Bible Commentaries

Isaiah 28:9 — physician is utterly hopeless. Those who are weaned from the milk. The Prophet complains that the stupidity of the people may be said to hinder God from attempting to cure them of their vices; and therefore he compares the Jews to very young infants, (218) or who are but beginning to prattle, and whom it would be a waste of time to attempt to teach. Justly indeed does Peter exhort believers to draw near, “like infants newly born, to suck the milk of pure doctrine;” for no man will ever shew

Isaiah 60:6 — their power, and will offer themselves and all that they have as a sacrifice. Hence it ought to be inferred, that we cannot be truly converted to the Lord, without offering to him all our faculties; for these are “spiritual sacrifices,” (1 Peter 2:5) which he demands, and which cannot be refused to him, if our hearts be dedicated and consecrated to him in sincerity. (Romans 12:1) Wicked men abuse the gifts of God for luxury and intemperance, and corrupt them, as far as lies in their power,

Jeremiah 16:2 — before and confirmed in many places. But the prohibition to marry was full of meaning; it was to shew that the people were wholly given up to destruction. The law of man’s creation, we know, was this, “Increase and multiply.” (Genesis 1:22; Genesis 8:17; Genesis 9:1) As then mankind are perpetuated by marriage, here on the contrary God shews that that land was unworthy of this common and even general blessing enjoyed by the whole race of man. It is the same as if he had said, “They

Daniel 12:8 — needful to their full and thorough comprehension. It is quite clear that God never utters his word without expecting fruit; as it is said in Isaiah, I have not spoken unintelligibly, nor have I said to the seed of Jacob, seek ye me in vain. (Isaiah 45:19.) God was unwilling to leave his Prophet in this perplexity of hearing without understanding, but we are aware of distinct degrees of proficiency in the school of God. Again, sufficient revelation was notoriously conferred upon the prophets for the

Matthew 12:24 — 24.But when the Pharisees heard it. The scribes cannot withhold the acknowledgment of a fact so open and manifest, and yet they maliciously carp (105) at what Christ did by Divine power. Not only do they obscure the praise of the miracle, but endeavor to turn it into a reproach, as if it were performed by magical enchantment; and that work, which could not be ascribed to a man, is alleged by them

Matthew 13:46 — compró. Por la palabra comprar a Cristo no quiere decir que los hombres traigan cualquier precio, con el cual puedan comprar para sí la vida celestial; porque sabemos con qué condición el Señor invita a los creyentes en el libro de Isaías, ( Isaías 55:1) Ven y compra vino y leche sin dinero y sin precio. Pero aunque la vida celestial, y todo lo que le pertenece, es el regalo gratuito de Dios, se dice que la compramos, cuando renunciamos alegremente a los deseos de la carne, para que nada nos impida

Matthew 14:33 — declarado que él era su Maestro, instantáneamente reconocen que él es el Hijo de Dios, y por este término le rinden el honor del Mesías. Aunque en ese momento este elevado misterio no se conocía en general, cómo se iba a manifestar Dios en la carne, ( 1 Timoteo 3:16), sin embargo, como habían aprendido de los profetas, que él era el Redentor se llamaría el Hijo de Dios, quienes bajo esta designación proclaman la gloria de Cristo, declaran su creencia de que él es el Cristo. (385)

Matthew 8:1 — Matthew 8:1.And when he had come down from the mountain Matthew now returns to the course of the history. He had formerly said, that Christ went up into a mountain, (verse 1) then he threw, as it were, into one heap, many leading points of the doctrine of Christ;

John 7:5 — Его. Отсюда мы заключаем, как мало значит плотское родство. Дух навечно заклеймил бесславием родню Христову, которая, даже видя столько Его дел, не уверовала в Него. Итак, как говорит Павел, всякий желающий числиться во Христе да будет новой тварью (1 Corinthians 5:7; Galatians 6:15). Ибо посвящающие себя целиком Богу, становятся для Христа отцами и матерями и братьями. Прочих Он отсылает от Себя. Тем более смешно суеверие папистов, которые, оставив всех остальных родственников, почитают кровное

Acts 18:11 — наилучший строитель потратил так много времени. Причем, он считает, что не полностью завершил дело. По его словам, дело завершили другие, покорившись Господу и строя на заложенном им фундаменте. Как и впоследствии говорит: я насаждал, Аполлос же поливал (1 Corinthians 3:6).

