Bible Commentaries

Matthew 26:3-5 — 3 5. ] CONSPIRACY OF THE JEWISH AUTHORITIES. Mark 14:1 .Luke 22:2; Luke 22:2 . This assembling has no connexion with what has just been related, but follows rather on the end of ch. 23. ὁ λεγόμενος Κ . is in Jos. Antt. xviii. 2. 2, Ἰώσηπος ὁ καὶ Καϊάφας . Valerius Gratus, Procurator of Judæa, had appointed him

Matthew 27:11-14 — 11 14. ] HE IS EXAMINED BY PILATE. Mark 15:2-5 .Luke 23:2-5; Luke 23:2-5 .John 18:29-38; John 18:29-38 . Our narrative of the hearing before Pilate is the least circumstantial of the four having however two remarkable additional particulars, Matthew 27:19 ; Matthew 27:24 . John is the fullest in giving the words of our Lord. Compare the notes there.

Acts 14:2 — 2. ] The past part. indicates who believed not , viz. when Paul preached. ἐκάκωσαν , ‘male affecerunt,’ κακούργως διέθηκαν , Chrys. So Jos. Antt. xvi. 1. 2, κακοῦν ,.… καὶ τῆς εὐνοίας ἧς εἶχεν εἰς τοὺς παῖδας ἀφαιρεῖν . Act 14:3 gives the sequel of Acts 14:1 , Acts 14:4 , of Acts 14:2 . The μὲν οὖν , as usual (see ch. Act 11:19 ), takes up the narrative which had been interrupted.

Acts 14:4 — 4. ] So Virg. Æn. ii. 39, ‘Scinditur incertum studia in contraria vulgus.’ Such a split into two factions was a common occurrence, on far less important occasions, in these cities of Oriental Greeks. (C. and H. i. p. 223.) τοῖς ἀποστόλοις ] This is the first place where Paul and Barnabas are so called. St. Paul constantly vindicates the title in his Epistles: cf. Romans 1:1 ; 1 Corinthians 1:1 ; 1 Corinthians 9:1 ; 1 Corinthians 15:9 ; 2 Corinthians 1:1 ; Galatians

Acts 20:19 — 19. δουλεύων τῷ κυρ ] With the sole exception of the assertion of our Lord, ‘Ye cannot serve God and mammon,’ reff. Matt., Luke, the verb δουλεύω for ‘serving God’ is used by Paul only , and by him seven times, viz. besides reff., Romans 12:11 ; Romans 14:18 ; Romans 16:18 ; [ Php 2:22 (?)] Colossians 3:24 ; 1 Thessalonians 1:9 . μετ . π . ταπ .] Also a Pauline expression, 2 Corinthians 8:7 ; 2 Corinthians 12:12 . πειρασμῶν ] See especially Galatians 4:14 .

Acts 4:31 — Ghost, the great fulfilment of the promise, was not to be repeated. The rationalist Commentators have done good service by pointing out parallel cases, in profane writers, of supposed tokens of the divine presence. Virg. Æn. iii. 89. Ovid, Met. xv. 672. Schöttgen, Hor. Hebr. in loc., produces similar notices from the Rabbinical writings. It was on every ground probable that the token of the especial presence of God would be some phænomenon which would be recognized by those present as such . Besides

Romans 10:2 — 2. ] For (reason why I thus sympathize with their efforts, though misdirected) I bear witness to them that they have a zeal for God (for this meaning of the gen. see reff., especially 2 Corinthians 11:2 , and note there), but not according to (in accordance with, founded upon, and carried on with) knowledge (accurate apprehension of the way of righteousness as revealed to them).

Romans 2:23 — 23. ] ἐν νόμῳ , see above ( Rom 2:17 ) for the omission of the art. but it is not διὰ παραβάσεως νόμου , because a παράβασις is τοῦ νόμου , the law being broken as a whole (see James 2:10 ; and on παραβάτης νόμου below, Rom 2:25 ). And τῆς παρ . τ . νόμ ., is thy breaking of the law . This question comprehends the previous ones.

Romans 9:1-5 — 1 5 .] The Apostle’s deep sympathy with his own people Israel . The subject on which he is about to enter, so unwelcome to Jews in general, coupled with their hostility to himself, and designation of him as a πλάνος (2 Corinthians 6:8 ; compare also 2Co 1:17 ; 2 Corinthians 2:17 ; 2 Corinthians 4:1-2 ; 2Co 7:2 al.), causes him to begin with a προπαραίτησις or deprecation, bespeaking credit for simplicity and earnestness in the assertion which is to follow. This deprecation

1 Corinthians 16:1 — 1 .] The construction is as in ch. 1Co 7:1 ; 1 Corinthians 8:1 ; 1 Corinthians 12:1 ; the περὶ δὲ … rather serves to introduce the new subject than to form any constructional part of the sentence. Similarly in 1 Corinthians 16:12 . λογίας ] λογία , συλλογή , Hesych [77] λογίαν , τὴν συλλογὴν τῶν χρημάτων καλεῖ , Theodoret (Wetst.).

