Bible Commentaries

Genesis 17:8 — les ordenó mediante proclamación no tanto que miraran hacia ella, desde cualquier torre o montaña alta. b Sí, mucho antes de esto, el Señor, por su iniquidad, los contaba como usurpadores y los llamaba "peregrinos en esa tierra". Ezequiel 20:38 ; Eze 11:15 Si los hombres pierden sus privilegios, Dios puede, a su gusto, tomar la pérdida y privarlos de privilegios, como hizo con Saulo y Judas, que "por transgresión cayó" de su oficio ", para poder volver a su puesto. propio lugar". Hechos 1:25 Seré

Genesis 24:16 — Y la doncella era muy hermosa a la vista, virgen, y nadie la había conocido; y bajó al pozo, llenó su cántaro y subió. Ver. 16. Y la doncella era muy hermosa. ] Kαλη και σοφη, Justo y sabio, como se dijo de Aspasia Milesia. a Aquí la belleza no estaba mal otorgada, como un anillo de oro en el hocico de un cerdo, sino (como la historia b informa de Lady Jane Grey) adornada

Ezra 4:3 — serían llevados al final de su ingenio antes de que pudieran lograr el fin de esta obra, para hacer una reconciliación entre Roma y nosotros. No tienen nada que ver con nosotros para construir una casa a nuestro Dios. De tal posición, dice el apóstol, 1 Timoteo 6:5 . Dígales, cuando ofrezcan su costo y servicio, como aquí, Pura Deus mens est: procul, o procul este profani. Ésta era una de esas leyes antiguas de las doce tablas entre los romanos, Impius ne audeto placare donis iram deorum, Que ningún

Esther 9:16 — Pero los demás judíos que estaban en las provincias del rey se reunieron y defendieron sus vidas, y tuvieron descanso de sus enemigos, y mataron de sus enemigos a setenta y cinco mil, pero no pusieron sus manos sobre la presa, Ver. 16. Pero los otros judíos que fueron, etc. ] Aunque no eran más que una nación, dispersa y pelada, un pueblo despreciable y débil, últimamente destinado a la destrucción; sin embargo, por la fe subyugan reinos, escapan al filo de la espada, por debilidad

Job 3:15 — O con príncipes que tenían oro, que llenaban de plata sus casas: Ver. 15. O con príncipes que tenían oro ] Gran cantidad de él. Petrarca relata del Papa Juan XXII que sus herederos encontraron en sus arcas no menos de 250 toneladas de oro. Bonifacio VIII, hecho prisionero y saqueado por orden de Felipe el Hermoso, rey de

Job 4:5 — irritante. Pero hasta ese momento Elifaz había elogiado a Job; ahora lo aplasta todo y traza una línea negra sobre lo que había hablado una vez. Elogiar a un hombre con un pero es una herida en lugar de un elogio; suena a lo que se dice de Naamán, 2 Reyes 5:1 , era un hombre honrado y valiente, pero leproso; rocía negro sobre blanco, y así mancha el buen nombre de un hombre, que es calumnia en alto grado. Ha venido sobre ti ] ¿Qué ha venido? El mal que temiste, por tu propia confesión, Job 3:25,26 ; o ahora

Job 4:8 — Como he visto, los que aran la iniquidad y siembran la iniquidad, lo mismo cosechan. Ver. 8. Incluso como he visto ] Y, por tanto, puedo decir con valentía: ¿para qué es tan seguro como la vista? Ver Números 11:23 Génesis 34:1,2 . La inspección diligente de una cosa y la consideración profunda de ella genera confianza, que es el fruto de la experiencia. Que aran iniquidad, y siembran iniquidad ] Aquí hay arar y sembrar, una agricultura mística. Los pecadores

Job 5:10 — Que hace llover sobre la tierra y envía aguas sobre los campos; Ver. 10. El que da lluvia sobre la tierra ] Esto se cuenta, y con razón, entre las maravillas de Dios. Véase Job 28:26 Jeremias 10:13 Amo 5: 8 Hechos 14:17 . La lluvia es el flujo de una nube húmeda que, disolviéndose poco a poco por el calor del sol, deja

Zechariah 11:14 — the brotherhood between Judah and Israel. Then I cut asunder mine other staff, even Bands — Or, binders; the bond of unity, say some; by sending a spirit of perversities among them, such as that was which made way for the ruin of Egypt, Isaiah 19:14 ; Isaiah 19:16-17 . But see for the sense hereof what is noted. See Trapp on " Zechariah 11:7 " God seems to say that he will now no more govern this people in mildness and clemency; nor yet exercise his shepherdly severity in saving corrections

Malachi 1:13 — detects the deceiver, and detests him, as here, but curseth him bitterly in the next verse. He rejects the hypocrite’s sacrifice, and plagueth such Prometheuses; when as he wipes not out any of the good services of his sincere people, Nehemiah 13:4 , but abundantly blesseth them. Labour, therefore, for that "truth in the inward parts," Psalms 51:6 , that we may be with "Apelles approved in Christ," Romans 16:10 , and with Nathanael, "an Israelite indeed," John

