Bible Commentaries

Genesis 27:1 — Y sucedió que cuando Isaac envejeció, y sus ojos estaban nublados y no podía ver, llamó a Esaú, su hijo mayor, y le dijo: Hijo mío; y él le dijo: He aquí [aquí soy] yo. Ver. 1. Isaac era viejo y sus ojos estaban nublados. ] La vejez es en sí misma una enfermedad y el sumidero de todas las enfermedades. Este Salomón presenta dulcemente Eclesiastés 12: 1-7 mediante una alegoría continua, Ubi quot lumina imo flumina orationis

Exodus 20:8 — seventh day from the creation, but the day of religious rest; such is now our Christian Sabbath, called a "Sabbath day" by our Saviour, Matthew 24:20 who is "Lord of this Sabbath," called therefore the Lord’s day, Revelation 1:10 as one of our sacraments is called "the Lord’s supper," 1 Corinthians 11:20 and "the table of the Lord," 1 Corinthians 10:21 because instituted by him. Pope Sylvester presumed to alter the Christian Sabbath, decreeing that

Job 31:27 — , as, saith Synesius, a great promoter of idolatry; and probably had tempted good Job to this sin also; but was bravely repulsed. If I have done this secretly, saith he, that is, contrary to my open profession of sincere religion. See Deuteronomy 27:10 . Or, my mouth hath kissed my hand — An action of idolaters, who kissed their idols that were present, 1 Kings 19:18 Hosea 13:2 (as the Papists now do their idols, even to the wearing of hardest marble), and to those which were further from them,

Psalms 150:4 — Praise him with the timbrel and dance: praise him with stringed instruments and organs. Praise him with the timbrel and dance — Or, pipe. But these are ancient things (as it is said in another case, 1 Chronicles 4:22 ), and now out of date. When the use of these musical instruments crept into the Christian Churches (which was not till lately) great abuses crept in with it; the preaching of the word was changed into songs and anthems, little understood

Proverbs 14:15 — debeas, Bern. de bono desert. Wisdom would, that as men should not be too censorious ("This man blasphemeth," said they of our Saviour), so neither too credulous, as the giddy headed Galatians were to their seducing doctors; - "I Galatians 1:6 wonder that ye are so soon removed," … Let us leave to the Papists Ministrorum muta officia, populi caeca obsequia - their ministers’ dumb services, their people’s blind obediences; and ever count it a singular folly to take

Proverbs 21:8 — man is froward and strange. — And therefore strange, because froward, various, and voluble, so that you know not where to have him, be is so unconstant, nor what to make of him, he is so uncertain and unsettled; "double minded," James 1:8 double tongued; 1 Timothy 3:8 versutulus et versatilis - “ Qui tantum constans in levitate sua. ” Folieta Galeazo reports of Sforza, Duke of Milan, that he was a very monster, made up and compact of virtue and vice. Such of old were Alcibiades,

Proverbs 23:23 — understanding. Buy the truth and sell it not. — Every parcel of truth is precious, as the filings of gold, as the bezar stone, when beaten, are carefully looked to and preserved. "Hold fast the faithful word," as with both hands. Titus 1:9 "Strive together for the faith of the gospel." Philippians 1:27 Be zealous for it; Judges 1:3 η ταν η επι ταν , Either live with it, or die for it. As we have received it as a legacy from

Proverbs 31:1 — Lemuel, the prophecy that his mother taught him. The words of King Lemuel. — Lemuel’s lesson, Bathsheba’s catechism. Lemuel she calls him, because God had owned him. "I will be his father, and be shall be my son"; 2 Samuel 7:14 and was "with him" so long as he was "with God," according to 2 Chronicles 15:2 . Indeed, when he grew discinct and dissolute, then God’s soul sat loose to him, and was disjointed from him, Jeremiah 6:8 and the rather because

Isaiah 40:1 — because heavily afflicted. See Isaiah 40:27 of this chapter, with Lamentations 5:22 . Here, therefore, command is given for their comfort, and that gospel be preached to the penitent; the word here used signifieth, first to repent, then to comfort. 1 Samuel 15:35 1 Samuel 12:24 This our prophet had been a Boanerges, a thundering preacher, all the fore part of his life. See one instance for all, Isaiah 24:1-23 where, Pericles-like, fulgurat, intonat, totam terram permiscet, … Now toward his

Isaiah 9:3 — didst thou give them such joy" - i.e., such matter of joy as now thou intendest to do. Or thus, "Thou wilt multiply this nation, thou wilt increase their joy"; especially by sending thy Son, who is called "the gift," John 4:10 "the benefit," 1 Timothy 6:2 such as wherein all discontents are soon swallowed up. Everlasting joy shall be upon the heads of the Lord’s ransomed ones, they "shall obtain joy and gladness, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away."

