Bible Commentaries

Mark 12:18-27 — Mark 12:18-27 . [149] See on Matthew 22:23-33 , who narrates more briefly and smoothly. Comp. Luke 20:27-40 . ἐπηρώτων ] Imperfect, as at Mark 12:17 . Mark 12:19 . ὅτι is recitative, and ἵνα is the imperative to be explained by the volo that lies

John 14:1 — John 14:1 . [138] From Peter Jesus now turns, with consolatory address in reference to His near departure, to the disciples generally; hence D. and a few Verss. prefix καὶ εἶπεν τοῖς μαθηταῖς αὐτοῦ (so also Luther, following Erasmus). But the cause

John 14:25-26 — John 14:25-26 . We are to suppose a pause before John 14:25 ; Jesus looks back upon all that He has hitherto said to them at His farewell supper, and of which so much still remained to them enigmatical, and continues: “ These things have I spoken

John 15:1 — John 15:1 . Since the picture is introduced altogether without any intermediate reference, it is natural to assume some external occasion for it, which John has not related. [160] That which most obviously suggests itself is the look at the cup of

John 17:11 — John 17:11 . Before He now gives expression to the special supplication itself ( πάτερ ἅγιε , τήρησον , κ . τ . λ .), He first brings forward the peculiar ground of need , connecting in profound emotion its individual members unperiodically by καί

Romans 5:6 — Romans 5:6 . Objective actual proof of this ἀγάπη τ . Θεοῦ , which through the Spirit fills our heart. Comp as to the argument Romans 8:39 . “ For Christ, when we were yet weak, at the right time died for the ungodly .” ἔτι ] can in no

1 Corinthians 10:19-20 — 1 Corinthians 10:19-20 . By these two analogues, 1 Corinthians 10:16-18 , the apostle has now justified his warning given above against the sacrificial feasts as a warning against idolatry (1 Corinthians 10:14 ). But from the case of the Jewish sacrificial

Galatians 1:13 — Galatians 1:13 . Now begins the historical proof that he was indebted for his gospel to the ἀποκάλυψις he had mentioned, and not to human communication and instruction. In the first place, in Galatians 1:13-14 , he calls to their remembrance his well-known

Galatians 4:1 — Galatians 4:1 . λέγω δέ ] Comp. Galatians 3:17 , Galatians 5:16 ; Romans 15:8 ; 1 Corinthians 1:12 : now I mean , in reference to this κληρονομία brought in through Christ, the idea of which I have now more exactly to illustrate to you as for the first

Ephesians 5:16 — Ephesians 5:16 . Accompanying modal definition to the preceding ὡς σόφοι : ementes vobis (middle) opportunitatem, i.e. in that you make your own the right point of time for such walk , do not let it pass by unused. In this figurative conception the

Ephesians 6:3 — Ephesians 6:3 . After Paul has just said: “ the first commandment with promise ,” he now adduces the definite promise, on account of which this predicate pertains to that commandment, and that according to the LXX. of Exodus 20:12 , Deuteronomy

Philippians 1:19 — Philippians 1:19 . Reason assigned not only for the ἀλλὰ καὶ χαρήσομαι , but for the entire conjoint assertion: ἐν τούτῳ χαίρω , ἀλλὰ κ . χαρ . For both, for his present joy and for his future joy, the apostle finds the subjective ground in the certainty

Philippians 2:19 — Philippians 2:19 . The apostle now, down to Philippians 2:24 , speaks of sending Timothy [136] to them, and states that lie himself trusted to visit them shortly. ἘΛΠΊΖΩ ΔῈ Κ . Τ . Λ . ] The progress of thought attaching itself to Philippians

Colossians 3:7 — Colossians 3:7 . Transition to the following exhortation; and how touching through the effect of the contrast! ἐν οἷς ] is, with the reading διʼ ὅ in Colossians 3:6 , necessarily to be referred to the υἱοὺς τ . ἀπειθ .: among whom ye also walked once

1 Thessalonians 1:6 — 1 Thessalonians 1:6 contains the other side of the proof for the ἐκλογή of the Thessalonians, namely, their receptivity for the preaching of the gospel demonstrated by facts. 1 Thessalonians 1:6 may either be separated by a point from the preceding

1 Thessalonians 2:10 — 1 Thessalonians 2:10 . This verse is designed to represent in a summary manner the conduct of the apostle among the Thessalonians, which was hitherto only represented by special features; but as thereby not merely what was patent to external observation,

1 Thessalonians 2:11-12 — are not a mere further digression into particulars, which we can scarcely assume after the general concluding words in 1 Thessalonians 2:10 , without blaming the author, notwithstanding the freedom of epistolary composition, of great logical arbitrariness

2 Timothy 2:14 — 2 Timothy 2:14 . In this verse the apostle goes on to set before Timothy how he is to conduct himself in regard to the heresy appearing in the church. ταῦτα ὑπομίμνησκε ] ταῦτα refers to the thoughts just expressed and introduced by the formula πιστὸς

1 Peter 1:13 — 1 Peter 1:13 . The first group of exhortations extends from this verse to the end of the chapter. 1 Peter 1:13 . First exhortation, which forms the basis of those which follow. The τελείως ἐλπίζειν is the foundation upon which the whole moral-religious

Jude 1:6 — Jude 1:6 . A second example taken from the angelic world. As God spared not the people rescued from bondage, so neither did He spare the angels who left their habitation. This also was an admonitory representation for Christians, who, in the face of