Bible Commentaries

1 Chronicles 3:8 — And Elishama, and Eliada, and Eliphelet, nine. And Elishama. — See 1 Chronicles 3:6 .

Malachi 4:2 — nombre ] Ya se ha dicho cuál será la condición de las personas sin gracia. Ahora, para los justos, que no han servido a Dios en vano, se verá bien por los muchos beneficios que cosecharán y recibirán por Cristo; cinco de los cuales se recitan aquí. 1. Imputación de la justicia de Cristo, que se compara con la iluminación de este mundo inferior por los rayos del sol 2. Remisión de pecados, que se compara con la curación de enfermedades. 3. Regeneración, que se asemeja a la marcha de un enfermo cuando

Acts 19:10 — the reason why so much preaching and little practice? answered, Deest ignis, the fire of God is wanting, there is not a coal to warm at. It was otherwise now at Ephesus; all was on a light fire, which opened to St Paul that great door and effectual,1 Corinthians 16:9; 1 Corinthians 16:9 , so that all they that dwelt in Asia were fired up to a holy contention in godliness.

Acts 25:27 — For it seemeth to me unreasonable to send a prisoner, and not withal to signify the crimes laid against him. For it seems to me unreasonable — And should not God’s people be as careful to perform unto him a reasonable service, Romans 12:1 , such as whereof they can render a sound and intelligible reason out of the word of God? Should they not prove what that good, and holy, and acceptable will of God is, Acts 25:21 , by taking warrant from his word, and doing all to his glory? Is

Romans 1:23 — after his image. And four-footed beasts — God therefore justly gave them up to sodomy, which did abase them below the beasts; that there might be an analogy between the sin and the punishment. This is called a "meet recompence,"Romans 1:27; Romans 1:27 . They dishonoured God, they dishonoured therefore themselves. They would not know nor honour him, they shall not therefore know nor spare one another, …; so severely will God punish the contempt of and rebellion against the light. And

Romans 5:5 — maketh not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us. Hope maketh not ashamed — As among men, many lie languishing at hope’s hospital, as he did at the pool of Bethesda,John 5:1-9; John 5:1-9 , and return as they did from the brooks of Tema, Job 6:17 . Or, as men go to a lottery with heads full of hopes, but return with hearts full of blanks. The Dutch have a proverb to this purpose, Sperare et expectare, multos reddit stultos.

Romans 7:23 — But I see another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members. A law in my members — Called the deeds of the body, Romans 8:13 , because corruption acteth and uttereth itself by the members of the body. επιθυμιαν Plato πολυκεφαλον appellat. The πανσπερμια

1 Corinthians 12:31 — Have all the gifts of healing? do all speak with tongues? do all interpret? 31 But covet earnestly the best gifts: and yet shew I unto you a more excellent way. Covet earnestly, … — Ζηλουτε , ambite. This is the best ambition. Christians should strive to excel, and be the

1 Corinthians 4:5 — resurrection one day of names as well as of bodies. Let that stay us when belied or misreported. And then shall every man have praise of God — His faith (now haply hidden, or not noticed) shall then be "found to praise, honour, and glory," 1 Peter 1:7 , -praise from the mouth of the Judge, honour in the hearts of saints and angels, glory in the kingdom of heaven after the judgment ended. Christ shall then be not only his compurgator, A witness to character who swore along with the person

1 Corinthians 9:24 — which run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize? So run, that ye may obtain. Know ye not — The apostle argueth from their profane sports, yet approveth them not; as neither doth the Lord patronize usury, Matthew 25:27 ; injustice, Luke 16:1 ; thefts, 1 Thessalonians 5:2 ; dancing, Matthew 11:17 . So run that ye may obtain, — Here is the race, but above the crown, saith Ignatius to Polycarp. ( ωδε μεν εστι το

Galatians 5:23 — preferred (as the best piece) Seneca’s book of Clemency. When she said, that book had done her much good; yea, said one, but it hath done your subjects much hurt. (Sir W. Vaughan, Mr Heyrick’s Three Sermons.) Against such there is no law — 1 Timothy 1:9 . As for the works of the flesh, there is no gospel. The righteous need no law to compel them, therefore they shall have none to condemn them. The law confineth them to live in that element where they would live; as if one should be confined

Ephesians 3:8 — unsearchable riches — Gr. ανεξιχνιαστον . Not to be traced out. Should not ministers be made welcome that come to men on such golden messages? In Christ are riches of justification, Titus 2:14 ; sanctification, Philippians 4:12-13 ; consolation, 2 Corinthians 12:9 ; glorification, 1 Peter 1:5 .

