Bible Commentaries

Genesis 32:1-32 — día o en sueño de noche. Hay una evidente alusión, sin embargo, a la aparición sobre la “escalera” (comp. cap. 28:12), y que ocurriera esto a Jacob en su regreso a Canaán, era una señal alentadora de la presencia y protección continuas de Dios (Salmo 34:7; Hebreos 1:14). 2. Mahanaim—dos huestes o campamentos. El lugar estaba situado entre el Monte Galaad y el arroyo Jaboc, cerca de la ribera de éste. 3-32. UNA MISION A ESAU. 3. envió Jacob mensajeros delante de sí a Esaú—o sea había enviado. Fué

1 Kings 8:2 — Lastly, the Levites followed, carrying the vessels and ornaments belonging to the old, for lodgment in the new, house of the Lord. There was a slight deviation in this procedure from the order of march established in the wilderness (Numbers 3:31; Numbers 4:15); but the spirit of the arrangement was duly observed. The ark was deposited in the oracle; that is, the most holy place, under the wings of the cherubim—not the Mosaic cherubim, which were firmly attached to the ark (Exodus 37:7; Exodus 37:8), but

Job 26:5 — 5-14. As before in the ninth and twelfth chapters, Job had shown himself not inferior to the friends' inability to describe God's greatness, so now he describes it as manifested in hell (the world of the dead), Job 26:5; Job 26:6; on earth, Job 26:6- :;

Psalms 40:6 — offering of the body of Christ" [ :-], for that is the "will of God" which Christ came to fulfil or do, in order to effect man's redemption. We thus see that the contrast to the unsatisfactory character assigned the Old Testament offerings in Psalms 40:6 is found in the compliance with God's law (compare Psalms 40:7; Psalms 40:8). Of course, as Paul and other New Testament writers explain Christ's work, it consisted in more than being made under the law or obeying its precepts. It required an "obedience

Psalms 40:8 — offering of the body of Christ" [ :-], for that is the "will of God" which Christ came to fulfil or do, in order to effect man's redemption. We thus see that the contrast to the unsatisfactory character assigned the Old Testament offerings in Psalms 40:6 is found in the compliance with God's law (compare Psalms 40:7; Psalms 40:8). Of course, as Paul and other New Testament writers explain Christ's work, it consisted in more than being made under the law or obeying its precepts. It required an "obedience

Psalms 48:1-14 — Salmo 48 Este Salmo es una canción viva, sugerido probablemente por la misma ocasión que el anterior. Expone los privilegios y bendiciones del dominio espiritual de Dios como terror para los malos y gozo para los justos. 1. de ser alabado—siempre: es un epíteto,

Psalms 5:1-12 — atención. mi clamor—en demanda de socorro (Salmo 61:2; Jeremias 8:19). rey mío—interesado así por la relación pactual en mi causa. 3. me presentaré—lit., pondré en orden mi oración, (Ver. Ing.), como se arreglaba cada día el pan de la proposición ( Éxodo 40:23). 4. porque, etc.—Dios sólo considera a los adoradores sinceros. junto a ti—bajo tu protección. 5. insensatos—vanagloriosos e insolentes. iniquidad—especialmente tal que denota una negación, o un defecto, es decir, de principio moral. 6. hombre

Isaiah 41:2 — Cyrus and qualifies him for becoming the conqueror of the nations and deliverer of God's people, is a strong argument why they should trust in Him. The future is here prophetically represented as present or past. the righteous man—Cyrus; as Isaiah 44:28; Isaiah 45:1-4; Isaiah 45:13; Isaiah 46:11, "from the East," prove. Called "righteous," not so much on account of his own equity [HERODOTUS, 3.89], as because he fulfilled God's righteous will in restoring the Jews from their unjust captivity. Raised

Ezekiel 9:4 — 4. midst of . . . city . . . midst of Jerusalem—This twofold designation marks more emphatically the scene of the divine judgments. a mark—literally, the Hebrew letter Tau, the last in the alphabet, used as a mark ("my sign," :-, Margin); literally,

Amos 9:11 — 11. In that day—quoted by James (Acts 15:16; Acts 15:17), "After this," that is, in the dispensation of Messiah (Genesis 49:10; Hosea 3:4; Hosea 3:5; Joel 2:28; Joel 3:1). tabernacle of David—not "the house of David," which is used of his affairs when prospering (2 Samuel 3:1), but the tent or booth, expressing the low condition to which his kingdom and family had fallen

