Bible Commentaries

Psalms 136:1-26 — por sus obras de la creación y por su providencia, su liberación y cuidado de su pueblo, por los juicios contra los enemigos de ellos, y por sus bondades para con todos. El estribillo de cada versículo está en los términos del Salmo 106:1; y del 118:1-4, y era usado acaso en el Amén por el pueblo, en el culto (cf. 1 Crónicas 16:36; Salmo 105:45). 1-3. Los títulos divinos denotan supremacía. 4. solo—sin necesidad de ninguna ayuda. 5, 6. con entendimiento—(Salmo 104:24). hizo, etc.—Lit., hacedor de

Psalms 45 overview — PSALM 45 :-. Shoshannim—literally, "Lilies," either descriptive of an instrument so shaped, or denoting some tune or air so called, after which the Psalm was to be sung (see on :-, title). A song of loves, or, of beloved ones (plural and feminine)—a conjugal

Psalms 99:1-9 — Salmo 99 El gobierno de Dios se lleva a cabo especialmente en su Iglesia y por su Iglesia, la que le debe alabar por sus obras de gracia. 1. sentado sobre los querubines—(cf. 1 Samuel 4:4; Salmo 80:1). conmoveráse—o que será conmovido: eso es, por el temor de los juicios de Dios. 2. en Sión es grande—donde habita (Salmo 9:11). 3. tu nombre—tus perfecciones de justicia, poder, etc. grande y tremendo—o terrible, que inspira el terror

Isaiah 5:1 — [CASTALIO]. By a slight change of reading "a song of His love" [HOUBIGANT]. "The Beloved" is Jehovah, the Second Person, the "Angel" of God the Father, not in His character as incarnate Messiah, but as God of the Jews (Exodus 23:20; Exodus 23:21; Exodus 32:34; Exodus 33:14). vineyard— (Isaiah 3:14; Psalms 80:8, c.). The Jewish covenant-people, separated from the nations for His glory, as the object of His peculiar care (Matthew 20:1 Matthew 21:33). Jesus Christ in the "vineyard" of the New Testament Church

Isaiah 60:1-22 — que ahora te ha sido dada a ti (v. 3). El margen de la Versión Inglesa y Gesenio traducen: “Esclarécete”; resplandece con tu progenie; el imperativo en lugar del futuro de indicativo: “Tú serás esclarecida” (cap. 58:8, 10; Efesios 5:8, Efesios 5:14). la gloria de Jehová—no meramente el Shequinah o la nube de gloria, que descansaba sobre el arca en la antigua dispensación, sino la gloria del Señor en persona (Jeremias 3:16 Jeremias 3:17). ha nacido—como el sol ( Malaquías 4:2; Lucas 1:78, Margen

Isaiah 7:16 — 16. For—The deliverance implied in the name "Immanuel," and the cessation of distress as to food (Isaiah 7:14; Isaiah 7:15), shall last only till the child grows to know good and evil; for . . . the land that . . . abhorrest . . . forsaken of . . . kings—rather, desolate shall be the land, before whose two kings thou art alarmed [HENGSTENBERG and GESENIUS].

Isaiah 7:8 — "not a people," accompanied by a colonization of Samaria with foreigners, was under Esar-haddon, who carried away Manasseh, king of Judah, also, in the twenty-second year of his reign, sixty-five years from the utterance of this prophecy (compare Ezra 4:2; Ezra 4:3; Ezra 4:10; 2 Kings 17:24; 2 Chronicles 33:11) [USHER]. The event, though so far off, was enough to assure the people of Judah that as God, the Head of the theocracy, would ultimately interpose to destroy the enemies of His people, so they

Hosea 1:2 — Israel's unfaithfulness [HENGSTENBERG]. Compare Ezekiel 16:8; Ezekiel 16:15, c. Besides the loathsomeness of such a marriage, if an external act, it would require years for the birth of three children, which would weaken the symbol (compare Ezekiel 4:4). HENDERSON objects that there is no hint of the transaction being fictitious: Gomer fell into lewdness after her union with Hosea, not before for thus only she was a fit symbol of Israel, who lapsed into spiritual whoredom after the marriage contract

Hosea 6:1-11 — CAPITULO 6 SE EXHORTAN LOS ISRAELITAS UNOS A OTROS A BUSCAR AL SEÑOR. Con el v. 4 empieza un nuevo discurso de queja contra ellos, porque los vv. 1-3 evidentemente pertenecen al v. 15 del cap. 5, y representan la feliz terminación del castigo de Israel; en primer orden, el retorno de Babilonia, y por fin el regreso de su larga dispersión

Haggai 2:8 — 8. The silver is mine— (Job 41:11; Psalms 50:12). Ye are disappointed at the absence of these precious metals in the adorning of this temple, as compared with the first temple: If I pleased I could adorn this temple with them, but I will adorn it with a "glory" (Haggai 2:7; Haggai

