Bible Commentaries

Genesis 41:34 — βασιλεως οριζομενον . - Appian. as if it were not enough to be above men, but above mankind: as those princes would be, saith our English chronicler, Dan., Hist. of Eng., fol. 144. that would have their will to be law. Melancthon tells us of a certain prince in those parts, that extorted money from his miserable subjects, by knocking out their teeth. First he knocked out one tooth, Primo unum dentem evellebat, minitans, …

Esther 1:16 — king only, but also to all the princes, and to all the people that [are] in all the provinces of the king Ahasuerus. And Memucan answered before the king — Heb. Mumchan; the junior likely, and therefore spake first, the rest concurred, Esther 1:21 . A bold man he was surely (whatever else he was) that durst deliver his mind so freely of such a business, and in such a presence, … What if the king and queen should have grown friends again, where had Memucan been? If his cause and his

Esther 3:2 — servile souls to worship a dog or a cat, as the Egyptians did, a golden image, as Nebuchadnezzar’s subjects did, to turn the glory of the incorruptible God into the similitude of a corruptible man, of four-footed boasts or creeping things, as Romans 1:23 , they would have done it. Most people are of King Henry’s religion, as the proverb is, resolving to do as the most do, though thereby they be undone for ever. This is to be worse than some heathens. See Trapp on " Acts 4:19 " But

Job 17:9 — vain, and washed my hands in innocence; for all the day long have I been plagued," when bad men have been prospered. Hence he began to repent of his repentance, and to miscensure the generation of God’s children as thrice miserable, Psalms 73:13-15 ; but after a while, and upon better consideration, he said, "This is mine infirmity"; yea, he fooled and beasted himself, Psalms 73:22 , for so saying. And the like will all those at length do that belong to God; though for the present

Job 20:15 — hunter, Genesis 25:30 , Feed me, I pray thee, or let me swallow at once (like as camels are fed by casting gobbets into their mouth) that red, red, … Gold is no better than red earth, and cannot terminate man’s appetite, Ecclesiastes 5:10 . And he shall vomit them up again — Either by remorse and restitution in the mean time, or by despair and impenitent horror hereafter; he shall vomit them up, and together with them his vital blood and spirits; he shall bring up his very heart

Job 28:2 — subdued. The first inventors of iron and brass Pliny will have to be the Chalybes, or Cyclopes. Diodorus, the Idaei, Dactyli, or Vulcan. Vulcanum, inquit, ferri, aeris, argenti, auri, omniumque quae igne fabricantur, artem invenisse, ferunt (Diod. Sic. 1. 6). And surely if Vulcan were the same as Tubalcain (as various commentators will have it), Diodorus was not far from the truth; for he taught men to work in brass and iron, Genesis 4:22 . Iron they had before, and the art of using it; how else could

Job 3:10 — his birth and night of his conception, which yet were harmless, and had not deserved to be thus charged, cursed. "Because it shut not up," … But how could the night do that? Is it not of God alone to shut or open the womb? Genesis 20:18 ; Genesis 29:31 . And was it not he that took David thence? Psalms 18:23 . This Job could tell well enough at another time, but now he is quite out of all reason; beating himself with his passions, as the lion doth with his own tail; yea, like some

Job 8:16 — shineth hottest upon him, the rush may then wither, but not the tree. See Psalms 37:35 . A hypocrite may abound exceedingly in outward prosperity; yea, he may be green for a while before the sun of persecution, as was Alexander the coppersmith, Acts 19:32 2 Timothy 4:14 . The thorny ground stood out the heat of the sunbeams, and shrank not in the wetting. And his branch shooteth forth in his garden — Mr Broughton translates, His suckers sprout out over his orchard, that is, he grows luxuriously

Job 9:11 — one of us as the bark is from the tree; for in him we live, move, and have our being; and therefore we had need take heed what we say or think of him in any extremity or misery, for he overheareth us; yea, he knoweth our thoughts long before, Psalms 139:2 . As a circumspect judge that goeth obscured under some disguise, to hear and see what is said and done by those that are to be judged by him. Or, as the Great Turk standing behind the arras, at the dangerous door, to hear all the debates and decrees

Psalms 25:1 — guidance of God’s good Spirit; thirdly, defence against his enemies (Beza). It appeareth that this psalm was made by David when he was well in years, Psalms 25:7 , after his sin in the matter of Uriah (that great iniquity, as he calleth it, Psalms 25:11 , saith Vatablus), and some gather, from Psalms 25:19 , that he framed this psalm when Absalom was up in arms against him, Psalms 25:19 (compared with Psalms 3:1 ). See also Psalms 25:15 ; Psalms 25:22 . It may seem therefore that when he came to Mahanaim,

Ecclesiastes 6:10 — hath been is named already, and it is known that it [is] man: neither may he contend with him that is mightier than he. That which hath been is named already. — Or thus, That which is the name of it, hath been named already, viz., Ecclesiastes 1:2-3 and it is known that it is Adam, or earthly man. The very notation of his name argues him mortal and miserable; whether he be wise or foolish, rich or poor, that alters not the case: - Homo sum, said one, humanum nihil a me alienum puto: I am a

