Bible Commentaries

Genesis 32:1-32 — Shall we turn in our Bibles to Genesis chapter thirty-two?Now in the thirty-first chapter we had the parting of Laban, Jacob's uncle as he kisses his grandchildren goodbye, as he sets up the stone and as he gives a heavy-duty charge to Jacob saying,

Genesis 49:1-33 — Chapter 49 And Jacob called his sons, and said, Gather yourselves together, that I may tell you that which shall befall you in the last days ( Genesis 49:1 ). This is probably the grandest hour of the old man Jacob. He had had some pretty rough hours.

Exodus 21:1-36 — Exodus chapter twenty-one, God said to Moses, Now these are the judgments which thou shalt set before them ( Exodus 21:1 ). Now the judgments are really for the judges. You remember they appointed seventy to rule over the lesser, or they appointed "men

Isaiah 10:1-34 — Chapter 10 Woe unto them that decree unrighteous decrees, and that write grievousness which they have prescribed; To turn aside the needy from judgment, and to take away the right from the poor of my people, that widows may be their prey, and that they

Isaiah 28:1-29 — Chapter 28Chapter 28. Now the prophet turns to the local present issues. He is now... he's gone off down the road to the end of things. Now he comes back and he begins to speak of the Northern Kingdom, the major tribe was Ephraim there in the Northern

Isaiah 66:1-24 — Chapter 66 Thus saith the LORD, The heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool: where is the house that you build unto me? and where is the place of my rest? ( Isaiah 66:1 ) They're going to build a new temple, but God says, "Hey, don't need

Daniel 7:1-28 — Chapter 7Now at this point we come to, more or less, the end of the historic part of the book of Daniel. And beginning with chapter 7, we are now gonna go back and deal with visions that Daniel had during previous years. In other words, as we go to

Haggai 2:1-23 — Chapter 2 Now in the seventh month, in the twenty-first day of the month, the word of the LORD came to the prophet Haggai, saying, Speak now to Zerubbabel, the governor of Judah, to Joshua, and to the residue of the people, saying, Who is left among

Matthew 14:1-36 — Y en ese tiempo Herodes el tetrarca oyó de la fama de Jesús. Y dijo a sus siervos: Este es Juan el Bautista; ha resucitado de entre los muertos; y por lo tanto obras poderosas se manifiestan en él. Porque Herodes había prendido a Juan, y lo ató, y lo

Matthew 19:1-30 — Chapter 19 Now it came to pass, when Jesus had finished these sayings, he departed from Galilee, and he came to the coast of Judea ( Matthew 19:1 ); Now that is the border of Judea, so He is moving south towards Jerusalem, for Jerusalem lies in the

Matthew 28:1-20 — Chapter 28 In the end of the Sabbath, as it began to dawn towards the first day of the week, came Mary Magdalene and the other Mary to the sepulchre. And, behold, there was a great earthquake: for the angel of the Lord descended from heaven, and came

Mark 16:1-20 — Chapter 16 And when the sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James, and Salome [so we get these two Marys, who was, of course, standing afar off watching the crucifixion with them] had bought sweet spices, that they might come and

Luke 21:1-38 — Chapter 21 And he looked up, and he saw the rich men casting their gifts into the treasury. And he saw also a certain poor widow casting in thither two mites ( Luke 21:1-2 ). A mite was one-sixteenth of a penny. In other words, it took sixteen mites

Acts 23:1-35 — Chapter 23 And so Paul, earnestly beholding the council, said, Men and brethren, I have lived in all good conscience before God until this day ( Acts 23:1 ). Paul was indeed a remarkable man. As Paul is writing to the Philippian church and sharing with

Acts 25:1-27 — Chapter 25 Now when Festus was come into the province, after three days he went up from Caesarea to Jerusalem ( Acts 25:1 ). Ascended, and you always go up to Jerusalem, you never go down to Jerusalem. No one ever said, "Let's go down to Jerusalem."

Galatians 2:1-21 — Chapter 2 Then fourteen years later I went up again to Jerusalem with Barnabas, and I took Titus with me also ( Galatians 2:1 ). So Paul no doubt had been ministering in Syria and Cilicia, the area around Tarsus, his home city, his hometown, and there

Philippians 4:1-23 — Chapter 4 Therefore, my brethren dearly beloved and longed for ( Philippians 4:1 ), What a beautiful words by Paul to the church, expressing his heart, just bearing his heart to them, "Dearly beloved, I long for you. My brothers, who I dearly love and

Titus 3:1-15 — Pero procura que se sujeten a los principados y potestades, y que obedezcan a los magistrados, y que estén dispuestos a toda buena obra ( Tito 3:1 ), Así que aquí como en muchos otros lugares, se exhorta al cristiano a la obediencia a las autoridades

Hebrews 5:1-14 — Shall we turn now in our Bibles to Hebrews 5:0 At the end of chapter 4, the author of Hebrews introduced the idea of Jesus being our great High Priest. "Seeing then that we have a great high priest, that has passed into the heavens, Jesus the Son

Revelation 8:1-13 — Chapter 8 And when he had opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven about the space of half an hour ( Revelation 8:1 ). Silence can sometimes be an awesome thing, especially in a tremendous crowd of people. You see what silence for fifteen