Bible Commentaries

Psalms 62:11 — 11 Dios ha hablado una vez. El salmista consideró que el único método efectivo para abstraer las mentes de los hombres de los vanos delirios en los que están dispuestos a confiar, era llevarlos a aceptar implícita y firmemente el juicio de Dios. Por

Jeremiah 23:22 — de ascender sobre las nubes, o descender a las profundidades, o correr más allá del mar; porque la Ley y la palabra están cerca de tu boca, es decir, Dios ha puesto delante de ti todo lo que sea necesario y útil para ser conocido ". ( Deuteronomio 30:12; Romanos 10:6.) Esto, entonces, se le dará a conocer completamente, y el conocimiento de cualquier cosa necesaria será oscuro, si asiste a la Ley. Por lo tanto, la causa del error no es solo tu pereza, sino también tu perversidad; porque intencionalmente

Jeremiah 28:9 — mostrarse como la definición de un verdadero profeta; porque cuando el evento se corresponde con la profecía, no hay duda de que el que predijo lo que sucederá debe haber sido enviado por Dios. Pero debemos tener en cuenta lo que se dice en Deuteronomio 13:1, donde Dios recuerda a las personas que incluso cuando el evento responde a la profecía, los profetas no deben ser creídos de manera indiscriminada e irreflexiva, como si predijeran qué era verdad; "Para Dios", dice, "te prueba", es decir, prueba

Jeremiah 3:1 — esposa por adulterio; pero como ya dije, aquí hay dos cláusulas. Los judíos solían divorciarse de sus esposas incluso por causas leves, y sin ninguna causa. Ahora, Dios habla así por Isaías, "Muéstrame la factura del divorcio de tu madre" ( Isaías 50:1) como si hubiera dicho: "No he repudiado a tu madre". Porque si alguien se apartó de su esposa, la ley lo obligaba a culparse a sí mismo; por lo que fue la carta de divorcio? Fue un testimonio de la castidad de la esposa; porque si alguien fue declarado

Ezekiel 1:1 — We see that the Prophet was called to the office of a Teacher in the fifth year after Jehoiachin had voluntarily surrendered himself to the king of Babylon, (2 Kings 24:15); and had been dragged into exile, together with his mother: for it was, says he, “in the thirtieth year.” The greater part of the Commentators follow the Chaldee Paraphrast, and understand him to date from the finding of the Book of the

Ezekiel 18:6 — banquets were added as appendages. And truly when Paul speaks of idolatry, he does not say, if any one bends his knees before stone or wood, but he quotes the words of Moses, that the people rose up to play after eating, that is, after banqueting. (1 Corinthians 10:7; Exodus 32:6.) Hence a feast is there taken for that sacrilegious profaneness when the people made for themselves a calf, and wished to worship God before it. When, therefore, it is now said, if any one has not eaten upon, the mountains:

Ezekiel 18:6 — apéndices. Y verdaderamente cuando Pablo habla de idolatría, no dice, si alguien dobla sus rodillas ante la piedra o la madera, pero cita las palabras de Moisés, que la gente se levantó para jugar después de comer, es decir, después de banquetear. ( 1 Corintios 10:7; Éxodo 32:6.) Por lo tanto, se toma un banquete para ese profano sacrilegio cuando la gente se hace un becerro y desea adorar a Dios antes que él. Cuando, por lo tanto, ahora se dice, si alguien no ha comido en las montañas: por un festín,

Daniel 9:6 — with blind impulse, for if he fall he will find no one to pity him. So Daniel here enlarges upon the people’s crime, for the law of God was like a lamp pointing out the path so clearly that they were willfully and even maliciously blind. (Psalms 119:105.) Unless they had closed their eyes, they could not err while God faithfully pointed out the way in which they ought to follow and persevere. This is the first point. But we ought to gather another doctrine from this passage, namely, there is

Hosea 1:4 — contienda con Dios, y venció en la lucha, ( Génesis 32:28.) De ahí que la posteridad de Abraham glorificara que eran israelitas. Y el profeta Isaías también mira esta arrogancia, cuando dice: "Vengan, a quienes llaman por el nombre de Israel" ( Isaías 48:1;) como si dijera: "Vosotros sois israelitas, pero solo en cuanto al título, porque la realidad no existe en ustedes". Volvamos ahora a nuestra Oseas. Llama, dice su nombre Jezreel; (5) como si dijera: "Se hacen llamar israelitas; pero mostraré, con

