Bible Commentaries

Exodus 27:1-21 — en el desierto. (Patrick, Spencer, Le Clerc.) 4. enrejado de metal—obra de malla, para soportar el fuego. cuatro anillos de metal—por medio de los cuales el enrejado podría ser levantado de entre el cuerpo del altar, según las necesidades del caso. 5. lo has de poner dentro del cerco del altar abajo—o sea, el enrejado en que los restos de los sacrificios eran llevados a lugar limpio ( Levítico 4:12). 6, 7. varas … anillos—aquellos anillos fueron puestos al costado del altar, por los cuales pasaban

1 Chronicles 11:1-47 — DAVID HECHO REY. 1. Entonces todo Israel se juntó a David en Hebrón—Este acontecimiento ocurrió a la muerte de Is-boseth (véase 2 Samuel 5:1). La convención de los estados del reino, el homenaje público y solemne de los representantes del pueblo, y el ungimiento del nuevo rey en su presencia y por su dirección, parecen haber sido necesarios para el reconocimiento general del soberano por

1 Chronicles 29:1-30 — del rey, y había sido elegido con el mayor cuidado. El oro era “el oro de Ofir”, entonces estimado como el más puro y fino del mundo ( Job 22:24; Job 28:16; Isaías 13:12). La cantidad era 3.000 talentos de oro y 7.000 talentos de plata refinada. 5. ¿Y quién quiere hacer hoy ofrenda a Jehová?—Hebreo, “llenar su mano”; es decir, hacer una ofrenda ( Éxodo 32:29; Levítico 8:33; 1 Reyes 13:33). El sentido es, que cualquiera que contribuyera voluntariamente para el templo, como él lo había hecho,

Nehemiah 12:1-47 — veinte en los vers. 12-21. La discrepancia se debe a la circunstancia extremadamente probable de que dos de las veinticuatro divisiones ouedaron extintas en Babilonia; porque no se informa de ninguno perteneciente a ellas que haya regresado (vers. 2-5), es decir, se puede omitir a Hattus y Maadías en el registro de las familias de estas personas (v. 12), porque no tuvieron hijos varones. Sealthiel—o Salathiel. Esdras,—Esta fué persona distinta del dirigente piadoso y patriótico. Si hubiera sido la

Zechariah 3:9 — called "the Branch." Lest any should think from that term that His kingdom is weak, He now calls it "the stone," because of its solidity and strength whereby it is to be the foundation of the Church, and shall crush all the world kingdoms (Ezra 3:8-15.3.13- :; compare Isaiah 28:16; Daniel 2:45; Matthew 21:42; 1 Corinthians 3:11; 1 Peter 2:6; 1 Peter 2:7). The angel pointing to the chief stone lying before Him, intimates that a deeper mystery than the material temple is symbolized. MOORE thinks the

Matthew 11:25 — 25. At that time Jesus answered and said—We are not to understand by this, that the previous discourse had been concluded, and that this is a record only of something said about the same period. For the connection is most close, and the word "answered"—which,

Matthew 25:4 — symbol of oil, by which the Spirit of all grace is so constantly represented in Scripture. Beyond all doubt, this was what was symbolized by that precious anointing oil with which Aaron and his sons were consecrated to the priestly office (Exodus 30:23-25; Exodus 30:30); by "the oil of gladness above His fellows" with which Messiah was to be anointed (Psalms 45:7; Hebrews 1:9), even as it is expressly said, that "God giveth not the Spirit by measure unto Him" (John 3:34); and by the bowl full of golden

Deuteronomy 6:1 — which would ensure their divine observance of His worship and their steadfast obedience to His will. The basis of their religion was an acknowledgment of the unity of God with the understanding and the love of God in the heart (Deuteronomy 6:4; Deuteronomy 6:5). Compared with the religious creed of all their contemporaries, how sound in principle, how elevated in character, how unlimited in the extent of its moral influence on the heart and habits of the people! Indeed, it is precisely the same basis on which

Mark 16:1-20 — 20:11). La Resurrección Anunciada a las Mujeres (vv. 1-8). 1. Y como pasó el sábado—esto es, a la puesta del sol de nuestro sábado—María Magdalena—véase la nota sobre Lucas 8:2—y María madre de Jacobo—Jacobo el Menor (véase la nota sobre el cap. 15:40)—y Salomé—la madre de los hijos de Zebedeo (compárese Marco 15:40 con Mateo 27:56)—compraron drogas aromáticas, para venir a ungirle—Según Lucas 23:56, parece que las compraron inmediatamente después de la crucifixión, en la tarde del viernes,

John 12:8 — 8. the poor always . . . with you—referring to Deuteronomy 15:11. but me . . . not always—a gentle hint of His approaching departure. He adds (Deuteronomy 15:11- :), "She hath done what she could," a noble testimony, embodying a principle of immense importance. "Verily, I say unto you, Wheresoever this Gospel

