Bible Commentaries

1 Kings 4:32 — Lactantins, a general scholar. Of these proverbs of Solomon, not the one half are come to hand, as being no part of holy writ. And his songs were a thousand and five. — Whereof is extant only that Song of Songs, that singular song. see Song of Solomon 1:1 This and the rest of his works extant in the Church, show his divine learning: as his other lectures 1 Kings 4:33 his human.

1 Chronicles 9:18 — Who hitherto [waited] in the king’s gate eastward: they [were] porters in the companies of the children of Levi. Who hitherto. — Even till the time that this book was gathered out of the ancient chronicles. 1 Chronicles 9:1

Ezra 5:13 — Pero en el primer año de Ciro, el rey de Babilonia [el mismo] rey Ciro hizo un decreto para construir esta casa de Dios. Ver. 13. Pero en el primer año de Cyrus ] Ver Trapp en " Ezr 1: 1 "

Job 14:18 — Y ciertamente la montaña que cae se desvanece, y la roca se quita de su lugar. Ver. 18. Y ciertamente la montaña que cae se reduce a nada ] qd Si tú, Señor, procedes a tratarme así con rigidez, a saber. para contar o cifrar mis pasos, para velar por mis pecados, para sellarlos en una bolsa, etc., y todo esto con el ardor de la ira, para

Leviticus 21:13 — And he shall take a wife in her virginity. In her virginity. — Such is Christ’s wife, 2 Corinthians 11:1-33 : 2 Kings 14:4 Matthew 25:1-13 not giving her love, or his worship to any other.

Isaiah 49:5 — para hacer volver a Jacob a él, aunque Israel no sea recogido, yo seré glorioso ante los ojos del SEÑOR, y mi Dios será mi fuerza. Ver. 5. Para traerle de nuevo a Jacob. ] Convertirlo y reducirlo al redil: esta es la obra propia del pastor supremo. 1 Pedro 2:25 ; 1 P. 3:18 ; 1 Ped 5: 4 Los hombres pueden hablar de manera persuasiva, pero solo Cristo puede persuadir el corazón. Meum est docere, dice Cirilo, tribuna auseultare, Dei vero perficere. Aunque Israel no sea recogido], es decir, por la Palabra

Lamentations 1:21 — hast done [it]: thou wilt bring the day [that] thou hast called, and they shall be like unto me. They have heard that I sigh,. — My friends have, and yet they pity me not: this was a great vexation, and is much complained of. See Lamentations 1:2 ; Lamentations 1:16-17 ; Lamentations 1:19 . All mine enemies have heard of my trouble: they are glad. — This επιχαιρεκακια is the devil’s disease: the wicked compose

Lamentations 1:21 — Han oído que yo suspiro: [no hay] quien me consuele: todos mis enemigos han oído de mi angustia; se alegran de que lo hayas hecho: traerás el día que has llamado, y serán como yo. Ver. 21. Han oído que suspiro. ] Mis amigos lo han hecho y, sin embargo, no se compadecen de mí: esto fue una gran molestia, y se han quejado mucho. Ver Lamentaciones 1:2 ; Lamentaciones 1:16,17 ; Lamentaciones 1:19 . Todos mis enemigos han oído de mi angustia:

Joel 2:26 — eat in plenty, and be satisfied, and praise the name of the LORD your God, that hath dealt wondrously with you: and my people shall never be ashamed. And ye shall eat in plenty and be satisfied — Which, what a great blessing it is, see Haggai 1:6 Ecclesiastes 6:1-2 . See Trapp on " Haggai 1:6 " See Trapp on " Ecclesiastes 6:1 " See Trapp on " Ecclesiastes 6:2 " And praise the name of the Lord your God — Not haunch up God’s creatures, as swine do swill,

Amos 5:17 — thee, saith the LORD. And in all vineyards shall be wailing — Where used to be great jollity and revelry riot in time of vintage, Psalms 4:7 . The calamity shall be common, the scourge overflowing; and all sorts shall have their share. See Joel 1:5 ; Joel 1:11 ; Joel 1:13 . For I will pass through thee, saith the Lord — As a fire in a thick wood, James 3:5 , or dry stubble, Joel 2:5 Nahum 1:10 . I will go through them, I will burn them together, Isaiah 27:4 , make a short work with them,

