Bible Commentaries

Genesis 47:11 — And Joseph placed his father and his brethren, and gave them a possession in the land of Egypt, in the best of the land, in the land of Rameses, as Pharaoh had commanded. In the land of Rameses. — That is, in the whole territory where Rameses was afterwards built. Exodus 1:11

Exodus 21:2 — If thou buy an Hebrew servant, six years he shall serve: and in the seventh he shall go out free for nothing. In the seventh year. — No longer might they serve, because they were God’s servants; Leviticus 25:42 whose privilege, see in Isaiah 65:13-14 Christ’s "freemen." 1 Corinthians 7:22

Exodus 30:21 — So they shall wash their hands and their feet, that they die not: and it shall be a statute for ever to them, [even] to him and to his seed throughout their generations. That they die not. — Come not to an untimely end, as Nadab and Abihu did. Leviticus 10:1-2

Exodus 33:17 — And the LORD said unto Moses, I will do this thing also that thou hast spoken: for thou hast found grace in my sight, and I know thee by name. I know thee by name. — As princes do their favourites, who easily forget others, as Saul did David. 1 Samuel 17:55

Ezra 1:2 — Judah. The Lord God of heaven hath given me — This good language Cyrus might well learn of Daniel, who flourished under his reign, Daniel 5:28 , and probably acquainted him with the prophecies that went before of him, Isaiah 44:28 ; Isaiah 45:1 . Jaddeus, the high priest, did the like, many years after, to Alexander the Great; who not only thereupon spared the Jews, but highly honoured them, as Josephus relateth. Here, then, we see this potentate of the earth giveth unto the Lord the glory

Leviticus 20:18 — And if a man shall lie with a woman having her sickness, and shall uncover her nakedness; he hath discovered her fountain, and she hath uncovered the fountain of her blood: and both of them shall be cut off from among their people. Ver. 18-20. See on Leviticus 18:1-30 .

Leviticus 24:3 — Without the vail of the testimony, in the tabernacle of the congregation, shall Aaron order it from the evening unto the morning before the LORD continually: [it shall be] a statute for ever in your generations. From the evening unto the morning. — In the morning it went out. 1 Samuel 3:3

Leviticus 6:14 — And this [is] the law of the meat offering: the sons of Aaron shall offer it before the LORD, before the altar. The law of the meat offering. — Besides what is set down in Leviticus 2:1-2 . Thus one text explains another; as the diamond is brightened with its own dust.

Leviticus 6:17 — It shall not be baken with leaven. I have given it [unto them for] their portion of my offerings made by fire; it [is] most holy, as [is] the sin offering, and as the trespass offering. It shall not be baken with leaven. — Which is, (1.) souring; (2.) swelling; (3.) spreading; (4.) impuring.

Isaiah 55:1 — Todo el que tiene sed, venid a las aguas, y el que no tiene dinero; venid, comprad y comed; sí, ven, compra vino y leche sin dinero y sin precio. Ver. 1. Ho, todo el que tiene sed. ] Sitit sitiri Dominus, dice Nazianzen, a el Señor incluso tiene sed de tener sed; él "busca que le adoren los que le adorarán en espíritu y en verdad". Jn 4:23 De ahí esta proclamación actual, "Todos," de cualquier nación

Numbers 19:17 — And for an unclean [person] they shall take of the ashes of the burnt heifer of purification for sin, and running water shall be put thereto in a vessel: And running water. — Signifying the ashes of Christ’s merit, and the water of his Spirit. See 1 Corinthians 6:11 John 7:38-39 .

Numbers 5:3 — Both male and female shall ye put out, without the camp shall ye put them; that they defile not their camps, in the midst whereof I dwell. Without the camp shall ye put them. — Evildoers are to be suspended, excommunicated, 1 Corinthians 5:13 which text showeth plainly the truth of this ceremony.

Micah 2:7 — llamada Casa de Jacob, ¿se ha estrechado el espíritu del SEÑOR? [son] estas sus obras? ¿No hacen bien mis palabras al que anda en rectitud? Ver. 7. Oh tú, que te nombras la casa de Jacob ] Que tienes nombre para vivir pero estás muerto, Apocalipsis 3:1 ; que eres llamado judío, y te jactas de Dios, Romanos 2:17 ; tienes apariencia de conocimiento, Romanos 2:20 , y apariencia de piedad, 2 Timoteo 3:3 ; una apariencia de santidad, Lucas 8:18 ; actuando como religión, jugando a la devoción, como

Micah 7:1 — ¡Ay de mí! porque soy como cuando han recogido los frutos del verano, como las uvas de la vendimia: no hay racimo para comer: mi alma deseaba el primer fruto. Ver. 1. Ay de mí, porque soy como cuando recogieron los frutos del verano ] Allai li, ¡Ay de mí! Este último sermón suyo, el profeta, comienza con una patética pregunta, lamentando su propia infelicidad por el poco éxito de su ministerio. Mirifice autem nostris

Haggai 2:3 — year of Cyrus, Ezra 2:2 . And Jehoshua, the high priest, might be another; for he came out of Babylon with Zerubbabel at the same time, Ezra 3:2 . We see by experience that men’s lives are daily shortened. Natural reasons whereof may be these. 1. Untimely marriages. 2. Filling our bodies with variety of foods, and so digging our own graves with our own teeth. 3. Much ease and delicacy. The supernatural reason may be that so the world may sooner come to an end. God maketh haste to have the number

Matthew 7:1 — No juzguéis, para que no seáis juzgados. Ver. 1. No juzguéis , para que no seáis juzgados ] Hoc verbum quandam indaginem involvit. La palabra a implica una especie de investigación curiosa sobre las faltas de otros hombres, que podemos censurar con mayor severidad y someterlos a una interpretación

Galatians 3:26 — For ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus. The children of God — Gr. The sons of God, grown up at man’s estate; Qui magnum ferulae subduximus, who are no longer under a schoolmaster. How we are the children of God by faith. See Trapp on " John 1:12 "

Galatians 5:20 — Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies, Idolatry — This is fitly set after those fleshly sins, as commonly accompanied with them, 1 Corinthians 10:7-8 . Sir Walter Raleigh knew what he said, that were he to choose a religion for licentious liberty and lasciviousness, he would choose the Popish religion.

2 Peter 3:2 — That ye may be mindful of the words which were spoken before by the holy prophets, and of the commandment of us the apostles of the Lord and Saviour: Mindful of the words — See Trapp on " 1 Corinthians 15:2 " Run to this armoury of the Scriptures for weapons against seducers and epicures.

Revelation 5:10 — And hast made us unto our God kings and priests: and we shall reign on the earth. And we shall reign on the earth — Reign over our lusts; reign with and in Christ over all our enemies by a spiritual, not secular sceptre; and at last judge the world, 1 Corinthians 6:2 .