Bible Commentaries

Isaiah 6:1-13 — de Isaías ocurre sólo esta vez, la que se singulariza por su claridad y sencillez. En el año que murió el rey Uzzías—Sea de muerte literal o civil, cuando, a causa de su lepra, dejó de ejercer sus funciones de rey [Chaldee] ( 2 Crónicas 26:19) en 754 a. de C. [Calmet]. Según la cronología común, en 758. No se trata del comienzo de las profecías de Isaías, sino de su elevación a un grado superior en el ministerio profético; el v. 9 y siguientes tienen el tono de uno que ya conocía por experiencia

Lamentations 3:1-66 — CAPITULO 3 (III ELEGÍA) Vers. 1-66. Jeremías propone su experiencia en las aflicciones como ejemplo de cómo los judíos debían portarse bajo las suyas, a fin de alentar la esperanza de una restauración; de ahí el cambio del singular al plural (vv. 22, 40-47). Las estrofas constan de tres líneas, cada una de las cuales comienza con la misma letra hebraica. Alef, א. 1-3. ha visto aflicción—la suya en el calabozo de Malquías (Jeremias 38:6), y la de sus compatriotas en el cerco. Ambas eran tipos de Cristo.

Nahum 2:4 — 4. rage—are driven in furious haste (Jeremiah 46:9). justle one against another—run to and fro [MAURER]. in the broad ways— (Jeremiah 46:9- :). Large open spaces in the suburbs of Nineveh. they shall seem like torches—literally, "their (feminine

Mark 12:40 — 40. Which devour widows' houses, and for a pretence make long prayers: these shall receive greater damnation—They took advantage of their helpless condition and confiding character to obtain possession of their property, while by their "long prayers"

Mark 13:4 — 4. Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign when all these things shall be fulfilled?—"and what shall be the sign of Thy coming, and of the end of the world?" They no doubt looked upon the date of all these things as one and the same, and their notions of the things themselves were as confused as of the times of them. Our Lord takes His own way of meeting their questions. Prophecies of the Destruction of Jerusalem ( :-).

John 15:16 — 16. Ye have not chosen me, but I . . . you—a wholesale memento after the lofty things He had just said about their mutual indwelling, and the unreservedness of the friendship they had been admitted to. ordained—appointed. you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit—that is, give yourselves to it. and that your fruit should remain—showing itself to be an imperishable and ever growing principle. (Compare Proverbs 4:18; 2 John 1:8). that whatsoever ye shall ask, &c.—(See on John 15:1).

John 8:4 — 4, 5. woman . . . in adultery . . . Moses . . . commanded . . . should be stoned—simply put to death (Deuteronomy 22:22), but in aggravated cases, at least in later times, this was probably by stoning (Ezekiel 16:40). but what sayest thou—hoping, whatever He might answer, to put Him in the wrong:—if He said, Stone her, that would seem a stepping out of His province; if He forbade it, that would hold Him up as a relaxer of the public morals. But these cunning hypocrites were overmatched.

Acts 9:40 — 40-43. Peter put them all forth, and kneeled down—the one in imitation of his Master's way ( :-; and compare 2 Kings 4:33); the other, in striking contrast with it. The kneeling became the lowly servant, but not the Lord Himself, of whom it is never once recorded that he knelt in the performance of a miracle. opened her eyes, and when she saw Peter, she sat up—The graphic minuteness of detail here imparts to the narrative an air of charming reality.

Acts 9:42 — 40-43. Peter put them all forth, and kneeled down—the one in imitation of his Master's way ( :-; and compare 2 Kings 4:33); the other, in striking contrast with it. The kneeling became the lowly servant, but not the Lord Himself, of whom it is never once recorded that he knelt in the performance of a miracle. opened her eyes, and when she saw Peter, she sat up—The graphic minuteness of detail here imparts to the narrative an air of charming reality.

