Bible Commentaries

Psalms 106:6 — 6. Compare 1 Kings 8:47; Daniel 9:5, where the same three verbs occur in the same order and connection, the original of the two later passages being the first one, the prayer of Solomon in dedicating the temple. sinned . . . fathers—like them, and so partaking of their guilt. The terms denote a rising gradation of sinning (compare Daniel 9:5- :). with our fathers—we and they together forming one mass of corruption.

Psalms 15:5 — 5. (Compare Leviticus 25:37; Deuteronomy 23:19; Deuteronomy 23:20). usury is derived from a verb meaning "to bite." All gains made by the wrongful loss of others are forbidden. taketh reward, c.—The innocent would not otherwise be condemned (compare Exodus 23:8 Deuteronomy 16:19). Bribery of all sorts is denounced. doeth these, c.—Such persons admitted to God's presence and favor shall never be moved (Psalms 10:6 Psalms 13:5).

Psalms 2:12 — 12. Kiss the Son—the authority of the Son. perish from the way—that is, suddenly and hopelessly. kindled but a little—or, "in a little time." put their trust in him—or take refuge in Him (Psalms 5:11). Men still cherish opposition to Christ in their hearts and evince it in their lives. Their ruin, without such trust, is inevitable (Psalms 5:11- :), while their happiness in His favor is equally sure.

Psalms 91:1-16 — probable; y la pestilencia mencionada 2 Samuel 24, es la más probable ocasión especial a que pueda referirse el Salmo. Los cambios de la persona gramatical, permisibles en la poesía, son frecuentes aquí. 1. al abrigo—Habitar (lit.) en el lugar secreto (27:5; 31:20) denota proximidad a Dios. Los que lo hacen viven al abrigo de los asaltos, y bien pueden hacer suyas las siguientes expresiones de confianza: 2, 3. lazo … peste destruidora—lit., paga de maldad (5:9; 52:7), son figuras expresivas de varios

Leviticus 23:5 — 5. the Lord's passover—(See Exodus 12:2; Exodus 12:14; Exodus 12:18). The institution of the passover was intended to be a perpetual memorial of the circumstances attending the redemption of the Israelites, while it had a typical reference to a greater

Isaiah 50:1 — 1. Where . . . mothers divorcement—Zion is "the mother"; the Jews are the children; and God the Husband and Father (Isaiah 54:5; Isaiah 62:5; Jeremiah 3:14). GESENIUS thinks that God means by the question to deny that He had given "a bill of divorcement" to her, as was often done on slight pretexts by a husband (Deuteronomy 24:1), or that He had "sold" His and her "children,"

Isaiah 53:3 — 3. rejected—"forsaken of men" [GESENIUS]. "Most abject of men." Literally, "He who ceases from men," that is, is no longer regarded as a man [HENGSTENBERG]. (See on Isaiah 53:5; Isaiah 53:5- :). man of sorrows—that is, whose distinguishing characteristic was sorrows. acquainted with—familiar by constant contact with. grief—literally, "disease"; figuratively for all kinds of calamity (Jeremiah 6:14); leprosy especially

Jeremiah 31:9 — 9. weeping—for their past sins which caused their exile (Psalms 126:5; Psalms 126:6). Although they come with weeping, they shall return with joy (Jeremiah 50:4; Jeremiah 50:5). supplications—(Compare Jeremiah 31:18; Jeremiah 31:19; Jeremiah 3:21-25; Zechariah 12:10). Margin translates "favors," as in Joshua 11:20; Ezra

Daniel 4:34 — prayer. He turns to Him that smiteth him (Jonah 2:4- :), with the faint glimmer of reason left to him, and owns God's justice in punishing him. praised . . . him—Praise is a sure sign of a soul spiritually healed (Psalms 116:12; Psalms 116:14; Mark 5:15; Mark 5:18; Mark 5:19). I . . . honoured him—implying that the cause of his chastisement was that he had before robbed God of His honor. everlasting dominion—not temporary or mutable, as a human king's dominion.

