Bible Commentaries

1 Kings 1:43 — WELCOME THE COMING—SPEED THE GOING KING! ‘Our lord king David hath made Solomon king’ 1 Kings 1:43 The news of Adonijah’s coronation was brought at once, by the faithful Nathan, to the ears of the feeble sovereign. The prophet indignantly inquires. ‘ Is this thing done by my lord?’ I. Many a man asks a question about matters concerning

1 Kings 1:43 — ¡BIENVENIDO A LOS QUE VENEN - ACELERAR AL REY QUE SE VA! 'Nuestro señor el rey David ha hecho rey a Salomón' 1 Reyes 1:43 La noticia de la coronación de Adonías fue inmediatamente llevada por el fiel Natán a oídos del débil soberano. El profeta pregunta indignado. " ¿Es este negocio ordenado por mi señor? ' I. Muchos hombres hacen preguntas sobre asuntos de

1 Kings 10:1 — A SEEKER AFTER WISDOM ‘And when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon concerning the name of the Lord, she came to prove him with hard questions.’ 1 Kings 10:1 The world and the Church together are foreshown by this queen; all to whom ever the word, sight, name of Christ come within ken are warned by her example; while the king, whose wisdom awoke such a rapturous feeling, is the pale shadow of

1 Kings 12:29 — THE GOLDEN CALVES ‘He set the one in Beth-el, and the other put he in Dan.’ 1 Kings 12:29 Jeroboam had the courage and capabilities of the ruler, but he lacked confidence in the Providence of God. He gave himself up to finessing in religious matters that wrought his own undoing and his people’s shame. He knew that he owed his

1 Kings 12:29 — LOS TERNEROS DE ORO "Puso el uno en Beth-el, y el otro lo puso en Dan". 1 Reyes 12:29 Jeroboam tenía el valor y la capacidad del gobernante, pero le faltaba confianza en la Providencia de Dios. Se entregó a la sutileza en asuntos religiosos que provocaron su propia ruina y la vergüenza de su pueblo. Sabía que debía su posición,

1 Kings 8:27 — GOD’S DWELLING PLACE ‘Behold, the heaven and heaven of heavens cannot contain Thee; how much less this house that I have builded?’ 1 Kings 8:27 I. Every one will recall the scene of Solomon, the master-mind stored with all the learning of the day, dedicating the Temple to God.—He was speaking to a nation naturally given to idolatry and to the localisation of worship, to a nation

1 Kings 8:27 — LUGAR DE LA VIVIENDA DE DIOS 'He aquí, los cielos y los cielos de los cielos no te pueden contener; ¿Cuánto menos esta casa que he edificado? 1 Reyes 8:27 I. Todos recordarán la escena de Salomón, la mente maestra almacenada con todo el aprendizaje del día, dedicando el templo a Dios. —Le hablaba a una nación entregada naturalmente a la idolatría y a la localización del culto, a una nación

Psalms 1:2 — GOD’S REVEALED WILL ‘The law of the Lord.’ Psalms 1:2 I. This law, which we have to learn, and by keeping of which we shall be blessed, is nothing else than God’s will.—If you wish to learn the law of the Lord, keep your soul pious, pure, reverent, and earnest; for it is only the pure in heart who shall

Isaiah 47:1 — A LOWLY SEAT ‘Come down, and sit in the dust.’ Isaiah 47:1 I. To Israel the Divine summons is to arise from the dust and sit on the throne; to Babylon to come down from the throne and sit in the dust.—He that humbleth himself shall be exalted, he that exalteth himself shall be made low. The sin charged on

Isaiah 47:1-15 — UN ASIENTO BAJO "Baja y siéntate en el polvo". Isaías 47:1 I. Para Israel, el llamado Divino es levantarse del polvo y sentarse en el trono; a Babilonia para bajar del trono y sentarse en el polvo. —El que se humilla será ensalzado, el que se ensalza será humillado. El pecado acusado a Babilonia es su crueldad.

