Bible Commentaries

Genesis 17:3 — hiciera, ahora que Dios habló con él. Tal postura del cuerpo nos conviene al escuchar la palabra, ya que puede expresar mejor nuestra reverencia y ampliar nuestra atención. Se le pide a Balac que se levante para escuchar la parábola de Balaam. Números 23:18 Eglón, aunque es un hombre gordo y difícil de manejar, se levanta de su asiento para escuchar el mensaje de Dios de Aod. Jueces 3:20 El pueblo de Nehemías "se puso de pie" Nehemías 8: 5 para escuchar la ley leída y explicada. A Constantino el Grande

Genesis 5:27 — en poco tiempo; y previendo el diluvio, llamó a su hijo Matusalén; es decir, muere y llega el dardo (o la inundación) . Y así sucedió; porque tan pronto como su cabeza fue puesta, entró el diluvio. "Los justos son quitados del mal por venir". Isa 57: 1 Y su muerte es un triste presagio de una calamidad inminente. No se pudo tomar a Hipona mientras vivió Agustín, ni a Heidelberg mientras Paraeus. Semen sanctum statumen terrae b Isa 6:13 La santa simiente sostiene el estado. Absque stationibus non

Genesis 6:1 — Y sucedió que cuando los hombres comenzaron a multiplicarse sobre la faz de la tierra, y les nacieron hijas, Ver. 1. Cuando los hombres comenzaron a multiplicarse. ] No sólo los buenos, sino también los malos; El cual, por tanto, les tomó más mujeres que una, para que se multipliquen en grande. Una descendencia numerosa no es una señal segura del favor especial de

Ezekiel 29:3 — of Pharaoh; whose princes also and people are fitly compared to lesser fishes, and Egypt to waters, wherewith it aboundeth. These shall all suffer together, saith the prophet: Principis enim calamitas, populi clades est. Oecolamp. Compare Psalms 74:13-14 . That lieth in the midst of his rivers. — That lieth at ease in the swollen waters of his Nile, and battleth. Which hath said, My river is mine own. — The river Nile watereth Egypt, and maketh it fruitful beyond credulity. They do but

Daniel 9:17 — sensible. Psalms 79:4 Hear the prayer of thy servant. — Who assumeth the boldness to plead his interest in thee, and his relation to thee. And his supplications. — Which are nothing else but prayers redoubled and reinforced, as Genesis 32:11 Isaiah 63:16 And cause thy face to shine upon thy sanctuary. — Do it, oh do it now; for "the time to favour Zion, yea, the set time is come." And this I can tell, because "thy servants take pleasure in her stones, and favour the

Hosea 7:10 — do to tame them, and turn them again, they will on in their wicked ways, and not "accept the punishment of their iniquities"; not confess and forsake their sins, that they have mercy; not seek him, that is, come unto him by faith, Hebrews 11:6 , and subject themselves unto him by true obedience, 2 Chronicles 7:14 , this is such a piece of pride as testifieth to men’s faces, that they deserve to be destroyed; this is wickedness with a witness; this is fastus adeo enormis atque notorius,

Hosea 9:2 — winepress shall not feed them — Culpam poena premit comes, Punishment attendeth sin at the heels. They had abused their plenty, and ascribed it to their idols; therefore shall they be cut short either in their store, as Habakkuk 3:6 ; Habakkuk 3:10 ; Habakkuk 2:16 , or in their strength, as Hosea 4:10 ; Hosea 8:7 . see Hosea 2:8-9 , with the notes One way or other their hopes shall be frustrated, the creature shall lie to them, and not answer their expectation. The new wine shall fail in her

Joel 1:6 — my land, strong, and without number, whose teeth [are] the teeth of a lion, and he hath the cheek teeth of a great lion. For a nation is come up upon my land — A nation, sc. of vermin, by swarms, as Joel 2:9 , called afterwards an army, Joel 2:11 , and a people, Joel 2:2 . See the like Proverbs 30:25-26 . "Is come," that is, shortly shall come, "upon my land," this glorious and goodly land, as it is called, Daniel 11:16 . Tarnovius makes this by a mimesis Rhet. A figure

Obadiah 1:9 — and dispirited; their courage was quailed, and even broken with fear, as the word signifieth; so that, as Saul, when the devil had preached his funeral, made haste and fell with the fulness of his stature all along on the earth, as being sore afraid, 1 Samuel 28:20 ; so shall it be with the mighties of Teman, that is, of Edom, for Teman was nephew to Esau and son to Eliphaz, Genesis 36:11 , and of him some city or part of the country took its denomination. The Chaldee and the Vulgate Latin take the

