Bible Commentaries

Genesis 11:27 — Estas son las generaciones de Taré: Taré engendró a Abram, Nacor y Harán; y Harán engendró a Lot. Ver. 27. Taré engendró a Abram. ] Quién, si fue el primogénito de Taré, es una gran pregunta; pero, al ser un hombre importante, se le menciona por primera vez. (Abram no fue el primogénito de Taré. Génesis 11:32 ; Gen 12: 4 Esto significa que Taré tenía 130 años cuando engendró a Abram. Editor).

Genesis 31:4 — Y Jacob envió y llamó a Raquel y a Lea al campo a su rebaño, Ver. 4. Y Jacob envió y llamó a Raquel, etc. ] Consulta con sus esposas; nosotros también deberíamos hacerlo en cuestiones de peso, especialmente de remover. Son nuestras "compañeras", las esposas "de nuestro pacto", Mal 2:14, no nuestros vasallos ni estrados de nuestros pies; y por lo tanto debe ser tanto de nuestro tribunal como de nuestro abogado.

Exodus 15:3 — El SEÑOR es hombre de guerra; el SEÑOR es su nombre. Ver. 3. El Señor es un hombre de guerra. ] Sí, él solo es todo un ejército de hombres, tanto en van como en retaguardia. Isa 52:12 El envía la espada; Eze 14:17 alista a los hombres; Isa 13: 4 ordena las municiones; Jer 50:25 da la victoria: de ahí que el caldeo lo denomine, el Señor y Vencedor de las guerras.

Exodus 4:4 — Y Jehová dijo a Moisés: Extiende tu mano, y tómala por la cola. Y él extendió su mano y la tomó, y se convirtió en una vara en su mano. Ver. 4. Tómalo por la cola. ] Lo cual fue terrible de hacer, debido a la antipatía y al posible peligro; pero la fe fortalece el corazón contra el temor de la criatura y lleva al hombre a través de la dificultad del deber.

Exodus 5:8 — Y sobre ellos pondrás la historia de los ladrillos que hicieron antes; no lo disminuiréis, porque están ociosos; por tanto, claman, diciendo: Vayamos [y] ofrezcamos sacrificios a nuestro Dios. Ver. 8. Porque están ociosos. ] Una vez escuché a un gran hombre decir, dice Lutero, Necesse est otiosos esse homilies qui ista nego religionis curant. Deben ser personas ociosas que están tan ocupadas con el negocio de la religión. Ver a Trapp en " Exo 5: 4 "

Proverbs 31:22 — She maketh herself coverings of tapestry; her clothing [is] silk and purple. Her clothing is silk and purple. — Suitable to her husband’s condition, who is a principal man. Proverbs 31:23 That is excellent counsel that Tertullian gives women, Vestite vos serico pietatis, byssino sanctitatis, purpura pudicitiae: Lib. de cultu faem. Clothe yourselves with the silk of piety, with the satin of sanctity, with the purple of modesty, … See 1 Peter 3:3-4 .

Isaiah 65:19 — And I will rejoice in Jerusalem, and joy in my people: and the voice of weeping shall be no more heard in her, nor the voice of crying. And I will rejoice in Jerusalem. — Well may Jerusalem then rejoice in God, who as in all her afflictions he is afflicted, so he taketh pleasure in the prosperity of his people. And the voice of weeping. — See Isaiah 35:10 ; Isaiah 51:12 Revelation 21:4 .

Jeremiah 20:18 — Wherefore came I forth out of the womb to see labour and sorrow, that my days should be consumed with shame? Wherefore came I forth, … — Passions are a most dangerous and heady water when once they are out. That my days should be consumed with shame? — Why, but a Christian soldier may have a very great arrear. 2 Timothy 4:7-8 Vincet aliquando pertinax bonitas He will conquer sometimes obstinate goodness. Revelation 2:10

Jeremiah 3:20 — Surely [as] a wife treacherously departeth from her husband, so have ye dealt treacherously with me, O house of Israel, saith the LORD. Surely as a treacherous wife, … — This ye have done, but that is your present grief, and now you look upon your former disloyalties with a lively hatred of them, holding that the time past of your life may suffice to have wrought the will of the Gentiles, … 1 Peter 4:3

