Bible Commentaries

Exodus 13:22 — Never. From the station of Etham; or, if we follow St. Jerome, from that of Socoth, or even from Ramesses, according to Bonfrere, till the passage of the Jordan, when the ark supplied its want, Josue iii. 11. This cloud assumed different appearances, as the exigencies of the Hebrews required. It was a figure of baptism; (1 Corinthians x. 1) the fire designated Jesus Christ, and the cloud the Holy Ghost. (St. Ambrose, de Sac. 6.) (Calmet)

Exodus 13:22 — Nunca. Desde la estación de Etham; o, si seguimos a San Jerónimo, desde el de Socoth, o incluso desde Ramsés, según Bonfrere, hasta el paso del Jordán, cuando el arca suplió su escasez, Josué iii. 11. Esta nube asumió diferentes apariencias, según requerían las exigencias de los hebreos. Fue una figura de bautismo; (1 Corintios x. 1) el fuego designaba a Jesucristo y la nube al Espíritu Santo. (San Ambrosio, de Sac. 6.) (Calmet)

Nehemiah 6:10 — Went, being invited. (Tirinus) --- Semaia, of the twenty-third course of priests, 1 Paralipomenon xxiv. 18. (Menochius) --- Privately. Hebrew, "who was shut up," like a recluse, (Haydock) to deceive the people, by the appearance of superior sanctity, and by an imitation of the true prophets. (Calmet) --- Some translate hatsur, "bound by vow," (1 Kings xxi. 7.) to protect the governor; (Malvenda) but this seems too far-fetched. (Calmet)

Esther 1:1 — En. Hebreo, "y en". De esta manera, los libros de la Escritura suelen estar conectados. La Septuaginta coloca en primer lugar el sueño de Mardochai, cap. xi. 2. (Calmet) &mdash- Assuerus. Septuaginta Artajerjes; como [en] el capítulo xvi. 1. El primero es el título de los monarcas medianos, el segundo de los persas. Este rey reinó sobre ambas naciones, y muy probablemente fue Darius Hystaspes, el tercer rey de los persas (Tirinus) que sometió a la India, etc. (Herodotus) (Calmet) (Tirinus)

Job 3:23 — To. Why is life given to? &c. The uncertainty whether a man be worthy of love or hatred, (Ecclesiastes ix. 1.) and whether he will persevere to the end, is what fills Job with distress; though we must trust that God will suffer none to be tempted above their strength, 1 Corinthians x. 13. --- He finds himself surrounded with precipices, and in the dark. (Calmet) --- So God often tries this faithful servants. (Du Hamel)

Job 3:23 — Para. ¿Por qué se le da la vida? &C. La incertidumbre de si un hombre es digno de amor o de odio (Eclesiastés ix. 1.) y si perseverará hasta el fin, es lo que llena de angustia a Job; aunque debemos confiar en que Dios no permitirá que nadie sea tentado por encima de sus fuerzas, 1 Corintios x. 13. &mdash Por eso Dios a menudo prueba a estos fieles siervos. (Du Hamel)

Psalms 30:14 — About. They blame me to my face. Hebrew, "fear on every side." (Haydock) --- But magor signifies also "dwelling," as well as "fear;" and this dread arose only from the multitude of enemies. (Berthier) --- Life. I was proscribed by Saul, (1 Kings xix. 1.; Haydock) and they were only solicitous how to destroy me. (Calmet) --- They assembled to talk about my pretended (Haydock) faults, and to contrive my ruin, Jeremias xx. 10. (Menochius)

Psalms 98:6 — Moisés y Aarón entre sus sacerdotes. Por esto es evidente que Moisés también era sacerdote, y de hecho el sumo sacerdote, en la medida en que consagró a Aarón y ofreció sacrificio por él, Levítico viii. De modo que su preeminencia sobre Aarón no significa nada para el liderazgo de la iglesia laica. (Challoner) (Worthington) &mdash- Samuel solo se menciona como levita. Ver 1 Reyes xxv. 1. (Calmet)

Ezekiel 38:21 — Espada. Los judíos no estaban en condiciones de oponer resistencia. (Calmet) &mdash El historiador no menciona qué fue de su ejército; pero parece haber perecido por discordia, como era muy común entre tal colección de naciones. Ver Jueces vii. 22., y Judith XV. 1., y 1 Reyes xiv. 20., y 4 Reyes ii. 21. (Calmet) &mdash En todo el universo, Dios finalmente destruirá al Anticristo y a todos sus seguidores. (Worthington)

