Bible Commentaries

Genesis 12:2 — hand, and of the left; with "the upper and nether springs," Judges 1:15 as Caleb blessed his daughter Achsah. "He will give grace and glory," and (if that be not enough) "no good thing will he withhold," … Psalms 84:11 Hence Moses cries out, "Happy art thou O Israel; who is like unto thee!" … Deuteronomy 33:29 And make thy name great. — A great name then is a great blessing. So David took it. 2 Samuel 7:9 And it was no small comfort to him,

Genesis 24:5 — unto this land: must I needs bring thy son again unto the land from whence thou camest? Peradventure the woman, … — He swears cautiously, he doth not rashly rush upon his oath; he swears not in jest, but in judgment. So must we, Jeremiah 4:2 duly considering the conditions and circumstances; as the nature of an oath, the matter whereabout, the person by whom, and before whom, the time, the place, our calling, and warrant thereunto. "Be not rash"; Ecclesiastes 5:2 the best that

Genesis 29:3 — where Scanderbeg ruled, to poison the town well. Turk. Hist. The Pope hath endeavoured the like, by pouring out his deadly poison "upon the rivers and fountains of water" (the Scriptures) "that they might become blood". Revelation 16:4 Witness that heathenish decree of the Council of Trent; equalising, if not preferring, the Apocrypha to the canonical Scripture; the vulgar translation to the original; traditions to Holy Writ; and affirming that the Holy Ghost himseff is not to be

Genesis 49:1 — into glory, they deliver themselves usually to the standers-by most sweetly. So, besides Jacob, did Moses, Joshua, Paul, and he in whose one example is a globe of precepts, our Lord Jesus Christ, in that last heavenly sermon and prayer of his, John 14:1-31 ; John 15:1-27 ; John 16:1-33 ; John 17:1-26 Whereunto let me add that faithful martyr, John Diazius, who was cruelly butchered by his own brother Alphonsus Diazius, and that merely for his religion. See Trapp on " Genesis 4:8 " I remember,

Genesis 8:1 — means, though he needeth them not. But many times his works are, as Luther speaketh, in contrariis mediis . As here he assuageth the waters by a wind, which naturally "lifteth up the waves thereof," and enrageth them. Psalms 107:25 Jonah 1:4 God worketh by contraries, saith Nazianzen, Dια την εναντιων εναντια οικονομειται ινα

Ezra 1:8 — James V of Scotland was called "The poor man’s king," for his readiness to right and relieve the afflicted. Zerubbabel, however he came by this name Sheshbazzar for that he was the man I take for granted, Ezra 5:16 ; Ezra 3:8 Zechariah 4:9 , though Junius thinks otherwise), he deserved it doubtless; and of him it might well be said, as the historian Vopiscus doth of Probus the emperor, Si probi nomen non haberet, habere cognomen posset, pity he had been called anything but Probus, so

Esther 3:11 — large thongs cut these giants out of other men’s hides. But what meant they thus to sell the hide before they had taken the beast? He that sat in heaven (and had otherwise determined it) laughed at them, the Lord had them in derision, Psalms 2:4 . "With him" (alone) "is strength and wisdom: the deceived and the deceiver are his. He leadeth counsellors away spoiled, and maketh the judges fools. He leadeth princes away spoiled, and overthroweth the mighty," Job 12:16-17 ;

Esther 8:10 — horseback, [and] riders on mules, camels, [and] young dromedaries: And he wrote in the king Ahasuerus’s name — For he knew that "where the word of a king is, there is power: and who may say unto him, What doest thou?" Ecclesiastes 8:4 ; see Daniel 5:19 . Mordecai, as he was careful not to abuse his authority, so he spareth not to improve it to the utmost for the Church’s good. We may also lawfully and comfortably improve the benefits and privileges granted us by princes and

Job 10:1 — — Because it is a lifeless life. Mortis habet vires, a death more like. Life is sweet, and every creature maketh much of it, from the highest angel in heaven to the lowest worm on earth. The Scripture setteth it forth as a sweet mercy, Genesis 45:28 Lamentations 3:39 Esther 7:3 Jeremiah 39:18 ; Jeremiah 51:5 . But God can so embitter it with outward and inward troubles, that it shall become a burden. "I am weary of my life" (saith good Rebekah, Genesis 27:46 ), and "What good

Job 2:8 — ointments he had none, nor baths, to lenify his soreness. Physicians and friends were far from him. He looked on his right band, and beheld, but there was no man that would know him: refuge failed and perished from him; no man cared for his soul, Psalms 142:4 . He had still a wife and servants, and (as some think) his household stuff left him. He should therefore by them have been helped; but they helped on his misery, jeering him, and jesting at him, as he afterwards complaineth. Himself, therefore,

Job 3:5 — of St Thomas, on the back side of Africa, wherewith the whole island is watered; nor such a cloud of grace as God promiseth to create upon every dwelling place of Mount Zion, and upon her assemblies, that upon all his glory may be a defence, Isaiah 4:5 . But such as St Paul and his company were under before the shipwreck, Acts 27:20 , when neither sun nor star appeared for many days together, the heavens being wholly muffled, … Let the blackness of the day terrify it — Or, Let the heat

