Bible Commentaries

Nehemiah 8:1-18 — Shall we turn at this time in our Bibles to Nehemiah chapter 8.Nehemiah has returned to Jerusalem some ninety years after the first return. Some 160 years from the beginning of the Babylonian captivity. Babylon has been overthrown by the Medo-Persian

Job 38:1-41 — Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said, Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge? Gird up now thy loins like a man; for I will demand of thee, and answer thou me. Where were you when I laid the foundations of

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 31:1-9 — Shall we turn in our Bibles to Isaiah 31:1-9 . Now as a backdrop to these scriptures in Isaiah 31:1-9 is the impending invasion of Assyria. Assyria is the world-conquering power at the moment. Assyria has destroyed the Northern Kingdom of Israel. Assyria

Isaiah 48:1-22 — Now in chapter 48 God speaks about how that He is going to restore then under the Holy One, Jehovah's servant. And God is going to restore the house of Jacob. Hear ye this, O house of Jacob, which are called by the name of Israel ( Isaiah 48:1 ), You

Daniel 10:1-21 — Ahora en el capítulo 10, En el año tercero de Ciro, rey de Persia, se reveló una cosa a Daniel, cuyo nombre [babilónico o caldeo] era Beltsasar; y la cosa era verdadera, pero el tiempo señalado era largo: y él entendió la cosa, y tuvo entendimiento de

Habakkuk 1:1-17 — Shall we turn at this time to the book of Habakkuk.Very little is known concerning the personal background of Habakkuk. Very little, nothing is known. We don't know really anything about his background. There are indications from the book itself that

Habakkuk 1:1-17 — Vayamos en este momento al libro de Habacuc. Se sabe muy poco sobre los antecedentes personales de Habacuc. Muy poco, no se sabe nada. Realmente no sabemos nada sobre sus antecedentes. Hay indicaciones del libro mismo de que él era de una familia sacerdotal,

Habakkuk 2:1-20 — Shall we turn at this time to the book of Habakkuk.Very little is known concerning the personal background of Habakkuk. Very little, nothing is known. We don't know really anything about his background. There are indications from the book itself that

Habakkuk 2:1-20 — Vayamos en este momento al libro de Habacuc. Se sabe muy poco sobre los antecedentes personales de Habacuc. Muy poco, no se sabe nada. Realmente no sabemos nada sobre sus antecedentes. Hay indicaciones del libro mismo de que él era de una familia sacerdotal,

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

Mark 3:1-35 — Chapter 3 And he entered again into the synagogue( Mark 3:1 ); This was on the Sabbath day. and there was a man there which had a withered hand. And they watched him, whether he would heal him on the Sabbath day; that they might accuse him. And he saith

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

2 Corinthians 2:1-17 — Chapter 2 But I determined this with myself, that I would not come again to you in heaviness ( 2 Corinthians 2:1 ). "I wrote a heavy letter to you, but I was determined that I wasn't going to come again in heaviness." For if I make you sorry [by having

2 Corinthians 3:1-18 — Shall we turn tonight to the third chapter of II Corinthians.Paul the apostle, it seemed, had the detractors to his ministry, men that followed him around seeking to discredit him. There are always those, it seems, who are ready to come in upon another

2 Corinthians 6:1-18 — We then, as workers together with him ( 2 Corinthians 6:1 ), And what a glorious way to view the ministry. I'm working with Jesus, working together with Him. [We] beseech you also that ye receive not the grace of God in vain. (For he saith, I have

Galatians 6:1-18 — Chapter 6 Bretheren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual, restore such a one in the spirit of meekness; considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted ( Galatians 6:1 ). The Bible does seem to make a distinction between sins and

1 Timothy 1:1-20 — First Timothy. Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the commandment of God our Saviour ( 1 Timothy 1:1 ), And the Greek word is "the royal commandment" of God; it's a word that is used when a king had made a decree. It is interesting that Paul so often

2 Timothy 4:1-22 — Chapter 4Paul said to Timothy, I charge thee before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ ( 2 Timothy 4:1 ), Hey, that's heavy duty, man, when you charge a person before God and before the Lord Jesus Christ. Laying a charge now on Timothy.The Lord Jesus Christ, who

2 Peter 3:1-18 — Ahora Pedro dijo esta segunda epístola, Amados, ahora os escribo; en las cuales despertaré vuestras mentes puras a modo de memoria, para que os acordéis de las palabras que antes fueron pronunciadas por los santos profetas, y del mandamiento de nosotros