Isaiah 50:11 — A FIRE OF DYING SPARKS ‘Behold, all ye that kindle a fire, that compass yourselves about with sparks: walk in the light of your fire, and in the sparks that ye have kindled. This shall ye have of Mine hand; ye shall lie down in sorrow.’ Isaiah 50:11 In this text the many fictitious sources from which men seek to derive happiness are compared to a fire kindled, and sparks struck out by way of relieving the darkness of the night. It is of course implied in the metaphor that true happiness, the

Ezekiel 2:3 — him. And the voice calls him by a name which, one might almost say, was identified with Ezekiel till it was identified yet more closely with the Christ. For him, the chief thought conveyed by that name of the ‘son of man’ was, as in Psalms 8:4; Psalms 144:3, the thought of the littleness of his human nature. That thought was, it is true, associated even in those very psalms with that of man’s greatness as supreme, in the natural constitution and order of the world, over the creation, animate and inanimate,

Ezekiel 2:3 — voz lo llama por un nombre que, casi se podría decir, se identificó con Ezequiel hasta que se identificó aún más de cerca con el Cristo. Para él, el pensamiento principal transmitido por ese nombre del 'hijo del hombre' fue, como en Salmo 8:4 ; Salmo 144:3 , el pensamiento de la pequeñez de su naturaleza humana. Ese pensamiento estaba, es cierto, asociado incluso en esos mismos salmos con el de la grandeza del hombre como suprema, en la constitución natural y el orden del mundo, sobre la creación,

Acts 1:11 — ASCENDED INTO HEAVEN ‘Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up into heaven?’ Acts 1:11 The words contain a reproach. Christ had left His disciples not a barren legacy of sorrow and idleness, but an inexhaustible fund of joy and an inheritance of practical labours for His sake. And so with the angel’s words ringing in their ears they

Acts 16:1-3 — THE CALL OF TIMOTHY ‘Then came he to Derbe and Lystra; and, behold, a certain disciple was there, named Timotheus … Him would Paul have to go forth with him.’ Acts 16:1-3 We now enter upon what is called St. Paul’s ‘Second Missionary Journey.’ Leaving Antioch, in company with Silas, ‘recommended by the brethren to the grace of God,’ St. Paul entered upon his second missionary journey. He had already twice visited

1 Corinthians 9:25 — AUTO RESTRICCIÓN "Todo hombre que lucha por el dominio es templado en todas las cosas". 1 Corintios 9:25 "Templado" es una palabra demasiado débil. El Apóstol se refiere al gran y resuelto autocontrol durante el entrenamiento. Así, y más, deberían hacerlo los siervos de Cristo que luchan por una corona imperecedera. I. Un hombre ejerce dominio

1 Peter 3:10 — IS LIFE WORTH LIVING? ‘He that will love life.’ 1 Peter 3:10 The spirit of the age analyses human life remorselessly. It sets down the good which it presents in one column—the good it takes away, and the evil it inflicts, in another. Its conclusion is—Life is a fatal gift, life is not worth living.

1 John 5:3 — THE EASY YOKE ‘His commandments are not grievous.’ 1 John 5:3 Here we see the restfulness of the Christian life. There is no real burden in Christ’s commandments, for, as He said, His yoke is easy; His burden light. There is both a negative and a positive aspect to this question. I. The negative aspect.—The

1 John 5:3-4 — EL YUGO FÁCIL "Sus mandamientos no son graves". 1 Juan 5:3 Aquí vemos la tranquilidad de la vida cristiana. No hay una carga real en los mandamientos de Cristo, porque, como Él dijo, Su yugo es fácil; Su carga ligera. Hay un aspecto tanto negativo como positivo en esta pregunta. I. El aspecto negativo.

Revelation 4:11 — LA RAZÓN DE LA CREACIÓN "Tú creaste todas las cosas, y para Tu voluntad existen y fueron creadas". Apocalipsis 4:11 Más allá de esto, la razón suprema del hombre no puede ir. Como prueba de esto, observe que todas las múltiples especulaciones de la filosofía antigua y moderna se ven obligadas a reconocer el misterio en la raíz de las cosas. La ciencia moderna más