Bible Commentaries

Genesis 12:18 — done unto me? why didst thou not tell me that she [was] thy wife? What is this that thou hast done unto me? — God had reproved Pharaoh, according to that; "He suffered no man to do them wrong, but reproved kings for their sakes"; Psalms 105:14 and now Pharaoh reproves Abram. It is a sad thing that saints should do that for which they should justly fall under the reproof of the wicked: we should rather dazzle their eyes, and draw from their consciences, at least, a testimony of our innocency,

Genesis 21:6 — And Sarah said, God hath made me to laugh, [so that] all that hear will laugh with me. God hath made me to laugh. — "A wise son maketh a glad father". Proverbs 10:1 Monstri autem simil est, quando pro risu sunt fletus, sunt flagellum . And yet this is many a good man’s case. How many parents are put to wish Moses’ wish, Numbers 11:15 "Lord, if I have found favour in thy sight, kill me, that

Genesis 26:13 — And the man waxed great, and went forward, and grew until he became very great: And the man waxed great. — Because the Lord blessed him, Genesis 26:12 for it is his blessing that maketh rich. He sowed, and feared God, and the Lord blessed him. Godliness hath the promises of both lives. 1 Timothy 4:8 Now the promises are "the unsearchable riches of Christ," Ephesians 3:6 ; Ephesians 3:9

1 Kings 21:2 — — Hence some make Naboth to have been Ahab’s uncle; but that is uncertain: the contiguity stirred up his concupiscence, which had no sooner "conceived, but it brought forth sin; and the sin when finished brought forth death." James 1:15 Principiis obsta. This coveting of other men’s possessions hath been noted as a great fault in our nation. Because holdeth, but falsely, that the English were called Angli, because they were good anglers, and had skill to lay various baits

Job 22:13 — miscreants as believe nothing but what they see with their bodily eyes; and indeed, for a finite creature to believe the infinite attributes of God, he is not able to do it thoroughly, without supernatural grace; which therefore must be begged of God, James 1:5 , that he would give us "the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him; the eyes of our understanding being enlightened," …, Ephesians 1:17-18 . For want whereof, the wicked, blinded with sin, ask such senseless and

Job 3:7 — therein. Lo, let that night be solitary — And so consequently sorrowful; for aloneness is comfortless, et optimum solatium sodalitium. There is a desirable solitariness, such as was that of Isaac, Genesis 24:63 , of Jacob, Genesis 32:24 , of Christ, Mark 1:35 , of Peter, Acts 10:9 , to talk with God and with themselves. But usually to sit solitary is a misery, Lamentations 1:1 (for Satan is readiest to assault when none is by to assist), neither is there a greater tie to constancy than the society of

Psalms 13:1 — Salmo 13:1 «Al Músico principal, Salmo de David. »¿Hasta cuándo me olvidarás, oh SEÑOR? ¿para siempre? ¿Hasta cuándo me esconderás tu rostro? Ver. 1. ¿Hasta cuándo me olvidarás, Señor? ¿para siempre? ] Parece que cuando David escribió este salmo (que algunos

Psalms 38:1 — remembrance. » O LORD, rebuke me not in thy wrath: neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure. A Psalm of David, to bring to remembrance — Made purposely for a memorial, both of what he had suffered and from what he had been delivered. See 1 Chronicles 16:4 Exodus 30:16 Leviticus 2:2 ; Leviticus 6:15 . Recordatio autem intelligitur miseriae ex misericordia, Psalms 132:1 Isaiah 62:6 ; Isaiah 63:7 . It is probable that David had so laid to heart the rape of his daughter Tamar, the murder

Isaiah 1:18 — Venid ahora, y razonemos juntos, dice el SEÑOR: aunque vuestros pecados sean como la escarlata, serán blancos como la nieve; aunque sean rojas como el carmesí, serán como lana. Ver. 18. Vamos, razonemos juntos. ] En la Iglesia griega, al comienzo del servicio divino, el diácono gritó: Sacra sacris, almas santas al servicio santo. a Dios no tratará con este pueblo hasta que esté purificado, hasta que se resuelva sobre mejores prácticas;

Isaiah 21:1 — The burden of the desert of the sea. As whirlwinds in the south pass through; [so] it cometh from the desert, from a terrible land. The burden of the desert of the sea, — i.e., Of Babylon, Isaiah 21:9 which is here called a sea, because situated by many waters, Jeremiah 51:13 ; Jeremiah 51:36 and the desert or plain of the sea, because it stood in a plain, Genesis 11:2 or was to be turned into a desert. See Isaiah 13:1-22 ; Isaiah 14:1-32 Jeremiah

