Bible Commentaries

Psalms 105:37 — 37. with silver and gold—presented them by the Egyptians, as an acknowledgment due for their labors in their bondage (compare Exodus 12:35). one feeble person—or, "stumbler," unfit for the line of march. Compare "harnessed," that is, accoutred and marshalled as an army on march (Exodus 13:18; Isaiah 5:27).

Psalms 124:8 — 8. (Compare :-). name—in the usual sense (Psalms 5:11; Psalms 20:1). He thus places over against the great danger the omnipotent God, and drowns, as it were in an anthem, the wickedness of the whole world and of hell, just as a great fire consumes a little drop of water [LUTHER].

Psalms 138:1 — 1. I will praise thee with my whole heart—(Compare Psalms 9:1). before the gods—whether angels (Psalms 8:5); or princes (Exodus 21:6; Psalms 82:6); or idols (Psalms 97:7); denotes a readiness to worship the true God alone, and a contempt of all other objects of worship.

Proverbs 1:4 — 4. simple—one easily led to good or evil; so the parallel. young man—one inexperienced. subtilty—or prudence (Proverbs 3:21; Proverbs 5:21). discretion—literally, "device," both qualities, either good or bad, according to their use. Here good, as they imply wariness by which to escape evil and find good.

Isaiah 23:5 — 5. As, &c.—rather, "When the report (shall reach) the people of Egypt, they shall be sorely pained at the report concerning Tyre" (namely, its overthrow). So JEROME, "When the Egyptians shall hear that so powerful a neighboring nation has been destroyed, they must know their own end is near" [LOWTH, &c.].

Isaiah 26:17 — 17. An image of anguish accompanied with expectation, to be followed by joy that will cause the anguish utterly to be forgotten. Zion, looking for deliverance, seemingly in vain, but really about to be gloriously saved (Micah 4:9; Micah 4:10-13; Micah 5:1-3; John 16:21; John 16:22).

Isaiah 32:5 — 5. vile—rather, "fool" [LOWTH]; that is, ungodly (Psalms 14:1; Psalms 74:18). liberal—rather, "noble-minded." churl—rather, "fraudulent" [GESENIUS]. bountiful—religiously. The atheistic churl, who envies the believer his hope "full of immortality," shall no longer be held as a patriot struggling for the emancipation of mankind from superstition [HORSLEY].

Jeremiah 14:2 — 2. gates—The place of public concourse in each city looks sad, as being no longer frequented (Isaiah 3:26; Isaiah 24:4). black—that is, they mourn (blackness being indicative of sorrow), (Isaiah 24:4- :). unto the ground—bowing towards it. cry—of distress (1 Samuel 5:12; Isaiah 24:11).

Jeremiah 28:5 — 5. the prophet Jeremiah—the epithet, "the prophet," is prefixed to "Jeremiah" throughout this chapter, to correspond to the same epithet before "Hananiah"; except in :-, where "the prophet" has been inserted in English Version. The rival claims of the true and the false prophet are thus put in the more prominent contrast.

Jeremiah 51:9 — 9. We would have healed—We attempted to heal. her judgment—her crimes provoking God's "judgments" [GROTIUS]. reacheth unto heaven— (Genesis 18:21; Jonah 1:2; Revelation 18:5). Even the heathen nations perceive that her awful fall must be God's judgment for her crying sins (Psalms 9:16; Psalms 64:9).

Ezekiel 11:5 — 5. Spirit . . . fell upon me—stronger than "entered into me" (Ezekiel 2:2; Ezekiel 3:24), implying the zeal of the Spirit of God roused to immediate indignation at the contempt of God shown by the scorners. I know— (Ezekiel 3:24- :). Your scornful jests at My word escape not My notice.

Ezekiel 16:42 — 42. my fury . . . rest—when My justice has exacted the full penalty commensurate with thy awful guilt (see on Ezekiel 5:13). It is not a mitigation of the penalty that is here foretold, but such an utter destruction of all the guilty that there shall be no need of further punishment [CALVIN].

Zephaniah 2:12 — 12. Fulfilled when Nebuchadnezzar (God's sword, :-) conquered Egypt, with which Ethiopia was closely connected as its ally (Jeremiah 46:2-9; Ezekiel 30:5-9). Ye—literally, "They." The third person expresses estrangement; while doomed before God's tribunal in the second person, they are spoken of in the third as aliens from God.

Matthew 9:1-38 — LA CURACION DE UN PARALITICO. (Pasajes paralelos, Marco 2:1; Lucas 5:17). Parece que este incidente sigue inmediatamente en orden de tiempo a la curación del leproso (cap. 8:1-4). Para su exposición, véase el comentario sobre Marco 2:1. 9-13. EL LLAMAMIENTO DE MATEO Y LA FIESTA DADA POR EL. (Pasajes paralelos, Marco

Mark 5:38 — 38. And he cometh—rather, "they come." to the house of the ruler of the synagogue, and seeth the tumult, and them that wept and wailed greatly—"the minstrels and the people making a noise" (Matthew 9:23) —lamenting for the dead. (See 2 Chronicles 35:25; Jeremiah 9:20; Amos 5:16).

Luke 22:5 — 5. money—"thirty pieces of silver" (Matthew 26:15); thirty shekels, the fine payable for man- or maid-servant accidentally killed (Exodus 21:32), and equal to between four and five pounds of our money—"a goodly price that I was priced at of them" (Exodus 21:32- :). (See on Exodus 21:32- :.)

Acts 27:5 — 5. when we had sailed over the Sea of Cilicia and Pamphylia—coasts with which Paul had been long familiar, the one, perhaps, from boyhood, the other from the time of his first missionary tour. we came to Myra, a city of Lycia—a port a little east of Patara (see on :-).

1 Corinthians 11:12 — 12. As the woman was formed out of (from) the man, even so is man born by means of woman; but all things (including both man and woman) are from God as their source (Romans 11:36; 2 Corinthians 5:18). They depend mutually each on the other, and both on him.

Galatians 5:23 — 23. temperance—The Greek root implies self-restraint as to one's desires and lusts. against such—not persons, but things, as in :-. no law—confirming :-, "Not under the law" (1 Timothy 1:9; 1 Timothy 1:10). The law itself commands love (Galatians 5:14); so far is it from being "against such."

1 Thessalonians 1:4 — 4. Knowing—Forasmuch as we know. your election of God—The Greek is rather, "beloved by God"; so Romans 1:7; 2 Thessalonians 2:13. "Your election" means that God has elected you as individual believers to eternal life (Romans 11:5; Romans 11:7; Colossians 3:12; 2 Thessalonians 2:13).