Bible Commentaries

Acts 7:42 — Acts 7:42 . Ἔστρεψε δὲ ὁ Θεός ] but God turned , a figurative representation of the idea: He became unfavourable to them . The active in a neuter sense ( 1Ma 2:63 ; Acts 5:22 ; Acts 15:16 ; Kühner, II. pp. 9, 10); nothing is to be supplied. Incorrectly

Galatians 3:19 — Galatians 3:19 . [140] After Paul has shown in Galatians 3:15-18 that the law does not abolish the far earlier covenant of promise, he might very naturally be met by the inquiry, “According to this view, then, what sort of end is left to be served

Philippians 2:15 — Philippians 2:15 . If to their obedience of the admonitions given down to Philippians 2:13 there is added the manner of obedience prescribed in Philippians 2:14 , they shall be blameless , etc. This, therefore, must be the high aim , which they are

1 John 2:2 — 1 John 2:2 . καὶ αὐτός = et ipse, idemque ille; καί is here also the simple copula, and is not to be resolved either into quia (a Lapide) or nam. αὐτός refers back to Ἰησ . Χριστὸν δίκαιον , and the epithet δίκαιον is not to be lost sight of here;

Revelation 17:7-14 — Revelation 17:7-14 . The question of the angel, διὰ τί ἐθαύμασας , introduces the intended interpretation just as the question of the elders (Revelation 7:13 ), only that here the angel expects no answer whatever of John, but immediately himself promises:

Revelation 20:7-10 — Revelation 20:7-10 . After the completion of the one thousand years, Satan is let loose; then he leads the heathen nations, Gog and Magog, to an attack upon the saints. But fire from heaven consumes those nations, and Satan is cast eternally into the