Bible Commentaries

1 Kings 18:4 — 4. an hundred prophets—not men endowed with the extraordinary gifts of the prophetic office, but who were devoted to the service of God, preaching, praying, praising, &c. (1 Samuel 10:10-12). fed them with bread and water—These articles are often used to include sustenance of any kind. As this succor must have been given them at the hazard, not only of his place, but his life, it was a strong proof of his attachment to the true religion.

2 Chronicles 23:4 — 4-9. This is the thing that ye shall do—The arrangements made for defense are here described. The people were divided into three bodies; one attended as guards to the king, while the other two were posted at all the doors and gates, and the captains and military officers who entered the temple unarmed to lull suspicion, were furnished with weapons out of the sacred armory, where David had deposited his trophies of victory and which was reopened on this occasion.

2 Chronicles 23:9 — 4-9. This is the thing that ye shall do—The arrangements made for defense are here described. The people were divided into three bodies; one attended as guards to the king, while the other two were posted at all the doors and gates, and the captains and military officers who entered the temple unarmed to lull suspicion, were furnished with weapons out of the sacred armory, where David had deposited his trophies of victory and which was reopened on this occasion.

Job 20:25 — 25. It is drawn—Rather, "He (God) draweth (the sword, Joshua 5:13) and (no sooner has He done so, than) it cometh out of (that is, passes right through) the (sinner's) body" (Deuteronomy 32:41; Deuteronomy 32:42; Ezekiel 21:9; Ezekiel 21:10). The glittering sword is a happy image for lightning. gall—that is, his life (Job 16:13). "Inflicts a deadly wound." terrors—Zophar repeats Bildad's words (Job 17:11; Psalms 88:16; Psalms 55:4).

Psalms 1:1 — verbs, mark gradations of evil, as acting on the principles, cultivating the society, and permanently conforming to the conduct of the wicked, who are described by three terms, of which the last is indicative of the boldest impiety (compare Psalms 26:4; Psalms 26:5; Jeremiah 15:17).

Psalms 106:10 — 7-12. Special confession. Their rebellion at the sea (Exodus 14:11) was because they had not remembered nor understood God's miracles on their behalf. That God saved them in their unbelief was of His mere mercy, and for His own glory. the sea . . . the Red Sea—the very words in which Moses' song celebrated the scene of Israel's deliverance (Exodus 15:4). Israel began to rebel against God at the very moment and scene of its deliverance by God!

Psalms 106:7 — 7-12. Special confession. Their rebellion at the sea (Exodus 14:11) was because they had not remembered nor understood God's miracles on their behalf. That God saved them in their unbelief was of His mere mercy, and for His own glory. the sea . . . the Red Sea—the very words in which Moses' song celebrated the scene of Israel's deliverance (Exodus 15:4). Israel began to rebel against God at the very moment and scene of its deliverance by God!

Psalms 119:37 — 37. Turn away mine eyes—literally, "Make my eyes to pass, not noticing evil." vanity—literally, "falsehood;" all other objects of trust than God; idols, human power, c. (Psalms 31:6 Psalms 40:4; Psalms 60:11; Psalms 62:9). quicken . . . in thy way—make me with living energy to pursue the way marked out by Thee. Revive me from the death of spiritual helplessness (Psalms 119:17; Psalms 119:25; Psalms 119:40; Psalms 119:50; Psalms 116:3).

Psalms 148:1-14 — Salmo 148 El alcance de este Salmo es el mismo que el del anterior. 1. cielos … alturas—son términos sinónimos. 2. ejércitos—(Cf. el Salmo 103:21). 4. cielos de los cielos—los mismos altísimos. aguas—las nubes, que están sobre los cielos visibles (cf. Génesis

Psalms 52:1-9 — así se dirija a Doeg, irónicamente, respecto a su poder en la calumnia. 2. lengua—por la persona. agravios—para otros ( 1 Samuel 5:9; 1 Samuel 38:12). hace engaños—( 1 Samuel 10:7), como la navaja filosa, que corta silenciosa, pero hondamente. 3, 4. perniciosas—lit., devoradoras, que destrozan completamente (cf. el Salmo 21:9; el 35:25). 5. por tanto—Como habéis hecho a otros, Dios os hará a vosotros (18:27). Los términos sucesivos describen la ruina más completa. temerán—considerarán con reverencia

Psalms 68:4 — 4. extol him . . . heavens—literally, "cast up for Him who rideth in the deserts," or "wilderness" (compare :-), alluding to the poetical representation of His leading His people in the wilderness as a conqueror, before whom a way is to be prepared, or "cast up" (compare Isaiah 40:3; Isaiah 62:10). by his name JAH—or, "Jehovah," of which it is a contraction (Exodus 15:3; Isaiah 12:2) (Hebrew). name—or, "perfections" (Psalms 9:10; Psalms 20:1), which—

Deuteronomy 4:30 — 30. in the latter days, if thou turn to the Lord thy God—either towards the destined close of their captivities, when they evinced a returning spirit of repentance and faith, or in the age of Messiah, which is commonly called "the latter days," and when the scattered tribes of Israel shall be converted to the Gospel of Christ. The occurrence of this auspicious event will be the most illustrious proof of the truth of the promise made in Deuteronomy 4:31.

