Bible Commentaries

Acts 2:1 — 1. ἐν τῷ συνπληροῦσθαι … ] While the day of P. was being fulfilled : ‘during the progress of that particular day:’ this is necessitated by the pres. tense. In sense , it amounts to ‘ when the day of P. was fully come ,’

1 Corinthians 3:17 — 17. ] φθείρει , [ destroys , or] mars , whether as regards its unity and beauty , or its purity and sanctity : here, the meaning is left indefinite, but the latter particulars are certainly hinted at, by ἅγιος below. φθερεῖ , either by temporal

Galatians 3:17 — 17 .] Enthymematical inference from Galatians 3:15-16 , put in the form of a restatement of the argument, as applying to the matters in hand. This however I say (this is my meaning, the drift of my previous statement): the covenant (better than

Galatians 3:20 — 20 .] “The explanations of this verse, so obscure from its brevity, are so numerous (Winer counted 250: Jowett mentions 430) that they require a bibliography of their own.” De Wette. I believe we shall best disentangle the sense as follows.

Ephesians 4:8 — 8 .] Wherefore (‘quæ cum ita sint:’ viz. the gift bestowed by Christ on different men according to measure) He (viz. God, whose word the Scriptures are. See reff. and notes: not merely ‘it,’ es heisst, as De W. al.: nor, ἡ

Colossians 1:15 — 15 .] (The last verse has been a sort of introduction, through our own part in Him, to the Person of the Redeemer, which is now directly treated of, as against the teachers of error at Colossæ. He is described, in His relation 1) to God and His Creation

1 Thessalonians 4:16 — 16 .] A reason of the foregoing assertion, by detailing the method of the resurrection. Because (not ‘ that ,’so as to be parallel with ὅτι before, as Koch) the Lord Himself (not, as De W., ‘ He, the Lord ’ which would be

1 Timothy 2:8 — 8 .] See summary at beginning of chapter. I will then (“in βούλομαι the active wish is implied: it is no mere willingness or acquiescence,” Ellic. On the distinction between βούλομαι and θέλω , see Donaldson, Cratyl. § 463, p. 650 f. Exodus

Hebrews 10:22 — 22 .] let us approach ( προσέρχεσθαι , see ref., = ἐγγίζειν τῷ θεῷ ch. Hebrews 7:19 , and is a word belonging to worship. So that the participial clauses which follow are best regarded as both belonging to προσερχώμεθα , since they also describe

Hebrews 3:7 — 7 .] Wherefore (i. e. seeing that they are the house of Christ if they hold fast their confidence and boast of hope. It has been disputed, what verb is to be connected with, διό . Some (as Schlichting, J. Cappellus, Heinrichs, Cramer, Kuinoel, Ebrard,

Hebrews 6:16 — 16. For [ indeed ] (see var. readd. This μέν solitarium or ellipticum is common with γάρ , in the sense of the German zwar or freilich , and our ‘ of a truth,’ ‘verily :’ so Eurip. Med. 698, ξυγγνωστὰ μὲν γὰρ ἦν σε λυπεῖσθαι

Hebrews 7:5 — 5 .] Continuation of Hebrews 7:4 , setting forth the reason of the πηλίκος . And (‘et quidem:’ the E. V. “and verily,” is rather too strong) they of the sons of Levi who receive the priesthood (or, and perhaps more properly,

Hebrews 9:4 — 4 .] having (on ἔχουσα , see below) a golden censer (or, altar of incense ) (“Maxima totius epistolæ difficultas in verbis hisce consistit, atque hic locus fortasse præter cæteros dubium apud veteres reddidit hujus epistolæ auctoritatem.”

1 Peter 1:2 — 2 .] according to (i. e. in pursuance of . The local meaning of κατά with an accus., ‘along (down) the direction of,’ gives at once the derived meaning here. κατὰ πρόγ . κ . τ . λ . follows ἐκλεκτοῖς , the emphatic position of the predicative

1 John 2:20-21 — 20, 21 .] The Apostle puts them in mind, in an apologetic form, of the truth which they as Christians possessed, and the very possession of which, not the contrary, was his reason for thus writing to them. This reminiscence carries at the same time

1 John 3:20 — 20 .] takes up this matter of the persuading our hearts before God , and shews its true importance and rationale. This is carried on in the following verses, but is here and in 1Jn 3:21 placed as its ground. If our heart, ἔμπροσθεν αὐτοῦ , judges

Jude 1:5 — 5 .] First example : unbelieving Israel in the wilderness. Cf. Heb 3:16 to Hebrews 4:5 . But (solemn contrast to the conduct just mentioned) I wish to remind you, knowing as ye do (better here than “although ye know,” on account of ἅπαξ

Revelation 1:10-11 — 10, 11 .] I was (on ἐγενόμην , see above. Not merely “ I was ,” but “ I became ”) in the Spirit (i. e. in a state of spiritual ecstasy or trance, becoming thereby receptive of the vision or revelation to follow. That this

Revelation 21:18-27 — 18 27 .] Material , and further description of the city. And the building-work (Jos. in ref. is speaking of the harbour of Cæsarea, as built by Herod the Great: he describes it as being τῇ δομήσει περίβλεπτον , because the materials were costly and

Revelation 5:13-14 — 13, 14 .] The chorus of assenting praise from Creation itself . And every creature (i. e. by the very terms, animated creature: for heaven and earth and sea themselves are mentioned as the abodes of these κτίσματα ) which is in the heaven (the