Jeremiah 35:18 — And Jeremiah said unto the house of the Rechabites, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Because ye have obeyed the commandment of Jonadab your father, and kept all his precepts, and done according unto all that he hath commanded you: Because ye have obeyed the commandment. — Obedience to parents hath an ample recompense of reward, as that which is good and acceptable before God and men. 1 Timothy 5:4

Jeremiah 38:13 — So they drew up Jeremiah with cords, and took him up out of the dungeon: and Jeremiah remained in the court of the prison. So they drew up Jeremiah with cords. — And God was not unrighteous to forget this their work and labour of love. Hebrews 6:10 Jeremiah 39:17-18 And Jeremiah remained in the court of the prison. — Manacled and fettered, as some R. David, Vatabl. gather from Jeremiah 40:4 .

Ezekiel 40:47 — So he measured the court, an hundred cubits long, and an hundred cubits broad, foursquare; and the altar [that was] before the house. So he measured. — Christ doeth all things in his Church in number, weight, and measure. By his Spirit he ordereth the length, breadth, and depth of his spiritual house, and bestoweth his gifts by measure to each member. Romans 12:6 1 Corinthians 12:28-29 Ephesians 3:7 ; Ephesians 4:7

Ezekiel 44:1 — Then he brought me back the way of the gate of the outward sanctuary which looketh toward the east; and it [was] shut. Then he brought me back. — From the east gate, which was found shut, to the north gate, where the prophet received large instructions. Ezekiel 44:4 Christ must be followed, though he seem to lead us in and out, backward and forward, as if we were treading a maze.

Daniel 4:21 — Whose leaves [were] fair, and the fruit thereof much, and in it [was] meat for all; under which the beasts of the field dwelt, and upon whose branches the fowls of the heaven had their habitation: Whose leaves were fair. — See on Daniel 4:12 . Under which the beasts of the field dwelt, … — A king should to all his subjects, high and low, extend his favour according to every one’s quality and degree.

Daniel 7:22 — Until the Ancient of days came, and judgment was given to the saints of the most High; and the time came that the saints possessed the kingdom. Until the Ancient of days came. — Not by change of place, but change of providence. Zechariah 14:3-4 And judgment was given to the saints. — As upprovers of Christ’s righteous judgment. That the saints possessed the kingdom, — sc., In Christ their head. Daniel 7:10

Matthew 12:16 — And charged them that they should not make him known: That they should not make him known — This, his ambitious kinsmen, who sought to get credit and glory among men by his worthy works, upbraid him with, John 7:4 ; "If thou do these things, show thyself to the world," say they; and so proclaim that they believed not in him, John 7:7 ; cfJohn 5:44; John 5:44 ; John 12:43 .

Matthew 26:5 — But they said, Not on the feast day , lest there be an uproar among the people. Not on the feast day, lest, … — But God would have it on that feast day, and no other, Acts 4:27 . And here these wicked ones fulfil the divine decree: but no thanks to them: more than to Haman for Mordecai’s advancement, whereunto Haman held the stirrup only. Divinum consilium dum devitatur impletur, saith a Father.

Luke 1:57 — Now Elisabeth’s full time came that she should be delivered; and she brought forth a son. And she brought forth a son — The voice of the Lord maketh the hinds to calve, Psalms 29:9 , though of all other brute creatures they bring forth with greatest trouble, bowing themselves bruising their young, and casting out their sorrows, Job 39:4 ; Job 39:6 . How much more will he help his dear handmaids!

Luke 21:5 — And he said, Of a truth I say unto you, that this poor widow hath cast in more than they all: 4 For all these have of their abundance cast in unto the offerings of God: but she of her penury hath cast in all the living that she had. 5 And as some spake of the temple, how it was adorned with goodly stones and gifts, he said, See Trapp on " Matthew 24:1 "

Acts 7:8 — And he gave him the covenant of circumcision: and so Abraham begat Isaac, and circumcised him the eighth day; and Isaac begat Jacob; and Jacob begat the twelve patriarchs. Ver. 8-18 — See Trapp on " Genesis 17:11 " See Trapp on " Genesis 37:28 " See Trapp on " Genesis 41:37 " See Trapp on " Genesis 42:1 " See Trapp on " Genesis 45:4 " See Trapp on " Genesis 45:16 " See Trapp on " Genesis 46:27 "