Bible Commentaries

Genesis 27:26 — And his father Isaac said unto him, Come near now, and kiss me, my son. Come near now, and kiss me, my son. — Kissing is a symbol of sweetest love: and those that "love out of a pure heart fervently," 1 Peter 1:22 do therefore kiss, as desiring to transfuse, if it might be, the souls of either into other, and to become one with the party so beloved, and, in the best sense, kissed.

Genesis 32:1 — Y Jacob siguió su camino, y los ángeles de Dios le salieron al encuentro. Ver. 1. Ángeles de Dios le salieron al encuentro. ] Con sensatez y visibilidad, como los sirvientes se encuentran con sus amos, como los guardianes de su príncipe. ¡Oh, la dignidad y seguridad de los santos! que están en cinco aspectos, dicen algunos, por

Exodus 12:6 — And ye shall keep it up until the fourteenth day of the same month: and the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel shall kill it in the evening. Until the fourteenth day. — See Trapp on " Exodus 12:3 " In the evening. — Christ came in the evening of the world; Hebrews 1:2 in "the last hour" ( εσχατη ωρα , 1 John 2:11 ); when all lay buried in darkness; in the eventide of our sin and death.

Exodus 19:5 — Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people: for all the earth [is] mine: If ye will obey my voice indeed. — As I am good to you in deed, and not in pretence or profession only. Nathanael was "an Israelite indeed." John 1:47 And Caleb fulfilled after God, or fully followed him; so did not Solomon. 1 Kings 11:6

Exodus 25:31 — And thou shalt make a candlestick [of] pure gold: [of] beaten work shall the candlestick be made: his shaft, and his branches, his bowls, his knops, and his flowers, shall be of the same. And thou shalt make a candlestick. — Called the candlestick of light. Exodus 35:14 A type of Christ who is Aυτοφως , light essential, and "giveth light to every man that cometh into the world." John 1:9 See Trapp on " John 1:9 "

Exodus 28:4 — And these [are] the garments which they shall make; a breastplate, and an ephod, and a robe, and a broidered coat, a mitre, and a girdle: and they shall make holy garments for Aaron thy brother, and his sons, that he may minister unto me in the priest’s office. An ephod. — Not that which was common to all priests, 1 Samuel 2:18 ; 1 Samuel 22:18 but peculiar to the high priest. See Exodus 28:6 .

Job 14:2 — cometh forth like a flower — What he had asserted concerning the shortness of man’s life is here illustrated by two elegant similitudes, frequently used, not in Scripture only, but in heathen authors, as were easy to instance, Isaiah 28:1 ; Isaiah 40:6 James 1:10-11 1 Peter 1:24 . A flower hath a spring and a fall; so have men their times and their turns; their rise and their ruin. Why and how man in his flourish is like to a flower; see Psalms 103:15-16 , where he is compared to a flower

Job 14:2 — una flor ] Lo que él había afirmado acerca de la brevedad de la vida del hombre se ilustra aquí con dos elegantes similitudes, que se usan con frecuencia, no solo en las Escrituras, sino en autores paganos, como fue fácil de ejemplificar, Isaías 28:1 ; Isaías 40:6 Santiago 1:10,11 1 Pedro 1:24 . Una flor tiene primavera y otoño; así los hombres tienen sus tiempos y sus turnos; su ascenso y su ruina. Por qué y cómo el hombre en su floritura se parece a una flor; ver Salmo 103:15,16 , donde se

Ecclesiastes 12:1 — Acuérdate ahora de tu Creador en los días de tu juventud, mientras no lleguen los días malos, ni se acerquen los años, cuando digas: No me complazco en ellos; Ver. 1. Recuerda ahora a tu Creador. ] Heb., Creadores - scil., Padre, Hijo y Espíritu Santo, llamado por Eliú, Eloa Gnosia, "Dios mis hacedores", Job 35:10 y por David, los "Hacedores de Israel". Sal 149: 2 De modo que Isaías 54:5 , "Tus hacedores son tus

Song of Solomon 3:10 — that, Atlas-like, bear up the pillars of it. Psalms 75:3 Those that offer violence to such, Samson-like, they lay hands upon the pillars to pluck the house upon their own heads. Yea, they attempt to pull stars out of Christ’s hand, Revelation 1:16 which they will find a work not feasible. Of silver. — For the purity of matter, and clearness of sound; for their beauty, stability, and incorruption. Let ministers hereby "learn how they ought to behave themselves in the house of God,

