Bible Commentaries

Genesis 8:21 — living, as I have done. And the Lord smelled a sweet savour. — Heb., A savour of rest Minimo capitur thuris honore Deus . εις οσμην ευωδιας . Philippians 4:18 Greek, ευωδιας ; which the apostle followeth, saying that Christ gave himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a smell of sweet savour. Ephesians 5:2 All our sacrifices are accepted for this

1 Kings 6:1 — interpreters, one thousand and two hundred millions of our money, and a thousand thousand talents of silver, which amount to as much - viz., to a thousand and two hundred millions of gold, besides abundance of brass, wood, stones, and other materials. 1 Chronicles 22:14 Yet all this served not in any comparison for the perfecting of this most stately and costly structure, the world’s wonderment, the house of the most high God, 1 Chronicles 2:5 and a type of the Church triumphant in heaven, as

Nehemiah 7:2 — That I gave my brother Hanani, and Hananiah the ruler of the palace, charge over Jerusalem: for he [was] a faithful man, and feared God above many. That I gave my brother Hanani — Of whom see Nehemiah 1:2 Ezra 10:20 . And Hananiah the ruler of the palace — The second person next to the governor; commanding in his name within his court. Charge over Jerusalem — Thus he that is faithful in a little shall be made master of much, Matthew 25:31

Esther 9:17 — defer it a day longer, but kept a holy rest with psalms and sacrifices of praise (those calves of their lips), the very next day, while the deliverance was yet fresh, and of recent remembrance. This they knew well that God expected, Deuteronomy 23:21 , and that he construeth delays for denials, Haggai 1:2 ; Haggai 1:4 . He gave order that no part of the thank offering should be kept unspent till the third day; to teach us to present our praises when benefits are newly received, which else would

Job 1:9 — chatter, let us belive. Let them talk their fill, and think it a great matter to have the last word; let us hold to our principles, and count it enough, that, with Demetrius, we have good report of all men, (or if not so, yet) of the truth itself, 3 John 1:12 . Doth Job fear God for nought? — q.d. No such matter. Is there not a cause? as they said once; hath he not wages of the best? and are not thy retributions more than bouutiful? He may serve thee well enough for such price and pay, as he daily

Job 14:12 — in the Old Testament, and five in the New, raised from death to life; besides those many that arose and came out of the graves after Christ’s resurrection, and went into the holy city, and appeared unto many, Matthew 27:52-53 ; it is answered, 1. These few raised by God’s extraordinary power do not infringe the truth of what the Scripture here and elsewhere affirmeth of all mankind according to the ordinary course of nature. 2. Even those men also afterwards died again, and vanished,

Job 8:6 — επιπειθηται μαλα τ εκλυον αυτου .. Et puras iussit pondus habere preces. The fountain of goodness will not be laden at with foul hearts and hands, Jeremiah 4:14 James 4:8 Isaiah 1:15-16 John 9:31 1 Timothy 2:8 . Thus a heathen philosopher, being at sea in a great storm, and perceiving many wicked wretches with him in the ship calling upon the gods, Silete, inquit, ne Dii vos hic navigare sentiant, Hold your

Ecclesiastes 5:16 — had rather burn with Dives than reign with Lazarus, will henceforth reach out his hand to bribery, usury, robbery, deceit, sacrilege, or any such like wickedness or worldliness, which "drown men’s souls in perdition and destruction?" 1 Timothy 6:9 If rich men could stave off death, or stop its mouth with a bag of gold, it were somewhat like. But that cannot be, as Henry Beaufort, that rich and wretched cardinal found by experience; as the King of Persia told Constance the Emperor,

Jeremiah 4:4 — forth like fire, and burn that none can quench [it], because of the evil of your doings. Circumcise yourselves to the Lord. — There is a twofold circumcision, corporis et cordis, outward and inward: that without this availeth nothing. Galatians 6:15 See the inward described Colossians 2:11 . It is the putting off the old Adam with his actions. It is purgatio animae et aliectio vitiorum, saith Origen; the cleansing of the soul, and the casting away of sin, that filthy foreskin, that "superfluity

Zephaniah 2:5 — themselves, as glorying to have conquered and cut off many people. The old Latin translation rendereth it Gens perditorum, The nation of destroyers; so doth Aquila, Theodotion, and Symmachus. Now it comes to their turn to be destroyed, according to Isaiah 33:1 . That these Cherethites were a sort of Philistines, see 1 Samuel 30:14 ; 1 Samuel 30:16 Ezekiel 25:16 That they were valiant men appears by that legion of them that guarded David, 2 Samuel 8:4 , and were highly esteemed by him, because they stuck to