Ephesians 4:18 — devil’s black hand held before their eyes, 2 Corinthians 4:4 . See Trapp on " 2 Corinthians 4:4 " Alienated from the life of God — That is, from a godly life, which none can live but those that partake of the divine nature,2 Peter 1:4; 2 Peter 1:4 . Because of the blindness — Gr. πωρωσιν , callum obductum. Hardness, brawniness, a hoof upon their hearts, corneas fibras, brawny breasts, horny heart-strings. The Greek word imports a metaphor

Ephesians 5:11 — darkness, but rather reprove them . Have no fellowship — No needless society for fear of infection; get the wind of those stinking carcases; "hate the garment spotted by the flesh," that is, avoid ill company (saith Perkins), as Leviticus 15:4 . The Lacedaemonians would not allow a stranger to be with them more than three days; and shall we associate ourselves with such as are strangers to God? Works of darkness — Work done in the dark must be undone again, or else we are sure to

2 Timothy 2:25 — ελεγχετε διακρινομενοι . Arguite disputatos; sic Lorinus vertit. But Christ commands not only by force of argument to convince them,Judges 1:22; Judges 1:22 , but also to handle them gently, and in meekness to instruct them. If God will give them, … — Repentance is God’s gift: neither is it in the power of any to repent at pleasure. Some vainly conceit that these five

Hebrews 1:13 — Henry, whom he crowned while he was yet alive; though afterwards he suffered him not to be what himself had made him. Until I make thine enemies, … — Till the mystery of man’s redemption be finished, death the last enemy destroyed, 1 Corinthians 15:26 , the saints perfected and placed at his right hand, Matthew 25:33 ; Revelation 3:21 ; Psalms 45:1-17 .

1 Peter 4:19 — Wherefore let them that suffer according to the will of God commit the keeping of their souls to him in well doing, as unto a faithful Creator. Commit the keeping — As a precious depositum. So did our Saviour both in his lifetime,1 Peter 2:23; 1 Peter 2:23 , and at his death, Luke 23:46 . So did Stephen and all the holy martyrs after him. Archbishop Cranmer often repeated these words in the flame, "Lord Jesus, receive my spirit." A certain Spanish monk that stood by

Jude 1:1 — heretics, whom he describeth here to the life, and opposeth them to his utmost. To them that are sanctified — Or to them that are beloved, as other copies have it. Preserved — "Kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation," 1 Peter 1:5.

Revelation 12:4 — a la reina Isabel que confirmara la liturgia inglesa con su autoridad, concediéndole también el uso de los sacramentos en ambos tipos, para que ella se uniera a la Iglesia Romana. Y cómo el Papa arañó a nuestro rey cuando estaba en España, en el año 1623 d.C., es más conocido de lo que necesito relatar aquí. (Jac. Revius, vit. Pontif.) Y el dragón se paró delante de la mujer ] Esto implica: 1. Su disposición y cercanía; 2. Su instancia y diligencia. Porque para devorar a su hijo ] Como ese dragón

Revelation 9:11 — the Hebrew tongue is Abaddon, but in the Greek tongue hath his name Apollyon. And they had a king over them — Being herein wiser than those other locusts, Proverbs 30:27 . The angel of the bottomless pit — That apostate star,Revelation 9:1; Revelation 9:1 , the devil’s lieutenant, general, the Western Antichrist the pope, not excluding the Turk, that Antichrist of the East, that comes next to be spoken of. And indeed they may well go together; for they both set up another law than