Song of Solomon 3:7 — como todo lo demás acerca de él, majestuoso y costoso, y por lo tanto aquí se entiende el cielo, dicen algunos, donde la Iglesia es llevada en ascenso en el versículo anterior, y por el valiente guardianes entienden a los ángeles, a esos poderosos. Sal 103: 20 Pero debido a que se dice que son "valientes hombres de Israel", prefiero asentir a aquellos que piensan que los ministros piadosos se refieren aquí a los "poderosos", y la Iglesia al "lecho" de Cristo, donde él descansa y "reposa en su amor",

Isaiah 61:1 — Señor DIOS está sobre mí; porque el SEÑOR me ha ungido para predicar buenas nuevas a los mansos; me ha enviado para vendar a los quebrantados de corazón, para proclamar libertad a los cautivos y la apertura de la cárcel a [los que están] presos; Ver. 1. El Espíritu del Señor Dios está sobre mí. ] Cristo había prometido gentilmente lograr la felicidad de su pueblo a su debido tiempo. Isa 60:22 Aquí muestra cómo y cuándo lo hará, es decir, por sí mismo, ungido y designado por su Padre celestial para

Isaiah 7:14 — and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel. Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign. — Give it you, ingratiis vestris, without your leave, of his own proffer. "If we believe not, yet God remaineth faithful." 2 Timothy 2:13 Romans 3:3 The house of David was as it were great with child with Christ and with God’s promises in him; therefore, to be sure, it could not be rooted out, as these two kings designed, before Christ were come into the world. Hence his wonderful

Isaiah 7:14 — Por tanto, el Señor mismo os dará una señal; He aquí, una virgen concebirá y dará a luz un hijo, y llamará su nombre Emmanuel. Ver. 14. Por tanto, el Señor mismo os dará una señal. ] Dárselo , ingratiis vestris, sin su permiso, por su propia oferta. "Si no creemos, Dios permanece fiel". 2Ti 2:13 Rom 3: 3 La casa de David estaba como embarazada con Cristo y con las promesas de Dios

Ezekiel 1:4 — this ensuing mysterious vision of a whirlwind, four cherubims, four wheels, a throne upon the firmament, formidabilis Dei forma proponitur, is set forth "the appearance of the likeness of the glory of the Lord," as it is expounded, Ezekiel 1:28 , that hereby the people’s arrogance might be the better subdued, the prophet’s doctrine more reverently received, and the prophet confirmed in his calling. The sum of this celestial vision is, that the divine providence doth rule in

Obadiah 1:10 — For [thy] violence against thy brother Jacob shame shall cover thee, and thou shalt be cut off for ever. For thy violence against thy brother Jacob — For thine open violence. Hence tachmas, the vulture, who liveth by rapine, Leviticus 11:14 . Thine iniquity, rapine, injury done by force and in public view, set upon the "top of a rock," that all might behold it, Ezekiel 24:7 . Against thy brother — Thine own mother’s son, Psalms 50:20 . This is no small aggravation

2 Corinthians 11:31 — The God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which is blessed for evermore, knoweth that I lie not. Which is blessed for ever — And therefore to be blessed, as he that is the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. This is a praise that he much stands upon, Romans 15:6 . And surely if all generations shall call the Virgin blessed, for that she was the mother of Christ,Luke 1:48; Luke 1:48 , how much more, …

2 Corinthians 13:10 — Therefore I write these things being absent, lest being present I should use sharpness, according to the power which the Lord hath given me to edification, and not to destruction. And not to destruction — Unless by accident; or, if to the destruction of the flesh, it is that the spirit might be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus, 1 Corinthians 5:5 . See Trapp on " 1 Corinthians 5:5 " See Trapp on " 2 Corinthians 10:8 "

2 Thessalonians 1:1 — Paul, and Silvanus, and Timotheus, unto the church of the Thessalonians in God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ: In God our Father, and the Lord, … — As God is in his people of a truth,1 Corinthians 14:25; 1 Corinthians 14:25 , so are they in God; and as Christ is at God’s right hand, so is the Church at Christ’s right hand, Psalms 45:9 . Yea, they are in him, and part of him, …

James 1:8 — A double minded man is unstable in all his ways. Unstable in all his ways — As he is that stands on one leg, or as a bowl on a smooth table. Contrariwise, a believer is as a square stone set into the building,1 Peter 2:7; 1 Peter 2:7 ; shaken he may be, but he is rooted as a tree; wag he may up and down as a ship at anchor, but yet he removes not.