Daniel 1:21 — Cyrus; and also to the third, (Chap. x) and of course during the whole of the captivity. (Worthington) --- He was maintained in power by the conqueror of Babylon. (Chap. vi. 18. and xiv. 1.) He first displayed his sagacity in the cause of Susanna, (Chap. xiii. (Calmet)) whose history was placed at the head of the book, in Theodotion, (St. Jerome in Isaias iii. 1.) as in its natural order. (Calmet)

Micah 3:12 — Forests, after its destruction by Nabuchodonosor. (Calmet) --- In the space of three years’ neglect, shrubs were growing in the courts of the temple, 1 Machabees iv. 38. (Haydock) --- Rufus ploughed up the spot where the temple had stood, after the Romans had burnt it down. (St. Jerome; Josephus, Jewish Wars vii. 20.) --- This prediction made a deep impression on the minds of the people. It caused them to refrain from killing Jeremias, ver. 1. (Calmet)

Zephaniah 2:9 — Dryness. Septuagint, "Damascus shall be abandoned as a heap on the barn-floor, and disappearing for an age." (Haydock) --- This city is threatened with the rest, Isaias xvii. 1. (Calmet) --- Ever. Septuagint refer this to Damascus, others to Ammon, &c. (Haydock) --- The latter nations were in desolation for a long time; but had re-established themselves, when the Machabees reduced them again, Jeremias xlviii., and 1 Machabees v. 6.

Zechariah 9:14 — Seen. God miraculously interposed in favour of the Machabees, and his angels appeared at their head, 1 Machabees ii. 22., and v. 2., and x. 29., and xi. 8., and xv. 15. A handful of men thus routed vast armies, and asserted their independence, avenging religion and the state, which they restored to greater splendour. --- South, whence storms usually arise in that country, Job xxxvii. 9. The angels confounded the enemy, 1 Machabees x. 30.

Philippians 2:6 — Who being in the form [1] of God, (that is truly, properly, and essentially God from eternity, as the ancient Fathers here observed against the Arians) taking the form of a servant, (i.e. taking upon him our human nature) became truly a man, and as man the servant of God, but

Philippians 2:6 — Quien estando en la forma [1] de Dios, (es decir, verdadera, propia y esencialmente Dios desde la eternidad, como los antiguos Padres aquí observaron contra los arrianos) tomando la forma de un siervo, (es decir, asumiendo nuestra naturaleza humana). llegó a ser verdaderamente

2 John 1:1 — The ancient priest, or bishop. See 1 Peter v. 1. --- To the lady Elect. Some conjecture that elect might be the name of a family, or of a particular church; but the common opinion is, that it was the proper name of a virtuous lady. --- Whom I love in truth, with a sincere Christian charity as well as her children. By reason of the truth, or the true faith, that abideth in us. (Witham)

Judith 16:1 — Sung. Greek, "Gave out this confession, in all Israel: and all the people echoed this praise;" (Haydock) either repeating the whole after her, or singing the first verse as a chorus, Exodus xv. 20., 1 Kings xviii. 6., and 1 Paralipomenon xvi. 8. (Calmet) --- Saying. Greek, "And Judith said: Begin ye to my Lord." (Haydock) --- It is time for us to break silence, and to sound forth the praises of God. (Calmet)

Wisdom of Solomon 46:18 — Because. Greek has not faithful, or what follows. (Calmet) --- Yet Grabe’s copy retains Greek: pistos oraseos, "faithful in seeing" into futurity; so that his predictions were always verified, and he acquired the confidence of all, 1 Kings iii. 20. Prophets were former styled seers: yet they could not behold God, as he inhabits light inaccessible, 1 Timothy vi. 16. (Haydock) --- Light. St. James (i. 17.) seems to allude to this passage. (Menochius)

2 Samuel 17:25 — Jazrael, or Israel. (Du Hamel) --- Gortius would read Ismael, as 1 Paralipomenon ii. 17, Jether, the Ismaelite. (Haydock) --- Went in. This expressing makes Sanchez believe that Amasa was illegitimate. (Menochius) --- Naas is either the name of Isai’s wife, or rather the latter had both names, 1 Paralipomenon ii. 13, 16. Septuagint read Jesse, in the edition of Complutensian; in others, Naas. (Calmet) --- Joab; so that these two were own cousins, and both nephews of David.

2 Samuel 23:20 — Banaias. La v al final del nombre de este hombre, falta en Paralipomenon. Sirve para distinguirlo más de uno de los Treinta, que era el undécimo capitán esperando al rey; (1 Paralipomenon xxvii. 14,) mientras que este fue el tercero, (1 Paralipomenon v.) Y uno de gran renombre, 3 Reyes i. 32. &mdash- Leones. Ari hebreo , "un león"; y el, "dios", designa a personas "de valor extraordinario. "(Kennicott) &mdash Estos dos