1 Corinthians 13:5 — 5. not . . . unseemly—is not uncourteous, or inattentive to civility and propriety. thinketh no evil—imputeth not evil [ALFORD]; literally, "the evil" which actually is there (Proverbs 10:12; 1 Peter 4:8). Love makes allowances for the falls of others, and is ready to put on them a charitable construction. Love, so far from devising evil against another, excuses "the evil" which another inflicts on her [ESTIUS]; doth not meditate upon evil inflicted

1 Corinthians 14:20 — Brethren—an appellation calculated to conciliate their favorable reception of his exhortation. children in understanding—as preference of gifts abused to nonedification would make you (compare 1 Corinthians 3:1; Matthew 10:16; Romans 16:19; Ephesians 4:14). The Greek for "understanding" expresses the will of one's spirit, Romans 8:6 (it is not found elsewhere); as the "heart" is the will of the "soul." The same Greek is used for "minded" in Romans 8:6. men—full-grown. Be childlike, not childish.

2 Corinthians 6:6 — ministry moved. knowledge—spiritual: in Gospel mysteries, unattainable by mere reason (1 Corinthians 2:6-16 2 Corinthians 3:6; 2 Corinthians 3:17; 2 Corinthians 3:18). long-suffering . . . kindness—associated with "charity" or "love" (1 Corinthians 13:4), as here. by the Holy Ghost—in virtue of His influences which produce these graces, and other gifts, "love unfeigned" being the foremost of them.

2 Corinthians 9:3 — 3. have I sent—we should say, "I send"; whereas the ancients put it in the past, the time which it would be by the time that the letter arrived. the brethren— (2 Corinthians 8:18; 2 Corinthians 8:22) —Titus and the two others. should be in vain in this behalf—"should be proved futile in this particular," however true in general (2 Corinthians 7:4). A tacit compliment, softening the sharp monition. as I said—as I was saying (2 Corinthians 9:2).

Ephesians 5:3 — 3. once named—Greek, "Let it not be even named" (Ephesians 5:4; Ephesians 5:12). "Uncleanness" and "covetousness" are taken up again from Ephesians 5:12- :. The two are so closely allied that the Greek for "covetousness" (pleonexia) is used sometimes in Scripture, and often in the Greek Fathers, for sins of impurity.

Ephesians 6:6 — 6. ( :-). Seeking to please their masters only so long as these have their eyes on them: as Gehazi was a very different man in his master's presence from what he was in his absence ( :-). men-pleasers—not Christ-pleasers (compare Galatians 1:10; 1 Thessalonians 2:4). doing the will of God—the unseen but ever present Master: the best guarantee for your serving faithfully your earthly master alike when present and when absent. from the heart—literally, soul (Psalms 111:1; Romans 13:5).

1 Thessalonians 5:4 — 4. not in darkness—not in darkness of understanding (that is, spiritual ignorance) or of the moral nature (that is, a state of sin), :-. that—Greek, "in order that"; with God results are all purposed. that day—Greek, "THE day"; the day of the Lord

2 Thessalonians 1:1-12 — circunstancias. [Alford]. Obsérvese la correspondencia exacta entre la oración ( 1 Tesalonicenses 3:12, el Señor “haga abundar el amor entre vosotros”) y la respuesta, “La caridad de cada uno de vosotros abunda entre todos” (véase 1 Tesalonicenses 4:10). 4. nos gloriamos de vosotros—hacemos nuestra jactancia de vosotros, lit., “en vosotros”. “Nosotros mismos” da a entender que no sólo oían hablar a otros de la fe de los tesalonicenses, sino que ellos, los misioneros mismos, se jactaban de ella.

Revelation 14:7 — 7. Fear God—the forerunner to embracing the love of God manifested in the Gospel. Repentance accompanies faith. give glory to him—and not to the beast (compare Revelation 13:4; Jeremiah 13:16). the hour of his judgment—"The hour" implies the definite time. "Judgment," not the general judgment, but that up on Babylon, the beast, and his worshippers (Revelation 14:8-12). worship him that made heaven—not Antichrist (compare

Revelation 6:13 — 13. stars . . . fell . . . as a fig tree casteth her . . . figs— (Isaiah 34:4; Nahum 3:12). The Church shall be then ripe for glorification, the Antichristian world for destruction, which shall be accompanied with mighty phenomena in nature. As to the stars falling to the earth, Scripture describes natural phenomena as they

Revelation 8:4 — 4. the smoke . . . which came with the prayers . . . ascended up—rather, "the smoke of the incense FOR (or 'given TO': 'given' being understood from :-) the prayers of the saints ascended up, out of the angel's hand, in the presence of Gods" The angel