Matthew 5:10 — are persecuted — To be persecuted (as simply considered) is no blessed thing; for then it were to be desired and prayed for. But let a man love a quiet life, and labour to see good days, said those two great champions, David and Peter, Psalms 34:12 ; 1 Peter 3:10 , who themselves had endured a world of persecution, and paid for their learning. The like counsel gives St Paul and the author to the Hebrews, 1 Timothy 2:2 ; 1 Thessalonians 4:11 ; Hebrews 12:11 ; for they felt by experience how unable

Matthew 5:10 — Bienaventurados son los que padecen persecución por causa de la justicia, porque de ellos es el reino de los cielos. Ver. 10. Bienaventurados los que padecen persecución ] Ser perseguido (como se considera simplemente) no es una cosa bendita; porque entonces sería desearlo y orar por él. Pero el hombre ame una vida tranquila y trabaje para ver buenos días, dijeron esos dos

Matthew 6:18 — Para que no parezcas a los hombres que ayunas, sino a tu Padre que está en lo secreto; y tu Padre que ve en lo secreto te recompensará en público. Ver. 18. Que no parezcas a los hombres que ayunas, etc. ] Los hipócritas se parecen perfectamente a la luciérnaga, que parece tener tanto luz como calor; pero tócalo y no tiene ninguno. En la historia del mundo abarcada por Sir Francis Drake, se registra que

Matthew 7:16 — Los conoceréis por sus frutos. ¿Recogen los hombres uvas de espinos o higos de cardos? Ver. 16. Los conoceréis por sus frutos ] Es decir, principalmente por sus doctrinas, que tienden a infectar el juicio con error o manchar la vida con inmundicia, o ambas cosas; y comúnmente ambos, como aquellos antiguos herejes, cuyos caminos perniciosos o,

Hebrews 12:12 — Por tanto, alza las manos caídas y las rodillas debilitadas; Ver. 12. Levanten las manos ] Arranquen su buen corazón y abrochen el cinturón de sus negocios; ¿De qué otra manera correrá la carrera que se le propone? Hebreos 12:1 . Cíñete los lomos de tu mente; un espíritu decaído no se deshace del camino. Ponga todo a los derechos, ya que la palabra ανορθωσατε significa.

Hebrews 4:6 — Por tanto, quedando que algunos deben entrar en él, y aquellos a quienes se les predicó primero no entraron por incredulidad: Ver. 6. Por tanto, viendo que permanece ] Esta es una deducción del texto anterior del salmista. Tal como es el de nuestro Salvador, Mateo 22:32 , de Éxodo 3:6 . Y tales inferencias correctamente extraídas son la misma palabra de Dios, 1 Corintios 7:10 .

James 2:8 — Si cumplís la ley real según la Escritura: Amarás a tu prójimo como a ti mismo, bien hacéis. Ver. 8. Si cumplís la ley real ] Reconociendo la soberanía de Dios, y enviando un cordero al gobernante de la tierra, Isaías 16:1 , buscando la ayuda de ese espíritu libre o noble suyo, Salmo 51:13 , ese regio, gobernante espíritu, como lo tiene la versión griega.

1 Peter 3:19 — Por el cual también fue y predicó a los espíritus encarcelados; Ver. 19. Fue y predicó ] Justicia, es decir , arrepentimiento, 2 Pedro 2:5 , y la fe del evangelio, 1 Pedro 4:6 , por el cual algunos de los muchos que perecieron en las aguas llegaron al cielo, Nunquam sero, si serio . Cristo fue a ellos como embajador enviado por su Padre y les habló al corazón.

Revelation 17:14 — Pelearán contra el Cordero, y el Cordero los vencerá, porque él es Señor de señores y Rey de reyes; y los que están con él son llamados, escogidos y fieles. Ver. 14. El Cordero los vencerá ] 1. Con victoria espiritual, con dulce: sujeción, al menos con la convicción de su conciencia. 2. Con una victoria externa, como los imperialistas en Alemania, los papistas aquí.

Revelation 21:15 — Y el que hablaba conmigo tenía una caña de oro para medir la ciudad, sus puertas y su muro. Ver. 15. Tenía una caña de oro ] No esos doce artículos de Trento, o cualquier invención humana, sino la palabra, como Apocalipsis 11:1 , con la que se mide no solo el templo, como allí, sino la ciudad, las puertas y la muralla, como Ezequiel 40:1,49 .