Bible Commentaries

Genesis 6:2 — tomaron para ellos mujeres de entre todas las que eligieron. Ver. 2. Que los hijos de Dios vieron a las hijas. ] Hijos de Dios; los que se habían llamado a sí mismos por su nombre, Gen 4:26 su peculiar pueblo profesante, llamado hijos de Jehová, Deu 14: 1 sí, su primogénito, y por tanto más alto que los reyes de la tierra. Sal 89:27 Por tanto, después de mencionar las cuatro monarquías, triunfa una mayor que todas; y ese es el "reino de los santos del Altísimo"; Dan 7: 17-18 santos en general se

Job 12:15 — out of the clouds, those bottles of rain, those airy sponges, vessels as thin as the liquor that is contained in them; it is from the power of God that they dissolve not upon us at once, and overwhelm us. Bartholinus reports that in the year of grace 1551 a great number of men and cattle were drowned by the sudden breaking of a cloud; various vineyards, stone walls, strong houses, were destroyed and ruined. At sea, sometimes, ships are by the same means sunk; seamen call it a water spout. Again, it

Job 12:19 — foul sins), slain by the Philistines. "The Lord hath despised, in the indignation of his anger, both the king and the priest," Lamentations 2:6 . "Both the prophet and the priest go about into a land that they know not," Jeremiah 14:18 . The word Cohen is used indifferently to signify a priest or prince, an ecclesiastical or secular governor. Broughton rendereth it here dukes; others, presidents or praefects of provinces. Honour is no shelter against the wrath of God. And overthroweth

Job 14:15 — thee: thou wilt have a desire to the work of thine hands. Thou shalt call, and I will answer thee — At the resurrection of the just thou shalt call me out of the grave by thine all powerful voice, uttered by that archangel, with the trump of God, 1 Thessalonians 4:16 1 Corinthians 15:52 Psalms 50:3-4 , and thou shalt not need to call twice; for as I shall not need then to fear (as the hypocrites will) to show my face, so I will readily answer, Here I am; yea (as that dying saint did so), I will

Job 38:1 — it forth), became his own patron, et huius disputationis sequester, and decider of this long controversy, vindicating his own authority, and teaching that truth in the four following chapters, which St Paul briefly compriseth in these words, Romans 11:33-34 , "O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past finding out! For who hath known the mind of the Lord? or who hath been his counsellor?" Why then should any

Proverbs 20:18 — or uncomfortable, deliberate long ere thou resolve on any enterprise. Deliberandum est diu quod statuendum est semel. Advise with God especially, who hath said, "Woe be to the rebellious children that take counsel, but not of me." Isaiah 30:1 David had able counsellors about him: but those he most esteemed and made use of were God’s testimonies. "Thy testimonies also are my delight, and the men of my counsel." Psalms 119:24 Princes had learned men ever with them, called Mνημονες

Isaiah 63:3 — my garments, and I will stain all my raiment. I have trodden the winepress alone. — I, the sole and all-sufficient Saviour of my Church, have executed God’s just vengeance upon all her enemies, spiritual and corporal; compare Lamentations 1:15 Revelation 14:19-20 ; Revelation 19:15 and this with as much ease as men tread grapes in a winepress. And of the people there was none with me. — Christ maketh use of men for the beating down of Satan’s strongholds; but the power whereby

Hosea 10:6 — own counsel. It shall be also carried unto Assyria, … — As no small part of the spoil, shall this Deafter be carried captive; being so far unable to save others, that he cannot save himself. For a present to king Jareb — See Hosea 3:1-3 , in signum omnimodae victoriae; so Aeneas (Aeneid. 1), “ Ilium in Italiam portat, victosque penates, ” though in another sense; yet they must needs be poor despicable deities that fall into the enemies’ hands, see Isaiah 46:2 .

Joel 2:2 — doleful doomsday it will be to the impenitent, infaustus et infelix, dismal and dreadful. What better can be expected by those Tenebriones, that delight in the deeds of darkness, and are acted by those rulers of the darkness of this world, Ephesians 6:12 , the devils, whom they follow as they are led, 1 Corinthians 12:2 , till they fall into outer darkness, σκοτος εξωτερον , even that darkness beyond a darkness (as the

Amos 3:14 — the altars of Bethel: and the horns of the altar shall be cut off, and fall to the ground. That in the day that I shall visit, … — Tell them so from me, saith God: say to these wicked, Woe be unto them, it shall be ill with them! Isaiah 3:11 . The jealous Lord of hosts will surely visit the iniquity of idolatrous fathers upon their children to the third and fourth generation, Exodus 20:5 . See Jeremiah 3:21-22 Ezekiel 16:21 ; Ezekiel 16:36 Hosea 2:4 . As they have their day of defection,

