Bible Commentaries

Job 19:25 — 25. redeemer—UMBREIT and others understand this and :-, of God appearing as Job's avenger before his death, when his body would be wasted to a skeleton. But Job uniformly despairs of restoration and vindication of his cause in this life (Job 17:15; Job

Jeremiah 10:1-25 — bosque”, que es en lo que ellos se ocupan; he ahí una muestra de sus costumbres [Maurer]. 4. lo afirman, para que no se salga—a saber, para que se mantenga derecho y no se caiga, cosa que el dios haría, si se dejara librado a sí mismo ( Isaías 41:7). 5. palma—o “Los tornean, dándoles figura de palma” [Maurer]. El punto de comparación del ídolo con la palma está en la semejanza vertical de esta última con un pilar, y en que no tiene ramas sino en la parte superior. no hablan—(Salmo 115:5). no pueden

Jeremiah 47:6 — 6. Jeremiah, in the person of the Philistines afflicting themselves ( :-), apostrophizes the "sword of the Lord," entreating mercy (compare Deuteronomy 32:41; Ezekiel 21:3-5; Ezekiel 21:9; Ezekiel 21:10). up thyself—Hebrew, "Gather thyself," that is, retire or return.

Ezekiel 29:6 — 6. staff of reed to . . . Israel—alluding to the reeds on the banks of the Nile, which broke if one leaned upon them (see on :-; Isaiah 36:6). All Israel's dependence on Egypt proved hurtful instead of beneficial (Isaiah 30:1-5).

Daniel 6:5 — 5. It is the highest testimony to a godly man's walk, when his most watchful enemies can find no ground of censure save in that he walks according to the law of God even where it opposes the ways of the world.

Hosea 1:5 — 5. bow—the prowess ( :-; compare Genesis 49:24). valley of Jezreel—afterwards called Esdraelon, extending ten miles in breadth, and in length from Jordan to the Mediterranean near Mount Carmel, the great battlefield of Palestine (Judges 6:33; 1 Samuel 29:1).

Hosea 9:17 — 17. My God—"My," in contrast to "them," that is, the people, whose God Jehovah no longer is. Also Hosea appeals to God as supporting his authority against the whole people. wanderers among . . . nations— (2 Kings 15:29; 1 Chronicles 5:26).

Haggai 1:5 — 5. Consider your ways—literally, "Set your heart" on your ways. The plural implies, Consider both what ye have done (actively, :-) and what ye have suffered (passively) [JEROME]. Ponder earnestly whether ye have gained by seeking self at the sacrifice of God.

Matthew 18:25 — 25. But forasmuch as he had not to pay, his lord commanded him to be sold, and his wife and children, and all that he had, and payment to be made—(See 2 Kings 4:1; Nehemiah 5:8; Leviticus 25:39).

Matthew 24:1-51 — LA PROFECIA DE CRISTO ACERCA DE LA DESTRUCCION DE JERUSALEN, Y LAS ADVERTENCIAS SUGERIDAS POR DICHA DESTRUCCION A QUE SE PREPAREN PARA SU SEGUNDA VENIDA. (Pasajes paralelos, Marco 13:1; Lucas 21:5). Para su exposición, véase el comentario sobre Marco 13:1.

John 1:14 — that is properly divine and our nature is in His Person redeemed and quickened, ennobled and transfigured. and dwelt—tabernacled or pitched his tent; a word peculiar to John, who uses it four times, all in the sense of a permanent stay (Revelation 7:15; Revelation 12:12; Revelation 13:6; Revelation 21:3). For ever wedded to our "flesh," He has entered this tabernacle to "go no more out." The allusion is to that tabernacle where dwelt the Shekinah (see on Revelation 21:3- :), or manifested "GLORY OF

Romans 4:25 — 25. Who was delivered for—"on account of." our offences—that is, in order to expiate them by His blood. and raised again for—"on account of," that is, in order to. our justification—As His resurrection was the divine assurance that He had "put away sin

Romans 5 overview — CHAPTER 5 :-. THE BLESSED EFFECTS OF JUSTIFICATION BY FAITH. The proof of this doctrine being now concluded, the apostle comes here to treat of its fruits, reserving the full consideration of this topic to another stage of the argument (Romans 8:1-39).

Ephesians 2:3 — open "walk" in gross sins on the part of the majority of Ephesians in times past, the Gentile portion of whom may be specially referred to in Ephesians 2:2. Paul and his Jewish countrymen, though outwardly more seemly than the Gentiles (Acts 26:4; Acts 26:5; Acts 26:18), had been essentially like them in living to the unrenewed flesh, without the Spirit of God. fulfilling—Greek, doing. mind—Greek, "our thoughts." Mental suggestions and purposes (independent of God), as distinguished from the blind

Ephesians 5 overview — CHAPTER 5 :-. EXHORTATIONS TO LOVE: AND AGAINST CARNAL LUSTS AND COMMUNICATIONS. CIRCUMSPECTION IN WALK: REDEEMING THE TIME: BEING FILLED WITH THE SPIRIT: SINGING TO THE LORD WITH THANKFULNESS: THE WIFE'S DUTY TO THE HUSBAND RESTS ON THAT OF THE CHURCH TO CHRIST.

Ephesians 6:12 — 12:4). Translate, "The principalities . . . the powers" (Ephesians 1:21; Colossians 1:16; see on Colossians 1:16- :). The same grades of powers are specified in the case of the demons here, as in that of angels there (compare Romans 8:38; 1 Corinthians 15:24; Colossians 2:15). The Ephesians had practiced sorcery (Colossians 2:15- :), so that he appropriately treats of evil spirits in addressing them. The more clearly any book of Scripture, as this, treats of the economy of the kingdom of light, the more

2 Thessalonians 2:3 — 3. by any means—Greek, "in any manner." Christ, in :-, gives the same warning in connection with the same event. He had indicated three ways ( :-) in which they might be deceived (compare other ways, 2 Thessalonians 2:9; Matthew 24:5; Matthew 24:24). a falling away—rather as the Greek, "the falling away," or "apostasy," namely, the one of which "I told you" before (2 Thessalonians 2:5), "when I was yet with you," and of which the Lord gave some intimation (Matthew 24:10-12; John

2 Thessalonians 2:5 — 5. Remember, &c.—confuting those who represent Paul as having labored under error as to Christ's immediate coming when writing his first Epistle, and as now correcting that error. I told you—more than once, literally, "I was telling," or "used to tell."

2 Timothy 3:5 — 5. form—outward semblance. godliness—piety. denying—rather as Greek, "having denied," that is, renounced. the power—the living, regenerating, sanctifying influence of it. turn away—implying that some of such characters, forerunners of the last days, were already in the Church.

1 John 5 overview — CHAPTER 5 :-. WHO ARE THE BRETHREN ESPECIALLY TO BE LOVED ( :-); OBEDIENCE, THE TEST OF LOVE, EASY THROUGH FAITH, WHICH OVERCOMES THE WORLD. LAST PORTION OF THE EPISTLE. THE SPIRIT'S WITNESS TO THE BELIEVER'S SPIRITUAL LIFE. TRUTHS REPEATED AT THE CLOSE: FAREWELL WARNING.