Bible Commentaries

Genesis 23:11 — his liege lord; "All these things did Araunah as a king give to the king". 2 Samuel 24:23 Indeed, to give is a kingly employment; making men like to "the Father of lights, from whom comes every good gift and perfect giving". James 1:17 Kings are styled benefactors; ευεργεκαι . - Diodor. Sic., lib. i. Luke 22:25 and of the ancient kings of Egypt it is recorded, and was rehearsed among other of their praises, that they were

Genesis 3:9 — And the LORD God called unto Adam, and said unto him, Where [art] thou? Where art thou? — Not as if God knew not; for he searcheth Jerusalem with lights; yea, himself is the "father of lights," James 1:17 the great eye of the world, to whom the sun itself is but a snuff. He hath "seven eyes upon one stone"; Zechariah 3:9 yea, "his eyes run to and fro through the earth"; 2 Chronicles 16:9 and "all things are naked and open"

Genesis 4:16 — in the land of Nod, on the east of Eden. And Cain went out from the presence, … — But whither could he go from God’s Spirit? or whither could he fly from his presence? Ubi est Deus? quid dixi miser? sed ubi non est? - Bern . Psalms 139:7 From the presence of his power he could not: for, God is "not very far from any one of us," saith St Paul. Acts 17:27 Not so far surely as the bark is from the tree, "for all things consist in him"; Colossians 1:17 so that a

Genesis 49:9 — invincible champion, is ever at hand for her help, In subsidiis. who is also Leo ο ρυομενος , as St Paul hath it, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, "that delivereth us from the wrath to come." 1 Thessalonians 1:10 And when this lion roareth, all creatures tremble. Amos 3:8 St Ambrose tells us that when the lion puts forth his voice, many creatures that could outrun him are so astonished at the terror of his roars, that they are not able to

Genesis 6:7 — makes him, though he be φιλανθρωπος , not only to devise, but to delight in the destruction of his own creature, to "mock at," and make merry in his "calamity," Proverbs 1:26 to deliver "the beloved of his soul into the hands of the destroyer". Jeremiah 12:7 Time was, when Christ, being by at the creation, "rejoiced in this habitable part of God’s earth, and his delights were with the sons of men".

Nehemiah 9:36 — and salt of the nations, the flower of countries, and the font of literature, is now -- vel Priamo miseranda manus even [is become] the wretched hand to Priam. Princess of nations, queen of provinces She was, that now thus tributary is, Lamentations 1:1 . Out of Greece and other countries that had sometime received the faith of Christ, the Turkish tyrants draw with them to the wars great multitudes of wretched people, whom they call Asape. These carry all the baggage; these carry wood and water for

Esther 8:4 — by this, that she once more put her life in her hand; hazarding it for her people’s safety (as Arsinoe interposed her own body between her children and the murderers sent to slay them), and so performing her promise made to Mordecai, Esther 4:16 . God’s children are all such as will not lie, Isaiah 63:8 ; if they swear to their hurt, yet they dare not change, Psalms 15:4 , dare not say and unsay, 2 Corinthians 1:18-19 . Of many promises it may be said, as Tertullian doth to the peacock,

Job 3:20 — this when he had carted the ark, and thereupon God had made a breach upon Uzzah: David was displeased, saith the text; and how untowardly spake he, as if the fault were more in God than in himself; though afterwards he came to a sight of his own error, 1 Chronicles 13:11 ; 1 Chronicles 15:2 . And so did Job, no doubt, when come to himself; but here he proceeds to express his peevishness and impatience, yea, against God himself (though not by name, forsan sese cohibens - ob bonae mentis reliquias, saith

Job 9:27 — say, I will forget my complaint, I will leave off my heaviness, and comfort [myself]: If I say, I will forget my complaint — And suffer in silence, as thou, Bildad, hast advised me, Job 8:2 . Sorrows are not so easily forgotten; Lamentations 3:19 , "Remembering mine affliction and my misery, the wormwood and the gall." The Stoics boasting of their indolence, or ability to bear afflictions without making moan or complaining, when it came to their own turn, found by experience that

Leviticus 19:23 — was to be separate, to be offered to the Lord in sign of thanksgiving. And then in the fifth year to be eaten. This was to show that the very fruits of the earth are, after a sort, polluted by man’s sin, till purged by a new kind of blessing. 1 Timothy 4:5 Hereby also God would separate his own people from other nations: and show that they might with a better conscience feed upon the fruits of the earth than others could. There are that set this mystical sense upon the text. Christ, for three