Acts 6:4 — the common salvation of the Church. How much more, then, ought the pastor, who hath that function enjoined him by name to labor carefully [anxiously] for it? So Moses did indeed exhort others unto prayer, but he went before them as the ringleader (351) (Exodus 17:11.) And it is not without cause that Paul doth so often make mention of his prayers, (Romans 1:10.) Again, we must always remember that, that we shall lose all our labor bestowed upon plowing, sowing, and watering, unless the increase come

1 Corinthians 10:22 — Paul says, and not without reason, that in this way we wage war against God; for nothing does God more require from us than this — that we adhere strictly to everything that he declares in his word. Do not those, then, who use subterfuges, (591) in order that they may be at liberty to transgress the commandment of God, arm themselves openly against God? Hence that curse which the Prophet denounces against all those who call evil, good, anddarkness, light (Isaiah 5:20.) Are we stronger ? He

1 Corinthians 11:1 — 1.Imitators of me. From this it appears, how absurdly chapters are divided, inasmuch as this sentence is disjoined from what goes before, with which it ought to have been connected, and is joined to what follows, with which it has no connection. Let us

1 Corinthians 15:1 — 1.Now I make known to you. He now enters on another subject — the resurrection — the belief of which among the Corinthians had been shaken by some wicked persons. It is uncertain, however, whether they doubted merely as to the ultimate resurrection

1 Corinthians 15:19 — 19.But if in this life Here is another absurdity — that we do not merely by believing lose our time and pains, inasmuch as the fruit of it perishes at our death, but it were better for us not to believe; for the condition of unbelievers were preferable,

1 Thessalonians 3:12 — 12And the Lord fill you. Here we have another prayer — that in the mean time, while his way is obstructed, the Lord, during his absence, may confirm the Thessalonians in holiness, and fill them with love. And from this again we learn in what the

1 Timothy 2:6 — he once made atonement for our sins by his death, that he might reconcile us to God; and now having entered into the sanctuary of heaven, he appears in presence of the Father, in order to obtain grace for us, that we may be heard in his name. (Psalms 110:4; Hebrews 7:17.) So much the more does he expose the wicked sacrilege of the Papists, who, by making dead saints to be companions of Christ in this affair, transfer to them likewise the glory of the priesthood. Read the fourth chapter of the Epistle

1 Timothy 3:4 — convinced by experience, that they who are not ignorant of ordinary life, but are practiced in the duties of human intercourse, are better trained and adapted for governing the Church. And, therefore, we ought to observe the reason which is added, (1 Timothy 3:5,) that he who does not know how to rule his family, Will not be qualified for governing the Church. Now, this is the case with very many persons, and indeed with almost all who have been drawn out of an idle and solitary life, (60) as out

James 2:7 — o buen nombre. No dudo que se refiere aquí al nombre de Dios y de Cristo. Y él dice, por, o sobre, lo que sois llamados; no en oración, como las Escrituras no suelen hablar, sino por profesión; como se dice que el nombre de un padre, en Génesis 48:16 se llama a su descendencia, y en Isaías 4:1, el nombre de un esposo se llama a la esposa. Es, entonces, lo mismo que si hubiera dicho: “El buen nombre en el que te glorías, o en el que consideras un honor ser llamado; pero si orgullosamente calumnian

2 Peter 2:6 — contra los impíos se hiciera conocer a todas las edades; como cuando redimió a su pueblo de Egipto, nos propuso que favoreciera la seguridad perpetua de su Iglesia. Judas también ha expresado lo mismo, llamándolo el castigo del fuego eterno. [ Judas 1: 7 .]