Bible Commentaries

Genesis 18:12 — 12.Therefore Sarah laughed within herself Abraham had laughed before, as appears in the preceding chapter Genesis 17:1: but the laughter of both was, by no means, similar. For Sarah is not transported with admiration and joy, on receiving the promise

Genesis 32:30 — 30.And Jacob called the name of the place (110) The gratitude of our father Jacob is again commended, because he took diligent care that the memory of God’s grace should never perish. He therefore leaves a monument to posterity, from which they might know that God had appeared there; for

Psalms 141:7 — whole into the ditch; David tells us, that he and those with him were treated more barbarously, their Bones being dispersed, as one cleaves wood or stones into fragments, or digs the earth. From this it appears, that David, like Paul, (2 Corinthians 1:9,) was delivered from deaths oft; (241) and we may learn the duty of continuing to cherish hope of life and deliverance even when the expression may apply to us, that our bones have been broken and scattered. (241) If David here refers to the treatment

Psalms 95:3 — greatness of God, drawing a tacit contrast between him and such false gods as men have invented for themselves. We know that there has always been a host of gods in the world, as Paul says, “There are many on the earth who are called gods,”(1 Corinthians 8:5.) We are to notice the opposition stated between the God of Israel and all others which man has formed in the exercise of an unlicensed imagination. Should any object, that “an idol is nothing in the world,” (1 Corinthians

Isaiah 17:1 — 1.The burden of Damascus. Here he prophesies against the kingdom of Syria, and mentions the chief city in which the seat of the kingdom lay. It was proper that this calamity, like others which came before it, should be described, that the righteous might

Isaiah 22:23 — 23.And I will fasten him as a nail in a sure place. The particle of comparison must here be supplied, and therefore I have inserted in the text the word as. By נאמן, (nĕĕmān,) faithful, he means what is “firm and sure.” The original idea of the word is “truth;” for where “truth” is, there firmness and certainty are found; (94) and therefore Hebrew writers employ the

Isaiah 45:12 — 12.I made the earth. He appears merely to maintain the power of God, as be had formerly done; so that there is an indirect contrast between God and idols, which superstitious persons worship. Foolish men ask counsel of idols, as if the world were governed

Isaiah 47:1 — 1.Come down, and sit in the dust. Isaiah now explains more fully what he had briefly noticed concerning the counsel of God, and the execution of it. He openly describes the destruction of Babylon; because no hope whatever of the return of the people could

Isaiah 56:1 — 1.Thus saith Jehovah. This is a remarkable passage, in which the Prophet shows what God demands from us, as soon as he holds out tokens of his favor, or promises that he will be ready to be reconciled to us, that our reconciliation may be secured. He

Daniel 8:15 — down at the first elements, and their obstinacy prevents that complete knowledge which is necessary. Daniel therefore shews himself to be far distant from such fastidiousness, as he was rendered more attentive by hearing from Christ’ lips the rea1 object of the vision. When I was attentive 1 sought to understand it, says he, behold! there stood before my face (or near it) like the aspect of a man We ought probably to interpret this passage of Christ, who is now called like a man, as formerly.

Matthew 10:25 — 25.If they have called the master of the house Beelzebub This is equivalent to calling himself Lord of the Church, as the apostle, when comparing him to Moses and the prophets, (Hebrews 3:1,) says, that they were servants, but that he is the Son and heir. Though he bestows on them the honor of calling them brethren, (Hebrews 2:11,) yet he is the first-born (Romans 8:29) and head of the whole church; and, in short, he possesses supreme

Deuteronomy 28:23 — that when He is reconciled to His people, He will “hear the heavens, and they shall hear the earth; and the earth shall hear the corn, and the wine, and the oil;” so that, finally, all these things shall hear starving men. (240) (Hosea 2:21.) It is not superfluous that He should expressly speak of the “heaven over our head,” and the earth that is “under our feet,” for He thus indicates that His weapons are prepared both above and below to execute His vengeance,

Luke 24:46 — by his prophets but what he will undoubtedly accomplish.” But by these words we are likewise taught what it is that we ought chiefly to learn from the Law and the Prophets; namely, that since Christ is the end and the soul of the law, (Romans 10:4,) whatever we learn without him, and apart from him, is idle and unprofitable. Whoever then desires to make great proficiency in the Scriptures ought always to keep this end in view. Now Christ here places first in order his death and resurrection,

John 16:14 — причастниками Его благ. Итак, Дух не дает нам ничего отдельно от Христа, но берет от Него все нам передаваемое. То же самое надо думать и об учении. Дух просвещает нас не для того, чтобы хоть на йоту увести от Христа, но дабы исполнить сказанное Павлом (1 Corinthians 1:30), Христос стал для нас премудростью Божией. Дух открывает нам все сокровища, сокрытые во Христе. В итоге, Дух обогащает нас одним лишь богатством Христовым, дабы слава Христова блистала и сияла во всем.

John 3:14 — говорит Исаия (Isaiah 2:2). Образ этого вознесения Христос видит в медном змее, которого выставил Моисей. Взгляд на него спасительно врачевал тех, кто был ранен смертельным змеиным укусом. В этом отношении примечательна история, рассказанная в Numbers 21:9. Далее, Христос учит: евангельская доктрина выставляет Его перед взором всех с той целью, чтобы всякий, взглянувший на Него с верою, принял спасение. Откуда следует, что Христос ясно предлагается нам в Евангелии, и никто не может жаловаться на его

Acts 18:25 — благодать примирения с Богом, и в то же время напитался лишь начатками Евангелия, научившись им у Иоанна. Ведь Иоанн был словно посредником между Христом и пророками. О его служении говорит и отец Захария в своей песне, и ангел из пророчества Малахии (Luke 1:16,Luke 1:76). Действительно, Иоанн предварил появление Христа, торжественно изъяснив Его великую силу. Посему ученики его заслуженно зовутся знающими и сведущими о Христе. К тому же полезно отметить фразу: знал крещение Иоанново. Отсюда мы заключаем,

Ephesians 2:12 — священного тела? То же надобно думать о скрижалях обетований. Ведь все они зависят от Него, как от своего Главы. «Благословятся в семени твоем все народы». Без Него обетования недействительны. Отсюда слова: все обетования во Христе да и аминь (2 Corinthians 1:20). Если же завет спасения устранен, не остается никакой надежды.Διαθηκας я предпочел перевести как скрижали, в народе зовущиеся орудиями завета. Ибо Бог торжественно заключил завет с Авраамом и его потомками, обещая навечно пребыть их Богом. Скрижали

Joshua 22:10 — 10.And when they came unto the borders, etc The history here is particularly deserving of notice, when the two tribes and half-tribe, intending to erect a memorial of common faith and fraternal concord, allowed themselves from inconsiderate zeal to adopt

James 5:17 — 17 Elias era un hombre. Hay innumerables casos en las Escrituras de lo que quiso probar; pero eligió uno que es notable por encima de todos los demás; porque era una gran cosa que Dios hiciera el cielo de una manera sujeta a las oraciones de Elías, para

1 Peter 1:23 — 23 Nacer de nuevo Aquí hay otra razón para una exhortación: que, como eran hombres nuevos y nacieron de nuevo de Dios, les correspondía formar una vida digna de Dios y de su regeneración espiritual. Y esto parece estar relacionado con un verso en 1 Pedro 2:2 que respeta la leche de la palabra, que debían buscar, para que su forma de vida pudiera corresponder con su nacimiento. Sin embargo, puede extenderse más, de modo que se conecte también con lo que ha sucedido anteriormente; porque Pedro reunió