Bible Commentaries

Genesis 10:1-32 — En muchos casos, los nombres son claramente nacionales (el jebuseo, el cananeo, etc.). Otros son nombres bien conocidos de países (Mizraim o Egipto, Asur, etc.), y casi todos aparecen en otros lugares del Antiguo Testamento.Ezequiel 27 y Ezequiel 38:1 ). Por lo tanto, podemos considerar que el arreglo está determinado principalmente por consideraciones geográficas, considerándose emparentadas las naciones próximas entre sí. Así, las razas asignadas a Jafet ( Génesis 10:2 ) están todas en el N.,

Genesis 30:1-43 — Jacob’s Children. His Stratagem to Increase his Property 1. Rachel envied her sister] To be childless was regarded as a great reproach: cp. Luke 1:25. Fruitfulness meant an addition of strength and prosperity to a family. 3. By this symbolic act Bilhah’s children would be legally regarded as Rachel’s:

Nehemiah 5:1-19 — Nehemiah’s Measures in alleviation of Poverty 1. The people] i.e. the commons (as contrasted with the nobles and rulers, Nehemiah 5:7). These had neglected their own interests to labour gratuitously on the fortifications, and now in the time of dearth were feeling the pinch of want. 2. Therefore

Job 10:1-22 — Job’s Second Speech (concluded) 1-7. Job seeks the reason of his trial, and protests against God’s treatment as inconsistent with the natural relations between Creator and created, and with God’s knowledge of his innocence and inability to escape Him. 1. I will leave, etc.]

Psalms 19:1-14 — This Ps. falls into two well-marked divisions. Psalms 19:1-6 describe the glory of God (El) as seen in the heavenly bodies, especially the sun, and are thus parallel to Psalms 8. Psalms 19:7-14 deal with the excellence of the revelation of God (Jehovah) in the Law—the subject which is expanded in Psalms

Psalms 32:1-11 — The subject of the Ps. is the happiness that follows the confession of sin and the experience of forgiveness. This is generally set forth at the beginning (Psalms 32:1-2). Then the Psalmist relates his own spiritual history of misery before confession (Psalms 32:3-4), and of relief after it (Psalms 32:5). He next commends the practice of prayer (Psalms 32:6), and expresses his own confidence in God (Psalms 32:7).

Ecclesiastes 10:1-20 — Practical Advice Touching Life’s Puzzles 1-8. Cultivate wisdom and tact, specially in the dangers that attend upon courts, but also in ordinary operations. 1. Dead flies, etc.] This v. really belongs to the end of Ecclesiastes 9. As a few of the poisonous flies abounding in hot countries would

Isaiah 23:1-18 — mercantile centre of the ancient world, and at the time of the Hebrew monarchy chief state of Phœnicia, the parent of many colonies, and mistress of the Mediterranean. It is uncertain what siege of Tyre is here referred to; but see on Isaiah 23:13. 1-5. The news of the fall of Tyre is spread. 6-9. Tyre must take refuge in her distant colonies, for her doom is purposed by Jehovah. 10-14. But even her colonies will afford no refuge, for the power of Phœnicia will be altogether broken.

Isaiah 44:1-28 — The Impotence of Idols 1-23. The reproach of God’s people shall be entirely removed. Jehovah the Eternal, who rules the events of history, contrasted with the futile gods of the heathen. 24-28. This great Jehovah pledges the restoration of His people through Cyrus. 2.

Jeremiah 31:1-40 — 1-22. Jeremiah speaks of the restoration first of Israel (Ephraim, Jeremiah 31:2-22), then of Judah (Jeremiah 31:23.). Those who survive the sufferings of the captivity are promised a safe journey home. The words, ’found grace in the wilderness’

Ezekiel 38:19 — finalmente derrocadas. La imagen de Gog puede haber sido sugerida en parte por el recuerdo de la gran invasión escita (ver Intro.), Y en parte por los estragos de los ejércitos de Nabucodonosor. Ezequiel 38 describe a los aliados de Gog ( Ezequiel 38:1 ), sus planes nefastos ( Ezequiel 38:8 ), su gran invasión ( Ezequiel 38:14 ), y el giro de Dios de las fuerzas de la naturaleza contra él ( Ezequiel 38:18, Ezequiel 38:14 ). Ezequiel 38:18 ). Ezequiel 39 predice que Dios lo conducirá a la destrucción

