Bible Commentaries

Psalms 11:1-7 — tienen seguridad sólo en la huída (cf. 1 Samuel 26:20; Lamentaciones 3:52). 2. en oculto—traicioneramente. 3. Lit., Los fundamentos (de la ley y orden) serán destruídos. ¿Qué ha hecho el justo (para mantenerlos)? Todos sus esfuerzos fracasaron. 4. templo … cielo—la conexión parece indicar la residencia celestial de Dios: el término empleado es sugerido por el lugar de su visible residencia terrestre ( Lamentaciones 2:6; Lamentaciones 3:4; Lamentaciones 5:7). De modo que Dios escudriña a los

Psalms 39:1-13 — Salmo 39 A Jeduthún ( 1 Crónicas 16:41), uno de los cantores principales. Su nombre mencionado acaso como un honor especial. Bajo la impresión pesimista de su flaqueza y de la prosperidad de los malos, el salmista, tentado a murmurar, refrena la expresión de sus pensamientos hasta que,

Psalms 46:1-11 — Salmo 46 Sobre Alamoth—lo más probablemente denota el tiple, o la parte cantada por las voces femeninas, significando la palabra vírgenes; la que era cantada con algún instrumento de propia elevación de tono (cf. 1 Crónicas 15:19; el título del Salmo 6). El

Proverbs 8 overview — constantly, and are never changed to that of the person meant, as sometimes occurs in a corresponding use of spirit, which is neuter in Greek, but to which masculine pronouns are often applied (John 1:1- :), when the acts of the Holy Spirit are described. (4) Such a personification is agreeable to the style of this book (compare Proverbs 1:20 Proverbs 3:16; Proverbs 3:17; Proverbs 4:8; Proverbs 6:20-22; Proverbs 9:1-4), whereas no prophetical or other allusions to the Saviour or the new dispensation are

Isaiah 46:12 — 12. stout-hearted—stubborn in resisting God (Psalms 76:5; Acts 7:51). far from righteousness— (Isaiah 59:9; Habakkuk 2:4).

Jeremiah 29:18 — 18. removed to all . . . kingdoms— (Jeremiah 15:4; Deuteronomy 28:25). curse, c.— (Jeremiah 29:6 Jeremiah 18:16; Jeremiah 19:8).

Jeremiah 52:4 — 4. forts—rather, towers of wood [KIMCHI], for watching the movements of the besieged from the height and annoying them with missiles.

Lamentations 1:4 — 4. feasts—the passover, pentecost (or the feast of weeks), and the feast of tabernacles. gates—once the place of concourse. He.

Hosea 6:3 — 3. know, if we follow on to know the Lord—The result of His recovered favor ( :-) will be onward growth in saving knowledge of God, as the result of perseverance in following after Him (Psalms 63:8; Isaiah 54:13). "Then" implies the consequence of the revival in Isaiah 54:13- :. The "if" is not so much conditional, as expressive of the means which God's grace will sanctify to the full enlightenment of Israel in the knowledge of Him. As want of "knowledge

Micah 7:14 — 14. Feed thy people—Prayer of the prophet, in the name of his people to God, which, as God fulfils believing prayer, is prophetical of what God would do. When God is about to deliver His people, He stirs up their friends to pray for them. Feed—including

Matthew 15:4 — 4. For God commanded, saying, Honour thy father and mother— ( :-). and, He that curseth father or mother, let him die the death— ( :-).

Matthew 9:35 — villages, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every sickness and every disease among the people —The italicized words are of more than doubtful authority here, and were probably introduced here from Matthew 4:23. The language here is so identical with that used in describing the first circuit (Matthew 4:23), that we may presume the work done on both occasions was much the same. It was just a further preparation of the soil, and a fresh sowing of the precious seed.

Luke 7:4 — 4. he was worthy—a testimony most precious, coming from those who probably were strangers to the principle from which he acted ( :-).

John 4:1 — 1-4. the Lord knew—not by report, but in the sense of :-, for which reason He is here styled "the Lord."

Acts 16:1 — suffering and undaunted courage [HOWSON]. His would be one of "the souls of the disciples confirmed" at the apostle's second visit, "exhorted to continue in the faith, and" warned "that we must through much tribulation enter into the kingdom of God" (Acts 14:21; Acts 14:22). the son of a certain . . . Jewess—"The unfeigned faith which dwelt first in his grandmother Lois" descended to "his mother Eunice," and thence it passed to this youth (Acts 14:22- :), who "from a child knew the Holy Scriptures" (Acts

Galatians 2:19 — as its scope and end (Romans 3:20- :); and drawing me to Him by its promises (in the prophecies which form part of the Old Testament law) of a better righteousness, and of God's law written in the heart (Deuteronomy 18:15-19; Jeremiah 31:33; Acts 10:43). am dead to the law—literally, "I died to the law," and so am dead to it, that is, am passed from under its power, in respect to non-justification or condemnation (Colossians 2:20; Romans 6:14; Romans 7:4; Romans 7:6); just as a woman, once married

1 Timothy 1:2 — 2. my own son—literally, "a genuine son" (compare Acts 16:1; 1 Corinthians 4:14-17). See 1 Corinthians 4:14-46.4.17- : mercy—added here, in addressing Timothy, to the ordinary salutation, "Grace unto you (Romans 1:7; 1 Corinthians 1:3, c.), and peace." In Galatians 6:16, "peace and mercy" occur. There are many similarities of

Hebrews 11:6 — 6. without—Greek, "apart from faith": if one be destitute of faith (compare Romans 14:23). to please—Translate, as ALFORD does, the Greek aorist, "It is impossible to please God at all" (Romans 14:23- :). Natural amiabilities and "works done before the grace of Christ are not pleasant to God, forasmuch as they spring not of faith in

Revelation 3:1 — in vain; for MELITO, bishop of Sardis in the second century, was eminent for piety and learning. He visited Palestine to assure himself and his flock as to the Old Testament canon and wrote an epistle on the subject [EUSEBIUS Ecclesiastical History, 4.26]; he also wrote a commentary on the Apocalypse [EUSEBIUS, Ecclesiastical History, 4.26; JEROME, On Illustrious Men, 24]. he that hath the seven Spirits of God—that is, He who hath all the fulness of the Spirit (Revelation 1:4; Revelation 4:5; Revelation

Revelation 7:15 — 15. Therefore—because they are so washed white; for without it they could never have entered God's holy heaven; Revelation 22:14, "Blessed are those who wash their robes (the oldest manuscripts reading), that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city"; Revelation 21:27; Ephesians 5:26; Ephesians 5:27. before—Greek, "in the presence