2 Corinthians overview — name it bears. It is inseparably connected with the First, following it up, and only differing from it as circumstances since occurring had affected the mind of the writer. See this more dwelt on, when I speak of its style and matter, below, §iii. 2. The external testimonies are, ( α ) Irenæus, Hær. iii. 7. 1, p. 182: Quod autem dicunt, aperte Paulum in secunda ad Corinthios dixisse: In quibus Deus sæculi hujus excæcavit mentes infidelium. ( β ) Athenagoras, de resurr. mort. xviii. p. 331: εὔδηλον

2 Corinthians 9:4 — 4. ] lest perchance if Macedonians should come with me (to you: to bring me on my way, or to bear the Macedonian collection. We may infer from this expression, that neither of the two brethren above mentioned, ch. 2 Corinthians 8:18 ; 2 Corinthians 8:22 , was a Macedonian), and should find you unprepared (with your collection, see 2Co 9:2 ) we (who have boasted), not to say you (who were boasted of), should be put to shame, in the matter of this confidence

Galatians 2:9 — 9 .] resumes the narrative after the parenthesis. Ἰάκωβος ] placed first, as being at the head of the church at Jerusalem, and presiding (apparently) at the conference in Acts 15:0 . δοκοῦντες alludes to Galatians 2:2 ; Galatians 2:6 ; see there. στύλοι ] pillars, i.e. principal supporters of the church, men of distinction and weight; see reff., and examples in Wetst.: and Suicer, sub voce. Clem.-rom. ad Cor. i. 5, p. 217, uses the word directly, without metaphor:

2 Timothy 1:1-2 — ΠΡΟΣ ΤΙΜΟΘΕΟΝ Β 2 Timothy 1:1-2 .] ADDRESS AND GREETING.

2 Timothy 3:14 — 14 .] But do thou continue in the things which (the object to ἔμαθες , and the remoter object to ἐπιστώθης , must, in the construction, be supplied out of the ἐν οἷς ) thou learnedst (= ἤκουσας παρ ʼ ἐμοῦ , ch. 2Ti 2:2 ) and wert convinced of (so Homer, Od. φ . 217 f., where Odysseus shews his scar, εἰ δ ʼ ἄγε δὴ καὶ σῆμα ἀριφραδὲς ἄλλο τι δείξω , | ὄφρα μὲ εὖ γνῶτον , πιστωθῆτόν τ ʼ ἐνὶ θυμῷ , and Soph. Œd. Col. 1040, σὺ δ ʼ ἡμῖν , Οἰδίπους , | ἕκηλος αὐτοῦ

Hebrews 11:33 — be Gideon’s victory over the Midianites (Judges 7:0 ), Barak’s over the Canaanites (Judges 9:0 ), Samson’s over the Philistines (Judges 14 ff.), Jephthah’s over the Ammonites (Judges 9:0 .), David’s over the Philistines (2 Samuel 5:17-25 ; 2Sa 8:1 ; 2 Samuel 21:15 ff.), Moabites, Syrians, Edomites (ib. 2 Samuel 8:2 ff.), Ammonites (2 Samuel 10:12 , ff.)), wrought righteousness (so Samuel, the righteous judge, 1 Samuel 12:3-4 ; David, the righteous king, 2 Samuel 8:15

1 Peter 1:14 — 14 .] As (“ ὡς here, as in ch. 1Pe 2:2 ; 1 Peter 2:5 ; 1 Peter 3:7 , does not serve for comparison, but marks the essential quality of the subject: Lorinus says on ch. 1Pe 2:14 rightly, ‘Constat hujusmodi particulas sæpe nihil minuere, sed rei veritatem magis exprimere.’ ”

2 Peter 3:15 — 15 .] and account the long-suffering of our Lord ( τοῦ κυρίου ἡμῶν , thus expressed, is hardly to be dissevered from Him who is expressly thus named below, 2 Peter 3:18 . And if so, then, throughout this weighty passage, the Lord Jesus is invested with the full attributes of Deity. It is He who waits and is long-suffering: He, in His union and co-equality with the Father, who ruleth all things after the

Jude 1:17-18 — 17, 18 .] Exhortation to remember how the Apostles forewarned them of these men . But ye, beloved (see again below, Jud 1:20 ), remember the words which were before spoken (not “prophesied:” see reff.) by the Apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ (this can hardly be cited as evidence on one side or the other on the question whether St. Jude himself was an Apostle.

Revelation 2:18-29 — 18 29 .] THE EPISTLE TO THE CHURCH AT THYATIRA. See Prolegg. § iii. 9. And to the angel of the church in Thyatira write: These things saith the Son of God (our Lord thus names himself here, in accordance with the spirit of that which is to follow; Rev 2:27