Romans 12:21 — the world, if only they avoid what is manifestly sinful; but rather, yielding themselves to the transforming power of the truth as it is in Jesus, they should strive to exhibit before the world an entire renovation of heart and life (Romans 12:1- :). (5) What God would have men to be, in all its beauty and grandeur, is for the first time really apprehended, when "written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God, not on tables of stone, but on the fleshy tables of the heart," Romans 12:1-

Joshua 2:1-24 — la llave del paso desde el oriente por la quebrada, llamada hoy Wady-Kelt, al interior de la Palestina. y entráronse en casa de una mujer ramera—Muchos expositores, deseosos de quitar el estigma de este nombre a una antepasada del Salvador ( Mateo 1:5), la han llamado posadera o tabernera. Pero la usanza bíblica ( Levítico 21:7; Deuteronomio 23:18; Jueces 11:1; 1 Reyes 3:16), la autoridad de los Setenta, seguida por los apóstoles ( Hebreos 11:31; Santiago 2:25), y la costumbre inmemorial de los

Hebrews 11:1 — "The whole thing that follows is virtually contained in the first principle; now the first commencement of the things hoped for is in us through the assent of faith, which virtually contains all the things hoped for." Compare Note, see on Hebrews 6:5, "tasted . . . powers of the world to come." Through faith, the future object of Christian hope, in its beginning, is already present. True faith infers the reality of the objects believed in and honed for (Hebrews 11:6). HUGO DE ST. VICTOR distinguished

Hebrews 2:10 — Himself being made a consecrated offering for them. So Hebrews 10:14; Hebrews 10:29; John 17:19: by the perfecting of His consecration for them in His death, He perfects their consecration, and so throws open access to glory (Hebrews 10:19-21; Hebrews 5:9; Hebrews 9:9 accord with this sense). captain of, &c.—literally, Prince-leader: as Joshua, not Moses, led the people into the Holy Land, so will our Joshua, or Jesus, lead us into the heavenly inheritance (Hebrews 9:9- :). The same Greek is

Hebrews 2:14 — in the blood; it is the blood that maketh an atonement for the soul" (Leviticus 17:11; Leviticus 17:14). also—Greek, "in a somewhat similar manner"; not altogether in a like manner. For He, unlike them, was conceived and born not in sin (Hebrews 4:15). But mainly "in like manner"; not in mere semblance of a body, as the Docetæ heretics taught. took part of—participated in. The forfeited inheritance (according to Jewish law) was ransomed by the nearest of kin; so Jesus became our nearest of kin

Revelation 16:12 — who are from the rising of the sun." Reference to the Euphrates similarly occurs in the sixth trumpet. The drying up of the Euphrates, I think, is to be taken figuratively, as Babylon itself, which is situated on it, is undoubtedly so, Revelation 17:5. The waters of the Euphrates (compare Isaiah 8:7; Isaiah 8:8) are spiritual Babylon's, that is, the apostate Church's (of which Rome is the chief, though not exclusive representative) spiritual and temporal powers. The drying up of the waters of Babylon

Revelation 17:3 — the cardinals in God's temple on the altar to sit there, and the cardinals kiss the feet of the Pope. This ceremony is called in Romish writers "the adoration." [Historie de Clerge, Amsterd., 1716; and LETTENBURGH'S Notitia Curiæ Romanæ, 1683, p. 125; HEIDEGGER, Myst. Bab., 1, 511, 514, 537]; a papal coin [Numismata Pontificum, Paris, 1679, p. 5] has the blasphemous legend, "Quem creant, adorant." Kneeling and kissing are the worship meant by John's word nine times used in respect to the rival of

Revelation 3:20 — sinner's salvation. He who is Himself "the Door," and who bids us "knock" that it may be "opened unto" us, is first Himself to knock at the door of our hearts. If He did not knock first, we should never come to knock at His door. Compare Song of Solomon 5:4-6, which is plainly alluded to here; the Spirit thus in Revelation sealing the canonicity of that mystical book. The spiritual state of the bride there, between waking and sleeping, slow to open the door to her divine lover, answers to that of the

1 Samuel 9:1-27 — mención de ella a los pastores que se encuentran, llevan al descubrimiento de los animales extraviados. Esta correría de Saúl no tenía nada de extraordinario, excepto sus direcciones y resultados superiores, que volvieron la incertidumbre en certeza. 4, 5. pasó al monte de Ephraim—Estando al norte de Benjamín, indica la dirección del viaje de Saúl. El distrito explorado quiere decir el todo de la región montañosa, con sus valles y pasos, que pertenecía a Efraim. Doblando hacia el sur, probablemente por

2 Samuel 3:1-39 — contra el partido de Is-boseth con la ayuda de un poderoso amigo y aliado en el norte. La devoción religiosa tuvo que ceder a la política, y los frutos amargos de esta alianza con una princesa pagana los cosechó David en la vida del turbulento Absalom. 5. Egla, mujer de David—Esta añadidura “mujer de David”, ha llevado a muchos a creer que Egla era otro nombre de Michal, la primera y propia esposa de David, quien, aunque no tuvo familia después de que se burló insolentemente de David (cap. 6:23), pudo