Bible Commentaries

Genesis 16:7 — construidas para mantener alejados a los invasores asiáticos. 7, 8. Agar podría huir de la presencia de Sara, pero no del conocimiento y la vista de Dios. La encuentra y se dirige a ella, como hizo con Adán, cuando se ocultó en el Jardín del Edén: cp. Éxodo 1:8 ; Éxodo 1:9 .

Exodus 3:22 — Pedirá prestado] RV 'pedirá'. La palabra es el verbo hebreo común que significa 'preguntar', como se usa, por ejemplo, en Jueces 5:25 ; 1 Reyes 3:11 ; 2 Reyes 2:10 ; Salmo 122:6 , donde no hay idea de pedir bajo la promesa de devolver lo recibido. Botín] La misma palabra se traduce 'recuperar' en 1 Samuel 30:22 , lo que sugiere que si hubo algún 'préstamo' fue por parte de los egipcios,

Exodus 35:4-38 — An Account of the Construction of the Tabernacle and its Furniture This section is an almost verbal repetition of Exodus 25-31, describing the carrying out of the commands in those chapters by Moses and the people. 4-29. Moses invites the people to contribute the materials required, which they do with great liberality: cp. Exodus 36:5-7. See on Exodus 25:1-9. 22. Tablets] RV

2 Kings 24:1-20 — Jehoiachin and Nebuchadnezzar This chapter recounts the reigns of Jehoiakim and Jehoiachin, the invasion of Judah by Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon (who carried into captivity Jehoiachin and numbers of the people), and the reign of Zedekiah. 1. Nebuchadnezzar] called more accurately in Jeremiah 25:9 and elsewhere ’Nebuchadrezzar.’ He was the son of the Nabopolassar who conquered Nineveh (see on 2 Kings 23:29), and, as his father’s general, defeated the Egyptians in 605 at

1 Chronicles 9:1-44 — Genealogies (concluded) This chapter furnishes a record of the families and numbers of those who dwelt at Jerusalem after the captivity, and relates the ancestry and posterity of Saul. 1. In the book, etc.] RV ’in the book of the kings of Israel: and Judah was carried away.. to Babylon.’ 2. Now the first inhabitants, etc.] This section (1 Chronicles 9:2-34) relates to the reoccupation of Jerusalem after the return from the

Ezra 7:1-28 — The Journey of Ezra to Jerusalem 1. Now after.. Artaxerxes] The interval of time here implied amounted to more than fifty years, from the sixth year of Darius (516 b.c.) to the seventh year of Artaxerxes Longimanus (458 b.c.). Between the reign of Darius and Artaxerxes there intervened

Psalms 89:1-52 — histórico, escrito cuando el reino judío y su rey habían caído muy bajo ante sus enemigos, contrastando las promesas hechas a David con su aparente falta de cumplimiento en el curso de los eventos, y apelando a Dios para vindicar Su fidelidad. Salmo 89:1 son introductorios, anuncian el propósito del salmista de alabar a Dios y recuerdan el pacto hecho con David. El siguiente vv. Celebre la gloria de Dios entre Sus huestes celestiales ( Salmo 89:5 ), en Su victoria sobre Sus enemigos, especialmente Egipto

Jeremiah 49:1-39 — Against Ammon, Edom, and other Nations 1-6. The territory of Ammon was N. of Moab, and the two peoples were connected by descent. The carrying away of the tribes on the E. of Jordan by Tiglath-pileser, king of Assyria (2 Kings 15:29), strengthened the hands of Ammon, and it is their occupation

Amos 3:1-15 — The First Address 1-8. A call to attention. 9, 10. The oppressions practised by the powerful. 11-15. The disasters which should overtake them, their sanctuary and their palaces. 1. ’Race’ would be a more correct word than family. Judah is included in the

