Bible Commentaries

Exodus 3:2 — Mediator, which he figuratively bore from the beginning, although he really took it upon him only at his Incarnation. And Paul sufficiently expounds this mystery to us, when he plainly asserts that Christ was the leader of his people in the Desert. (1 Corinthians 10:4.) Therefore, although at that time, properly speaking, he was not yet the messenger of his Father, still his predestinated appointment to the office even then had this effect, that he manifested himself to the patriarchs, and was known

Exodus 30:23 — altar, reconciliation was to be sought, that God might be propitious to them; but, as the Apostle testifies, the sacrifice of Christ’s death would not otherwise have been efficacious to appease God, if He had not suffered by the Spirit, (Hebrews 9:14;) and how does its fruit now reach us, except because the same Spirit washes our souls with the blood, which once was shed, as Peter teaches us? (1 Peter 1:2.) Who now consecrates our prayers but the Spirit, who dictates the groans which cannot be

Psalms 51:10 — 10 ¡Crea en mí un corazón limpio, oh Dios! En la parte anterior del salmo, David ha estado orando por perdón. Ahora solicita que se le devuelva la gracia del Espíritu, que había perdido, o merecía haber perdido,. Las dos solicitudes son bastante distintas,

Psalms 78:23 — kind of food, with which, by stretching out, as it were, his hand from heaven, he supplied them richly and in great abundance? This is the reason why the manna is called corn of heaven, and bread of the mighty Some explain the Hebrew word אבירים , abbirim, as denoting the heavens, (329) an opinion which I do not altogether reject. I, however, prefer taking it for angels, as it is understood by the Chaldee interpreter, and some others who have followed him. (330)

Psalms 78:65 — implica que el Señor despertó contra ellos; y otros, como se habla de sus enemigos. Si se adopta el primer sentido, no tiene por qué sorprendernos que los israelitas se denominen, en el verso 66, enemigos de Dios, incluso cuando así se designa en Isaías 1:24, “Por lo tanto, dice el Señor, el Señor de los ejércitos, el poderoso de Israel, ¡Ah! Me libraré de mis adversarios y me vengaré de mis enemigos. ( Isaías 1:24) Y así, el significado será que los israelitas pagaron caro por abusar de la paciencia

Leviticus 27:1 — 1. Y el Señor habló a Moisés. En este capítulo, Moisés muestra de qué manera y a qué precio lo que una vez ha sido ofrecido debe ser redimido, suponiendo que los votos no pueden pagarse convenientemente. Ahora debe observarse que entre los pueblos antiguos

Isaiah 38:3 — deslumbrados por el esplendor de los mundos, la pretendida santidad, que es como una profanación de su nombre, provoca su ira; y, porque "él es un Espíritu" ( Juan 4:24), justamente exige obediencia espiritual, y declara que aborrece "un doble corazón". (Salmo 12:2.) Por lo tanto, Ezequías comienza con sinceridad de corazón. La palabra hebrea שלם, (shalem,) que se traduce perfecto, no significa nada más que integridad en contraste con hipocresía, que también es evidente por el uso de la palabra verdad; como

Isaiah 54:9 — decir el Profeta, ya que los comentaristas no me parecen haber entendido su significado. En general, explican que el Señor prometió: Noé por juramento, que nunca habría un diluvio, y que este juramento permanecería en vigencia perpetuamente. ( Génesis 9:10) Pero por esto, el buen hombre podría haber temblado y, al acercarse la lluvia, podría haber temido una calamidad similar, si el Señor no hubiera jurado que esto nunca volvería a suceder. De la misma manera, cuando las aflicciones están a la mano,

Numbers 21:8 — willingly be fools, in order that we may learn to be wise only from the mouth of God. This afterwards more clearly appeared in the substance of this type: for, when Christ compares Himself to this serpent which Moses lifted up in the wilderness, (John 3:14,) it was not a mere common similitude which He employs, but He teaches us, that what had been shewn forth in this dark shadow, was completed in Himself. And, surely, unless the brazen serpent had been a symbol of spiritual grace, it would not have