Isaiah 6:13 — substance thereof. But yet in it shall be a tenth, — It may be rendered God’s tenth. But what meant Lyra to argue from hence that tithes are due to the Church? i.e., Some elect left in the land for a reserve. And these are called a tenth - (1.) Because, as the tenths, they are consecrated to God; Leviticus 27:30-32 (2.) Because but a few. So that God may say, as once of the cured lepers, "Where are the other nine?" Such were those that looked for the consolation of Israel when

Amos 5:25 — O house of Israel? And was it not even so in the wilderness, where and when I bore with your "evil manners" ( ετροποφορησα ) "about the time of forty years," Acts 13:18 (for full forty it was not, but thirty-eight only and some few months), and was provoked by you ten times, Numbers 14:22 , when I had but newly brought you out of Egypt, Amos 3:1-2 . So that your idolatry is hereditary; and therefore the more ingrained

Haggai 2:11 — LORD of hosts; Ask now the priests [concerning] the law, saying, Ask now the priest concerning the law — For who should know the law better than the priests? And who so fit to resolve cases of conscience as they? It was their office, Leviticus 10:10-11 Deuteronomy 33:10 Malachi 2:7 . See the note there. It was an evil time with God’s people when he was put to complain, "Who is blind, but my servant? or deaf, as my messenger that I sent?" Isaiah 42:19 . When the prophet was a

Haggai 2:11 — Así ha dicho Jehová de los ejércitos: Pregunta ahora a los sacerdotes [acerca de] la ley, diciendo: Ver. 11. Pregunta ahora al sacerdote acerca de la ley ] Porque, ¿quién debería conocer la ley mejor que los sacerdotes? ¿Y quiénes tan aptos para resolver casos de conciencia como ellos? Era su oficio, Lv 10: 10-11 Deu 33:10 Malaquías 2:7 . Vea la nota allí.

Haggai 2:12 — meat, shall it be holy? And the priests answered and said, No. If one bear holy flesh in the skirt, … — Problems and parables are notable helps to the bolting out of the truth, and conviction of the gainsayers. For problems see Matthew 13:10-15 ; Matthew 21:25 ; Matthew 22:42 . For parables see Judges 9:7-15 , that of Jotham, of Nathan, 2 Samuel 12:1-4 , of the woman of Tekoah, 2 Samuel 14:5-7 , of our Saviour concerning the two brethren sent into the vineyard, the wedding of the king’s

Matthew 6:10 — their first resurrection, and shall reign with Christ a thousand years Revelation 20:4 . Piscator holdeth, they shall so reign in heaven. Alstedius not only saith they shall reign here on earth, but beginneth his millenary about the year of our Lord 1694. Let our hearts’ desire and prayer to God for Israel be that they may be saved, Romans 10:1 . Let us also pity and pray for such poor souls in Asia and America as worship the devil; not inwardly only, for so too many do among us, but with an

Matthew 7:25 — roca. Ver. 25. Y descendió la lluvia, y vinieron los torrentes, etc. ] Muchas son las angustias del justo; por lo general vienen gruesos y triples, uno en el cuello del otro, como mensajeros de Job. a "Las nubes vuelven después de la lluvia", Eclesiastés 12:2 . Hay una sucesión continua de miserias y molestias por parte del diablo, el mundo y la carne, para aquellos que escuchan y hacen las palabras de Cristo: como el clima en invierno, cuando una lluvia o dos no aclaran el aire, pero aunque llueve mucho,

Romans 1:1 — Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, separated unto the gospel of God, Paul — A little man, it should seem by his name (such as was James the Less, Mark 15:40 ): but as the Church of Philadelphia (discommended for nothing), though she had but a little strength, yet had a great door set open; and as Bethlehem was the least, and yet not the least among the princes of Judah; so was this apostle the last,1

Romans 1:3 — repentance and mortification, and then set upon the former part of the Epistle, where justification and predestination are handled. According to the flesh — i.e. Either his body or his human nature, called a swift cloud (as some will have it), Isaiah 19:1 ; "Behold, the Lord rideth upon a swift cloud, and shall come into Egypt." And the habitable part of God’s earth, Proverbs 8:31 . For the Word dwelt among us, John 1:14 . And here was habitatio Dei cum carne, God dwelling with flesh,

2 Samuel 24:1 — plenty; or whatever else, God was displeased, and David so far abandoned and left to himself, that he yielded to that satanical suggestion, which brought the people’s ruth and ruin. And he moved David against them. — God did; Satan also did, 1 Chronicles 21:1 being let loose upon David for the purpose: like as the dog may be said to bait the beast; and the owner of the beasts that suffereth him to be baited. Non pugnant inter se, quum non sint adversa sed diversa, et quidem subalterna. Go,