Bible Commentaries

Matthew 23:8 — Matthew 23:8 . ὑμεῖς , you , emphatic: the Twelve, an earnest aside to them in especial (an interpolation by the evangelist, Weiss-Meyer), be not ye called Rabbi. μὴ κληθῆτε , “Do not seek to be called, if others call you this it will not be your fault”. Euthy. Zig.

Acts 13:12 — Acts 13:12 . ἐπίστευσεν : “the blindness of Elymas opened the eyes of the proconsul” (Felten). If the verb is understood in its full sense, viz. , that Sergius Paulus became a convert to the faith, Acts 13:48 , Acts 2:44 , Acts 4:4 , Acts 11:21 , baptism would be implied, Acts 8:12 . ἐκπλησσ ., Matthew 7:28 , Mark 1:22 ; Mark 11:18 , Luke 4:32 ; Luke 9:43 , etc., so in classical Greek with ἐπί . The verb is also found in Ecclesiastes 7:17 (16), Wis 13:4

Acts 13:22 — Acts 13:22 . μεταστήσας , Luke 16:4 : refers here to Saul’s deposition from the throne, 1 Samuel 15:16 , cf. Daniel 2:21 , 1Ma 8:13 , not as Bethge thinks to his removal from the presence of God, cf. 2 Kings 17:23 , nor to his death, Malachi 3:1; Malachi 3:1 ; 3Ma 6:12 . Saul therefore could not have been the bringer of the promised salvation. εὗρον κ . τ . λ .: a combination

Acts 13:8 — Acts 13:8 . ἀνθίστατο : because he saw that his hope of gain was gone, cf. Acts 16:19 , Acts 19:27 , and the hope of retaining influence with the proconsul; see reading in , cf. 2 Timothy 3:8 , where St. Paul uses the same verb of the magicians withstanding

Acts 4:19 — Parallel sayings may be quoted from Greeks and Romans, and from Jewish sources, see instances in Wetstein, cf. Plato, Apol. , 29, ., the famous words of Socrates: πεισόμεθα τῷ θεῷ μᾶλλον ἢ ὑμῖν , and Livy, xxxix., 37; Jos., Ant. , xvii., 6, 3; xviii. 8, 2; on ἐνώπιον see Acts 4:10 ; ἀκούειν = πειθαρχεῖν , Acts 5:29 , and cf. Acts 3:22 , Luke 10:16 ; Luke 16:31 ; μᾶλλον = potius, cf. Romans 14:13 , 1 Corinthians 7:21 . κρίνατε : this appeal to the Sadducees could only be justified on the ground that

1 Corinthians 9:8-10 — 1 Corintios 9:8-10 a . μὴ κατὰ ἄνθρωπον κ. τ. λ.; “¿Estoy diciendo estas cosas como las haría cualquier hombre” de acuerdo con la práctica humana (como se acaba de ver en 7)? κατὰ ἄνθρ., en contraste con lo que ὁ νόμος λέγει; cf. Gálatas 3:15 ss. Este uso dialéctico

2 Corinthians 2:4 — la visión de la situación que se ha adoptado en este comentario es correcta (ver Introd. , p. 13). διὰ πολλῶν δακρύων: tenemos διά usado, algo similar, con el genitivo de las circunstancias concomitantes, en Romanos 2:27 ; Romanos 4:11 ; Romanos 8:25 ; Romanos 14:20 , cap. 2 Corintios 5:7 ; Hebreos 12:1 ; Apocalipsis 21:24 , etc. οὐχ ἵνα λυπηθῆτε κ. τ. λ.: no para que os arrepintáis, sino para que conozcáis el amor que os tengo tan abundantemente . ἀγάπη, como una gracia especialmente para

Philippians 2:19 — Philippians 2:19 . Clemen ( Einheitlichkeit d. paulin. Briefe , p. 138) seeks to prove that Philippians 2:19-24 do not belong to this context. This is to forget the flexibility and rapid transitions natural to a friendly letter. The last paragraph, in spite of its joyful tone, ended with a note of anxious foreboding for

Philippians 2:19 — Clemen ( Einheitlichkeit d. paulin. Briefe , p. 138) busca probar que Filipenses 2:19-24 no pertenece a este contexto. Esto es olvidar la flexibilidad y las transiciones rápidas propias de una carta amistosa. El último párrafo, a pesar de su tono alegre, termina con una nota de angustioso presentimiento

1 Thessalonians 4:8 — 1 Thessalonians 4:8 . Elsewhere (1 Thessalonians 1:5-6 ) ἅγιον simply denotes the divine quality of πνεῦμα as operating in the chosen ἅγιοι of God, but here the context lends it a specific value. Impurity is a violation of the relationship established by the holy God between

1 Timothy 5:16 — definite case in his mind, of a Christian woman who had a widow depending on her, of whose support she wishes the Church to relieve her, or (2) the verse may be an afterthought to avoid the possibility of the ruling given in 1 Timothy 5:4 ; 1 Timothy 5:7-8 being supposed to refer to men only. Von Soden explains it by the independent position of married women indicated in 1 Timothy 5:14 and Titus 2:5 . The phrase ἔχει χήρας may be intended to include dependent widowed relatives, aunts or cousins, who could

