Bible Commentaries

Genesis 16:6 — así una esposa. Monsieur Aurelius, el emperador, aunque pagano, pudo decir, para vergüenza de muchos locos entre nosotros: Uxor admonenda persaepe, reprehendenda raro, violetis manibus tractanda nunquam. Ella huyó.] Esto fue su culpa. Eclesiastés 10: 4 Pero nuestra naturaleza es refractaria, y antes se quebrará que se doble, hasta que Dios los someta. un Gellius. b Plutarco. Proecep. Conjug., Albahaca. Hexemer., Hom . vii.

Genesis 18:12 — carnalmente, como ese señor incrédulo 2Re 7: 2 se enfurece ante las ofertas de Dios, como Naamán en el mensaje 2Re 5:11 mira al Jordán de Dios con ojos sirios, mientras él, y después de todo, clama con Nicodemo: "¿Cómo pueden ser estas cosas? " Juan 3: 4 midiendo a Dios por su propio modelo; y moldeándolo en su propio molde. Después de haber envejecido, ¿codiciaré? ] Viejo y frío, es nuestro proverbio inglés; y la palabra griega para un cuerpo viejo significa alguien en quien el calor natural se extingue.

Genesis 22:3 — había dicho. Ver. 3. Y Abraham se levantó temprano, etc. ] Para mostrar su obediencia pronta y presente. No consultó con su esposa ni con su propia razón. Quizás ella se colgó de él y lo estorbó, como Séfora hizo con Moisés para arriesgar su vida. Éxodo 4: 24-26 Él cautiva todos los poderes del alma a su Creador; va tras él sin cuestionar, y así se muestra "renovado en el espíritu de su mente", es decir, en su razón natural: porque ella, como una vieja beldam, es la madre y nodriza de todos nuestros

Genesis 33:17 — lugar se llamó Sucot. Ver. 17. Le construyó una casa y le hizo cabañas. ] Así lo hizo su posteridad, al salir de Egipto, Éxodo 12:37 y, como un recordatorio perpetuo, fueron designados para celebrar una fiesta anual de cabañas o tabernáculos, Lev 23:34, hechos de verdes ramas de árboles, en alabanza. de Dios, que ahora les había concedido mejores casas. Y aquí cabría preguntarse, dice una divina, una que todo el tiempo, durante el reinado de David y Salomón, que dio un patrón de, y construido el templo,

Genesis 4:15 — su miseria; puede que nadie lo mate, que todos los días se muere, tiene un infierno en la conciencia y teme a todos los hombres con los que se encuentra. El que no quiso escuchar a Dios, incitándolo y incitándolo tan dulcemente a hacer el bien, (Gen 4: 7 tiene ahora Pavor y Palidez por sus dioses, como Lanctancio c informa de Tulio Hostilio, quien se había burlado profanamente de las devociones de su predecesor Numa. , como aquí Caín había hecho con su hermano Abel. a Totum Cedreni opus est stabulum

Genesis 6:17 — ejemplos, que no los tomarán. ¿Quién se compadece del segundo capitán, consumido por el fuego con su compañía, 2Re 1: 11-12, ya que tenía una advertencia justa, pero no se cuidaría por ella? "He aquí que viene el día del Señor ardiente como un horno", Mal 4: 1 Este último día fue predicho por Enoc, Jueces 1:14 antes que el diluvio fuera por Noé. Es más largo antes de que llegue, pero será más terrible cuando llegue. un Mimus.

Leviticus 19:23 — acción de gracias. Y luego en el quinto año para ser comido. Esto fue para mostrar que los mismos frutos de la tierra son, después de una especie, contaminados por el pecado del hombre, hasta que son purificados por una nueva clase de bendición. 1Ti 4: 5 Por medio de esto también Dios separaría a su propio pueblo de otras naciones, y les mostraría que podrían con mejor conciencia alimentarse de los frutos de la tierra que otros. Hay quienes imponen este sentido místico al texto. Cristo, por espacio

Numbers 10:7 — para escuchar la ley. El sonido de la palabra de Dios no debe ser roto o tembloroso - pompalis, lo llama Tertuliano - sino franco y simple. Non oratorum filii sumus, sed piscatorum: nec verborum υπεροχη, sed Spiritus επιδειξει, c & c. 1Co 2: 1 ; 1Co 2: 4 un acto. y Mon., fol. 838. b El primer tipo de arma portátil, que variaba en tamaño desde un pequeño cañón hasta un mosquete, que debido a su peso, cuando se usaba en el campo, se apoyaba en un trípode, caballete u otro 'carro', y luego en un bifurcado

Jonah 3:1 — backsliding children" (saith the Father of mercies), "and I will heal your backslidings," Jeremiah 3:22 . The Shulamite returning is as lovely in Christ’s eye as before; and all is as well as ever between them, Song of Solomon 6:4 . There is a natural Novatianism in the timorous conscience of convinced sinners to doubt and question pardon for sins of apostasy and falling after repentance; but had they known the gift of God, and who it is that saith to them, "Be of good cheer,