Joel 1:2 — (Aristóteles excluye a los jóvenes de sus conferencias de ética, porque son crudos y temerarios: la madera verde se encoge y se deforma constantemente), así tenéis más experiencia; y, sin embargo, no tanto, sino para que al oír seáis más sabios, Proverbios 1:5 . Solon dijo que nunca podría ser demasiado mayor para aprender, γηρασκω αιει πολλα διδασκομενος. Julianus, el abogado, dijo que cuando tuviera un pie en la tumba, tendría el otro en la escuela. David Chytraeus, cuando agonizaba, se levantó para escuchar

Micah 2:4 — sorrowful. And lament with a doleful lamentation — Heb. with a lamentation of lamentations, or with heigh-ho upon heigh-ho, as the word seems to signify. We be utterly spoiled — Plundered to the life, laid naked to the very foundation, Micah 1:6 , put into such a condition as that there is neither hope of better nor place of worse. He hath changed the portion of my people — That is, God, or the Assyrian, by God’s appointment, hath taken away our country, and given it to strangers.

Micah 5:2 — the thousands of Judah, [yet] out of thee shall he come forth unto me [that is] to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth [have been] from of old, from everlasting. But thou, Bethlehem Ephratah — Not so called from Ephratah, Caleb’s wife, 1 Chronicles 2:19 ; 1 Chronicles 2:50-51 , but from its fruitfulness; whence also it had the name Bethlehem, that is, the house of bread, where Jesus (that bread of life, that came down from heaven, John 6:33 ) was born in the fulness of time, as is here

Matthew 3:9 — dentro de vosotros ] Los hipócritas nunca están sin sus agujeros de refugio, de los que deben ser sacados. Hay infinitos giros y vueltas en el corazón del hombre, estudioso de engañarse a sí mismo con algún paralogismo (παραλογιζομενοι εαυτους, Stg 1:22). Por lo tanto, el apóstol a menudo premisa: "No os engañéis", cuando considera a los réprobos, 1 Corintios 6:9 ; Efesios 5:6,8 . Tenemos a Abraham como nuestro padre ] ¿Qué hay de eso? también Ismael, un paria, -Esau, un náufrago, etc. Los privilegios

1 Thessalonians 3:8 — Porque ahora vivimos, si permanecéis firmes en el Señor. Ver. 8. Por ahora vivimos ] Una vida sin alegría es una vida sin vida. Un pastor fracasado tiene poco o ningún gozo en su vida. "Así diréis al que vive", 1 Samuel 25:6 , es decir, que vive en la tranquilidad del corazón. "Todos los días de los afligidos son malos", Proverbios 15:15 . Tan bueno estar fuera del mundo (dicen) como no tener alegría del mundo. Ahora, "no tengo mayor alegría", dice San Juan,

Hebrews 9:14 — ¿Cuánto más la sangre de Cristo, quien mediante el Espíritu eterno se ofreció a sí mismo sin mancha a Dios, limpiará vuestra conciencia de obras muertas para servir al Dios vivo? Ver. 14. Por el Espíritu eterno ] Es decir, por su Deidad, llamado Espíritu de santidad, Romanos 1:4 , y el Espíritu, 1 Timoteo 3:16 , que dio valor y virtud a su muerte, tanto para satisfacer como para santificar. Purifica tu conciencia ] Esta es la redención

Hebrews 9:2 — atrio exterior, ya que no es pertinente a su propósito actual. Pero había tanto en el tabernáculo como en el templo, el lugar santísimo, el santuario y el atrio del pueblo: de lo cual son responsables en el hombre, "El espíritu, el alma y el cuerpo", 1 Tesalonicenses 5:23 . Y así como la nube, 1 Reyes 8:10,11 , llenó primero el lugar santísimo, luego el santo y luego el atrio exterior, así el Espíritu Santo renueva el espíritu de nuestra mente, y luego nuestra voluntad y afecto, y luego el hombre

Revelation 17:3 — heads and ten horns. Into the wilderness — Whither the true Church fled, Re. xii., of which they must be (saith one) that can learn to know the Romish Church to be a whore, condemned of God. I saw a woman — See Trapp on " Revelation 17:1 " Sit upon — Not going afoot, as Christ and the apostles did, but magnificently mounted, as the pope is ever, either upon a stately palfrey (emperors holding his stirrup) or upon men’s shoulders. England was once called the pope’s

Revelation 3:22 — See Revelation 4:1

Revelation 3:22 — Ver Apocalipsis 4: 1