John 4:39 — matter. But what is that to the Almighty? So Junius professeth, that the very first thing that turned him from atheism was conference with a countryman of his, not far from Florence. The next was, the majesty of the Scriptures, which he observed inJohn 1:1-15; John 1:1-15 . So for our forefathers in times of Popery, Mr Fox observeth, that by the reading of Chaucer’s books some were brought to the knowledge of the truth. And in that rarity of books and want of teachers, this one thing I greatly

Acts 4:36 — And Joses, who by the apostles was surnamed Barnabas, (which is, being interpreted, The son of consolation,) a Levite, and of the country of Cyprus, Surnamed Barnabas — See Trapp on " Acts 1:23 " See Trapp on " Philemon 1:7 "

Joshua 20:1 — The LORD also spake unto Joshua, saying, The Lord also spake unto Joshua. — Whether in a sensible apparition, or prophetic revelation, or otherwise: for "at sundry times and in divers manner God spake to those ancients." Hebrews 1:1

1 Timothy 5:20 — Them that sin rebuke before all, that others also may fear. Them that sin — i.e. Those presbyters that sin publicly, scandalously, as did Peter, Galatians 2:14 , and those who were convicted by two or three witnesses, as 1 Timothy 5:19 . Rebuke before all, yet not as if they were whipping boys. See Trapp on " 1 Timothy 5:1 " But if the fault be not known abroad, that rule of our Saviour takes place,

Hebrews 11:23 — αστειον , fair to God, Acts 7:20 , having a divine beauty and comeliness. Special endowments are a foretoken of special employment. The very heathen in choosing their kings had a special eye to bodily beauty. See 1 Samuel 10:23 ; 1 Samuel 16:19 ; 1 Samuel 17:42 . Not afraid of the king’s commandment — Because unjust and impious. See Trapp on " Acts 4:19 "

Hebrews 9:2 — nothing of the outer court, as not pertinent to his present purpose. But there was both in the tabernacle and temple, the holy of holies, the sanctuary, and the court of the people: answerable whereunto are in man, "The spirit, soul, and body,"1 Thessalonians 5:23; 1 Thessalonians 5:23 . And as the cloud, 1 Kings 8:10-11 , filled first the most holy place, and then the holy, and then the outer court, so doth the Holy Ghost renew the spirit of our minds, and then our wills and affections, and

James 1:1 — ; still the most nimble and mercurial wits in the world, but light, aerial, and fanatical, apt to work themselves into the fool’s paradise of a sublime dotage. Which are scattered abroad — Banished from Rome by the Emperor Claudius, Acts 18:2 ; (Sueton. xxv.), and called by St Peter, "strangers of the dispersion," 1 Peter 1:1 . The Jews at this day are a disjected and despised people, according to Deuteronomy 28:64 , having neither country nor resting place; even in Jerusalem

1 Peter 4:13 — Pero regocíjense, porque son partícipes de los sufrimientos de Cristo; para que cuando su gloria sea revelada, vosotros también os regocijéis con gran gozo. Ver. 13. Pero regocíjense ] Como lo hicieron los apóstoles, Hechos 5:41 . Ver Trapp en " Act 5:41 " por cuanto sois partícipes de los sufrimientos de Cristo] así se les llama: 1. Porque son por su causa. 2. Porque sufre con nosotros; aunque no con una sensación

1 Samuel 10:8 — tarry, till I come to thee, and shew thee what thou shalt do. And thou shalt go down before me to Gilgal. — This do also as occasion shall serve thee but see thou do it; for thy kingdom lieth upon it. He that believeth maketh not haste. Compare 1 Samuel 13:1-2 ; 1 Samuel 13:8 . And show thee what thou shalt do. — Happy Saul in such a monitor! far better than Polybius was to Scipio, whose counsel whilst he followed, he never miscarried, saith Pausanius, in any enterprise.

1 Samuel 27:6 — it was fittest for his purpose, being an outter town, that he might forrage, and fetch in spoil undiscovered. And besides, it became a rendezvous for his friends out of Judea to resort unto him, as they did for his better advancement to the kingdom. 1 Chronicles 12:1 ; 1 Chronicles 12:22 But it was impoliticly done of Achish to assign him to such a city as belonged to Judea, Joshua 15:31 and bordered thereon.