Bible Commentaries

Ezekiel 19:5 — 5. saw that she had waited, and her hope was lost—that is, that her long-waited-for hope was disappointed, Jehoahaz not being restored to her from Egypt. she took another of her whelps—Jehoiakim, brother of Jehoahaz, who was placed on the throne by Pharaoh (2 Kings 23:34), according to the wish of Judah.

Ezekiel 22:5 — 5. infamous—They mockingly call thee, "Thou polluted one in name (Margin), and full of confusion" [FAIRBAIRN], (referring to the tumultuous violence prevalent in it). Thus the nations "far and near" mocked her as at once sullied in character and in actual fact lawless. What a sad contrast to the Jerusalem once designated "the holy city!"

Ezekiel 25:7 — 7. a spoil—so the Hebrew Margin, or Keri, for the text or Chetib, "meat" (so Ezekiel 26:5; Ezekiel 34:28). Their goods were to be a "spoil to the foe"; their state was to be "cut off," so as to be no more a "people"; and they were as individuals, for the most part, to be "destroyed."

Daniel 6:13 — 13. That Daniel—contemptuously. of . . . captivity of Judah—recently a captive among thy servants, the Babylonians—one whom humble obedience most becomes. Thus they aggravate his guilt, omitting mention of his being prime minister, which might only remind Darius of Daniel's state services. regardeth not thee—because he regarded God (Acts 4:19; Acts 5:29).

Hosea 4:5 — 5. fall in the day—in broad daylight, a time when an attack would not be expected (see on :-; :-). in . . . night—No time, night or day, shall be free from the slaughter of individuals of the people, as well as of the false prophets. thy mother—the Israelitish state, of which the citizens are the children ( :-).

Amos 8:4 — 4. Hear—The nobles needed to be urged thus, as hating to hear reproof. swallow up the needy—or, "gape after," that is, pant for their goods; so the word is used, Job 7:2, Margin. to make the poor . . . to fail—"that they (themselves) may be placed alone in the midst of the earth" (Isaiah 5:8).

Luke 11:44 — 44. appear not, c.—As one might unconsciously walk over a grave concealed from view, and thus contract ceremonial defilement, so the plausible exterior of the Pharisees kept people from perceiving the pollution they contracted from coming in contact with such corrupt characters. (See Psalms 5:9 Romans 3:13; a different illustration from Matthew 23:27).

Luke 5 overview — CHAPTER 5 :-. MIRACULOUS DRAUGHT OF FISHES—CALL OF PETER, JAMES, AND JOHN. Not their first call, however, recorded in :-; nor their second, recorded in :-; but their third and last before their appointment to the apostleship. That these calls were all distinct and progressive, seems quite plain. (Similar stages are observable in other eminent servants of Christ.)

Luke 6:22 — 22. separate you—whether from their Church, by excommunication, or from their society; both hard to flesh and blood. for the Son of man's sake—Compare Matthew 5:11, "for MY SAKE"; and immediately before, "for righteousness' sake" (Luke 6:10). Christ thus binds up the cause of righteousness in the world with the reception of Himself.

John 18:5 — 5. They answered . . . Jesus of Nazareth—just the sort of blunt, straight forward reply one expects from military men, simply acting on their instructions. I am He—(See on :-). Judas . . . stood with them—No more is recorded here of his part of the scene, but we have found the gap painfully supplied by all the other Evangelists.

Acts 21:5 — 5. they all brought us on our way with wives and children . . . and we kneeled down on the shore and prayed—(See on Acts 21:2). Observe here that the children of these Tyrian disciples not only were taken along with their parents, but must have joined in this act of solemn worship. See on Acts 21:2- :.

Acts 26:5 — 5. if they would—"were willing to" testify—but this, of course, they were not, it being a strong point in his favor. after the most straitest—"the strictest." sect—as the Pharisees confessedly were. This was said to meet the charge, that as a Hellenistic Jew he had contracted among the heathen lax ideas of Jewish peculiarities.

Romans 15:20 — 20, 21. Yea, c.—rather, "Yet making it my study (compare 2 Corinthians 5:9 1 Thessalonians 4:11, Greek) so to preach the Gospel, not where Christ was [already] named, that I might not build upon another man's foundation: but (might act) as it is written, To whom no tidings of Him came, they shall see," &c.

Romans 4:5 — 5. But to him that worketh not—who, despairing of acceptance with God by "working" for it the work of obedience, does not attempt it. but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly—casts himself upon the mercy of Him that justifieth those who deserve only condemnation. his faith, &c.—(See on :-). Second: David sings of the same justification.

2 Corinthians 12:5 — 5. of myself—concerning myself. Self is put in the background, except in respect to his infirmities. His glorying in his other self, to which the revelations were vouchsafed, was not in order to give glory to his fleshly self, but to bring out in contrast the "infirmities" of the latter, that Christ might have all the glory.

Galatians 6:18 — 18. Brethren—Place it, as Greek, "last" in the sentence, before the "Amen." After much rebuke and monition, he bids them farewell with the loving expression of brotherhood as his last parting word (see on :-). be with your spirit—which, I trust, will keep down the flesh (1 Thessalonians 5:23; 2 Timothy 4:22; Philemon 1:25).

2 Timothy 3:14 — 14. But . . . thou—Whatever they may do. Resuming the thread begun at :-. learned—from me and thy mother and grandmother (2 Timothy 1:5; 2 Timothy 2:2). assured of—from Scripture (2 Timothy 3:15). of whom—plural, not singular, in the oldest manuscripts, "from what teachers." Not only from me, but from Lois and Eunice.

James 1:3 — 3. the trying—the testing or proving of your faith, namely, by "divers temptations." Compare Romans 5:3, tribulation worketh patience, and patience experience (in the original dokime, akin to dokimion, "trying," here; there it is experience: here the "trying" or testing, whence experience flows). patience—The original implies more; persevering endurance and continuance (compare Luke 8:15).

2 Peter 2:5 — 5. eighth—that is, Noah, and seven others. Contrasted with the densely peopled "world of the ungodly." preacher—not only "righteous" himself (compare :-), but also "a preacher of righteousness": adduced by Peter against the licentiousness of the false teachers ( :-) who have no prospect before them but destruction, even as it overtook the ungodly world in Noah's days.

Revelation 9:5 — 5. they . . . they—The subject changes: the first "they" is the locusts; the second is the unsealed. five months—the ordinary time in the year during which locusts continue their ravages. their torment—the torment of the sufferers. This fifth verse and :- cannot refer to an invading army. For an army would kill, and not merely torment.