Bible Commentaries

Isaiah 14:3 — 3.And it shall be in that day. He adds a confirmation of the former promises. In this way the Lord provides for our weakness; for we find it difficult to render a full belief to his word, especially when the state of our affairs appears to contradict

Isaiah 53:3 — 3.Despised and rejected. This verse conveys the same statement as the preceding, namely, that Christ will be “rejected” by men, in consequence of their beholding in him nothing but grief and infirmity. These things needed to be often repeated

Isaiah 55:12 — the deliverance from Egypt, (Exodus 14:22) as is customary with the Prophets; for thus is it described by the Psalmist, “The mountains leaped like rams, and the hills like lambs. What ailed thee, O sea, that thou fleddest, and Jordan, (Joshua 3:16) that thou wast driven back? (Psalms 114:4) For the restoration of the Church may be regarded as a renovation of the whole world, and in consequence of this, heaven and earth are said to be changed, as if their order were reversed. But all this depended

Hosea 11:11 — power of God would be terrible and invincible, so that he would defend and protect his people, and no one would dare to rise up against him; and that if one should dare, he would be constrained instantly to succumb. Let us now proceed — (82) Joel 3:16. — fj.

Matthew 10:37 — Matthew 10:37.He who loveth father or mother As it is exceedingly harsh, and is contrary to natural feelings, to make enemies of those who ought to have been in closest alliance with us, so Christ now says that we cannot be his disciples on any other condition.

Luke 4:17 — 17.He found the passage There is no doubt that Christ deliberately selected this passage. Some think that it was presented to him by God; (322) but, as a liberty of choice was allowed him, I choose to say that, by his own judgment, he took this passage in preference to others. Isaiah there predicts that, after the Babylonish captivity, there will still be witnesses of the grace of God, who

John 1:40 — may observe in Andrew two things which Isaiah requires from the children of God; namely, that each should take his neighbor by the hand, and next, that he should say, Come, let us go up into the mountain of the Lord,and he will teach us, (Isaiah 2:3.) For Andrew stretches out the hand to his brother, but at the same time he has this object in view, that he may become a fellow-disciple with him in the school of Christ. We ought also to observe the purpose of God, which determined that Peter, who

John 4:35 — 35.Do you not say? He follows out the preceding statement; for, having said that nothing was more dear to him than to finish the work of the Father, he now shows how ripe it is for execution; and he does so by a comparison with the harvest. When the corn

John 9:3 — 3.Neither did this man sin, nor his parents. Christ does not absolutely say that the blind man, and his parents, were free from all blame; but he declares that we ought not to seek the cause of the blindness in sin. And this is what I have already said,

Acts 20:3 — − 3.Because the Jews laid wait for him. The Lord did exercise his servant so diversely and continually that he set before us in him an example of most excellent constancy. It is not sufficient for him to be wearied with the labor and trouble of a long and

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, by which

1 Corinthians 3:23 — 23.Christ is God’s This subjection relates to Christ’s humanity, for by taking upon him our flesh, he assumed “the form” and condition “of a servant,” that he might make himself obedient to his Father in all things.

1 Corinthians 6:14 — which is consecrated to Christ, should be profaned by fornication, inasmuch as Christ himself has been raised up from the dead, that he might enter on the possession of the heavenly glory. The second is, that it is a base thing to prostitute our body (352) to earthly pollutions, while it is destined to be a partaker (353) along with Christ of a blessed immortality and of the heavenly glory. There is a similar statement in Colossians 3:1, If we have risen with Christ, etc., with this difference, that

1 Corinthians 6:3 — 3.Know ye not that we shall judge angels ? This passage is taken in different ways. Chrysostom states that some understood it as referring to priests, (325) but this is exceedingly far-fetched. Others understand it of the angels in heaven, in this sense

1 Corinthians 7:3 — 3.The husband to the wife. He now prescribes the rules to be observed in the marriage connection, or he teaches what is the duty of husband and wife. And in the first place he lays down a general doctrine as to mutual benevolence — that the husband

1 Thessalonians 2:18 — 18Satan hindered us. Luke relates that Paul was in one instance hindered, (Acts 20:3) inasmuch as the Jews laid an ambush for him in the way. The same thing, or something similar, may have occurred frequently. It is not without good reason, however, that Paul ascribes the whole of this to Satan, for, as he teaches elsewhere, (Ephesians

1 Timothy 3:16 — de lo que debería, él ensalza su valor al afirmar que "Grande es el secreto de la piedad"; es decir, porque no trata de temas malos, sino de la revelación del Hijo de Dios, "En quien están escondidos todos los tesoros de la sabiduría". ( Colosenses 2:3.) Por la grandeza e importancia de tales asuntos, los pastores deben juzgar su oficio, para que puedan dedicarse a cumplirlo con mayor conciencia y más profunda reverencia. Dios manifestado en la carne El traductor de la Vulgata, al omitir el nombre

1 Timothy 4:1 — последующие). Воистину никто не мог бы ожидать, что люди отступят от веры при столь ярком евангельском свете. Но именно об этом и говорит Петр: лжеучителя, некогда сбивавшие с толку израильский народ, так же ополчатся и на Христианскую Церковь (2 Peter 3:3). Итак, в этом отрывке Павел утверждает следующее: сейчас евангельское учение процветает, но сатана не будет бездействовать долго и постарается заглушить истинное семя сорняками. Увещевание это принесло великую пользу Церкви того времени: пастыри

Hebrews 11:9 — longer the delay the greater was the trial; but by setting up the shield of faith they repelled all the assaults of doubt and unbelief. (217) (217) The prepositionμετὰ may often be rendered “as well as.” See Matthew 2:3; Luke 11:7, 1 Corinthians 16:11; “dwelling in tents, as well as Isaac and Jacob, co-heirs to the same promise.” It means not here the same time, says Grotius, but parity as to what is stated. — Ed

1 John 3:2 — refiere a Cristo, cuando él aparecerá; porque él enseña lo mismo con Pablo, en Colosenses, donde dice: "Tu vida está escondida con Cristo en Dios: cuando Cristo, quien es tu vida, aparecerá, entonces también aparecerás con él en gloria". ( Colosenses 3:3) Porque nuestra fe no puede sostenerse de otra manera que mirando la venida de Cristo. La razón por la cual Dios difiere la manifestación de nuestra gloria es esta, porque Cristo no se manifiesta en el poder de su reino. Esta es, entonces, la única