Bible Commentaries

Psalms 99:1-9 — nombre—tus perfecciones de justicia, poder, etc. grande y tremendo—o terrible, que inspira el terror ( Deuteronomio 10:17), y para ser alabado por aquellos sobre los cuales está exaltado ( Deuteronomio 97:9). El es santo—es decir, Dios es santo (vv. 5, 9; Isaías 6:3). 4, 5. A su sapiente y justo gobierno todas las naciones tributarán honor. la gloria (poder) … juicio—su poder está combinado con la justicia, él es santo—(cf. el Salmo 22:3). 6-8. La experiencia de estos siervos del Señor se cita

Proverbs 31:27 — 27. (Compare 1 Timothy 5:14; Titus 2:5). She adds to her example a wise management of those under her control.

Proverbs 7:11 — 11, 12. loud—or, "noisy," "bustling." stubborn—not submissive. without . . . streets, . . . corner—(Compare 1 Timothy 5:13; Titus 2:5).

Song of Solomon 2:15 — 15. Transition to the vineyard, often formed in "stairs" ( :-), or terraces, in which, amidst the vine leaves, foxes hid. foxes—generic term, including jackals. They eat only grapes, not the vine flowers; but they need to be driven out in time before

Isaiah 58:3 — outward show they really enjoyed themselves. GESENIUS not so well translates, "business." exact . . . labours—rather, "oppressive labors" [MAURER]. HORSLEY, with Vulgate, translates, "Exact the whole upon your debtors"; those who owe you labor (Nehemiah 5:1-5; Nehemiah 5:8-10, &c.).

Isaiah 6:13 — 13. and it shall return, and . . . be eaten—Rather, "but it shall be again given over to be consumed": if even a tenth survive the first destruction, it shall be destroyed by a second (Isaiah 5:25; Ezekiel 5:1-5; Ezekiel 5:12), [MAURER and HORSLEY]. In English Version, "return" refers to the poor remnant left in the land at the Babylonish captivity (2 Kings 24:14; 2 Kings 25:12), which afterwards fled to Egypt in fear (2 Kings 25:26), and

Isaiah 6:5 — 5. undone— ( :-). The same effect was produced on others by the presence of God (Judges 6:22; Judges 13:22; Job 42:5; Job 42:6; Luke 5:8; Revelation 1:17). lips—appropriate to the context which describes the praises of the lips, sung in alternate responses

Jeremiah 10:10 — 10. true God—literally, "God Jehovah is truth"; not merely true, that is, veracious, but truth in the reality of His essence, as opposed to the "vanity" or emptiness which all idols are (Jeremiah 10:3; Jeremiah 10:8; Jeremiah 10:15; 2 Chronicles 15:3; Psalms 31:5; 1 John 5:20). living God— (John 5:26; 1 Timothy 6:17). He hath life in Himself which no creature has. All else "live in Him" (Acts 17:28). In contrast to dead idols. everlasting— (Acts 17:28- :). In contrast to the

Jeremiah 15:2 — 2. death—deadly plague (Jeremiah 18:21; Jeremiah 43:11; Ezekiel 5:2; Ezekiel 5:12; Zechariah 11:9).

Jeremiah 42:5 — 5. Lord be a true . . . witness— (Genesis 31:50; Psalms 89:37; Revelation 1:5; Revelation 3:14; Revelation 19:11).

Ezekiel 16:63 — mouth—in vindication, or even palliation, of thyself, or expostulation with God for His dealings (Romans 3:19), when thou seest thine own exceeding unworthiness, and My superabounding grace which has so wonderfully overcome with love thy sin (Romans 5:20). "If we would judge ourselves, we should not be judged" (Romans 5:20- :). all that thou hast done—enhancing the grace of God which has pardoned so many and so great sins. Nothing so melts into love and humility as the sense of the riches of God's

Haggai 2:9 — seat was the temple: where Messiah "made peace through the blood of His cross" (Matthew 12:6- :). Thus the "glory" consists in this "peace." This peace begins by the removal of the difficulty in the way of the just God accepting the guilty (Psalms 85:8; Psalms 85:10; Isaiah 9:6; Isaiah 9:7; Isaiah 53:5; Zechariah 6:13; 2 Corinthians 5:18; 2 Corinthians 5:19); then it creates peace in the sinner's own heart (Isaiah 57:19; Acts 10:36; Romans 5:1; Romans 14:17; Ephesians 2:13-17; Philippians 4:7);

Luke 22:6 — 6. in the absence, &c.—(See Matthew 26:5). Matthew 26:5- :. LAST PASSOVER—INSTITUTION OF THE SUPPER—DISCOURSE AT THE TABLE.

1 Corinthians 6:14 — raised up—rather, "raised," to distinguish it from "will raise up us"; the Greek of the latter being a compound, the former a simple verb. Believers shall be raised up out of the rest of the dead (see on :-); the first resurrection (Revelation 20:5). us—Here he speaks of the possibility of his being found in the grave when Christ comes; elsewhere, of his being possibly found alive (Revelation 20:5- :). In either event, the Lord's coming rather than death is the great object of the Christian's

Galatians 5:19 — betray their fleshly origin. But the "fruit of the Spirit" (Mark 7:22- :) is singular, because, however manifold the results, they form one harmonious whole. The results of the flesh are not dignified by the name "fruit"; they are but works (Ephesians 5:9; Ephesians 5:11). He enumerates those fleshly "works" (committed against our neighbor, against God, and against ourselves) to which the Galatians were most prone (the Celts have always been prone to disputations and internal strifes): and those manifestations

Ephesians 5:1 — respect to "love" ( :-): God's essential character ( :-). as dear children—Greek, "as children beloved"; to which :- refers, "As Christ also loved us" ( :-). "We are sons of men, when we do ill; sons of God, when we do well" [AUGUSTINE, on Psalm 52]; (compare Matthew 5:44; Matthew 5:45; Matthew 5:48). Sonship infers an absolute necessity of imitation, it being vain to assume the title of son without any similitude of the Father [PEARSON].

Colossians 3:5 — 5. Mortify—Greek, "make a corpse of"; "make dead"; "put to death." therefore—(See on :-). Follow out to its necessary consequence the fact of your having once for all died with Christ spiritually at your regeneration, by daily "deadening your members,"

Revelation 13:4 — power—Greek, "the authority" which it had; its authority. Who is like unto the beast?—The very language appropriated to God, :- (whence, in the Hebrew, the Maccabees took their name; the opponents of the Old Testament Antichrist, Antiochus); Psalms 35:10; Psalms 71:19; Psalms 113:5; Micah 7:18; blasphemously (Revelation 13:1; Revelation 13:5) assigned to the beast. It is a parody of the name "Michael" (compare Revelation 13:5- :), meaning, "Who is like unto God?"

Revelation 19:1 — 1. As in the case of the opening of the prophecy, Revelation 4:8; Revelation 5:9, c. so now, at one of the great closing events seen in vision, the judgment on the harlot (described in Revelation 5:9- :), there is a song of praise in heaven to God: compare Revelation 5:9- :, c., toward the close of the seals, and Revelation 5:9-

Revelation 21:11 — 11. Having the glory of God—not merely the Shekinah-cloud, but God Himself as her glory dwelling in the midst of her. Compare the type, the earthly Jerusalem in the millennium (Zechariah 2:5; compare Zechariah 2:5- :, below). her light—Greek, "light-giver": properly applied to the heavenly luminaries which diffuse light. Compare Note, see on Zechariah 2:5- :, the only other passage where it occurs. The "and" before "her light' is omitted