Bible Commentaries

Exodus 9:10 — 10. Moses took ashes from the furnace—Hebrew, "brick-kiln." The magicians, being sufferers in their own persons, could do nothing, though they had been called; and as the brick-kiln was one of the principal instruments of oppression to the Israelites [Deuteronomy 4:20; 1 Kings 8:51; Jeremiah 11:4], it was now converted into a means of chastisement to the Egyptians, who were made to read their sin in their punishment. Jeremiah 11:4- :. PLAGUE OF HAIL.

Psalms 53:1 — 1-4. with few verbal changes, correspond with Psalms 14:1-4.

Proverbs 29:3 — 3. (Compare Proverbs 4:6; Proverbs 4:7; Proverbs 10:1, &c.).

Proverbs 7:1 — 1-4. Similar calls (Proverbs 3:1-3; Proverbs 4:10, &c.).

Proverbs 7:4 — 1-4. Similar calls (Proverbs 3:1-3; Proverbs 4:10, &c.).

Jeremiah 16:7 — 7. tear themselves—rather, "break bread," namely, that eaten at the funeral-feast (Deuteronomy 26:14; Job 42:11; Ezekiel 24:17; Hosea 9:4). "Bread" is to be supplied, as in Hosea 9:4- :; compare "take" (food) (Hosea 9:4- :). give . . . cup of consolation . . . for . . . father—It was the Oriental custom for friends to send viands and wine (the "cup of consolation") to console relatives in mourning-feasts, for example, to children upon the death of a "father" or "mother."

Jeremiah 51:7 — 7. Babylon is compared to a cup, because she was the vessel in the hand of God, to make drunken with His vengeance the other peoples (Jeremiah 13:12; Jeremiah 25:15; Jeremiah 25:16). Compare as to spiritual Babylon, Revelation 14:8; Revelation 17:4. The cup is termed "golden," to express the splendor and opulence of Babylon; whence also in the image seen by Nebuchadnezzar (Revelation 17:4- :) the head representing Babylon is of gold (compare Isaiah 14:4).

Lamentations 4:16 — 16. Ain and Pe are here transposed (Lamentations 4:16; Lamentations 4:17), as in Lamentations 2:16; Lamentations 2:17; Lamentations 3:46-51. anger—literally, "face"; it is the countenance which, by its expression, manifests anger (Psalms 34:16). GESENIUS translates, "the person of Jehovah"; Jehovah

Ezekiel 44:10 — 10, 11. Levites . . . shall . . . bear—namely, the punishment of their iniquity . . . Yet they shall be ministers—So Mark, a Levite, nephew of Barnabas (Acts 4:36), was punished by Paul for losing an opportunity of bearing the cross of Christ, and yet was afterwards admitted into his friendship again, and showed his zeal (Acts 13:13; Acts 15:37; Colossians 4:10; 2 Timothy 4:11). One may be a believer, and

Amos 2:13 — 13. I am pressed under you—so CALVIN (Compare :-). The Margin translates actively, "I will depress your place," that is, "I will make it narrow," a metaphor for afflicting a people; the opposite of enlarging, that is, relieving (Psalms 4:1; Proverbs 4:12). MAURER translates, "I will press you down" (not as Margin, "your place"; so the Hebrew, Proverbs 4:12- :; or Amos 2:7 in Hebrew text). Amos, as a shepherd, appropriately draws his similes from rustic scenes.

Matthew 3:4 — 4. And the same John had his raiment of camel's hair—woven of it. and a leathern girdle about his loins—the prophetic dress of Elijah ( :-; and see Zechariah 13:4). and his meat was locusts—the great, well-known Eastern locust, a food of the poor (Zechariah 13:4- :). and wild honey—made by wild bees (1 Samuel 14:25; 1 Samuel 14:26). This dress and diet, with the shrill cry in the wilderness, would recall the stern days of Elijah.

Mark 4:5 — 5. And some fell on stony ground, where it had not much earth—"the rocky ground"; in Matthew (Matthew 13:5), "the rocky places"; in Luke (Matthew 13:5- :), "the rock." The thing intended is, not ground with stones in it which would not prevent the roots striking downward, but ground where a quite thin surface of earth covers a rock. What means this? See on Matthew 13:5- :. Third Case: THE THORNY GROUND. (Mark 4:7; Mark 4:18; Mark 4:19).

Mark 6 overview — CHAPTER 6 :-. CHRIST REJECTED AT NAZARETH. ( = Matthew 13:54-58; Luke 4:16-30). See on Luke 4:16-42.4.30- :. Luke 4:16-42.4.30- :. MISSION OF THE TWELVE APOSTLES. ( = Matthew 10:1; Matthew 10:5-15; Luke 9:1-6). See on Luke 9:1-42.9.6- :; Luke 9:1-42.9.6- :. Luke 9:1-42.9.6- :. HEROD THINKS JESUS A RESURRECTION OF THE MURDERED BAPTIST—ACCOUNT OF HIS DEATH. ( = Matthew 14:1-12; Luke 9:7-9). Herod's View of Christ (Luke 9:7-42.9.9- :).

1 Corinthians 15:14 — 14. your faith . . . vain— (1 Corinthians 15:11). The Greek for "vain" here is, empty, unreal: in 1 Corinthians 15:11- :, on the other hand, it is, without use, frustrated. The principal argument of the first preachers in support of Christianity was that God had raised Christ from the dead (Acts 1:22; Acts 2:32; Acts 4:10; Acts 4:33; Acts 13:37; Romans 1:4). If this fact were false, the faith built on it must be false too.

1 Corinthians 3:21 — 21. let no man glory in men—resuming the subject from 1 Corinthians 3:4; compare 1 Corinthians 1:12; 1 Corinthians 1:31, where the true object of glorying is stated: "He that glorieth, let him glory in THE LORD." Also 1 Corinthians 4:6, "That no one of you be puffed up for one against another." For all things—not only all

Ephesians 4:26 — 26. Be ye angry, and sin not—So the Septuagint, Psalms 4:4. Should circumstances arise to call for anger on your part, let it be as Christ's "anger" (Psalms 4:4- :), without sin. Our natural feelings are not wrong when directed to their legitimate object, and when not exceeding due bounds. As in the future

1 Timothy 1:4 — 4. fables—legends about the origin and propagation of angels, such as the false teachers taught at Colosse (Colossians 2:18-23). "Jewish fables" (Colossians 2:18-51.2.23- :). "Profane, and old wives' fables" (1 Timothy 4:7; 2 Timothy 4:4). genealogies—not

1 Timothy 4:1 — Epistles, the prophecy is connected with Gnostic errors, the seeds of which had already been sown in the Church [AUBERLEN] (2 Thessalonians 2:3- :). Apollonius Tyanæus, a heretic, came to Ephesus in the lifetime of Timothy. giving heed— (1 Timothy 1:4; Titus 1:14). seducing spirits—working in the heretical teachers. 1 John 4:2; 1 John 4:3; 1 John 4:6, "the spirit of error," opposed to "the spirit of truth," "the Spirit" which "speaketh" in the true prophets against them. doctrines of devils—literally "teachings

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,

Revelation 4:6 — ether which separates God's throne from John, and from all things before it, may be meant, symbolizing the "purity, calmness, and majesty of God's rule" [ALFORD]. But see the analogue in the temple, the molten sea before the sanctuary (see on Revelation 4:4, above). There is in this sea depth and transparency, but not the fluidity and instability of the natural sea (compare Revelation 4:4- :). It stands solid, calm, and clear, God's judgments are called "a great deep" (Revelation 4:4- :). In Revelation