Bible Commentaries

Genesis 3:1 — 1. Ahora bien, la serpiente era más astuta. En este capítulo, Moisés explica que el hombre, después de haber sido engañado por Satanás, se rebeló contra su Creador y se transformó por completo, de manera que la imagen de Dios en la que había sido formado

Genesis 49:10 — 10.The scepter shall not depart. Though this passage is obscure, it would not have been very difficult to elicit its genuine sense, if the Jews, with their accustomed malignity, had not endeavored to envelop it in clouds. It is certain that the Messiah,

Genesis 49:10 — 10. El cetro no se apartará. Aunque este pasaje es oscuro, no habría sido muy difícil descubrir su sentido genuino si los judíos, con su malignidad habitual, no hubieran tratado de envolverlo en nubes. Es cierto que aquí se promete al Mesías, que surgiría

Jeremiah 10:2 — deliciosas, sino que también debe contribuir mucho hacia excitar en los corazones de los hombres una gran reverencia por Dios. Por lo tanto, Moisés fue instruido desde su infancia en ese arte, y también a Daniel entre los caldeos. ( Hechos 7:22; Daniel 1:17.) Moisés aprendió astrología tal como la entendieron los egipcios, y Daniel como lo conocían los caldeos; pero el arte entre ellos estaba en ese momento muy adulterado; porque ya se habían mezclado, como ya dije, tontas adivinanzas con la ciencia

Jeremiah 31:34 — Gospel, that it would be clearly evident, that God under it deals more bountifully with his people, because its truth shines forth as the sun at noon-day. The same thing Isaiah promises, when he says that all would become the disciples of God. (Isaiah 54:13) This was indeed the case also under the Law, though God gave then but a small taste of heavenly doctrine: but at the coming of Christ he unfolded the treasures of wisdom and knowledge, so that under the Gospel there is the perfection of what had been

Jeremiah 31:34 — Evangelio, que sería claramente evidente, que Dios debajo de él trata más generosamente con su pueblo, porque su verdad brilla como el sol al mediodía. Lo mismo que Isaías promete, cuando dice que todos se convertirían en discípulos de Dios. ( Isaías 54:13) Este fue, de hecho, el caso también bajo la Ley, aunque Dios le dio entonces una pequeña muestra de la doctrina celestial: pero a la venida de Cristo desplegó los tesoros de la sabiduría y el conocimiento, de modo que bajo El Evangelio allí es la

Daniel 11:38 — peculiar affection; and God has instilled this mutual affection into the sexes to cause them to remain united together as long as they retain any spark of humanity. Thus David is said to have loved Jonathan beyond or surpassing the love of women. (2 Samuel 1:26.) No fault is there found with this agreement, otherwise the love of David towards Jonathan would be marked with disgrace. We know how sacred his feelings were towards him, but “the love of women” is here used par excellence, implying

Daniel 9:25 — he wishes him to be called the Christ. But, first of all, we know Agrippa not to have been a legitimate king, and his tyranny was directly contrary to the oracle of Jacob, since the scepter had been snatched away from the tribe of Judah. (Genesis 49:10.) He cannot by any means be called Christ, even though he had surpassed all angels in wisdom, and virtue, and power, and everything else. Here the lawful government of the people is treated, and this will not be found in the person of Agrippa. Hence

Hosea 1:2 — ought to have retained in their minds the recollection of this oracle, ‘The Lord has chosen mount Zion, where he has desired to be worshipped; this,’ he said ‘is my rest forever; here will I dwell, for I have chosen it,’ (Psalms 132:13.) And this prediction, we know, had not been once or ten times repeated, but a hundred times, that it might be more firmly fixed in the hearts of men. Since, then, they ought to have had this truth fully impressed on their hearts, that the Lord

Joel 2:32 — to the Jews, but declared that by the coming of Christ all things would be full of horror: after this denunciation he now subjoins, ‘Whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be delivered.’ But as Paul cites this place in Romans 10:11, and extends it to the Gentiles, we must inquire in what sense he takes the testimony of the Prophet. Paul means to prove that adoption was common to the Gentiles, that it was lawful for them to flee to God, and familiarly to invoke him as a Father:

Jonah 4:2 — convencido de que Dios es misericordioso. Entonces Jonás parece razonar muy absurdamente cuando dice que se retiró de su oficina porque sabía que Dios era misericordioso. ¿Pero cómo sabía esto? Por la ley de Dios; porque el pasaje está tomado de Éxodo 33:1, donde se describe esa visión notable y memorable, en la que Dios le ofreció a Moisés una visión de sí mismo: y luego se exhibió al santo Profeta, por así decirlo, representación viva de Dios, y no hay pasaje en la ley que exprese la naturaleza de Dios

Haggai 1:1 — well know, did not write a history, but fabled most boldly according to his own fancy; for he invents the tale that Cyrus was brought up by his maternal grandfather, Astyages. But it is evident enough that Astyages had been conquered in war by Cyrus. (127) He says also that Cyrus married a wife a considerable time after the taking of Babylon, and that she was presented to him by his uncle Cyaxares, but that he dared not to marry her until he returned to Persia, and his father Cambyses approved of the

Haggai 2:15 — realmente se hubieran vuelto más sabios o hubieran progresado más en la verdadera religión, podría haberlos abordado de manera diferente, y sin duda habría seguido la regla mencionada por Pablo, "Hablamos sabiduría entre los que son perfectos". ( 1 Corintios 2:6.) Pero como tenían sus pensamientos fijos en la carne y la bebida, y estaban concentrados en sus ventajas privadas, el Profeta les dice lo que podían comprender que Dios estaba enojado con ellos, y que las pruebas de su maldición eran

Acts 15:2 — wicked, he is not afraid boldly to offer himself; but when he doth meekly admit the remedy which was offered, he declareth plainly what small desire he had to fight, for otherwise he might have boasted that he did not pass for the apostles, − (81) and so have stood stoutly in that; but the desire of peace did not suffer him to refuse their judgment. Moreover, ignorant and weak men should have conceived a sinister opinion, if they should have seen two men only separated from all the servants

Romans 8:3 — faith, and turn not the mercy of God so as to promote the licentiousness of the flesh. And then the state of the case must be noticed; for the Apostle teaches us here how the grace of Christ absolves us from guilt. Now as to the expression, τὸ ἀδύνατον, the impossibility of the law, it is no doubt to be taken for defect or impotency; as though it had been said, that a remedy had been found by God, by which that which was an impossibility to

1 Corinthians overview — Attica and the Peloponnesus, it was very conveniently situated for imports and exports. Paul, after teaching there for a year and a half, as Luke mentions in the Acts, constrained at length by the wickedness of the Jews, sailed thence into Syria (Acts 18:11.) During Paul’s absence false apostles had crept in, not, in my opinion, to disturb the Church openly with wicked doctrines, or designedly to undermine sound doctrine; but, priding themselves in the splendor and magnificence of their address,

Galatians overview — Ausonius, (7) who says, “As far as the Teutosagi, whose original name was Belgians; (8) for he calls them Belgians, and says that they were first called Teutosagi, and afterwards Tectosagi. Caesar, (9) indeed, places the Tectosagi in the Hercynian (10) forest; but I consider this to have been in consequence of their emigration, which indeed appears from that very passage. But more than enough has now been said as to the origin of the nation, so far as relates to the present passage. Pliny informs