Bible Commentaries

Genesis 10:1-32 — literally. The names are in many cases plainly national (the Jebusite, the Canaanite, etc.). Others are well-known names of countries (Mizraim or Egypt, Asshur, etc.), and nearly all appear elsewhere in OT. in a geographical sense (see especially Ezekiel 27 and Ezekiel 38:1-13). We may therefore consider that the arrangement is determined chiefly by geographical considerations, nations in proximity to each other being regarded as related. Thus the races assigned to Japheth (Genesis 10:2-5) are all in the

Genesis 10:1-32 — entenderse literalmente. 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

2 Kings 11:1-21 — son, the deceased monarch’s wife becoming queen-mother in her stead. She, therefore, took measures to place herself on the throne by removing all rivals, and then proceeded to make the worship of Baal predominant in the land: see 2 Chronicles 24:7. 2. In the bedchamber] This was presumably one of the side-chambers of the Temple described in 1 Kings 6:5-10. 4. Jehoiada] He was the high priest and married to the princess Jehosheba (2 Chronicles 22:11). Rulers] For their names see 2 Chronicles 23:1.

Job 13:1-28 — (continued) 1-12. Job claims to understand as much about God as the friends. He rejects their opinion as to the cause of his troubles, and regards it as an attempt to curry favour with God. 1. The v. is in close connexion with Job 12. Eye refers to Job 12:7-8, ear to Job 12:13.: cp. Job 12:11 3. Surely] rather, ’but.’ Job seeks an explanation from God, not from man. 4. Forgers] better, ’plasterers,’ i.e. they plaster their lies over God’s misgovernment and hide its evils.

Job 16:1-22 — Job’s Fourth Speech (Job 16, 17) See introductory remarks on Job 15-21. 1-5. Job retorts scornfully that he too could offer such empty ’comfort’ if he were in the friends’ place. 2. The friends can do nothing but repeat their exasperating commonplaces. 3. Shall

Psalms 32:1-11 — 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). In Psalms 32:8 God speaks in words of promise, and the closing vv. are devoted to counsel and exhortation (Psalms 32:9-11). The period in David’s life which best fits the references in the Ps. is the time of his impenitence after the murder

Jeremiah 25:1-38 — under the walls of Jerusalem. The prophet advises submission to Babylon as God’s agent, but promises its overthrow at the end. of the seventy years’ captivity which impends. He announces the judgment that shall descend on the nations. 1-7. The people’s prolonged waywardness. 3. The three and twentieth year] of Jeremiah’s prophetic ministry. 7. The works of your hands] i.e. your idols. 8-14. Babylon’s victory and subsequent overthrow. 9. Families of the north] the races

Lamentations 2:1-22 — agonies caused by Adonai’s anger. 1. The beauty of Israel] the Temple (Isaiah 64:11), or possibly the heroes of Jerusalem (2 Samuel 1:19). His footstool] the ark of the covenant (1 Chronicles 28:2), or possibly the sanctuary (Psalms 99:5; Psalms 132:7; Isaiah 60:13). 2. Swallowed up] i.e. destroyed by earthquake. Habitations] open villages of the shepherds. Strong holds] fortified towns. 3. All the horn] better, ’every horn,’ in the sense of self-protection or of resistance, the horn

Lamentations 3:1-66 — ’travail,’ which is the more modern spelling, in the sense here intended, of painful labour (Numbers 20:14). He hath set me] RV ’He hath made me to dwell’ (Psalms 143:3). Be dead of old] RV ’have been long dead.’ 7-9. He hath made my paths crooked] in the sense that every avenue of advance is blocked. 10-12. He was] RV ’He is.’ As a bear.. as a lion] God is even lying in wait to oppose him (Jeremiah 4:7; Jeremiah 5:6). Danger follows distress. 13-15.

Hosea 2:2 — Ver introducción. No atribuyeron la fertilidad de la tierra a Jehová, sino a los baales locales, que eran personificaciones de los poderes reproductivos de la naturaleza, y en cuya adoración prácticamente habían fusionado la adoración de Jehová. 6, 7 . A través de los desastres provocados por un enemigo extranjero, incluido el asedio de sus ciudades, la gente descubriría la impotencia de sus ídolos y buscaría a Jehová con fervor: cp. Oseas 14:3 , etc. Haz una pared] RV 'haz una cerca contra ella'. El