Numbers 33:3 — their worshippers, and, at the same time, discovered the trickeries of the magicians. To this Isaiah appears to allude, when he says, “Behold, the Lord shall come into Egypt, and the idols of Egypt shall be moved at His presence,” (Isaiah 19:1) for he signifies that God will give such proofs of His power in Egypt, as shall demonstrate the vanity of all their errors, and overthrow all the superstitious fictions whereby the Israelites had been deceived. (222) There seems to be an oversight

Matthew 7:1 — Mateo 7:1 . Judege not Estas palabras de Cristo no contienen una prohibición absoluta de juzgar, pero están destinadas a curar una enfermedad, que aparece ser natural para todos nosotros. Vemos cómo se halagan todos, y cada hombre pasa una severa censura a los

Matthew 7:16 — 16. Por sus frutos los conocerá Si no se hubiera agregado esta marca de distinción, podríamos haber cuestionado la autoridad de todos los maestros sin excepción. Si existe un peligro mortal para ser temido por los maestros, y si no vemos forma de evitarlo,

John 12:14 — 14. Y Jesús había encontrado un asno joven. Esta parte de la historia está relacionada más minuciosamente por los otros evangelistas, quienes nos dicen que Cristo envió a dos de sus discípulos para traer un asno, ( Mateo 21:1; Marco 11:1; Lucas 19:29.)

Romans 14:2 — the relative article he has improperly introduced alius — one, “One indeed believes,” etc. That I take the infinitive for an imperative, ought not to appear unnatural nor strained, for it is a mode of speaking very usual with Paul. (416) He then calls those believers who were endued with a conscience fully satisfied; to these he allowed the use of all things without any difference. In the mean time the weak did eat herbs, and abstained from those things, the use of which he thought

1 Corinthians 13:13 — 13. Pero ahora queda la fe, la esperanza, el amor. Esta es una conclusión de lo que precede: que el amor es más excelente que otros regalos; pero en lugar de la enumeración de regalos que había hecho anteriormente, ahora pone fe y esperanza junto con

2 Corinthians 3:2 — little ingenuity in his making his own glory hinge upon the welfare of the Corinthians. “So long as you shall remain Christians, I shall have recommendation enough. For your faith speaks my praise, as being the seal of my apostleship. ” (1 Corinthians 9:2.) When he says — written in our hearts, this may be understood in reference to Silvanus and Timotheus, and in that case the meaning will be: “We are not contented with this praise, that we derive from the thing itself. The

2 Corinthians 6:13 — 13.Now the same requital He softens his reproof by addressing them kindly as his sons, and also by this exhortation, by which he intimates that he still entertains good hopes of them. By the same requital he means — mutual duty, for there is a mutual

2 Thessalonians 2:7 — already stated, that it is not one individual that is represented under the term Antichrist, but one kingdom, which extends itself through many ages. In the same sense, John says that Antichrist will come, but that there were already many in his time. (1 John 2:18.) For he admonishes those who were then living to be on their guard against that deadly pestilence, which was at that time shooting up in various forms. For sects were rising up which were the seeds, as it were, of that unhappy weed which

Titus 1:2 — preposición griega ἐπί; y, por lo tanto, se puede traducir, "Por la esperanza" o "Por la esperanza". La verdadera religión y la práctica de la piedad: comience con la meditación sobre la vida celestial; y de la misma manera, cuando Pablo ( Colosenses 1:5) alaba la fe y el amor de los colosenses, hace que la causa y el fundamento de ellos sean "la esperanza puesta en el cielo". Los saduceos y todos los que confinan nuestra esperanza a este mundo, sin importar lo que pretendan, no pueden hacer nada

1 Peter 4:1 — 1 Por tanto, entonces como Cristo Cuando antes había presentado a Cristo antes que nosotros, solo habló del sufrimiento de la cruz; porque a veces la cruz significa mortificación, porque el hombre exterior está malgastado por las aflicciones, y nuestra