Hosea 10:1 — Interpreters explain this verse in various ways. Those who think בוקק, bukok, here applied to the vine, means “empty,” are mistaken; for the Prophet means rather, that Israel was like a vine, which is robbed after the ingathering is come: for the word בקק, bekok,

Amos 9:11 — in such a way as to remember still his own promise. We know, that whenever the Prophets designed to give some hope to a distressed people, they set forth the Messiah, for in him all the promises of God, as Paul says, are Yea and Amen, (2 Corinthians 1:20) and there was no other remedy for the dispersion than for God to gather all the scattered members under one head. Hence, when the head is taken away, the Church has no head; especially when it is scattered and torn, as was the case after the time

Haggai 2:1 — perseverance. Now we know what had been predicted by Ezekiel, and what all the other Prophets had testified, especially Isaiah, who had spoken highly of the excellency of the Church, and shown that it was to be superior to its ancient state. (Isaiah 33:21.) Besides, Ezekiel describes the form of the Temple, and states its dimensions. (Ezekiel 41:1.) As then the faithful had learnt from these prophecies that the new Temple would be more splendid than the ancient, they were in danger, not only of becoming

Haggai 2:20 — even from this chapter what is meant by the shaking of the heaven and of the earth, of which mention is made. The Apostle also rightly interprets this passage, when he teaches us, that this prophecy properly belongs to the kingdom of Christ. (Hebrews 12:26.) There is therefore no doubt, but that the Prophet means here something special, when he introduces God as saying, Behold, I shake the heavens and the earth. God then does not speak of his ordinary providence, nor simply claim to himself the government

Zechariah 13:3 — there would be so much zeal in God’s children when renewed by his Spirit, that they would not spare even their own children, but slay them with their own hands, when they saw them perverting the truth of God. Zechariah no doubt alludes to the 13th chapter of Deuteronomy 13:1 where God requires such a rigorous severity in defending pure doctrine, that a father was to rise up against the son whom he had begotten, that a husband was to lead his wife to death rather than to indulge his love and

Deuteronomy 18:10 — 10. No se encontrará entre ustedes. Este enamoramiento horrible y totalmente monstruoso, por el cual los gentiles habían sido poseídos, luego invadieron también a los judíos, para que inmolaran e incluso quemaran a sus hijos en honor de los dioses a

Luke 2:34 — as we have already said, we nowhere read that he was a priest. But there would be no absurdity in saying, that he prayed for the prosperity and advancement of Christ’s kingdom: for in the book of Psalms the Spirit prescribes such a εὐλογία , —a blessing of this nature to all the godly. “Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord; we have blessed you in the name of the Lords” (Psalms 118:26.) Lo, this has been set This

Acts 13:27 — Christ, save only that in him shined the plain truth of the Scripture? It must needs be that Christ should be rejected of the chief, for it was so foretold, “The stone which the builders refused hath God made the head of the corner,” (Psalms 118:22.) Christ must needs have been condemned among the wicked, that he might acquit us before God; it was expedient that sins should be laid upon him, that he might make satisfaction for the same; that he should be offered upon the cross, that the

Acts 16:16 — − 16.Luke prosecuteth the increase of the Church; for though he do not straightway in a word express that thing, yet is it easily gathered out of the text, that many were brought into the faith, or at least that the Church was somewhat augmented, and Paul

Romans 1:17 — 17.For (39) the righteousness of God, etc. This is an explanation and a confirmation of the preceding clause — that the gospel is the power of God unto salvation. For if we seek salvation, that is, life with God, righteousness must be first sought,

1 Timothy 4:3 — 3Forbidding to marry. Having described the class, he next mentions two instances, (71) namely, the prohibition of marriage and of some kinds of food. They arise from that hypocrisy which, having forsaken true holiness, seeks something else for the purpose of concealment and disguise; for they who do not keep from ambition, covetousness,