Bible Commentaries

Genesis 22:9 — told him of; and Abraham built an altar there, and laid the wood in order, and bound Isaac his son, and laid him on the altar upon the wood. Ver 9. And they came to the place. — Mount Moriah; where the temple was afterwards built. 2 Chronicles 3:1 This was a little from Salem, as Mount Calvary also was a little from Jerusalem. And bound Isaac his son. — Who struggled not, neither resisted, though able for his age (being twenty-five years old, as Josephus makes him; others thirty-three)

Genesis 44:16 — secreta et lachrymabilis, accelerata, Fortis, et accusans, et se punire parata.” These sixteen conditions were composed in these verses by the Schoolmen. And such a confession is the sponge that wipes away all the blots and blurs of our lives. 1 John 1:7 Never any confessed his sin in this sort to God, but went away with his pardon. Wot ye what, - quoth King Henry VIII. to the Duke of Suffolk, concerning Stephen Gardiner, when he confessed his Popery, for which he should have been, the morrow

Genesis 45:10 — And thou shalt dwell in the land of Goshen, and thou shalt be near unto me, thou, and thy children, and thy children’s children, and thy flocks, and thy herds, and all that thou hast: Ver. 10 Thou shalt be near unto me. — So sweet a comfort to friends, that death itself is called but a departure. This the heathen persecutors knew, and therefore banished the Christian confessors far asunder Cyprian., Epist. One man may be by his counsel

Genesis 49:15 — tribute. And he saw that rest was good. — He submitted to any burdens and hard conditions for a quiet life. This was a low poor spirit; and his posterity were, for the general, very unworthy and vile. For Issachar’s lot fell in Galilee. Joshua 19:18 , … Now, doth "any good come out of Galilee?" The best that we read of them was that they "had understanding of the times, to know what Israel ought to do," 1 Chronicles 12:32 and were therefore in great account with David.

Genesis 49:24 — shepherd, the stone of Israel:) But his bow abode in strength. — He "gave not place to them by subjection, no, not for an hour." Galatians 2:5 "If thou faint in adversity, thy strength is small," saith Solomon. Proverbs 24:10 Joseph did not; but, as it was said of old Rome, Roma cladibus animosior; and as of Mithridates, το φρονημα ην αυτω δει, καν ταις

Genesis 49:8 — bounty, goodness, greatness, and whatsoever else is praiseworthy. He goeth forth riding on his white horse, "conquering and to conquer." Revelation 6:2 St Paul, his chief herald, proclaims his victory with a world of solemnity and triumph, 1 Corinthians 15:55-57 and calls upon all his brethren to bow down before him, Philippians 2:10 as they do, Revelation 12:10 casting down their crowns at his feet, Revelation 4:10 and setting the crown upon his head, - as the manner was among the Romans,

Exodus 38:8 — women] assembling, which assembled [at] the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. Looking glasses. — Or, Brazen-glasses. These devout women that used to assemble by troops at the door of the tabernacle to pray and serve God, - see Luke 2:37 1 Timothy 5:5 , - frankly gave the instruments whereby they dressed their bodies, to make the instrument whereby, through faith, they might sanctify their souls. Let those who view themselves oft in their looking glasses take his counsel who said, "Art

Job 10:21 — shall not return, [even] to the land of darkness and the shadow of death; Before I go whence I shall not return — Before I go out of this world, never more to return hither to enjoy the comforts that are here to be had. Death is a departure hence, 1 Peter 1:15 Luke 9:31 . And so the ancients (Irenaeus, Clement, and others) used to call it. I shall change my place, but not my company, said that dying saint who had here walked with God in uprightness, and was now to bid adieu to all worldly interests

Job 39:17 — wisdom — That is, of such forecast to provide for her young ones by a natural instinct, as other fowls and beasts have, Struthionis astorgia declaratur e causis duabus, vacuitate metus et vacuitate intellectus. God’s mercy to men appeareth, 1. In giving us wisdom beyond them, Job 35:11 Job 35:2 . In giving us power over them, Psalms 8:6-8 ; Psalms 3:1-8 . In learning us so much by them in those many Scripture comparisons, Proverbs 7:23 ; Proverbs 26:2 ; Proverbs 27:8; Matthew 8:26 . That

Psalms 110:1 — « A Psalm of David. » The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool. A Psalm of David — Concerning Christ, saith R. Obadiah, and so say Christ himself, Matthew 22:44 , and his apostles, 1 Corinthians 15:25 Hebrews 1:13 ; Hebrews 10:12-13 , though some Rabbis maliciously say otherwise, as R. Joseph, caecus qui hic caecutit, to say the best of him, and other Jewish doctors, who stagger here in their expositions, as drunkards, ως

