Bible Commentaries

Matthew 13:38-57 — he field is the world, &c. The field is the world, not the Church; for by the tares of this field many understand heretics, who are not in the Church, especially when they are public and manifest. Children of the kingdom : These are faithful,

Matthew 17:20-27 — aith, as a grain of mustard seed, i.e., faith small in appearance, but of great virtue and efficacy; humble faith, which boasteth not itself, and therefore small in man's judgment, but verily quick, perfect burning like mustard seed. For when such

Matthew 21:23-46 — Verse 23. And when he was come into the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people came unto Him as he was teaching, and said, By what authority doest thou these things? And who gave thee this authority? By what power ( Vulg. ), Greek,

Matthew 4:14-25 — The people that sat in darkness , &c. I have expounded this prophecy at length in Isaiah 9:1 : which see. From that time Jesus began , &c. This was the sum and the scope of the preaching of Christ, to invite men to repentance, to change their course

Mark 12:1-44 — CHAPTER 12   1 The parable of the vineyard . 13 Touching the paying of tribute . 18 The Sadducees confuted . 35 A difficulty proposed to the scribes. Ver. 1 . Planted a vineyard. Gr. ε̉φύτευσεν , Vulg. pastinavit. The verb pastinare

Mark 14:1-72 — CHAPTER 14   1 A conspiracy against Christ . 3 Precious ointment is poured on his head by a woman . 10 Judas selleth his Master for money . 12 Christ himself foretelleth how he shall be betrayed of one of his disciples : 22 after the passover

Mark 16:1-20 — CHAPTER XVI.   1 An angel declareth the resurrection of Christ to three women . 9 Christ himself appeareth to Mary Magdalene : 12 to two going into the country : 14 then to the apostles , 15 whom he sendeth forth to preach the gospel : 19

Mark 3:1-35 — CHAPTER 3 1 Christ healeth the withered hand , 10 and many other infirmities : 11 rebuketh the unclean spirits : 13 chooseth his twelve apostles : 22 convinceth the blasphemy of casting out devils by Beelzebub : 31 and sheweth who are his brother,

Luke overview — S. LUKE'S GOSPEL Third Edition J OHN H ODGES, AGAR STREET, CHARING CROSS, LONDON. 1892.   INTRODUCTION. o T   HE Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ, according to S. Luke , that is, the Holy Evangelical History of the words and acts

Luke 11:1-54 — CHAPTER 11 Ver. 2. When ye pray, say, Our Father which art in heaven, hallowed be Thy name .  S. Matthew adds this prayer to the sermon on the mount, whilst S. Luke places it at a later period. Either, therefore, Christ taught His disciples

Luke 3:1-38 — CHAPTER 3 Ver. 1. Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Cæsar, Pontius Pilate being governor of Judæa, and Herod being tetrarch of Galilee, and his brother Philip tetrarch of Ituræa and of the region of Trachonitis, and Lysanias the

Luke 4:1-44 — CHAPTER  4 Ver. 1. And Jesus, being full of the Holy Ghost, returned from Jordan , having been there baptized by John a little time before, and having visibly received the Holy Spirit, whose fulness He had already obtained invisibly in

Luke 6:1-49 — CHAPTER 6 Ver. 1. And it came to pass on the second Sabbath after the first. On the second Sabbath. The Arabic version. What was this Sabbath? 1. The eighth day of unleavened bread or the last day of the Passover. Epiphanius, Vetablus, and others.

Luke 8:1-56 — CHAPTER 8 Ver. 1. And the twelve (apostles) were with Him, i.e. they accompanied Jesus as He went through the cities and villages preaching. Ver. 2. And certain women, which had been healed of evil spirits and infirmities, Mary called Magdalene,

John overview — NOTICE TO THE READER. Gospel of John Intro o A S it has been found impossible to compress the Translation of the Commentary upon S. John's Gospel into one volume, it is now given in two, of which this is the first. The second volume comprises the

John 18:1-40 — CHAPTER 18 I have commented on the Passion (Matthew 27:0 and 28.), I shall therefore only briefly touch on those points which are related by S. John only. Ver. 1. When Jesus had spoken these words, He went forth with His disciples over she brook

1 Corinthians 5:1-13 — CHAPTER V. SYNOPSIS OF THE CHAPTER i. The Apostle proceeds from the schism of the Corinthians to deal with the scandal caused by incest among them: he blames them for allowing one living openly in incest to remain among them, and orders them to

2 Corinthians 1:1-24 — SECOND EPISTLE TO THE CORINTHIANS CHAPTER 1 CONTENTS He consoles the Corinthians, whom in the First Epistle he had sharply rebuked, and absolves the excommunicated fornicator, who was now penitent. He then proceeds to treat of true repentence,

2 Corinthians 13:1-14 — CHAPTER 13 SYNOPSIS OF THE CHAPTER i. There were some at Corinth who had abandoned themselves to impurity, others who were proud and contentious (xi. 20, 21), others given to other sins, and disposed to regard S. Paul's admonitions cheaply. He

3 John 1:1 — THE THIRD EPISTLE OF S. JOHN. o 1. To Gaius , the Greek form of Caius . Who was this Caius? Lucius Dextor in his "Chronicle" thinks he was the son of Caius Oppius, the centurion. He thus writes concerning him: "S. John the Theologian wrote from