Bible Commentaries

Genesis 16 overview — EXCURSUS F: ON THE ANGEL, [HEB., “MESSENGER OF JEHOVAH”] (Genesis 16:0). It is in chapter 16 that we first meet with this term, and as in several places there is an apparent identification of Jehovah’s messenger with Jehovah Himself, and even with Elohim,

Numbers 2 overview — II. (2) With the ensign.—Better the signs or ensigns. Probably each father’s house had its own smaller ensign or flag. Far off about the tabernacle of the congregation . . . —Better, over against the tent of meeting shall they pitch round about it.

Habakkuk overview — HABAKKUK.Habakkuk. BYTHE REV. A. C. JENNINGS, M.A. INTRODUCTIONTOHABAKKUK I. The Author.—Habakkuk’s own words lead to the inference that he prophesied shortly before the battle of Carchemish, B.C. 605, and therefore in the reign of Jehoiakim (5 infra).

Malachi overview — MALACHI.Malachi BYTHE REV. W. H. LOWE, M.A. INTRODUCTIONTOMALACHI. I. The Prophet and his Name.—Absolutely nothing is known historically of the life of the prophet Malachi. Josephus, though he speaks of Haggai and Zechariah, does not mention Malachi.

Matthew 5:22 — (22) I say unto you.—The I is emphasized in the Greek. It was this probably that, more than anything else, led to the feeling of wonder expressed in Matthew 7:28-29. The scribe in his teaching invariably referred to this Rabbi and that; the new Teacher

Matthew 8:28 — (28) The country of the Gergesenes.—The exact determination of the locality presents many difficulties. In all the three Gospels we find various readings, of which the best supported are Gadarenes in St. Matthew, and Gerasenes in St. Mark and St. Luke.

Deuteronomy 1:2 — (2) Eleven days’ journey from Horeb . . .—In our English Version this verse forms a separate sentence; but there seems nothing to prevent our taking it as completing the first verse. The route between Paran on the one side and the line from Tophel to

1 Thessalonians overview — THE EPISTLES OF PAUL THE APOSTLE TO THE THESSALONIANS. The Epistle to the Thessalonians.BYTHE REV. A. J. MASON, M.A., D.D., Canon of Canterbury. INTRODUCTIONTOTHE FIRST EPISTLE OF PAUL THE APOSTLE TO THE THESSALONIANS. IN the earlier part of the year

1 Peter 3:21 — (21) The like figure whereunto even baptism doth also now save us.—There are two undoubted false readings in this sentence which must be cleared away before we can consider the meaning. First, the word “whereunto” is a mistake for the more difficult

Revelation 8:2 — (2) THE VISIONS INTRODUCED BY THE SOUNDING OF SEVEN TRUMPETS.—The series of visions which is now introduced extend to the close of the eleventh chapter. There are some features which may be noticed here. There is a marked correspondence of arrangement