Bible Commentaries

Matthew 13:1-9 — La parábola del sembrador ( Marco 4:1-9 ; Lucas 8:4-8 ).

Matthew 8:18-34 — Matthew 8:18-34 . Excursion to the eastern shore with its incidents (Mark 4:35 to Mark 5:20 ; Luke 8:22-39 ). These narratives make a large leap forward in the history. As our evangelist is giving a collection of healing incidents, the introduction of Matthew

Matthew 8:23-27 — Matthew 8:23-27 . Storm on the lake (Mark 4:35-41 , Luke 8:22-25 ).

Mark 13:5-8 — Mark 13:5-8 . Signs prelusive of the end (Matthew 24:4-8 , Luke 21:8-11 ). Jerusalem’s judgment-day not to come till certain things have happened: advent of false Messiahs, rise of wars. βλέπετε , take heed that no one deceive you; the ethical key-note struck at once; the aim of the whole discourse to help disciples to keep heads cool, and hearts brave in a perilous evil time ( vide on Mt.).

Mark 4:1-9 — Mark 4:1-9 . The Sower (Matthew 13:1-9 , Luke 8:4-8 ).

Mark 4:1-9 — El Sembrador ( Mateo 13:1-9 ; Lucas 8:4-8 ).

Mark 5:1-20 — Mark 5:1-20 . The Gerasene Demoniac (Matthew 8:28-34 , Luke 8:26-39 ).

Mark 5:1-20 — El Endemoniado de Gerasene ( Mateo 8:28-34 ; Lucas 8:26-39 ).

Luke 18:6-8 — Luke 18:6-8 . The moral . κριτὴς τ . ἀδικίας , cf. οἰκονόμον τ . ἀ ., Luke 16:8 .

Luke 8:26-39 — Luke 8:26-39 . The demoniac of Gerasa (Matthew 8:28-34 , Mark 5:1-20 ).

Luke 8:27 — Luke 8:27 . ὀνὴρ ἐκ τῆς πόλεως , a man of, or from, the city; he did not come out of the city to meet Jesus. ἔχων δαιμ ., having demons, a plurality with reference to Luke 8:30 . οὐκ ἐνεδύσατο , etc.: the description begun here is completed in Luke 8:29 . Mk. gives it all at once (Luke 5:2-5 ). Lk. seems to follow Mk. but freely unclothed, abode among the tombs, the two facts first mentioned.

Luke 8:4-8 — Luke 8:4-8 . Parable of the sower (Matthew 13:1-9 , Mark 4:1-9 ).

Acts 6:6 — Acts 1:23 ; for ἐνώπιον , see above. καὶ προσευξάμενοι ἐπέθηκαν αὐτοῖς τὰς χεῖρας : change of subject. This is the first mention of the laying on of hands in the Apostolic Church. No doubt the practice was customary in the Jewish Church, Numbers 27:18 , Deuteronomy 34:9 ; see also Edersheim, Jewish Social Life , p. 281, and Jesus the Messiah , ii., 382, and Hamburger, Real-Encyclopädie , ii., 6, pp. 882 886, “Ordinirung, Ordination”; Hort, Ecclesia , p. 216; Gore, Church and the

1 Corinthians 8:12 — 1 Corinthians 8:12 . In such case, not only the weak brother sins by yielding, but the strong who tempted him; and the latter sins directly “against Christ” (for the construction, cf. 1 Corinthians 6:18 ): “But sinning in this way against the brethren,

1 Corinthians 8:4 — Después de su estocada a Cor [1233] γνῶσις, P. retoma, con οὖν ( cf. 1 Corintios 11:17-20 ), de 1 Corintios 8:1 la pregunta “Acerca de comer idolothyta”, repitiendo el “sabemos” en el que había interrumpido a sus corresponsales. Para οἴδαμεν en una confessio fidei, cf. 1 Juan 5:18 ss. Que la declaración teológica dada en 1 Corintios 8:4 ff. proviene de la

1 Corinthians 8:7-13 — 1 Corinthians 8:7-13 . § 26. THE WEAK CONSCIENCE OF THE OLD IDOLATER. The knowledge of the one Father and Lord upon which the Cor [1251] Church prided itself, had not released all its members from fears respecting the idolothyta ; in some the intellect outran the

2 Corinthians 8:23 — 2 Corinthians 8:23 . εἴτε ὑπὲρ Τίτου κ . τ . λ .: whether you ask about Titus ( cf. on 2 Corinthians 1:8 for this use of ὑπέρ ), he is my colleague and my fellow worker to you ward (for him St. Paul will be personally responsible), or our brethren , they are

2 Corinthians 8:6-7 — Tito (el epistolar aor. infin.; esta es la exhortación a Tito en su encuentro con San Pablo en Macedonia después de cumplir su primera Misión en Corinto; παρακαλ. es la palabra usada a lo largo de las instrucciones del Apóstol a Tito; ver 2 Corintios 8:17 ; 2 Corintios 9:5 ; 2 Corintios 12:17 , y en el cap. 2 Corintios 1:4 ), que como hizo un comienzo antes, sc. , en cuanto a la colecta, durante la Misión de la que ahora ha regresado, así también él completaría en vosotros esta gracia, es decir

Ephesians 4:31 — πᾶσα πικρία: dejar toda amargura . El sustantivo πικρία vuelve a aparecer tres veces en el NT, y con diferentes matices de significado ( Hechos 8:23 ; Romanos 3:14 ; Hebreos 12:15 ). Meyer lo hace = inquietante rencor aquí. Pero parece ser más que eso ( cf. χολὴ πικρίας como una descripción de maldad excepcional en Hechos 8:23 ), y significa resentimiento, aspereza, virulencia . En Santiago

Revelation 8:13 — Revelation 8:13 . An ominous introduction to the last three trumpets. An eagle, here as in Apoc. Bar. lxxvii. 17 22, lxxxvii. 1 ( cf. Rest of Words of Bar. 7.) a messenger and herald of catastrophe (its associations are punitive and bodeful, Deuteronomy 28:49 ,