lives could not be approved by God unless, by

Psalms 45:6 — agregado, para distinguir entre ellos y el único Dios verdadero; pero aquí se aplica a Cristo, simplemente y sin ninguna calificación. Sin embargo, es importante notar que aquí se habla de Cristo como es “Dios manifestado en la carne,” - ( 1 Timoteo 3:16.) También se le llama Dios, ya que es la Palabra, engendrada del Padre ante todos los mundos; pero él se presenta aquí en el personaje de Mediador, y por este motivo también se hace mención de él un poco después, como sujeto a Dios. Y, de hecho,

Leviticus 6:1 — innocence reigned universally, and refused any longer to acknowledge those as its members who had even once degenerated into unrighteousness.” — Waddington’s Church Hist., vol. 1 pp. 165, 166. C. mentions, Inst., book 4, ch. 1, sect. 23, (Calvin Society’s Translation, vol. 3, p. 35,) the similarity of some of the opinions held by the Anabaptists of his day to those of the Novatians. (272) For a statement of this doctrine, see Canons of the Council of Trent, Sess. 6, Can. 30;

Isaiah 2:3 — 3.And many people shall go In the former verse he had slightly noticed the reason why Mount Zion would hold so high a rank. It was because all nations would flow to it, as if the rivers were overflowing through the great abundance of waters. He now makes

Isaiah 6:10 — demostración de la terquedad de los judíos. De hecho, no da absolutamente las mismas palabras, pero declara el significado con suficiente claridad. Por lo tanto, dice que no podían creer, porque Isaías dijo: Cegó sus ojos y endureció su corazón. ( Juan 12:39 (97) ) Es cierto que esta predicción no fue la causa de su incredulidad, pero el Señor lo predijo, porque previó que serían tales como se describen aquí. El Evangelista aplica al Evangelio lo que ya había sucedido bajo la ley, y al mismo tiempo muestra

Isaiah 7:14 — enough that he speaks of a virgin who should conceive, not by the ordinary course of nature, but by the gracious influence of the Holy Spirit. And this is the mystery which Paul extols in lofty terms, that God was manifested in the flesh. (1 Timothy 3:16.) And shall call. The Hebrew verb is in the feminine gender, She shall call; for as to those who read it in the masculine gender, I know not on what they found their opinion. The copies which we use certainly do not differ. If you apply it to the

Jeremiah 17:16 — dos expresiones, לא אצתי la atsati, acelerada "y, לא התאויתי la ethaviti, corresponden la una con la otra, no me he apresurado" y "No he codiciado ; " y ambos es una negación de su temeridad. Muchos se empujan a sí mismos, como veremos en el capítulo 23, sin que Dios los llame; corren por sí mismos, y son engañados por tontas imaginaciones. El Profeta dice primero, que no se había apresurado a ser pastor después de Dios, literalmente; para muchos están gobernados por la ambición, lo que los lleva a

Jeremiah 31:12 — because gratitude was freely expressed when the Jews returned to their own country; for while they lived in exile they were like persons mute. It is hence said in the Psalms, “How shall we sing a song to God in a foreign land?” (Psalms 137:4) And they might have been still fearful after their return, had not a full liberty been granted them. This then is the benefit which the Prophet refers to when he says, that they would celebrate this favor on the high place of Sion, not in an obscure

Jeremiah 50:7 — void.” We may better understand what Jeremiah means by a similar example: when Isaiah answered King Hezekiah that God would be the defender of the city, when they recited to him the words of Sennacherib or of Rabshakch, who brought his orders, (Isaiah 37:24) he said, “But he thinks not that I have founded Sion.” (53) That answer seems to me to be wholly like this passage. Sennacherib said, “I will go up and take the city and the temple;” he, in short, triumphed as though he

Jeremiah 9:24 — que no debían gloriarse en nada más que en el conocimiento. de Dios. Ahora, el conocimiento mencionado aquí produce dos frutos, incluso fe y miedo; porque si estamos completamente convencidos de que hay propiciación con Dios, como se dice en Salmo 130:4 nos acordamos de él, y dudamos en no huir a él y poner nuestra salvación en su mano. Esta es una cosa. Entonces la fe trae miedo, como se dice en el salmo mencionado: "Hay propiciación contigo, para que puedas ser temido". Pero el Profeta aquí se

Ezekiel 3:18 — a 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

Micah 3:11 — ante él: él, al mismo tiempo, nos llama al arrepentimiento. Quien, entonces, se entrega y continúa hundido en sus vicios, se engaña mucho, si se aplica a sí mismo las promesas de Dios; porque, como se ha dicho, el uno no puede separarse del otro. (113) Pero cuando Dios es propicio para ellos, concluyen correctamente que todas las cosas les irán bien, porque sabemos que el favor paternal de Dios es Una fuente de toda felicidad. Pero en esto había un razonamiento vicioso: que se prometieron a sí mismos

Zephaniah 2:1 — examine themselves, to gather themselves, and as it were to draw themselves together, that they might not be like the chaff. Hence he says,—gather yourselves, yea, gather, ye nation not loved Some take the participle נכסף, necasaph, in an active sense, as though the Prophet had said that the Jews were void of every feeling, and had become wholly hardened in their stupidity. But I know not whether this can be grammatically allowed. I therefore follow what has been more

Malachi 2:9 — Iglesia sean maestros. Y no es imprudente que Gregory aplique una costumbre según la ley a este tema; porque sabemos que junto al vestido del sacerdote había campanas; y Moisés le ordena claramente que el sacerdote no salga sin este sonido, ( Éxodo 28:35.) Gregory, como ya he dicho, acomodó esto a la enseñanza: "¡Ay!", dice, " para nosotros, si avanzamos sin sonido, es decir, si nos jactamos de que somos pastores, y mientras tanto somos perros tontos; porque nada es menos tolerable que aquel que no

Matthew 21:42 — may now be asked, How does the Spirit call those men builders, who are so strongly bent on the ruin and destruction of the temple of God? For Paul boasts of having been an honest builder, because he founded the Church on Christ alone, (1 Corinthians 3:10.) The answer is easy. Though they are unfaithful in the execution of the office committed to them, yet he gives them this title with respect to their calling. Thus the name prophet is often given to deceivers, and those who devour the flock like

Acts 2:25 — altogether to be expounded of Christ, the thing itself doth prove. For seeing that David was one of the sons of Adam, he could not escape that universal condition and estate of mankind, “Dust thou art, and unto dust thou shalt return,” (Genesis 3:19;) the grave standeth open (I say) for all the children of Adam, that it may swallow them up, and consume them; so that no man can exempt himself from corruption. So that, beholding ourselves apart from Christ, we see the grave prepared for us, which

Romans 12:1 — us by the sweetness of that favor, by which our salvation is effected; and at the same time he reproaches us with ingratitude, except we, after having found a Father so kind and bountiful, do strive in our turn to dedicate ourselves wholly to him. (377) And what Paul says, in thus exhorting us, ought to have more power over us, inasmuch as he excels all others in setting forth the grace of God. Iron indeed must be the heart which is not kindled by the doctrine which has been laid down into love

Hebrews 4:12 — we must not be slightly pricked or torn, but be thoroughly wounded, that being prostrate under a sense of eternal death, we may be taught to die to ourselves. In short, we shall never be renewed in the whole mind, which Paul requires, (Ephesians 4:23,) until our old man be slain by the edge of the spiritual sword. Hence Paul says in another place, (Philippians 2:17,) that the faithful are offered as a sacrifice to God by the Gospel; for they cannot otherwise be brought to obey God than by having,