Luke 10:37 — now, designed to magnify the law of love, and to show who fulfils it and who not? And who did this as never man did it, as our Brother Man, "our Neighbor?" The priests and Levites had not strengthened the diseased, nor bound up the broken (Ezekiel 34:4), while He bound up the brokenhearted (Ezekiel 34:4- :), and poured into all wounded spirits the balm of sweetest consolation. All the Fathers saw through the thin veil of this noblest of stories, the Story of love, and never wearied of tracing the

2 Corinthians 7:9 — that your sorrow resulted in your repentance. ye sorrowed—rather, as before, "ye were made sorry." after a godly manner—literally, "according to God," that is, your sorrow having regard to God, and rendering your mind conformable to God (Romans 14:22; 1 Peter 4:6). that—Translate in Greek order, "to the end that (compare 1 Peter 4:6- :) ye might in nothing receive damage from us," which ye would have received, had your sorrow been other than that "after a godly manner" (2 Corinthians 7:10).

Colossians 1:25 — 25. am—Greek, "I was made a minister": resuming :-, "whereof I Paul was made a minister." dispensation—the stewardship committed to me to dispense in the house of God, the Church, to the whole family of believers, the goods of my Master (Luke 12:42; 1 Corinthians 4:1; 1 Corinthians 4:2; 1 Corinthians 9:17; Ephesians 3:2). which is given—Greek, "which was given." for you—with a view to you, Gentiles (Colossians 1:27; Romans 15:16). to fulfil—to bring it fully to all: the end of his stewardship:

Colossians 2:20 — Romans 7:3; Galatians 2:19). rudiments of the world— (Colossians 2:8). Carnal, outward, worldly, legal ordinances. as though living—as though you were not dead to the world like your crucified Lord, into whose death ye were buried (Galatians 6:14; 1 Peter 4:1; 1 Peter 4:2). are ye subject to ordinances—By do ye submit to be made subject to ordinances? Referring to Colossians 2:14: you are again being made subject to "ordinances," the "handwriting" of which had been "blotted out" (Colossians

Colossians 4:8 — 8. for the same purpose—Greek, "for this very purpose." that he might know your estate—Translate, "that he may know your state": answering to Colossians 4:7. So one very old manuscript and Vulgate read. But the oldest manuscripts and the old Latin versions, "that YE may know OUR state." However, the latter reading seems likely to have crept in from Colossians 4:7- :. Paul was the more anxious to know

1 Thessalonians 2:13 — "received," implies simply the hearing of it; the Greek of the second is "accepted," or "welcomed" it. The proper object of faith, it hence appears, is the word of God, at first oral, then for security against error, written (John 20:30; John 20:31; Romans 15:4; Galatians 4:30). Also, that faith is the work of divine grace, is implied by Paul's thanksgiving. effectually worketh also in you that believe—"Also," besides your accepting it with your hearts, it evidences itself in your lives. It shows its energy

1 Timothy 1:6 — having swerved—literally, "having missed the mark (the 'end') to be aimed at." It is translated, "erred," 1 Timothy 6:21; 2 Timothy 2:18. Instead of aiming at and attaining the graces above named, they "have turned aside (1 Timothy 5:15; 2 Timothy 4:4; Hebrews 12:13) unto vain jangling"; literally, "vain talk," about the law and genealogies of angels (1 Timothy 1:7; Titus 3:9; Titus 1:10); Titus 1:10- :, "vain babblings and oppositions." It is the greatest vanity when divine things are not truthfully

1 Timothy 6:4 — 4. He is proud—literally, "wrapt in smoke"; filled with the fumes of self-conceit (1 Timothy 3:6) while "knowing nothing," namely, of the doctrine which is according to godliness (1 Timothy 6:3), though arrogating pre-eminent knowledge (1 Timothy 6:3-

2 Timothy 4:20 — of Trophimus lying sick in his immediate neighborhood. However, Trophimus may not have been still at Miletus at the time when Paul wrote, though he had left him there on his way to Rome. Prisca and Aquila were most likely to be at Ephesus (2 Timothy 4:19), and he desires Timothy to salute them: so also Onesiphorus' household (2 Timothy 4:19- :). Paul had not the power of healing at will (2 Timothy 4:19- :), but as the Lord allowed him.

James 1:19 — slow also to speak such hasty things of God, as in James 1:13. Two ears are given to us, the rabbis observe, but only one tongue: the ears are open and exposed, whereas the tongue is walled in behind the teeth. slow to wrath— (James 3:13; James 3:14; James 4:5). Slow in becoming heated by debate: another Jewish fault (James 4:5- :), to which much speaking tends. TITTMANN thinks not so much "wrath" is meant, as an indignant feeling of fretfulness under the calamities to which the whole of human