Habakkuk 1:17 — continually to slay the nations — q.d. This cannot hold long; and that it may not, is mine earnest suit and supplication. Lord, when thou makest inquisition for blood, remember their blood guiltiness, and forget not the cry of the humble, Psalms 9:12 . These cruel Chaldeans do not only subjugate, but slay, not a few, but whole nations and that continually, and that without mercy. Is it not high time for thee to set to thy hand, O preserver of men, … Note the prophet’s ardency in prayer;

Haggai 2:23 — the son of Shealtiel, saith the LORD, and will make thee as a signet: for I have chosen thee, saith the LORD of hosts. I will take thee, O Zerubbabel — That is, O Christ, of whom Zerubbabel was both a father and a figure, Luke 3:27 Zechariah 4:10 "I will take thee," that is, I will advance and exalt thee. See this expounded and applied by that great apostle, Philippians 2:5-12 . And will make thee as a signet — That is, I will highly esteem thee, inviolably keep thee, and entirely

Zechariah 1:19 — vision be dark and mysterious, yet the prophet despaireth not of a right understanding, neither doth he waywardly reject it with a Quod non vult intelligi, vult negligi; but wanting wisdom, he asketh it of God, as St James also adviseth us to do, James 1:5 , and as David practised: "Teach me good judgment and knowledge," saith he, "give me understanding and I shall observe thy law." Thus Daniel prayed, and had an angel sent to inform him not once, but often, in friendly and familiar

Zechariah 2:7 — from this untoward generation, Acts 2:40 "Flee out of the midst of Babylon, and deliver every man his soul: be not cut off in her iniquity; for this is the time of the Lord’s vengeance; he will render unto her a recompense," Jeremiah 51:6-7 . Shortly after this exhortation to the sons of Zion Babylon revolted from the Persians, and was taken and sacked by Darius in the fourth year of his reign (that is, two years after this prophecy was uttered) by the help of his friend Zopyrus. Two

Zechariah 8:2 — Thus saith the LORD of hosts; I was jealous for Zion with great jealousy, and I was jealous for her with great fury. I was jealous for Zion — See Trapp on " Zechariah 1:14 " Jealous as a husband, zealous as a loving father; for, Non amat qui non zelat, He does not love who does not ardently low, saith Augustine; and a father being rebuked by some for his exceeding forwardness for his friend, answered, Ego aliter

Matthew 12:3 — hungry, and he denies it not, but confutes their present cavils by clear syllogisms, one in the neck of another, such as they could not answer, nor abide, Manifestis syllogismis adversarios redarguit. Gualt. and therefore sought to destroy him,Matthew 12:14; Matthew 12:14 . See here the lawful use of logic in divinity, and mistake not St Jerome, Qui syllogizandi artem, applicatam Theologiae, comparat plagis Aegypti: understand him of that false sophistry, which the apostle calleth vain philosophy,

Matthew 13:1 — the scribes and Pharisees in the forenoon, he sat and taught the people (as it may seem) in the afternoon. A precedent of preaching twice a day. Chrysostom’s practice was to preach in the afternoon, and by candle light; as appears by his note on 1 Thessalonians 5:17 , where he fetcheth a similitude from the lamp he was preaching by. Quench not the Spirit, σβεννυσι δε αυτοβιος ακαθαρτος

Matthew 16:25 — highest angel to the lowest worm, as that Father observeth. But life in God’s displeasure is worse than death, as death in his true favour is true life, said Bradford to Gardiner; for such a death lays hold upon eternal life, as St Paul hath it, 1 Timothy 6:19 , or (as other copies read it) upon life indeed ( της οντως ζωης ). For, aeterna vita vera vita, saith Augustine. "None to that," as David said of Goliath’s

Matthew 2:20 — halcyon. At which time a pretty spectacle it was to behold Christ striving with Antichrist for mastery. For whatsoever the Pope and his champions could do to the contrary, all happened rather, as at Philippi, unto the furtherance of the gospel, Philippians 1:12 . So was it here in Queen Mary’s time; do what they could, the Christian congregations in London were sometimes forty, sometimes a hundred, sometimes two hundred. I have heard of one (saith Mr Fox) that being sent to them to take their names

Matthew 22:24 — Saying, Master, Moses said, If a man die, having no children, his brother shall marry his wife, and raise up seed unto his brother. Master, Moses said — They pretend Scripture; so did the devil, Matthew 4:1-11 . So do heretics all; Sed sensum afferunt non auferunt, but they fetch not the meaning from the Scripture, but fasten a sense (even that of their own devising) on the Scripture: Caedem Scripturarum faciunt ad materiam suam, saith Tertullian. They

Matthew 26:53 — heaven in an instant. Are we then in any imminent danger? send up to heaven for help by prayer, and God will send from heaven and help us. We need not help ourselves by seeking private revenge, as Peter here, or using sinister shifts, as David, Psalms 34:1 , for in the same Psalm men are exhorted to ensue peace and pass by private wrongs; because the "angels of the Lord encamp round about them that fear him, and deliver them."