Zechariah 14:1-21 — appearance of a late work. It has all the general characteristics of the style of literature known to students in the book of Enoch, and popular in the Jewish church about the beginning of the Christian era. The terrible punishment of the heathen (Zechariah 14:12), and the ceremonial purity of Jerusalem (Zechariah 14:20-21), are typical of the narrower phases of late Judaism. 1, 2. Jerusalem again assaulted and taken. 3-7. The Lord descends to the help of Jerusalem, and strange phenomena follow. 8-21. Then

Acts 22:1-30 — St. Paul’s Defence 1-21. St Paul’s Speech to the People. St. Paul was accused of (1) hostility to the Jews, (2) contempt for the Jewish Law, and (3) the desecration of the Temple. He answers all these charges by showing, (1) that he was a Jew by birth, trained by

1 Corinthians 2:1-16 — The Nature of St. Paul’s Preaching 1-5. Paraphrase. ’When I visited you in Corinth I made no attempt to reconcile my message with your Greek philosophy, (2) but kept to the proclamation of the facts of Christ’s life and death upon the Cross. (3) It was with much anxiety and

1 Corinthians 8:1-13 — parece haber sugerido que, como un ídolo no representaba a una deidad real, la comida no podía contaminarse al ofrecérsela y, por lo tanto, podía comerse legalmente. San Pablo, sin embargo, admitiendo la verdad de su visión de los ídolos, les dice que (1) el conocimiento debe ser templado por el amor, teniendo cuidado de no dañar la conciencia de otro; y (2) deben tener cuidado con la idolatría. En 1 Corintios 8 se ocupa del principio general, dando la precaución (1) anterior. En 1 Corintios 9 apela

Joshua 14:1-15 — The Portion of Caleb 1-5. Introductory Section. 1. Eleazar the priest] The mention of the priest in association with the leader, to whom he is here given precedence, is one of the characteristics of the Priestly narrative. 4. The children of Joseph were two tribes, etc.]

Hebrews 9:1-28 — El nuevo pacto y el sacrificio de Cristo Hebreos 9:1 a Hebreos 10:39 . El escritor procede ahora a elaborar con mayor detalle el contraste entre el antiguo pacto y el nuevo. El antiguo pacto tenía su tabernáculo con muebles y ceremoniales elaborados y una serie continua de sacrificios, que culminaba

Hebrews 9:14 — original falta el artículo, que enfatiza la operación más que el ser personal del Espíritu. El espíritu es el propio espíritu de Cristo, o el Espíritu Santo en Cristo, y los paralelos más cercanos a la expresión que se usa aquí se encuentran en Hebreos 7:16 y 1 1 Pedro 4:6 ; (ver nota allí). La palabra "espíritu" se emplea para contrastar la naturaleza y la esfera de la operación de la ofrenda de Cristo con las de los sacrificios levíticos. Estos últimos operan en la región de la carne (cf. Hebreos

James 1:1-27 — The Power of Faith Under Temptation 1. Servant] better, ’slave.’ The word does not suggest any degradation, but only absolute surrender to the Master. St. James’s humility prevents the mention of the earthly relationship. Scattered abroad] RV ’of the Dispersion.’

1 Samuel 26:1-25 — David spares Saul’s Life a Second Time 1. Hachilah] near the wilderness of Ziph: see 1 Samuel 23:19. 4. Was come in very deed] Heb. ’was come to Nakon.’ Nakon = ’a set place’ (RM), though it may have been the corruption of a place-name, such as Maon. 6. Hittite] So

1 Samuel 31:1-13 — Defeat of the Israelites at Mt. Gilboa. Death of Saul 6. And all his men] LXX omits. 7. The valley] of Jezreel. 10. The house of Ashtaroth] at Askelon: cp. 2 Samuel 1:20. Bethshan] between the Gilboa and little Hermon ranges. 11. They thus showed their gratitude for former kindness: see 1 Samuel 11. 12. Burnt them] The action of the men of Jabesh was probably

2 Samuel 21:1-22 — The Famine and some Exploits against the Philistines 1. It is for Saul, and for his bloody house] rather, ’upon Saul and his house rests bloodshed.’ The Gibeonites] The lives of the Gibeonites had been spared, through fear of God’s anger being excited by any breach of the covenant made