Lectionary Calendar
Thursday, April 23rd, 2026
the Third Week after Easter
the Third Week after Easter
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Bible Commentaries
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Genesis 3:4 — 4. Ye shall not surely die—He
proceeded, not only to assure her of perfect impunity, but to promise
great benefits from partaking of it.
2 Chronicles 24:4 — 4-14. Joash was minded to repair the
house of the Lord—(See on :-).
2 Chronicles 24:15;
2 Chronicles 24:16. JEHOIADA
BEING DEAD.
Job 11:19 — 19. (Psalms 4:8;
Proverbs 3:24; Isaiah 14:30);
oriental images of prosperity.
make suit—literally,
"stroke thy face," "caress thee" (Isaiah 14:30- :).
Job 7:4 — 4. Literally, "When shall
be the flight of the night?" [GESENIUS].
UMBREIT, not so well, "The
night is long extended"; literally, "measured out" (so
Margin).
Psalms 44:19 — 19. sore broken—crushed.
place of dragons—desolate,
barren, rocky wilderness (Psalms 63:10;
Isaiah 13:22),
shadow of death—(Compare
Psalms 23:4).
Psalms 62:8 — 8. pour out your heart—give
full expression to feeling (1 Samuel 1:15;
Job 30:16; Psalms 42:4).
ye people—God's people.
Psalms 91:4 — 4. For the first figure compare
Deuteronomy 32:11; Matthew 23:37.
buckler—literally,
"surrounding"—that is, a kind of shield covering all
over.
Psalms 95 overview — PSALM 95
:-. David (Hebrews 4:7)
exhorts men to praise God for His greatness, and warns them, in God's
words, against neglecting His service.
Proverbs 15:32 — 32. refuseth—or, "neglects,"
"passes by" (Proverbs 1:25;
Proverbs 4:15).
despiseth . . . soul—so
acts as if esteeming its interests of no value.
Leviticus 24:4 — 4. upon the pure candlestick—so
called because of pure gold. This was symbolical of the light which
ministers are to diffuse through the Church.
Ecclesiastes 2:4 — 4. (1 Kings 7:1-8;
1 Kings 9:1; 1 Kings 9:19;
1 Kings 10:18, &c.).
vineyards— (1 Kings 10:18- :).
Isaiah 36:4 — 4. great king—the usual title
of the Persian and Assyrian kings, as they had many subordinate
princes or kings under them over provinces ( :-).
Jeremiah 10:4 — 4. fasten . . . move not—that
is, that it may stand upright without risk of falling, which the god
(!) would do, if left to itself ( :-).
Jeremiah 11:11 — 11. cry unto me—contrasted
with "cry unto the gods," ( :-).
not hearken— (Psalms 18:41;
Proverbs 1:28; Isaiah 1:15;
Micah 3:4).
Jeremiah 44:15 — 15. their wives—The idolatry
began with them (1 Kings 11:4;
1 Timothy 2:14). Their husbands'
connivance implicated them in the guilt.
Ezekiel 33:25 — 25. eat with the blood—in
opposition to the law (Leviticus 19:26;
compare Genesis 9:4). They did so as
an idolatrous rite.
Malachi 4 overview — CHAPTER 4
:-. GOD'S COMING
JUDGMENT: TRIUMPH
OF THE GODLY:
RETURN TO THE LAW THE
BEST PREPARATION
FOR JEHOVAH'S
COMING: ELIJAH'S
PREPARATORY MISSION
OF REFORMATION.
Acts 18:4 — 4. the Greeks—that is, Gentile
proselytes; for to the heathen, as usual, he only turned when
rejected by the Jews (Acts 18:6).
Colossians 4 overview — CHAPTER 4
:-. EXHORTATIONS
CONTINUED. TO
PRAYER: WISDOM
IN RELATION TO THE
UNCONVERTED: AS
TO THE BEARERS OF THE
EPISTLE, TYCHICUS
AND ONESIMUS:
CLOSING SALUTATIONS.
Hebrews 4 overview — CHAPTER 4
:-. THE PROMISE
OF GOD'S REST
IS FULLY
REALIZED THROUGH CHRIST:
LET US
STRIVE TO OBTAIN
IT BY HIM,
OUR SYMPATHIZING
HIGH PRIEST.
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These files are a derivative of an electronic edition prepared from text scanned by Woodside Bible Fellowship.
This expanded edition of the Jameison-Faussett-Brown Commentary is in the public domain and may be freely used and distributed.
