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the Week of Proper 15 / Ordinary 20
the Week of Proper 15 / Ordinary 20
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Genesis 11:3 the skies.” (326)
(324) “Dixit vir ad proximum suum,” as it is in the margin of the English version. “A man said to his neighbor.”
(325)
“Audax omnia perpeti Gens humana ruit per vetitum nefas.” Hor. Lib. 1 Ode 3.
(326)
“Nil mortalibus arduum est Coelum ipsum petimus stultitia.” Ibid.
Genesis 25:12
12.Now these are the generations of Ishmael. This narration is not superfluous. In the commencement of the chapter, Moses alludes to what was done for the sons of Keturah. Here he speaks designedly more at large, for the purpose of showing that the promise
Genesis 28:1
1.And Isaac called Jacob, and blessed him. It may be asked, whether the reason why Isaac repeats anew the benediction which he had before pronounced, was that the former one had been of no force; whereas, if he was a prophet and interpreter of the will
Genesis 34:1
1.And Dinah... went out. This chapter records a severe contest, with which God again exercised his servant. How precious the chastity of his daughter would be to him, we may readily conjecture from the probity of his whole life. When therefore he heard
Genesis 36:1
1.Now these are the generations of Esau. Though Esau was an alien from the Church in the sight of God; yet since he also, as a son of Isaac, was favored with a temporal blessing, Moses celebrates his race, and inscribes a sufficiently lengthened catalogue
Genesis 50:3 diligently describe the method of embalming. And though I will not deny that, in the course of time, the skill and industry in practicing this art increased, yet it appears to me probable that this method of proceeding was handed down from the fathers. (219)
(219) It would appear that the mourning for Jacob was a kind of royal mourning. “On the death of every Egyptian king, a general mourning was instituted throughout the country for seventy-two days.” — Manners and Customs of the Ancient
Exodus 11:1
1.And the Lord said unto Moses. (131) He now relates that it was not with self-conceived confidence that he was lately so elated, as we have seen him; (132) but because he had been forewarned by divine revelation that the end of the contests was now near,
Exodus 14:19
19.And the angel of God. A sudden change which occurred to prevent a battle is here described; for the angel:, who used to go before the Israelites to show the way: turned to the other side, that he might be interposed between the two camps; and this,
Psalms 18:45 their places of concealment, to meet him with submission, so the Gospel strikes the unbelieving with such fear, as compels them to yield obedience to Christ. Such is the power of prophecy, that is to say, the preaching of the word, as Paul testifies in 1 Corinthians 14:24, that, convincing the consciences of men, and making manifest the secrets of their hearts, it causes those who before were rebels to prostrate themselves with fear, and to give glory to God.
(438) The Hebrew word חרג,
Psalms 34:1
1.I will bless Jehovah at all times. (687) David here extols the greatness of God, promising to keep in remembrance during his whole life the goodness which he had bestowed upon him. God assists his people daily, that they may continually employ themselves
Psalms 47:1
1.Clap your hands, all ye peoples As the Psalmist requires the nations, in token of their joy and of their thanksgiving; to God, to clap their hands, or rather exhorts them to a more than ordinary joy, the vehemence of which breaks forth and manifests
Isaiah 21:9 them “images of gods;” for the Babylonians knew, as all idolaters loudly proclaim, that their images are not gods. Yet they ascribed to them divine power, and when this is done, “the truth of God is changed into a lie,” (Romans 1:25,) and not only so, but God himself is denied. But on this subject we shall afterwards speak more largely. Here we see, that by her destruction Babylon was punished for idolatry, for he assigns the reason why Babylon was destroyed. It was because
Numbers 14:19
19.Pardon, I beseech thee, the iniquity of this people. In order to encourage his hope of pardon, he first sets before himself the greatness of God’s mercy, and then the past instances by which it had been proved that God was inclined to forgiveness.
Deuteronomy 16:1
1.Observe the month Abib. For what purpose God instituted the Passover, has already been shewn in the exposition of the First Commandment; for since it was a symbol of redemption, and in that ceremony the people exercised themselves in the pure worship
Deuteronomy 3:26 near Mount Abarim; for it is precisely as if he had said that they were retained by the extension of God’s hand, in order that they should not proceed any further until Joshua had been installed as his successor.
(240) See ante, on Deuteronomy 1:37. p. 137.
Romans 10:20 Как если бы было сказано: пророк говорит здесь не иносказательно и не запутанно, но ясными и прозрачными словами утверждает призвание язычников. То же, что Павел разделил, вставив несколько новых слов, у пророка сказано в одном контексте в главе 65:1, где Господь возвещает, что придет время, когда Он обратит благодать Свою на язычников, и в качестве причины упоминает о том, сколь надоела Ему надменность Израиля из-за своего упорства, ставшего совершенно невыносимым. Итак, вот Его слова: Те, кто
Romans 9:23 видим, сколь несчастны все, коим не удалось избежать Его гнева. Слово же «слава», дважды здесь повторенное, я истолковываю как означающее милосердие Божие метонимически, поелику особенная похвала Ему содержится в Его же благодеяниях.
Так и в Esther 1:13 апостол, научив нас, что мы усыновлены Богом в похвалу славы благодати Его, добавляет немного спустя, что запечатлены мы Духом усыновления в похвалу славы, и опускает при этом слово «благодати». Следовательно, он хотел сказать, что избранные являются
1 Corinthians 9:27 скамьях, принуждали себя к продолжительному бдению, избегали всякой роскоши. Но у них отсутствовало самое главное. Ведь они не поняли, почему апостол все это предписывает, хотя и помнили о другой заповеди: попечение о плоти не обращайте в похоть (Romans 13:14). Всегда истинно сказанное Павлом в другом месте (1 Timothy 4:8) о небольшой пользе от телесных упражнений. Однако будем же порабощать свое тело настолько, чтобы оно не распутствовало и не мешало исполнять обязанности благочестия. И, кроме того,
Ephesians 6:16 намек на ранее употребленный эпитет. Павел как бы говорит: стрелы сатаны не только остры, они, что много хуже, еще и огненны. Но вера способна не только притупить острие, но и угасить любое пламя. Это и есть победа, одолевающая мир, как говорит Иоанн (1 John 5:4).
Hebrews 8:1 можно спросить: разве скиния, построенная Моисеем, была ложной и воздвигнутой по дерзости? Ибо в словах апостола присутствует скрытое противопоставление. Отвечаю: истина, о которой он говорит, противопоставляется не обману, а образу, как сказано (John 1:17): закон дан через Моисея, благодать же и истина произошли через Иисуса Христа. Значит, та ветхая скиния была не пустым людским измышлением, а образом скинии небесной. Однако, поскольку тень отличается от самого тела, а обозначение от самой вещи,
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