1 Corinthians 8:1 — Now as touching things offered unto idols, we know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffeth up, but charity edifieth. Now as touching things — Another case that they had propounded to him in their letter, 1 Corinthians 7:1 . We know — So all pretend. Sed nummos habuerunt Athenienses ad numerandum, et scientiam ad sciendum. That we all have knowledge — But that is not sufficient, unless we have love too. There be many things concur to the making

2 Corinthians 1:3 — Blessed be God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies, and the God of all comfort; The Father of mercies — Only it must be remembered that as he is Pater miserationum, so he is Deus ultionum, Psalms 94:1 . As he hath ubera, breasts, so he hath verbera the whip. Christ is girt about the paps with a golden girdle, to show his love, but yet he hath eyes like flaming fire, and feet like burning brass, Revelation 1:13-16 , to look through and keep under

Galatians 6:9 — the fig tree it is otherwise, Poma decidunt ut folia succedant, the figs fall off, that leaves may come in their place. So many that begin in fruits, end in leaves, such are they that weary of well doing, lose the things that they have wrought, 2 John 1:8 . See Trapp on " 2 John 1:8 " For in due season we shall reap — We must not look to sow and reap in a day; as he saith of the Hyperborean people, far north, that they sow shortly after the sun rising with them, and reap before the

Joshua 22:16 — following the LORD, in that ye have builded you an altar, that ye might rebel this day against the LORD? What trespass is this? — Idolatry is a wickedness with a witness; and they that withdraw from God, do it to the perdition of their souls. Hebrews 10:39 In that ye have builded you an altar. — Another besides that in the tabernacle: whereas God will have but one altar, for a figure of Christ’s cross, which was the only true altar. That ye might rebel. — Wilful disobedience is open

Hebrews 11:3 — it justifieth looks upon Christ alone, not knowing anything here but Christ and him crucified, as is well observed by a learned divine. Were not made of things, … — Of any pre-existent matter, as Plato held. See Trapp on " Genesis 1:1 "

Hebrews 13:13 — Salgamos, pues, a él fuera del campamento, llevando su oprobio. Ver. 13. Llevando su oprobio ] El oprobio de los santos es el oprobio de Cristo, y sus sufrimientos suyos, Colosenses 1:24 ; Nehemías 4:3,5 . Dios está más provocado que Nehemías. El que dice: "Mía es la venganza, yo pagaré", muchas veces paga, cuando hemos perdonado, cuando hemos olvidado; y llamadas al ajuste de cuentas después de nuestras altas.

1 John 2:12 — Hijitos, os escribo porque vuestros pecados os son perdonados por causa de su nombre. Ver. 12. Os escribo, hijitos ] Un cristiano tiene sus grados de crecimiento; infancia, 1 Corintios 3:1,2 ; juventud o vejez, cuando se le pasa la cuchara, como aquí; vejez, Hechos 21:16 . Porque tus pecados te son perdonados ] Aunque quizás aún no lo sepas, por la debilidad de la fe y la fuerza de la corrupción.

Revelation 16:18 — Y hubo voces, truenos y relámpagos; y hubo un gran terremoto, como no había ocurrido desde que los hombres estaban sobre la tierra, un terremoto tan fuerte y tan grande. Ver. 18. Y hubo voces ] Una descripción del juicio final, cuando el cielo y la tierra conspirarán juntos para el castigo de los malvados. Ver Mateo 24:36,41 ; Mateo 24:50,51 2 Pedro 3:10,12 2 Tesalonicenses 1:8 .

Ruth 1:2 — desperassem, saith one, else I had been down on all fours ere this day. And the name of his wife Naomi, — i.e., My sweet or pleasant one: a fit name for a wife, who should be to her husband "as the loving hind and pleasant roe." Proverbs 5:19 Loving appellations serve to increase love betwixt married couples, as well as to express it. And the name of his two sons Mahlon and Chilion. — Mahlon signifieth infirmity; Chilion, finished. Why so called, is not showed, saith an interpreter,

1 Samuel 9:16 — Piscat. Little did Saul think of the kingdom when he came to Ramah. And as little do we think of heaven, when God by effectual calling "delivereth us from the power of darkness, and translateth us into the kingdom of his dear Son." Colossians 1:13 And thou shalt anoint him to be captain. — Unges eum Antecessorem. Public persons are leaders to others, being as the he-goats before the flock, and therefore must have double care, since they have many eyes upon them. Out of the hand of the