Matthew 10:31 — value than many sparrows — Yea, than many other men, as one pearl is more worth than many pebbles, one little lark than many carrion kites. Noah found more favour with God than all the world besides. The saints are called all things, Colossians 1:20 . Tabor and Hermon are put for the east and west of the world, Psalms 89:12 , as if there were no world but Judaea, that pleasant land, that land of delight, Daniel 11:16 ; Daniel 11:41 , so styled, because in Judah was God known, and there were

Matthew 15:4 — that keep this particular commandment. Honour thy father and mother — Among other good offices, nourish and cherish them, as Joseph did Jacob and his family, Chepi tappam, as a man nourisheth his little ones, lovingly and tenderly, Genesis 47:12 ; be unto them as Obed was to Naomi, "a restorer of her life, and a nourisher of her old age," Ruth 4:15 . This the apostle commends to us, as a thing not only good before men, but acceptable before God, 1 Timothy 5:4 . This the stork and

Matthew 2:13 — were departed, behold, the angel of the Lord appeareth to Joseph in a dream, saying, Arise, and take the young child and his mother, and flee into Egypt, and be thou there until I bring thee word: for Herod will seek the young child to destroy him. Ver 13. Behold, the angel of the Lord appeareth to Joseph in a dream — Angels cannot enlighten the mind or powerfully incline the will (that is proper to the Holy Ghost to do), but as spirits and instruments of the Holy Ghost they can insinuate themselves

Matthew 24:13 — But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved. But he that endureth — It is but a he, a single man, that holdeth out; when many lose their love, and therewith their reward, 2 John 1:8 . Ecebolus, Aeneas, Sylvius, Baldwin, Pendleton, Shaxton, and many others, set forth gallantly, but tired ere they came to their journey’s end. Of them that verse was verified, Principium fervet, medium tepet, exitus alget. Beginning hot, middle

Matthew 26:27 — Isaiah 25:6 . Therefore as he gave them in the wilderness the bread of angels, so he set the rock abroach for them, and so fed them with sacraments. They did "all eat the same spiritual bread, and they did all drink the same spiritual drink," 1 Corinthians 10:3-4 , that the ancient Church might give no warrant of a dry communion. The Russians a kind of mongrel Christians, communicate in both kinds; but mingling both together in a chalice, they distribute it both together in a spoon. (Breerwood’s

Matthew 5:20 — your righteousness shall exceed the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no case enter into the kingdom of heaven. Except your righteousness shall exceed the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees — And yet they went far: 1. In works of piety, for they made long prayers, … 2. In works of charity, for they gave much alms. 3. In works of equity, for they tithed mint, anise, and cummin. 4. In works of courtesy, for they invited Christ often, … They were the

Matthew 5:46 — Romans 4:4 that God will give to them that love their enemies. Praemium, sed gratuitum. "If thine enemy be hungry, feed him, … For thou shalt heap coals of fire upon his head, and the Lord shall reward thee," saith Solomon, Proverbs 25:21-22 . A double encouragement, and all little enough. 1. Thou shalt heap coals on his head; those coals are (as Austin interprets it) urentes poenitentiae gemitus, the scorching sighs of true repentance: q.d. thou shalt melt these Beza in Matt. vi. hardest

Matthew 7:28 — preached at various times, as some collect out of Luke. A long sermon it was, and yet the people staid it out. So did not those Capernaites, John 6:66 , and therefore fell away from Christ; so did not Judas, and therefore met the devil at the door,John 13:30; John 13:30 . It is a lamentable thing that a winter’s tale shall be heard with more patience and pleasure than a powerful sermon; that if a preacher exceed his time sometimes people sit at as little ease as if they were in a fit of an ague;

Matthew 8:32 — And he said unto them, Go. And when they were come out, they went into the herd of swine: and, behold, the whole herd of swine ran violently down a steep place into the sea, and perished in the waters. And he said unto them, Go — 1. To show his sovereignty over the creatures. He is the great proprietary of all, and may do with his own as he wisheth. 2. To punish their sensuality in feeding upon swine’s flesh, against the express letter of the law. Ex uno sue quinquaginta

2 Samuel 21:1 — Luego hubo hambre en los días de David tres años, año tras año; y David consultó al SEÑOR. Y el SEÑOR respondió: Es por Saúl y por su casa ensangrentada, porque mató a los gabaonitas. Ver. 1. Luego hubo hambre en los días de David. ] Bella fama excipiuntur: Las guerras generalmente terminan con el hambre: que, si es extrema, es peor que la guerra, Lam 4: 9 En los días de David tres años. ] El primer y segundo año podría considerarlo como