1 Thessalonians 2:9 — of his preaching to the Jews in the synagogue. When rejected by them as a body, after having converted a few Jews, he turned to the Gentiles; of these (whom he preached to in a place distinct from the synagogue) "a great multitude believed" (Acts 17:4, where the oldest manuscripts read, "of the devout [proselytes] and Greeks a great multitude"); then after he had, by labors continued among the Gentiles for some time, gathered in many converts, the Jews, provoked by his success, assaulted Jason's

1 Timothy 1:5 — the commandment—Greek, "of the charge" which you ought to urge on your flock. Referring to the same Greek word as in 1 Timothy 1:3; 1 Timothy 1:18; here, however, in a larger sense, as including the Gospel "dispensation of God" (see on 1 Timothy 1:4; 1 Timothy 1:11), which was the sum and substance of the "charge" committed to Timothy wherewith he should "charge" his flock. charity—LOVE; the sum and end of the law and of the Gospel alike, and that wherein the Gospel is the fulfilment of the spirit

1 Timothy 5:5 — 5. widow indeed, and desolate—contrasted with her who has children or grandchildren to support her (1 Timothy 5:4). trusteth in God—perfect tense in Greek, "hath rested, and doth rest her hope in God." 1 Timothy 5:5 adds another qualification in a widow for Church maintenance, besides her being" desolate" or destitute of children to support her. She must be not

2 Timothy 1:12 — things"; the sufferings attendant on my being a prisoner (2 Timothy 1:8; 2 Timothy 1:15). I am not ashamed—neither be thou (2 Timothy 1:8). for—Confidence as to the future drives away shame [BENGEL]. I know—though the world knows Him not (John 10:14; John 17:25). whom—I know what a faithful, promise-keeping God He is (John 17:25- :). It is not, I know how I have believed, but, I know WHOM I have believed; a feeble faith may clasp a strong Saviour. believed—rather, "trusted"; carrying out the

1 Peter 5:1 — chief ruler of the synagogue." (Compare VITRINGA [Synagogue and Temple, Part II, chs. 3 and 7]). witness—an eye-witness of Christ's sufferings, and so qualified to exhort you to believing patience in suffering for well-doing after His example (1 Peter 4:19; 1 Peter 2:20). This explains the "therefore" inserted in the oldest manuscripts, "I therefore exhort," resuming exhortation from 1 Peter 4:19. His higher dignity as an apostle is herein delicately implied, as eye-witnessing was a necessary qualification

Revelation 1:12 — speaking." being—"having turned." seven . . . candlesticks—"lamp-stands" [KELLY]. The stand holding the lamp. In Exodus 25:31; Exodus 25:32, the seven are united in ONE candlestick or lamp-stand, that is, six arms and a central shaft; so Zechariah 4:2; Zechariah 4:11. Here the seven are separate candlesticks, typifying, as that one, the entire Church, but now no longer as the Jewish Church (represented by the one sevenfold candlestick) restricted to one outward unity and one place; the several

Revelation 2:10 — year-day principle. The shortness of the duration of the persecution is evidently made the ground of consolation. The time of trial shall be short, the duration of your joy shall be for ever. Compare the use of "ten days" for a short time, Genesis 24:55; Numbers 11:19. Ten is the number of the world powers hostile to the Church; compare the ten horns of the beast, Numbers 11:19- :. unto death—so as even to endure death for My sake. crown of life— James 1:12; 2 Timothy 4:8, "crown of righteousness";

Revelation 21:2 — emphatic. The insertion of "I John" in the Greek would somewhat interfere with the close connection which subsists between "the new heaven and earth," :-, and the "new Jerusalem" in this verse. Jerusalem . . . out of heaven— (Revelation 3:12; Galatians 4:26, "Jerusalem which is above"; Hebrews 11:10; Hebrews 12:22; Hebrews 13:14). The descent of the new Jerusalem out of heaven is plainly distinct from the earthly Jerusalem in which Israel in the flesh shall dwell during the millennium, and follows on