Amos 7:15 — thought they had been deceived through their simplicity. But it is God’s way to choose the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and things that are not, to bring to nought things that are, that no flesh should glory in his presence, 1 Corinthians 1:27-29 . And the Lord said unto me — He often inculcates the name of the Lord, to show that there was a necessity of his prophesying; for who can safely disobey such a commander? see Amos 3:8 . Aut faciendum, aut patiendum. The philosopher

Amos 9:4 — will I command the sword, and it shall slay them: and I will set mine eyes upon them for evil, and not for good. And though they go into captivity, … — And so may hope the worst is over ("Surely the bitterness of death is past," 1 Samuel 15:32 ) yet it shall prove otherwise: the hypocrite’s hope is as the giving up the ghost, saith Job and that is but cold comfort; or, as the spider’s web, spun out of her own bowels; and, when the besom comes, swept to the muckhill. Before

Jonah 1:7 — may know for whose cause this evil [is] upon us. So they cast lots, and the lot fell upon Jonah. And they said every one to his fellow — When Jonah had now prayed, and yet the tempest continued, (for we know that God heareth not sinners, John 9:31 ; no, not a David or a Jonah, if he "regard iniquity in his heart," Psalms 66:18 ; how should the plaster prevail while the weapon remains in the wound?) they resolve to try another course for the safeguard of their lives. Man is ζωον

Matthew 12:31 — least vapour; and the sea by its vastness drown mountains as well as mole hills. The grace of our Lord "abounds to flowing over," saith St Paul, υπερεπλεονασε , 1 Timothy 1:14 ; "The blood of Jesus Christ cleanseth us from all sin," saith St John. John 1:7 Ego admisi, unde tu damnare potes me, sed non amisisti unde tu salvare potes me, saith Augustine. And yet Novatus, the proud heretic, denied the

Matthew 6:14 — the fifth petition with a repetition; because upon charity (which is chiefly seen in giving and forgiving) hangeth, after a sort, the restful success of all our suits, 2 Timothy 2:8 . Malice is a leaven that swells the heart and sours the sacrifice, 1 Corinthians 5:7-8 . Out with it, therefore, that we may keep the feast or holy day ( εορταζωμεν ); that we may (as we ought to do) keep a constant jubilee, nexus solvendo, et noxus remittendo. This

2 Corinthians 5:21 — For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him. To be sin for us — That is, a sin offering, or an exceeding sinner, as Exodus 29:14 . So Christ was, 1. By imputation, for our sins were "made to meet upon him," as that evangelical prophet hath it,Isaiah 53:6; Isaiah 53:6 ; Isaiah 2:1-22 . By reputation, for he was reckoned among malefactors, ibid. And yet one Augustinus

2 Corinthians 8:17 — Porque en verdad aceptó la exhortación; pero siendo más atrevido, por su propia voluntad se acercó a vosotros. Ver. 17. Pero siendo más adelante ] Un buen corazón está dispuesto a toda buena obra, esperando sus ocasiones, Tito 3:1 ; como la abeja, tan pronto como sale el sol, vuela a recoger miel y cera.

Ephesians 3:1 — Por eso yo Pablo, prisionero de Jesucristo por vosotros los gentiles, Ver. 1. Por esta causa ] A saber, para que seáis morada de Dios por el Espíritu. Yo Pablo, el prisionero ] No tengo a San Pablo tan feliz por su rapto en el Paraíso (dice Crisóstomo en este texto) como por su encarcelamiento por Cristo.

Ephesians 4:11 — Y dio a algunos, apóstoles; y algunos, profetas; y algunos, evangelistas; y algunos, pastores y maestros; Ver. 11. Algunos pastores y maestros ] Oficiales distintos, Romanos 12:7,8 , pero un hombre puede ser ambos, 1 Corintios 12:28,29 . Las diferencias esenciales entre pastores y maestros en cada congregación son negadas por muchos teólogos eruditos y piadosos.

3 John 1:4 — No tengo mayor alegría que escuchar que mis hijos caminan en la verdad. Ver. 4. No tengo mayor gozo ] Ver Trapp en " 2Jn 1: 4 " Camine en la verdad] No camine hasta la taberna, camine con cuentos para derramar sangre, camine tras la carne, como lo hacen muchos de nuestros oyentes, hasta nuestra singular angustia.