Bible Commentaries

Genesis 32:3 — 3. Y Jacob envió mensajeros. Sucedió por la providencia de Dios que Esaú, habiendo dejado a su padre, se había ido al monte de Seir por su propia voluntad; y de esta manera se apartó de la tierra prometida, lo que implicaría que la posesión de la misma

Exodus 38:1 — les gustan demasiado los adornos exteriores y las galas, siempre les han gustado mucho los espejos, tanto con el fin de pintarse las mejillas como de arreglarse el cabello, de modo que ningún cabello quede fuera de lugar. Por lo tanto, Isaías ( Isaías 3:23) enumera los espejos entre los lujos (299) del mundo femenino. Algunos, entonces, piensan que las mujeres, al dedicarse al servicio de Dios, dejaron de lado esta vanidad y consagraron sus espejos en testimonio de su arrepentimiento. Sin embargo,

Psalms 124:3 — When he says, (Psalms 124:3,) They had swallowed us up alive, (78) he not only expresses barbarous cruelty, but also disproportion of strength. He describes then in the first place how violent was the onset of the enemy, and secondly, how feeble and inadequate the Jews were to

Isaiah 20:3 — 3.Three years. Why for such a period? Because that was the time granted to the Egyptians and Ethiopians, during which the Lord gave them a truce for repentance, and at the same time wished to make trial of the obedience of his people, that without delay

Isaiah 35:3 — 3.Strengthen ye the weak hands. We might explain this passage generally, as if he had said, “Let those who have feeble hands strengthen them, let; them whose knees tremble and totter compose and invigorate their hearts.” But the following

Isaiah 54:12 — wise architect,” says he, “I have laid the foundation.” And again, “If any man build on this foundation, gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, stubble, every man’s work shall be made manifest.” (1 Corinthians 3:10) Whether or not this be the Prophet’s meaning, will appear from the following verse.

Lamentations 4:20 — otro lado, mientras exista entre él y nosotros una unión sagrada, aunque nuestra vida esté oculta, y muramos, vivimos en él, y aunque estamos muertos para el mundo, nuestra vida está en el cielo, como también Pablo y Pedro nos llaman allá. ( Colosenses 3:3; 2 Pedro 3:16.) En resumen, Jeremías significa que el favor de Dios se extinguió cuando el rey fue quitado, porque la felicidad de la gente dependía de el rey, y la dignidad real era como una promesa segura de la gracia y el favor de Dios; por lo

Matthew 7:9 — vice yields to the stronger feelings of a father’s love, so that men forget themselves, and give to their children with overflowing liberality. Whence comes this, but because God, of whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named, (Ephesians 3:15,) drops into their hearts a portion of his goodness? But if the little drops produce such an amount of beneficence, what ought we to expect from the inexhaustible ocean? Would God, who thus opens the hearts of men, shut his own? Let us also remember

Deuteronomy 4:41 — commands us to do, we are still to be by no means idle. For nothing but sheer laziness stands in our way, unless we speedily commence at God’s command what it is His will to finish and accomplish by the hands of others. (221) See ante, on Numbers 35:10; vol. 3, pp. 62,et seq.

Mark 3:6 — Mark 3:6.The Pharisees took counsel with the Herodians. Now they regarded the Herodians with the fiercest hatred; for their eagerness to be considered the guardians and protectors of public liberty made it necessary for them to make an open profession of mortal

Mark 5:3 — Mark 5:3.And no man could bind him, not even with chains Naturally, he was not able to break the chains; and hence we infer that Satan is sometimes permitted to make extraordinary movements, the effect of which goes beyond our comprehension and beyond ordinary

John 10:3 — 3.To him the porter openeth. If by the word Porter (282) any one choose to understand God, I do not object; and Christ even appears expressly to contrast the judgment of God with the false opinion of men in approving of pastors, as if he had said, “There

John 14:5 — reason of those things which are certain, and which have been explained to them. For example, the Prophets foretold the calling of the Gentiles with a true perception of faith, and yet Paul declares that it was a mystery hidden from them, (Ephesians 3:2.) In like manner, when the Apostles believed that Christ was departing to the Father, and yet did not know in what way he would obtain the kingdom, Thomas justly replies, that they donot know whither he is going. Hence he concludes that they know

John 15:3 — 3.You are already clean, on account of the word. He reminds them that they have already experienced in themselves what he had said; that they have been planted in him, and have also been cleansed or pruned He points out the means of pruning, namely, doctrine;

John 16:3 — 3.And they will do these things. Not without good reason does Christ frequently remind the apostles of this consideration, that there is only one reason why unbelievers are so greatly enraged against them. It is, because they do not know God. And yet

John 2:3 — 3.The mother of Jesus saith to him. It may be doubted if she expected or asked any thing from her Son, since he had not yet performed any miracle; and it is possible that, without expecting any remedy of this sort, she advised him to give some pious exhortations

John 6:3 — 3.Jesus therefore went up into a mountain. Christ unquestionably sought a place of retirement till the feast of the Passover; and therefore it is said that he sat down on a mountain with his disciples. Such was undoubtedly the purpose which he formed

Acts 18:15 — words and superfluous questions. And surely (as the nation was much given to 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

Acts 18:3 — − 3.They were of the same trade. This place teacheth that Paul, before he came to Corinth, was wont to work with his hands; and that not upon pleasure, but that he might get his living with his handiwork. It is not known where he first learned his occupation;

Romans 3:13 — 13.It is further added, Their throat is an open grave; (100) that is, a gulf to swallow up men. It is more than if he had said, that they were devourers (ἀνθρωποφάγους —