Bible Commentaries

Genesis 10:13-14 — (13, 14) “With Mizraim are connected seven inferior African races, the names of which are given in the plural, namely:—1. The Ludim.—There were two races of this name: one Semitic, descended from Lud, the son of Shem (Genesis 10:22), and mentioned in

2 Kings 1:2 — (2) Through a lattice.—Rather, the lattice, i.e., the latticed window of the chamber on the palace roof, looking into the court below. The word rendered “through” (bĕ‘ad) implies that Ahaziah was leaning out over the window-sill. (Comp. 2 Kings 9:30;

2 Kings 22:3 — En el decimoctavo año. - Véanse las Notas sobre 2 Crónicas 34:3 , seq. Los discursos de Jeremías, que comenzó su ministerio profético en el año trece de Josías, a los que Thenio se refiere como incomprensibles en el supuesto de que la idolatría fue

1 Chronicles 4:21-23 — II.—SONS OF SHELAH, THIRD SON OF JUDAH,1 Chronicles 4:21-23 (omitted by Syriac version). The Shelanite clans were not noticed in 1 Chronicles 2:0 (See Genesis 38:5 and 1 Chronicles 2:3.) (21) Er.—This Er who founded Lecah is, of course, distinct from

1 Chronicles 6:1-15 — (1-15) LA LÍNEA DE AARON A TRAVÉS DE ELEAZAR A JEHOZADAK. (1-3) la descendencia de Aarón de Leví. (1) Los hijos de Leví; Gershon ... - Génesis 46:11 ; Éxodo 6:16 , y uniformemente en el Pentateuco. En 1 Crónicas 6:16 tenemos la grafía Gershom, que

Isaiah 52:13 — (13) Behold, my servant . . .—There is absolutely no connection between Isaiah 52:12-13, absolutely no break between the close of Isa Iii. and the opening of Isaiah 53:0. The whole must be treated as an entirely distinct section (all the more striking,

Ezekiel 45:1 — XLV. This and the first part of the following chapter form a remarkable portion of the book. They first describe the setting apart of a large part of the whole land for the sanctuary, the priests, the prince, and the city, in a way and in a geographical

Daniel 10:13 — (13) The prince of the kingdom.—Perhaps no single verse in the whole of the Scriptures speaks more clearly than this upon the invisible powers which rule and influence nations. If we were without a revelation, we should have thought it congruent that

Zechariah 3:7 — (7) Walk in my ways refers to personal holiness. Keep my charge.—To the due discharge of his official duties. Then thou.—The word “thou” is emphatic, and helps to mark the apodosis. My house.—On this passage Wright remarks: “The words ‘my house’ seem

Matthew 6:9 — (9) After this manner.—Literally, thus. The word sanctions at once the use of the words themselves, and of other prayers—prescribed, or unpremeditated—after the same pattern and in the same spirit. In Luke 11:2 we have the more definite, “When ye pray,

Deuteronomy 17:18 — (18) He shall write him a copy of this law.—This phrase is the source of the Greek title of the book, Deuteronomion, or in English, Deuteronomy. The word appears also in Joshua 8:32. The English conveys the right sense of the word, which primarily denotes

Deuteronomy 17:8-12 — Deuteronomy 17:8-20. THE SUPREMACY IN ISRAEL OF THE WRITTEN LAW OF GOD. (8) If there arise a matter too hard for thee.—Literally, too wonderful. Between blood and blood, between plea and plea, and between stroke and stroke.—The “blood” and the “plea”

Acts 7:2 — (2) Men, brethren, and fathers.—The discourse which follows presents many aspects, each of special interest. (1) It is clearly an unfinished fragment, interrupted by the clamours of the by-standers (Acts 7:51)—the torso, as it were, of a great apologia.

Acts 9:36 — (36) There was at Joppa. . . .—The Hebrew form of the name, Japho (pronounced Yapho), appears in Joshua 19:46, but the English version more commonly gives the better-known Joppa, as in 2 Chronicles 2:16; Ezra 3:7; Jonah 1:3). It was famous in Greek

1 Corinthians 10:1 — X. (1) Moreover, brethren,. . . .—Better, For I would not, brethren, that you should be ignorant. From the strong statement of personal self-distrust with which the previous chapter concludes, the Apostle now passes on to show that Jewish history contains

Joshua 12:1-24 — XII. TERCERA DIVISIÓN DEL LIBRO. RESUMEN DEL TERRITORIO CONQUISTADO. (a) Según reyes. (2) Sehón rey de los amorreos ... - Para una descripción de su territorio, ver Deuteronomio 2:31 . (4) Og rey de Basán. - Ver Deuteronomio 3:11 . (6) A ellos los

1 Timothy 4:14 — (14) Neglect not the gift that is in thee, which was given thee by prophecy.—Here the Apostle reminds his representative in the Ephesian congregation of his special gift of teaching and exhortation—that divine gift which had been conferred on Timothy

Jude 1:8-10 — (8-10) Application of these three instances to the libertines who are now provoking God.(8) Likewise also.—Rather, Yet in like manner: i.e., in spite of these warnings. These ungodly men were like the unbelievers in the wilderness in denying Christ

Revelation 12:6 — (6) And the woman fled . . .—Translate, And the woman fled into the wilderness, where she hath there a place prepared from God, that there they may nourish her for a thousand two hundred and sixty days. The flight of the woman into the wilderness, and

Revelation 8:7 — (7) The first angel . . .—Better, And the first sounded, and there took place hail, and fire mingled in blood, and it was cast upon the earth; and the third part of the earth was burnt up, and the third part of the trees was burnt up, and all green