Bible Commentaries

Psalms 122:3 — 3-5. compact together—all parts united, as in David's time.

Proverbs 18:15 — 15. (Compare Proverbs 1:5; Proverbs 1:15; Proverbs 1:31).

Proverbs 24:29 — 29. Especially avoid retaliation (Matthew 5:43-45; Romans 12:17).

Proverbs 5:5 — 5. feet . . . , steps—that is, course of life ends in death.

Ecclesiastes 10:5 — 5. as—rather, "by reason of an error" [MAURER and HOLDEN].

Isaiah 65:4 — 4. remain among . . . graves—namely, for purposes of necromancy, as if to hold converse with the dead (Isaiah 8:19; Isaiah 8:20; compare Mark 5:3); or, for the sake of purifications, usually performed at night among sepulchres, to appease the manes [MAURER]. monuments—Hebrew, "pass the night in hidden recesses," either the idol's inmost shrines ("consecrated precincts") [HORSLEY], where they

Isaiah 9:6 — Father—This marks Him as "Wonderful," that He is "a child," yet the "everlasting Father" (John 10:30; John 14:9). Earthly kings leave their people after a short reign; He will reign over and bless them for ever [HENGSTENBERG]. Prince of Peace—(See on Isaiah 9:5; Isaiah 9:5- :; Shiloh, "The Tranquillizer"). Finally (Isaiah 9:5- :). Even already He is "our peace" (Luke 2:14; Ephesians 2:14).

Jeremiah 20:5 — 5. strength—that is, resources. labours—fruits of labor, gain, wealth.

Jeremiah 29:28 — 28. Referring to Jeremiah's first letter to Babylon (Jeremiah 29:5).

Jeremiah 32:34 — 34. (Jeremiah 7:30; Jeremiah 7:31; Ezekiel 8:5-17).

Jeremiah 9:15 — 15. feed— (Jeremiah 8:14; Jeremiah 23:15; Psalms 80:5).

Ezekiel 15:5 — 5. If useless before, much more so when almost wholly burnt.

Ezekiel 9:5 — 5. the others—the six officers of judgment (Ezekiel 9:2).

Daniel 12:2 — do not awake at this time) shall be unto shame" [TREGELLES]. Not the general resurrection, but that of those who share in the first resurrection; the rest of the dead being not to rise till the end of the thousand years (Revelation 20:3; Revelation 20:5; Revelation 20:6; compare 1 Corinthians 15:23; 1 Thessalonians 4:16). Israel's national resurrection, and the first resurrection of the elect Church, are similarly connected with the Lord's coming forth out of His place to punish the earth in Isaiah

Zechariah 1:18 — caused to Judah and Israel by all four kingdoms is spoken of here, proves that the exhaustive fulfilment is yet future, and only the earnest of it given in the overthrow of the two world powers which up to Zechariah's time had "scattered" Judah (Jeremiah 51:2; Ezekiel 5:10; Ezekiel 5:12). That only two of the four had as yet risen, is an argument having no weight with us, as we believe God's Spirit in the prophets regards the future as present; we therefore are not to be led by Rationalists who on such

Zechariah 3:8 — at—Hebrew, "men of wonder," that is, having a typical character (Isaiah 8:18; Isaiah 20:3; Ezekiel 12:11; Ezekiel 24:24). Joshua the high priest typifies Messiah, as Joshua's "fellows" typify believers whom Messiah admits to share His Priesthood (1 Peter 2:5; Revelation 5:10). This, its typical character, then, is a pledge to assure the desponding Jews that the priesthood shall be preserved till the great Antitype comes. There may be also an indirect reproof of the unbelief of the multitude who "wonder"

Matthew 10:23 — old economy, He would establish His own kingdom. This, in the uniform language of Scripture, is more immediately "the coming of the Son of man," "the day of vengeance of our God" (Matthew 16:28; Matthew 24:27; Matthew 24:34; compare with Hebrews 10:25; James 5:7-9) —but only as being such a lively anticipation of His second coming for vengeance and deliverance. So understood, it is parallel with James 5:7-59.5.9- : (on which see). Directions for the Service of Christ in Its Widest Sense (James

John 5:4 — doubt of the miracle, as there were multitudes living when this Gospel was published who, from their own knowledge of Jerusalem, could have exposed the falsehood of the Evangelist, if no such cure had been known there. The want of :- and part of John 5:3 in some good manuscripts, and the use of some unusual words in the passage, are more easily accounted for than the evidence in their favor if they were not originally in the text. Indeed John 5:3- : is unintelligible without John 5:3- :. The internal

Acts 22:8 — 8. Jesus of Nazareth—the Nazarene. See on Acts 9:5.

1 Corinthians 3:17 — . destroy—rather as the Greek verb is the same in both cases, "destroy . . . destroy." God repays in kind by a righteous retaliation. The destroyer shall himself be destroyed. As temporal death was the penalty of marring the material temple (Leviticus 16:2; Daniel 5:2; Daniel 5:3; Daniel 5:30), so eternal death is the penalty of marring the spiritual temple—the Church. The destroyers here (1 Corinthians 3:16; 1 Corinthians 3:17), are distinct from the unwise or unskilful builders (1 Corinthians 3:12; 1 Corinthians