Song of Solomon 1:14 — sacrilegiously; because they accept not Christ upon Christ's terms, take not whole Christ in all his offices and efficacies - would have him as a Saviour but not as a Sovereign - they make not a total resignation of themselves to Christ as Paul did (Galatians 2:19-20) As a cluster of camphire. — Or, As the cypress berry, within its white flower - sweet, pleasant, and very fragrant. They that talk here of the island Cyprus are as far from the sense as that island is from Engedi, which was a place in the

Matthew 12:43 — Cuando el espíritu inmundo sale del hombre, anda por lugares secos, buscando descanso, y no lo encuentra. Ver. 43. Cuando el espíritu inmundo ] Inmundo se llama al diablo: 1. Afecto (dice Jacobus de Voragine), porque ama la inmundicia. 2. Persuasión, porque persuade a los hombres a hacerlo. 3. Habitatione, porque habita en corazones inmundos; los encuentra feos, los empeora. Dondequiera que el Gran Turco ponga un pie una

Matthew 16:26 — podría ser un arruinado, un mendigo, suplicando en vano, aunque fuera por una gota de agua fría para refrescar su lengua. Entonces, ¿no es nada perder un alma inmortal, comprar una muerte eterna? En este versículo se establece que la pérdida del alma es 1. incomparable; 2. irreparable. Si, por tanto, perder la vida por dinero es una locura, ¿entonces qué es el alma? ¿Qué sabio podría sacar oro de un crisol de fuego? ¿Se arriesgará a infortunios sin fin por unos placeres acuáticos? ¿Dar su alma al diablo,

Matthew 17:4 — estaba tan divertido, o más bien asombrado, ante esa maravillosa vista. Así que Pablo, ya sea en el cuerpo o fuera del cuerpo, cuando fue arrebatado al tercer cielo, no puede decirlo: Dios lo sabe; y de nuevo, no puede decirlo, Dios lo sabe, 2 Corintios 12:2,3 . Solo esto puede decir, que escuchó αρρητα ρηματα, palabras sin palabras, cosas como las palabras que son demasiado débiles para pronunciarlas, y ante el pensamiento de ello, " Claudicat ingenium, delirat linguaque, mensque " . Es tan imposible

Matthew 4:4 — tenía su lanza y su cántaro a la cabeza incluso mientras dormía), para que puedan "resistir al diablo", "firmes en la fe", basados ​​en la palabra. José lo venció al recordar el séptimo mandamiento; y David, al ocultar esta palabra en su corazón, Salmo 119:11 . Por lo tanto, perverso fue el consejo del Dr. Bristow a sus agentes, de que trabajaran todavía para sacar a los herejes de su débil y falso castillo de las Sagradas Escrituras y llevarlos a los llanos campos de los concilios y los padres. Las

Matthew 8:29 — Basilio, Segismundo el emperador respondió: Tamen Romanus est: Sin embargo, soy un romano, así cuando el diablo venga encomendado a nosotros bajo cualquier nombre, gritemos: Sin embargo, él es un diablo; y recuerde todavía resistirle, firmes en la fe, 1 Pedro 5:8,9 . ¿Has venido aquí para atormentarnos ? Para despojarnos. Mira, es otro infierno para el diablo estar ocioso, o de otra manera que ocupado por el mal. ¿No deberíamos considerar nuestro cielo para hacer el bien? a Aprende, por vergüenza del

John 13:1 — Ahora bien, antes de la fiesta de la pascua, sabiendo Jesús que había llegado su hora de partir de este mundo al Padre, habiendo amado a los suyos que estaban en el mundo, los amó hasta el fin. Ver. 1. Que debería partir, etc. ] Esta definición de muerte, dice Calvino, pertenece a todo el cuerpo de la Iglesia. Para los santos no es más que un pasaje al Padre, una entrada a la vida eterna. Ya sea que la muerte de un cristiano sea un holocausto (de

Revelation 18:4 — another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues. Another voice — This was Christ’s voice, whether mediate or immediate it appears not. SeeJeremiah 51:45; Jeremiah 51:45 . My people — A people Christ had, and still hath, where Antichrist most prevaileth. There are thought to be no less than 20,000 Protestants in Seville itself, a chief city of Spain. Even in Italy there are full 4000 professed

2 Samuel 24:10 — mercy. All which fell out, some think, the night before the prophet Gad came to offer him that hard choice; he had communed with his own heart upon his bed, and made a pause, as Psalms 4:4 , his reins also had instructed him in the night seasons, Psalms 16:7 the Spirit of God had given him counsel; and hence he is so active in his humiliations. David’s heart smote him; he stayed not till God smote him. The apostle biddeth, "Be afliicted" - or, Afflict yourselves - "and mourn and