Mark 13 overview — CHAPTER 13 :-. CHRIST'S PROPHECY OF THE DESTRUCTION OF JERUSALEM, AND WARNINGS SUGGESTED BY IT TO PREPARE FOR HIS SECOND COMING. ( = Matthew 24:1-51; Luke 21:5-36). Jesus had uttered all His mind against the Jewish ecclesiastics, exposing their character with withering plainness, and denouncing, in language of awful severity, the judgments of God against them for that unfaithfulness to their trust

Romans 11:1 — sense already out of covenant (Acts 1:9). Yet here the apostle teaches that, in two respects, Israel was not "cast away"; First, Not totally; Second, Not finally. FIRST, Israel is not wholly cast away. for I also am an Israelite—See Philippians 3:5, and so a living witness to the contrary. of the seed of Abraham—of pure descent from the father of the faithful. of the tribe of Benjamin— (Philippians 3:5), that tribe which, on the revolt of the ten tribes, constituted, with Judah, the one faithful

1 Corinthians 12:10 — the Greek for "miracles" means); for example, healings might be effected by human skill in course of time; but the raising of the dead, the infliction of death by a word, the innocuous use of poisons, c., are miracles of special power. Compare Mark 6:5 Acts 19:11. prophecy—Here, probably, not in the wider sense of public teaching by the Spirit (1 Corinthians 11:4; 1 Corinthians 11:5; 1 Corinthians 14:1-5; 1 Corinthians 14:22-39); but, as its position between "miracles" and a "discerning of spirits"

1 Corinthians 15:55 — 55. Quoted from :-, substantially; but freely used by the warrant of the Spirit by which Paul wrote. The Hebrew may be translated, "O death, where are thy plagues? Where, O Hades, is thy destruction?" The Septuagint, "Where is thy victory (literally,

1 Corinthians 7:25 — 25. no commandment of the Lord: yet . . . my judgment—I have no express revelation from the Lord commanding it, but I give my judgment (opinion); namely, under the ordinary inspiration which accompanied the apostles in all their canonical writings (compare

2 Corinthians 5:6 — 6. Translate as Greek, "Being therefore always confident and knowing," c. He had intended to have made the verb to this nominative, "we are willing" (rather, "well content"), but digressing on the word "confident" (2 Corinthians 5:6 2 Corinthians 5:7), he resumes the word in a different form, namely, as an assertion: "We are confident and well content." "Being confident . . . we are confident" may be the Hebraic idiom of emphasis; as 2 Corinthians 5:7- :, Greek, "Having seen,

Galatians 6:1 — fault, is the very one who has first transgressed. a fault—Greek, "a transgression," "a fall"; such as a falling back into legal bondage. Here he gives monition to those who have not so fallen, "the spiritual," to be not "vainglorious" (Galatians 5:26), but forbearing to such (Romans 15:1). restore—The Greek is used of a dislocated limb, reduced to its place. Such is the tenderness with which we should treat a fallen member of the Church in restoring him to a better state. the spirit of meekness—the meekness

1 Thessalonians 3:13 — holiness, that is, may your holiness be such as will stand His searching scrutiny. coming—Greek, "presence," or "arrival." with all his saints—including both the holy angels and the holy elect of men (1 Thessalonians 4:14; Daniel 7:10; Zechariah 14:5; Matthew 25:31; 2 Thessalonians 1:7). The saints are "His" (2 Thessalonians 1:7- :). We must have "holiness" if we are to be numbered with His holy ones or "saints." On "unblameable," compare Revelation 14:5. This verse (compare 1 Thessalonians 3:12)

1 Thessalonians 4:16 — perhaps meant (Judges 1:9; Revelation 12:7), to whom especially is committed the guardianship of the people of God (Revelation 12:7- :). trump of God—the trumpet blast which usually accompanies God's manifestation in glory (Exodus 19:16; Psalms 47:5); here the last of the three accompaniments of His appearing: as the trumpet was used to convene God's people to their solemn convocations (Numbers 10:2; Numbers 10:10; Numbers 31:6), so here to summon God's elect together, preparatory to their glorification

James 5:11 — oldest authorities read, "which have endured," which suits the sense better than English Version: "Those who in past days, like the prophets and Job, have endured trials." Such, not those who "have lived in pleasure and been wanton on the earth" (James 5:5), are "happy." patience—rather, "endurance," answering to "endure": the Greek words similarly corresponding. Distinct from the Greek word for "patience" James 5:10. The same word ought to be translated, "endurance," James 5:10- :. He here reverts

James 5:15 — 15. prayer—He does not say the oil shall save: it is but the symbol. save—plainly not as Rome says, "save" the soul. but heal "the sick": as the words, "the Lord shall raise him up," prove. So the same Greek is translated, "made (thee) whole," Matthew