Micah 6:1-16 — unto Gilgal, that ye may know the righteous acts of the Lord.’ Shittim was the last station of the desert-wanderings, Gilgal the first in Palestine itself. The prophet reminds them how in their national history God has proved His compassion. 6. 7. The people are represented as asking what more God requires from them. 6. Calves of a year old] a choice gift: cp. Leviticus 9:3. 7. Human sacrifice was practised (2 Kings 21:6; Jeremiah 7:31; Jeremiah 9:5), especially in times of great national danger

Nahum 1:1-15 — footstool,” need to be conceived not explained’ (A.B. Davidson). The doings of God in history (Psalms 114) and His appearances in nature’s most awful moods are mingled in this sublime description of His irresistible strength and impetuous fury. 7-15. Jehovah will completely destroy the enemies of His people. 7. Bead, ’Jehovah is good towards those who hope in Him. A stronghold in the time of need.’ An everlasting truth, but particularly appropriate in times of great shaking: cp.

Deuteronomy overview — Introduction 1. Title and Contents. The title of this book is the English form of a Greek word meaning ’repetition of the law.’ It is found in chapter Deuteronomy 17:18, where it was used by the Greek translators of the OT. (LXX) to represent three Hebrew words more exactly rendered in the English Version ’a copy of this law’ (see note). The Jews call the book by the first two words in the original rendered

Romans 13:1-14 — punish, as God’s agent in temporal affairs. He enforces obedience to government, i.e. to social order, not to any special form of government. He gives no directions as to what is to be done when there is a conflict of civil authority (Romans 13:1-7). Our behaviour to men in general is to be regulated by love (Romans 13:8-10). The nearness of Christ’s coming is a motive for holiness of life (Romans 13:11-14). 1-14. Paraphrase. ’(1) Obey civil rulers, for they are divinely ordained,

Romans 3:1-31 — God has provided a way by which acceptance, springing from God’s love, and secured by the redemptive work of Christ, is granted to all who have faith in Christ (Romans 3:21-26). Thus acceptance depends upon faith, not upon human merit (Romans 3:27-28), and is open to all (Romans 3:29-30). At the same time, faith leads to true obedience (Romans 3:31). 1-8. Jewish objections answered. Paraphrase. ’(1) You may say: If those only are God’s people who are so inwardly and spiritually, what

Romans 8:1-39 — sin then arose, answered by the doctrine of sanctification in Romans 6-8. In Romans 6 it is asserted that the union of the Christian with Christ is a new condition, which involves death with Him to sin and resurrection to newness of life. In Romans 7 it is made clear that there is no force in the Law to break the power of sin. Now, in Romans 8, St. Paul brings forward the truth of the indwelling of the Holy Spirit, which accompanies union with Christ, conquering sin and death in the Christian (Romans

1 Timothy 4:1-16 — naturally shows itself in words of thanksgiving, that food and those blessings are thereby hallowed to us; so that it is not only a mistake, but a sin, to refuse them. 6. Minister] The word diaconus is still used in its general sense (cp. Ephesians 3:7) as well as specifically (1 Timothy 3:8). 7. Old wives’ fables] such as those which are recorded in the apocryphal books of the 2nd cent., and became the mythology of the Middle Ages. 8. We are to train the body and exercise self-denial, which

Philemon overview — 1:11). He owed his conversion to Paul (Philemon 1:19), having perhaps heard the gospel on some visit to Ephesus during the three years of Paul’s stay there (Acts 19). A man of wealth, he had distinguished himself by deeds of charity (Philemon 1:5-7), as well as by zeal in spreading the gospel (Philemon 1:1), and his house was the habitual meeting-place of a group of Colossian Christians (Philemon 1:2). He may be compared with Stephanas of Corinth (1 Corinthians 16:15-18). Apphia (Philemon 1:2),

Philemon 1:1 — 1:11). He owed his conversion to Paul (Philemon 1:19), having perhaps heard the gospel on some visit to Ephesus during the three years of Paul’s stay there (Acts 19). A man of wealth, he had distinguished himself by deeds of charity (Philemon 1:5-7), as well as by zeal in spreading the gospel (Philemon 1:1), and his house was the habitual meeting-place of a group of Colossian Christians (Philemon 1:2). He may be compared with Stephanas of Corinth (1 Corinthians 16:15-18). Apphia (Philemon 1:2),

1 Peter 3:1-22 — womanliness of the women of the Jewish Church. A quiet and holy married life tends, like all other parts of Christian life, to the salvation of the heathen. With this and the next paragraph cp. Ephesians 5:22-33; Colossians 3:18. 1. Likewise] cp. 1 Peter 3:7, the whole household is to be one family; the subjection of servants to masters has a like excellence with the subjection of wives to husbands. Without the word] ’Perhaps the Spirit of Christ pours itself abroad more widely than our interpretations