Numbers 3:1-51 — capítulo, Aarón, contrariamente al estilo general de la historia sagrada, es mencioando antes de Moisés. desde que Jehová habló a Moisés en el monte de Sinaí—Esto está añadido, porque en la fecha del registro siguiente la familia de Aarón estaba intacta. 2-4. éstos son los nombres de los hijos de Aarón—Todos los hijos de Aarón, cuatro en número, fueron consagrados para ministrar en el puesto de sacerdotes. Los dos mayores sólo gozaron de un término breve en su función ( Levítico 10:1 : cap. 26:61); pero

Matthew 27:9 — been formed to account for Matthew's ascribing to Jeremiah a prophecy found in the book of Zechariah. But since with this book he was plainly familiar, having quoted one of its most remarkable prophecies of Christ but a few chapters before (Matthew 21:4; Matthew 21:5), the question is one more of critical interest than real importance. Perhaps the true explanation is the following, from LIGHTFOOT: "Jeremiah of old had the first place among the prophets, and hereby he comes to be mentioned above all

Deuteronomy 2:1-37 — cananeos y amalecitas, otra vez no tuvieron otra alternativa que la de cruzar una vez más la gran Araba hacia el sur hasta el Mar Bermejo, donde doblando a la izquierda, y cruzando la larga y alta cadena de montañas al este de Esión-geber ( Números 21:4), entraron a las grandes llanuras elevadas, que todavía son atravesadas por los peregrinos sirios en viaje a la Mecca, y parece que siguieron hacia el norte por la misma ruta, que ahora toman los “hadji” sirios, a lo largo del borde occidental de este

John 19:29 — be"—[that is, as would seem, 'Stop that officious service'] "let us see whether Elias will come to save Him" ( :-). This was the last cruelty He was to suffer, but it was one of the most unfeeling. "And when Jesus had cried with a loud voice" (Luke 23:46). This "loud voice," noticed by three of the Evangelists, does not imply, as some able interpreters contend, that our Lord's strength was so far from being exhausted that He needed not to die then, and surrendered up His life sooner than Nature required,

Romans 3:31 — it enthroned in the depths of his soul, when, believing that "He was made sin for him who knew no sin," he sees himself "made the righteousness of God in Him" (Romans 3:30- :). Thus do we not make void the law through faith: yea, we establish the law. (4) This chapter, and particularly the latter part of it, "is the proper seat of the Pauline doctrine of Justification, and the grand proof-passage of the Protestant doctrine of the Imputation of Christ's righteousness and of Justification not on account

Hebrews 12:1 — common even in Palestine from the time of the Greco-Macedonian empire, which introduced such Greek usages as national games. The "witnesses" answer to the spectators pressing round to see the competitors in their contest for the prize (Philippians 3:14). Those "witnessed of" (Greek, Hebrews 11:5; Hebrews 11:39) become in their turn "witnesses" in a twofold way: (1) attesting by their own case the faithfulness of God to His people [ALFORD] (Hebrews 6:12), some of them martyrs in the modern sense; (2)

Hebrews 13:20 — 20. Concluding prayer. God of peace—So Paul, Romans 15:33; Romans 16:20; 2 Corinthians 13:11; Philippians 4:9; 1 Thessalonians 5:23; 2 Thessalonians 3:16. The Judaizing of the Hebrews was calculated to sow seeds of discord among them, of disobedience to their pastors (2 Thessalonians 3:16- :), and of alienation towards Paul. The God of peace by giving unity

1 Peter 1:23 — incorruptible" [BENGEL]. The word is an eternal divine power. For though the voice or speech vanishes, there still remains the kernel, the truth comprehended in the voice. This sinks into the heart and is living; yea, it is God Himself. So God to Moses, Exodus 4:12, "I will be with thy mouth" [LUTHER]. The life is in God, yet it is communicated to us through the word. "The Gospel shall never cease, though its ministry shall" [CALOVIUS]. The abiding resurrection glory is always connected with our regeneration

1 Peter 5:10 — Comforting assurance that God will finally "perfect" His work of "grace" in them, after they have undergone the necessary previous suffering. But—Only do you watch and resist the foe: God will perform the rest [BENGEL]. of all grace—(Compare 1 Peter 4:10). The God to whom as its source all grace is to be referred; who in grace completes what in grace He began. He from the first "called (so the oldest manuscripts read for "us") unto (with a view to) glory." He will not let His purpose fall short of

1 Samuel 29:1-11 — cuatro meses (cap. 27:7), y además algunos años antes. Se ha pensado que David mantenía una correspondencia privada con este príncipe filisteo por su natural generosidad, o previendo que un asilo en su territorio, tarde o temprano sería necesario. 4. los príncipes de los Filisteos se enojaron contra él—Esto debe considerarse como una circunstancia feliz, motivada por la providencia que todo lo dirige, para rescatar a David del peligroso dilema en que estaba. Pero David no está libre de crítica