Bible Commentaries

Nehemiah 5 overview — CHAPTER 5 :-. THE PEOPLE COMPLAIN OF THEIR DEBT, MORTGAGE, AND BONDAGE.

Esther 5 overview — CHAPTER 5 :-. ESTHER INVITES THE KING AND HAMAN TO A BANQUET.

Job 13:5 — 5. ( :-). The Arabs say, "The wise are dumb; silence is wisdom."

Job 4:5 — 5. thou art troubled—rather, "unhinged," hast lost thy self-command ( :-).

Psalms 102:5 — 5. voice . . . groaning—effect put for cause, my agony emaciates me.

Psalms 112:6 — 6. not be moved—(compare Psalms 13:4; Psalms 15:5).

Psalms 114:1-8 — Salmo 114 El escritor brevemente y en manera hermosa celebra el previo cuidado de Dios hacia su pueblo, para cuyo beneficio la naturaleza contribuía maravillosamente. 1-4. bárbaro—pueblo de lengua extraña (cf. el Salmo 81:5). saltaron como carneros—(cf. el Salmo 29:6), describe la ondulación de los bosques montañosos poéticamente, como si fuese el movimiento de los montes mismos. La poética descripción del efecto de la presencia de Dios alude a la historia ( Éxodo 14:21;

Psalms 120:5 — 5. A residence in these remote lands pictures his miserable condition.

Psalms 121:1-8 — Salmo 121 Se celebra el cuidado de Dios, el guardador de Israel. 1. Alzaré mis ojos—expresa el deseo (cf. el Salmo 25:1) mezclado con la expectativa. de donde vendrá—puede leerse como pregunta, y la contestación sigue, 2, al decir que es Dios quien socorre, de cuyo poder es prenda su potencia creadora (Salmo 115:15), juntamente con su incansable vigilancia, 3, 4.

Psalms 56:5 — 5, 6. A vivid picture of the conduct of malicious enemies.

Psalms 71:19 — 19. is very high—distinguished (Psalms 36:5; Isaiah 55:9).

Psalms 83:5 — 5. they have consulted—with heart, or cordially. together—all alike.

Numbers 5 overview — CHAPTER 5 :-. THE UNCLEAN TO BE REMOVED OUT OF THE CAMP.

2 Corinthians 10:12 — 12. "We do not presume (irony) to judge ourselves among, or in comparison with, some of them that commend themselves." The charge falsely brought against him of commending himself (2 Corinthians 3:1; 2 Corinthians 5:12), really holds good of the false teachers. The phrase, "judge ourselves of the number," is drawn from the testing of athletes and senators, the "approved" being set down on the roll [WAHL]. measuring themselves by themselves—"among themselves":

Galatians 1:7 — another—A distinct Greek word from that in Galatians 1:6. Though I called it a gospel (Galatians 1:6), it is not really so. There is really but one Gospel, and no other gospel. but—Translate, "Only that there are some that trouble you," c. (Galatians 5:10 Galatians 5:12). All I meant by the "different gospel" was nothing but a perversion by "some" of the one Gospel of Christ. would pervert—Greek, "wish to pervert"; they could not really pervert the Gospel, though they could pervert Gospel professors

Galatians 5:12 — that they would even cut themselves off," that is, cut off not merely the foreskin, but the whole member: if circumcision be not enough for them, then let them have excision also; an outburst hardly suitable to the gravity of an apostle. But Galatians 5:9; Galatians 5:10 plainly point to excommunication as the judgment threatened against the troublers: and danger of the bad "leaven" spreading, as the reason for it.

Ephesians 5:13 — 13. that are reproved—rather, "when they are reproved," namely, by you ( :-). whatsoever doth make manifest—rather, "everything that is (that is, suffers itself to be) made manifest (or 'shone upon,' namely, by your 'reproving,' Ephesians 5:11) is (thenceforth no longer 'darkness,' Ephesians 5:11- :, but) light." The devil and the wicked will not suffer themselves to be made manifest by the light, but love darkness, though outwardly the light shines round them. Therefore, "light" has no

Hebrews 2:4 — (John 3:34), but to us it is distributed in various measures and operations (Romans 12:3 Romans 12:6; 1 Corinthians 12:4-11). according to his own will—God's free and sovereign will, assigning one gift of the Spirit to one, another to another (Acts 5:32; Ephesians 1:5).

James 2:5 — 5. Hearken—James brings to trial the self-constituted "judges" ( :-). poor of this world—The best manuscripts read, "those poor in respect to the world." In contrast to "the rich in this world" ( :-). Not of course all the poor; but the poor, as a class,

1 Peter 3:16 — 16. Having a good conscience—the secret spring of readiness to give account of our hope. So hope and good conscience go together in Acts 24:15; Acts 24:16. Profession without practice has no weight. But those who have a good conscience can afford to give an account of their hope "with meekness." whereas— (Acts 24:16- :). they speak evil of you, as of evildoers—One oldest manuscript reads,