Zephaniah 3:15 — Lord hath taken away thy Judgments — i.e. He hath remitted thy sins, removed thy punishments, turned again thy captivity as the streams in the south, commanded his prophets, saying, "Comfort ye, comfort ye my people," …, Isaiah 40:1-2 ; tell her that all accusations and actions laid against her in the court of heaven are non-suited, and God’s wrath appeased. This is the sum of all the good news in the world; this is a short gospel. He hath cast out thine enemy —

Zechariah 1:9 — truth of things, as hunters seek for game, and as men seek for gold in the very mines of the earth; who, not content with the first ore that offered itself to their view, dig deeper and deeper till they are owners of the whole treasure. See Proverbs 2:4 ; and rest not till ye see that blissful sight, Ephesians 1:18-19 . And the angel that talked with me — Or, in me, as the Vulgate rendereth it. This was some created angel, who might reveal things to the prophet by working on the phantasy and

Zechariah 4:3 — two olive trees by it, one upon the right [side] of the bowl, and the other upon the left [side] thereof. And two olive trees by it — The two chief branches whereof through the two golden pipes empty the golden oil out of themselves, Zechariah 4:12 , that is, the Spirit of grace infuseth all precious graces (much more precious than gold that perisheth, though it be tried in the fire) into the Church. Hence grace is called the fruits of the Spirit, Galatians 5:22 , yea, Spirit, Galatians 5:25

Matthew 15:23 — at least, that he will come again to God, who secretly supports his suppliants, and by that peace inconceivable guards their hearts and minds that they pray and faint not ( φρουρησει ), Philippians 4:7 . Send her away, for she cries — Men may be tired out with incessant suits, as the unjust judge was, and as these disciples were weary to hear the poor woman’s outcries, repeating the same request over and over. Give her, therefore, say

Matthew 15:30 — his manutension. Multo plures sunt gratiae privativae quam positivae. Gerson. They that are received in heaven are out of the gun shot; for there is no more sickness, nor sorrow, nor crying, nor pain, for the former things are passed, Revelation 21:4 . All corruptions, temptations, affliction, which stand, some above us, some about us (as the insulting Philistines about blind Samson), shall end with the same blow, fall with the same clap with ourselves. At Stratford-le-Bow were two martyrs burned

Matthew 20:15 — lawful for me, … — This is God’s speech (who is the great Proprietary of all); it may not be ours, who have nothing of our own, but all in trust: so that when we present anything to God, we must say as David did, 1 Chronicles 29:14 , and afterwards Justinian the emperor, τα σα εκ των σων σοι προσφερομεν οι δουλοι

Matthew 20:31 — over them all. The devil will interrupt us, as the Pythoness did Paul, Acts 16:16 ; as the birds did Abraham, Genesis 15:11 ; as those Samaritans did the Jews in building the temple, Nehemiah 6:1-19 Hence we are bidden to strive in prayer, Colossians 4:2 , and watch in prayer; for Satan will be at our right hand, as at Joshua’s, Zechariah 3:1 , watching his time to cast in, if not a profane, yet an impertinent thought, thereby to bereave us of the benefit of our prayers; besides our own natural

Matthew 21:7 — Teaching us to honour God with the best of our substance, and to dedicate ourselves wholly to the Lord our God. Jonathan stripped himself, for his friend David, of the robe that was upon him, and his garments, even to his sword and his belt, 1 Samuel 18:4 . Christ suspended his glory for a season, laid aside his rich and royal robes, borrowed humanity of us, that he might clothe us with his righteousness. And shall we think much to clothe him in his naked members, to part with anything for his sake and

Matthew 24:42 — and some others would not sleep but with brazen balls in their hands, which falling on vessels purposely set on their bedsides, the noise did dissuade immoderate sleep. Our Saviour pronounceth them three times happy that watch, Luke 12:37-38 ; Luke 12:43 . a The blessed angels are called watchers, εγρηγοροι, Daniel 4:10 . For ye know not what hour your Lord, … — He may haply come upon you, as Epaminondas did upon his sentinel, whom finding

Matthew 25:1 — acuendo. Shanan et Shanab sunt cognata. Solomon saith good counsel should be fastened as nails driven home to the head, Ecclesiastes 12:11 . Paul holds it profitable to write the same things, though not in the same words, to his Philippians, Matthew 4:1 . Peter slacks not to rouse up ( διεγειρειν ) those to whom he writes, by remembering them of those points wherein they were ready and well-rooted,2 Peter 1:12-13; 2 Peter 1:12-13 . And Austin

John 12:3 — love and good husbandry to make our service to God costly: his retributions are bountiful. This ointment in the text was a costly confection, like that of the Church, "Spikenard and saffron, calamus and cinnamon," …, Song of Solomon 4:14 . Now Galen writes that in his time cinnamon was very rare, and hard to be found, except in the storehouses of princes. And Pliny reports that a pound of cinnamon was worth a thousand denarii, that is, 150 crowns of our money. This good woman held,