Hosea 8:1-14 — The Long-merited Retribution The enemy is coming immediately to destroy their temples and palaces and desolate the land, and as a punishment for their idolatry and disloyalty to God. In vain will they appeal to Jehovah. 1. RM ’The trumpet to thy mouth! As an eagle against the house of the Lord.’ 2. RV ’They shall cry unto me, My God, we Israel know thee.’ They use the name Israel with its sacred associations, as an inducement to God to help them.

Habakkuk 2:1-20 — Fe triunfante 1-4. La vista desde la atalaya. 1 . El profeta sube a su torre, pues debe llegar a una posición ventajosa, si quiere contemplar con verdadera comprensión y perspicacia la confusión de sus pies, es decir, ocasionada por la agresividad caldea y la indiferencia

Zechariah 10:1-12 — Restoration of God’s People 1, 2. A warning to trust in God and not in sorcerers. 3-7. The Lord will cast out the evil guides of the people, and under new leaders Ephraim and Judah will be victorious. 8-12. Ephraim will be gathered, but Egypt and Assyria will be humbled. 1. The

Matthew 15:1-39 — The Traditions of the Elders. The Canaanitish Woman. Feeding the Four Thousand 1-20. Unwashed hands and the traditions of the elders (Mark 7:1). In this important controversy Jesus defined His position, (1) towards rabbinical traditions about the Law; (2) towards the Law itself. The first part of our Lord’s discourse (Matthew

John 12:1-50 — The Triumphal Entry. Close of the Public Ministry 1-11. Supper at Bethany (see on Matthew 26:6 and Mark 14:3, which record the same incident). The event in Luke 7:36. is different. The supper was at the house of Simon the leper, a near relation, perhaps the father, of Lazarus and the sisters. St. John

John 3:5 — su misericordia nos salvó por ( RV 'RM 'fuente', es decir, baño) de regeneración ( o 'nuevo nacimiento') y renovación del Espíritu Santo '( Tito 3:5 ). El bautismo de Cristo a menudo se distingue del de Juan, como un bautismo del Espíritu ( Mateo 3:11 ; Juan 1:33 ; Hechos 1:5 ; Hechos 19:4 , etc.). Confiere (a quienes la reciben correctamente) gracias espirituales que no podrían darse plenamente hasta que Jesús haya sido glorificado ( Juan 7:39 ). Aprendemos de Juan 3:26 que Jesús ya estaba

Romans 11:1-36 — los gentiles En este capítulo, San Pablo pone fin a su gran exposición de los tratos de Dios con los judíos. Él ha demostrado en Romanos 9 que Dios es libre de elegir o rechazar a individuos o naciones como instrumentos de Su propósito; y, en Romanos 10 , que los judíos han merecido su rechazo. Ahora declara que, a pesar de todo esto, Dios no lo ha hecho. desecha a su antiguo pueblo. Él ha considerado conveniente, en Su misericordia, preservar una porción de ellos fiel a Su voluntad, y el resto todavía

Joshua 10:1-43 — the confederate forces in Beth-horon. By divine aid he inflicts on them a signal defeat, captures and slays all five kings, and follows up his success by a prompt reduction of six Amorite strongholds in swift succession. A concluding paragraph (Joshua 10:40-43) describes the work of conquest so far, as summary and complete. 1. Adonizedek] The name recalls that of his famous predecessor Melchizedek, the contemporary of Abraham: see on Genesis 14:18. 2. Because Gibeon was a great city] commanding the

Judges 13:1-25 — The Story of Samson Except for Judges 15:20 and Judges 16:31, Samson has none of the characteristics of a Judge. His exploits against the Philistines are all solitary, and though they doubtless afforded relief to the Israelites, they left no permanent result. We learn much more of the internal