Psalms 110:7 — the way — i.e. Of the wrath of the Almighty, pointing to Christ’s state of humiliation, as in the next words to his exaltation; or, he shall content himself with a low condition here, such as was that of Elijah when he drank of the brook, 1 Kings 17:1-7 Or, in the eager pursuit of his enemies, he shall drink hastily of the water next at hand, i.e. as Gideon and his soldiers did, Vivet pauperem vitam, λιτον βιον (Chrysost.). Aerumnas omnes

Psalms 65:1 — waiteth for thee, O God, in Sion: and unto thee shall the vow be performed. A Psalm and Song of David — Made by him, as it is thought, when the people were delivered from that three years’ famine for the slaughter of the Gibeonites, 2 Samuel 21:1 , and that three days’ pestilence for David’s sin, in numbering the people, 2 Samuel 24:13-15 Praise waiteth for thee, O God, in Sion — Tibi silentinm, laus tibi, Deus, in Zion; so Beza rendereth it. There is first a deep silence

Numbers 17:8 — And it came to pass, that on the morrow Moses went into the tabernacle of witness; and, behold, the rod of Aaron for the house of Levi was budded, and brought forth buds, and bloomed blossoms, and yielded almonds. And bloomed blossoms. — (1.) For a testimony of Aaron’s calling from God, to the honour of the priesthood; (2) For a type of Christ, the branch growing out of the stem of Jesse; Isaiah 11:1 (3) For a figure of the ministry of the gospel, which although to profane persons

2 Corinthians 5:16 — flesh: yea, though we have known Christ after the flesh, yet now henceforth know we him no more. No man after the flesh — i.e. We esteem no man simply the better or worse for his wealth, poverty, honour, ignominy, or anything outward. SeeJames 1:9-11; James 1:9-11 . Thomas Watts, martyr, spake thus at his death to his wife and children: Wife, and my good children, I must now depart from you, therefore henceforth know I you no more; but as the Lord hath given you to me, so I give you again to

Ephesians 1:21 — Trinity, hath honoured and advanced thy nature above the brightest cherub. To be the head over all things — That is, all persons, all the elect, as Galatians 3:22 . Christ is head over angels too, but in another sense than over the Church: viz. 1. As God, he giveth them whatsoever they are or have. 2. As Mediator also, he maketh use of their service for the safety and salvation of the Church. The holy angels are great friends to the Church, but not members of it; "For Christ took not on

Philippians 2:27 — and did miracles, not by their own power, or at their own pleasure, … But God had mercy on him. — A great mercy it is to recover health, and highly to be prized. After sickness, offer to God the ransom of thy life, as they did,Exodus 32:31-33; Exodus 32:31-33 . Bless Jehovah thy physician, so he is called, Exodus 15:26 . Thus did David, Psalms 103:3 . Thus Hezekiah,Isaiah 36:9; Isaiah 36:9 . Thus the very heathens, whose custom was after a fit of sickness to consecrate something to their

Hebrews 8:12 — For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their iniquities will I remember no more. I will be merciful — I will be propitious through Christ, the propitiation for our sins, 1 John 2:2 . To their unrighteousness, and their sins and iniquities — All kinds and degrees of sins, Exodus 34:6-7 Micah 7:17 . All sins and blasphemies shall be forgiven to the sons of men Matthew 12:31 . I was a blasphemer, saith Paul (that was

Revelation 20:6 — signifies. The second death hath no power — For they are brought from the jaws of death to the joys of eternal life, where is mirth without mourning, riches without rust, … But they shall be priests — See Trapp on " Revelation 1:6 " They shall reign — The righteous are kings, Matthew 13:17 ; cf. Luke 10:24 ; "Many righteous" is the same with "many kings." See Trapp on " Revelation 20:4 " A thousand years — These thousand years

Revelation 5:5 — — A common Christian points the divine to the arch-prophet, whom for the present he thought not on. An eloquent Apollos may be better informed by a tentmaker, and a great apostle be comforted by an ordinary Roman,Acts 8:26; Acts 8:26 ; Romans 1:12 . This elder in the text seems to be the patriarch Jacob (saith one), because from his prophecy the name of lion is given to Christ,Genesis 49:9; Genesis 49:9 . Behold, the Lion of the tribe of Judah — So Moses sets forth our Saviour. And fitly,

2 Samuel 1:18 — (Also he bade them teach the children of Judah [the use of] the bow: behold, [it is] written in the book of Jasher.) Also he bade them teach. — Or, And he spake it to teach, …, sc., in honour of Jonathan, so skilful a bowman, 2 Samuel 1:22 and for their own future defence against the Philistine archers, who had wounded and slain Saul and his sons with these weapons, 1 Samuel 31:3 for which end also, among others, David made this doleful ditty to be sung by all sorts for their instruction