Bible Commentaries

Genesis 34:17 — But if ye will not hearken unto us, to be circumcised; then will we take our daughter, and we will be gone. But if ye will not hearken. — How often have men found treason in trust, and murder under show of marriage! as in 1 Samuel 18:17 ; 1 Samuel 18:25 Daniel 11:17 , and in the massacre of Paris.

Genesis 42:23 — And they knew not that Joseph understood [them]; for he spake unto them by an interpreter. Understood them. — Heb., Heard them. See 1 Corinthians 14:2 , marg. So Isaiah 36:11 . So a hearing heart is put for "an understanding heart," 1 Kings 3:9 which many of our common hearers want; and therefore hear to no purpose. Isaiah 6:9

Genesis 48:6 — And thy issue, which thou begettest after them, shall be thine, [and] shall be called after the name of their brethren in their inheritance. After the name of their brethren. — That is, of Ephraim and Manasseh; as if they were not their brethren, but their sons. Thus Jacob transfers the birthright from Reuben to Joseph. 1 Chronicles 5:1-2

Genesis 7:3 — Of fowls also of the air by sevens, the male and the female; to keep seed alive upon the face of all the earth. Of fowls also. — Such as are of clean kinds, as R. Solomon senseth it. The eagle and the lion were not for sacrifice; like as were the lamb and the dove. "Not many mighty," … 1 Corinthians 1:26

Psalms 1:1 — de burladores. El Libro de los Salmos] Así lo llama Cristo, Lucas 20:42 . La palabra hebrea significa himnos o alabanzas, porque la mayor parte de estos salmos sirven para presentar la alabanza de Dios. Este título parece haber sido tomado de Salmo 145:1 , llamado Himno de David o Salmo de alabanza; tan apreciado por los antiguos hebreos que lo declaran heredero del cielo, quien lo repetirá con devoción tres veces al día. Los griegos llaman a este Libro el Salterio (Athanas., Chrysost.); y darle

Psalms 8:1 — Salmo 8:1 «Al Músico principal sobre Gittith, Salmo de David. »¡Oh SEÑOR, Señor nuestro, cuán glorioso es tu nombre en toda la tierra! que has puesto tu gloria sobre los cielos. Al Músico principal sobre Gittith ] Sobre el cítrico, o gittern, traído de Gat, dice

Habakkuk 3:1 — Oración del profeta Habacuc sobre Shigionot. Ver. 1. Una oración del profeta Habacuc] Habacuc significa un luchador, que al terminar se esfuerza por mejorar, como se ha señalado antes en Habacuc 1:1 . Cerrar con el adversario es la mejor manera de suplantarlo, o de evitar el golpe: así es correr hacia

Matthew 3:9 — and windings in the heart of man, studious of deceiving itself by some paralogism ( παραλογιζομενοι εαυτους , James 1:22 ). Therefore the apostle so often premiseth, "Be not deceived," when he reckons up reprobates, 1 Corinthians 6:9 ; Ephesians 5:6-8 . We have Abraham to our father — What of that? so had Ishmael, an outcast, -Esau, a castaway, …

Acts 26:19 — Whereupon, O king Agrippa, I was not disobedient unto the heavenly vision: I was not disobedient — As I should have been if I had taken flesh and blood into counsel, Galatians 1:16 ; See Trapp on " Galatians 1:16 " but silencing my reason, I exalted my faith, and putting myself into God’s hands, said, ‘ Te duce, vera sequor: te duce, falsa nego. "

Romans 14:7 — Porque ninguno de nosotros vive para sí mismo, y nadie muere para sí mismo. Ver. 7. Porque ninguno de nosotros vive para sí mismo ] San Pablo se puso de puntillas, por así decirlo, Filipenses 1:20 , Filipenses 1:20 , para ver de qué manera podía glorificar mejor a Dios, con la vida o con la muerte.

Romans 16:25 — Now to him that is of power to stablish you according to my gospel, and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery, which was kept secret since the world began, Which was kept secret — Even from the very angels, 1 Peter 1:12 , who do daily profit in the knowledge of this secret, Ephesians 3:10 .

Romans 16:25 — Ahora, al que tiene poder, para afirmarte según mi evangelio y la predicación de Jesucristo, según la revelación del misterio, que se mantuvo en secreto desde el principio del mundo, Ver. 25. Que se mantuvo en secreto ] Incluso de los mismísimos ángeles, 1 Pedro 1:12 , quienes diariamente aprovechan el conocimiento de este secreto, Efesios 3:10 .

1 Corinthians 3:5 — Who then is Paul, and who is Apollos, but ministers by whom ye believed, even as the Lord gave to every man? But ministers — Not masters, as Magistri nostri Parisienses. (Praefat. in 1 Sentent.) So the Sorbonists will needs be called, contrary to James 3:1 . Bacon the Carmelite was called Doctor resolutissimus, most free, because he would endure no May-bes.

1 Corinthians 8:3 — But if any man love God, the same is known of him. But if any man love God — And his neighbour for God’s sake; his friends in God, his foes for God. The same is known of him — That is, knows him savingly, Galatians 4:9 , is taught of God, 1 Thessalonians 4:9 , who only gives true wisdom, James 1:5 .

2 Corinthians 2:15 — For we are unto God a sweet savour of Christ, in them that are saved, and in them that perish: A sweet savour — The Church is the mortar, preaching the pestle, the promises are the sweet spices, which being beaten, yield a heavenly and supernatural smell in the souls of the godly hearers. (Bifield on 1 Peter 2:1-25 )

2 Corinthians 8:18 — Y hemos enviado con él al hermano, cuya alabanza está en el evangelio por todas las iglesias; Ver. 18. Cuyo alabanza está en el Evangelio ] San Lucas, probablemente, quien escribió el Evangelio por primera vez, como algunos se refieren a Lucas 1:1 , y a quien Ambrosio elogia mucho como el escritor del Evangelio más claro y distinto.

Galatians 6:6 — El que es enseñado en la palabra, comunique al que enseña todas las cosas buenas. Ver. 6. Comunícate con él ] No compartir como una limosna, sino compartir como un derecho; ver Filemón 1:17 ; como salario por su trabajo, Marco 6:8 ; como pago por sus dolores, 1 Corintios 9:14 . Ver Trapp en " 1Co 9:14 "

3 John 1:1 — The elder unto the wellbeloved Gaius, whom I love in the truth. Unto the wellbeloved Gaius — A rich Corinthian, rich in this world and rich in good works; a rare bird, at Corinth especially, where St Paul found them the richer the harder, and far behind the poor Macedonians in works of charity, Romans 16:23 ; 1 Corinthians 1:14 .

Revelation 20:1 — Y vi a un ángel que descendía del cielo con la llave del abismo y una gran cadena en la mano. Ver. 1. Y vi un angustiado ] Constantino el Grande, el hijo varón de la Iglesia, Apocalipsis 12:5 . Tener la clave ] No esa clave, Apocalipsis 9:1 , sino otra. Una gran cadena ] La sucesión de emperadores cristianos.

Revelation 21:15 — And he that talked with me had a golden reed to measure the city, and the gates thereof, and the wall thereof. Had a golden reed — Not those twelve Trent articles, or any human invention, but the word, as Revelation 11:1 , wherewith is measured not the temple only, as there, but the city, gates, and wall, as Ezekiel 40:1-49 .