1 Timothy 5:3 — τίμα : Es difícil fijar con precisión la fuerza de τιμάω en este sentido. Por un lado, el pasaje ( 1 Timoteo 5:3-8 ) es parte de las instrucciones generales en cuanto a las relaciones personales de Timoteo con su rebaño. Respeto, honor , daría entonces la palabra adecuadamente. Por otro lado, 1 Timoteo 5:4 ; 1 Timoteo 5:8 muestra que la cuestión de la manutención

1 Timothy 6:8 — 1 Timothy 6:8 . ἔχοντες δέ : The δέ has a slightly adversative force, guarding against a too literal conclusion from 1 Timothy 6:7 . It is true that “unaccommodated man” ( Lear , iii. 4) is “a man for a’ that,” yet he has wants while

2 Timothy 3:3 — todo lo demás". Se combina naturalmente con ἀνήμεροι, feroz, immites . “Simul et molles et duri” (Bengel). ἀφιλάγαθοι : No amantes del bien (RV), siendo el bien “cosas verdaderas, honorables, justas, puras, amables y de buen nombre” ( Filipenses 4:8 ). El φιλάγαθος positivo, Tito 1:8 , tiene la misma referencia. Es una característica de la Sabiduría celestial (Sab 7,22). La AV en ambos lugares acota la referencia a las personas: Despreciadores de lo bueno; Amante de los hombres buenos . La Vulga.

Hebrews 2:5 — them. It is the Son as man who now rules and to whom attention must be given. ὑπέταξεν … “did He” that is God subject the world to come of which we are speaking, ἡ οἰκουμένη , not κόσμος , but the inhabited world. So used in Diod. Sic., i. 8 καθʼ ἅπασαν τ . οἰκουμένην , wherever there were men. From the O.T. point of view “the world to come” meant the world under Messianic rule, but in this Epistle the Messianic Kingdom is viewed as not yet fully realised. The world to come

Hebrews 2:5 — sujeto a ellas. Es el Hijo como hombre quien ahora gobierna ya quien se debe prestar atención. ὑπέταξεν … “Él”, que es Dios, sujetó el mundo venidero del que estamos hablando, ἡ οἰκουμένη, no κόσμος, sino el mundo habitado. Así se usa en Diod. Sic., i. 8 καθʼ ἅπασαν τ. οἰκουμένην, dondequiera que hubiera hombres. Desde el punto de vista del AT, “el mundo venidero” significaba el mundo bajo el gobierno mesiánico, pero en esta epístola se considera que el reino mesiánico aún no se ha realizado por completo. El

Hebrews 8:4 — Hebrews 8:4 . εἰ μὲν οὖν ἐπὶ γῆς … “And indeed if He were on earth He would not even be a priest, since there are those who according to law offer the gifts”. μὲν οὖν = et quidem (Devarius, p. 125) or, it might be rendered “If however,”

Hebrews 9:27 — results will be apparent in His appearing the second time without sin unto salvation. ἀπόκειται “is reserved” as in Longinus’ De Subl . ix. 7, ἡμῖν δυσδαιμονοῦσιν ἀπόκειται λιμὴν κακῶν ὁ θάνατος , cf. iii. 5; also Dion. Hal. Hebrews 9:8 , ὅσα τοῖς κακούργοις ἀπόκειται παθεῖς , and especially 2 Timothy 4:8 . What is destined for all men is not simply death, but ἅπαξ ἀποθ . once to die. Cf. the fragment of Sophocles θανεῖν γὰρ οὐκ ἔξεστι τοῖς αὐτοῖσι δίς . μετὰ δὲ τοῦτο κρίσις “after

Jude 1:7 — Γομόρρας καταστροφῇ κατέκρινεν. La destrucción no se limitó a estas dos ciudades, sino que se extendió a todo el país vecino ( Génesis 19:25 , llamado Πεντάπολις en Sab 10:6), incluidos los pueblos de Adma y Zeboim ( Deuteronomio 29:23 ; Oseas 11:8 ). . Zoar se salvó a petición de Lot. τὸν ὅμοιον τρόπον τούτοις ἑκπορνεύσασαι. Para el acc. adverbial, cf. Mateo 23:37 , ὃν τρorc. Catapl. 6 τεθνᾶσι τὸν ὅμοιον τρόπον. "Como ellos." es decir , los ángeles caídos. Los dos juicios se unen de manera

Revelation 7:4 — stereotyped 144,000, twelve thousand from each of the twelve tribes of Israel (a “thousand” being the primitive subdivision of a clan or tribe, like the English shire into “hundreds”). The enumeration of these tribes (Revelation 7:5-8 ) contains two peculiarities, ( a ) the substitution of Joseph for Ephraim, a variation to which we have no clue, and ( b ) the omission of Dan. The latter reflects the growing disrepute into which Dan fell; it either stands last ( e.g. in [912]