Song of Solomon 1:10 — that he was in an error that said so, since virtue needs no garnish, but is magnum sui decus, et corpus consecrat, its own greatest glory, and consecrates the body wherein it dwelleth. St Peter also prescribes ladies an excellent dress. (1 Peter 3:3-4) Tertullian comes after with his Vestite vos serico pietatis, &c., Clothe yourselves with the silk of piety, with the satin of sanctity, with the purple of purity. Taliter pigmentatae Christum habebitis amatorem, Being thus arrayed and adorned,

Hosea 7:13 — contra mí; aunque los redimí, ellos hablaron mentira contra mí. Ver. 13. ¡Ay de ellos! porque han huido de mí ] Como lo hizo Caín (el patriarca del diablo) cuando salió de la presencia del Señor, en la familia de su padre, a la tierra de Nod, Génesis 4:16 , siendo él mismo un "no tener", es decir, un fugitivo, Oseas 7:12 , de la misma raíz que se utiliza aquí en el texto (Nadedu). Ahora, como esa tierra tomó el nombre de Caín, y su lamentable estado en ella, así es toda tierra y lugar un gesto de

Joel 2:30 — cielos ] Prodigia beneficiosa credentibus, malefica et horrifica incredulis, dice Cornelius a Lapide, quien interpreta el texto de esas señales y prodigios que precederán al día del juicio: y para confirmación de esto alega Joel 3:2 , junto con Mateo 24:29 Lucas 21:25 . Y si hubiera mirado un poco más en esos Capítulos, y hubiera asimilado todos los problemas que le sobrevinieron a la Iglesia desde la ascensión de nuestro Salvador hasta su segunda venida, junto con esas horribles calamidades y confusiones

Haggai 2:14 — Entonces respondió Hageo y dijo: Así es este pueblo, y así es esta nación delante de mí, dice el SEÑOR; y así es toda obra de sus manos; y lo que ofrecen allí es inmundo. Ver. 14. Así es este pueblo, y así es esta nación antes de mí ] Aunque puro a sus propios ojos, Proverbios 30:12 , y para el mundo irreprensible, como Pablo los Fariseos, Filipenses 2:14,15 , y los mismos -justiciaries, Lucas 16:14,15 "Vosotros sois los

Zechariah 14:12 — boca. Ver. 12. Y esta será la plaga con la que el Señor herirá, etc. ] Las promesas precedentes que fueron tan grandes y gloriosas, el profeta ahora las amplía e ilustra en los siguientes versículos; y, primero, la conquista de los enemigos, Zacarías 14:12,15 ; a continuación, la profesión de Cristo entre todas las naciones del mundo, Zacarías 14:16,19 ; y por último, la santidad de la Iglesia, Zacarías 14:20,21 . La conquista de los enemigos se establece, primero, por los extraños juicios de Dios

Malachi 3:16 — corrompido sus caminos, Génesis 6:12 , y el mundo entero se volvió ateo. Entonces, cuando no había verdad, ni misericordia, ni conocimiento de Dios en la tierra, de nadie de quien hablar, sino que incluso estaba oscurecida por la profanación, Oseas 4:1 ; como estaba Egipto con las langostas muy terribles que cubrían su ojo, Éxodo 10:14,15 . Luego, cuando la ciudad fiel se convirtió en ramera, Isaías 1:21,22 ; su plata se convirtió en escoria, su vino mezclado con agua; su pueblo no sólo se diluye,

Matthew 3:12 — pecado que obra: no peca sin pecado; ου ποιει αμαρτιαν, 1 Juan 3:9 . No se transforma a la imagen del pecado, como los malvados, Miqueas 1:5 . Su escoria no descansa en él; lo resuelve mediante el arrepentimiento que cometió con desgana, Ezequiel 24:11 ; Ezequiel 3:1,27 . Él es el mejor después. Su mismo pecado (cuando se lamenta y se niega) lo hace más atento a sus caminos, más agradecido por un Salvador, más misericordioso con los demás, más deseoso de alcanzar el estado de perfección, etc.

Matthew 6:25 — carnal, nuestro Salvador aquí, con muchos argumentos, disuade y condena. "No te preocupes mucho por tu vida, lo que comerás", etc. La palabra aquí usada en el original (μεριμνα) significa a veces un cuidado cristiano encomiable, como 1 Corintios 7:33,34 "El que está casado se preocupa por agradar a su esposa; de la misma manera ella se preocupa por agradar a su marido. "Implica una división de la mente en varios pensamientos, lanzando de un lado a otro y en todos los sentidos inclinarse para dar el

2 Samuel 11:4 — Or, And when she had purified herself from her uncleanness, she returned home; that is, from that legal uncleanness contracted by her carnal copulation with David, - yea, though he had been her own husband. See Exodus 19:15 Leviticus 15:18 1 Samuel 21:4 . But doth Bathsheba make conscience of ceremonial, and none of moral purity? Or, doth David’s deceitful heart make him think that he may the more safely lie with Bathsheba, because she was purified? And she returned unto her house. — But