Bible Commentaries

Genesis 12:11 — esposa: He aquí, ahora sé que eres una mujer hermosa a la vista. Ver. 11. He aquí ahora, sé que eres una mujer hermosa. ] Y, sin embargo, ahora tenía sesenta y cinco años; donde ella era una figura de "Jerusalén la madre de todos nosotros". Gálatas 4:26 Cantares de los Cantares 1:15 ; Son 4: 1 La principal belleza de Sarai era la del "hombre oculto del corazón", como dice San Pedro. 1 P. 3: 4 ; 1Pe 3: 6 Pero la belleza exterior es muy hermosa y atractiva. Platón lo llama el principado de la naturaleza;

Job 28:24 — Porque él mira hasta los fines de la tierra, [y] ve debajo de todo el cielo; Ver. 24. Porque él mira hasta los confines de la tierra ] Él es ολοφθαλμος, todo ojo (Basil); de modo que juntos y al mismo tiempo ve todas las cosas en todo el curso de la naturaleza y debajo de todo el cielo. "Sus ojos miran, sus párpados examinan, hijos

Job 39:5 — pueden tomar, y mucho menos domesticar? Para el pollino de esta criatura salvaje hay un hombre natural comparado por Zofar, Job 11:12 , por su extrema rudeza y rebeldía. El profeta Jeremías tiene semejanza con los idólatras de su tiempo, Jeremias 2:24 , que eran sin ley y perversos lascivos, obstinados y refractarios; como multo facilius fregeris quam flexeris, antes se romperá que se doble: con estos perversos Dios luchará, Salmo 18:26 ; con estas antípodas Dios andará en contra, Levítico 26:41

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 caer la lluvia a gotas de la región media del aire: este es el don de Dios. Para Hebreos 1:1,14 . Lo decreta, Job 28:26 Job 28:2 . .Prepáralo,

Psalms 68:18 — They might have this custom from David, and these words might be the people’s acclamation to David, or, as some think, both the kings and people’s acclamation to the ark, that notable type of Christ, to whom St Paul applieth it, Ephesians 4:8-9 , and teacheth us to understand it of his wonderful ascension. Thou hast led captivity captive — i.e. Thou hast captivated those that once held us in captivity; for so God’s justice required, Isaiah 33:1 , so he had forepromised, Isaiah

Psalms 68:18 — Æmyl.). Pueden tener esta costumbre de David, y estas palabras pueden ser la aclamación del pueblo a David, o, como algunos piensan, tanto los reyes como la aclamación del pueblo al arca, ese tipo notable de Cristo, a quien San Pablo lo aplica, Efesios 4:8,9 , y nos enseña a comprender su maravillosa ascensión. Has llevado cautiva la cautividad ] es decir, has cautivado a los que una vez nos tuvieron en cautiverio; porque así lo requería la justicia de Dios, Isaías 33:1 , así lo había prometido, Isa

Proverbs 18:10 — como un hombre, por su nombre. Se dice que son Arx roboris, una torre tan profunda que ningún pionero puede socavarla; tan grueso que ningún cañón puede perforarlo; tan alto, ninguna escalera puede escalarlo; - "una roca", una "roca vieja"; Isa 26: 4 sí, "municiones de rocas"; Isa 33:16 rocas dentro de rocas; una torre inexpugnable - inexpugnable. a El justo corre hacia ella.] Todas las criaturas corren a sus refugios cuando son cazadas, Pro 30:26 Sal 104: 18 Proverbios 18:11 Dan 4: 10-11 Jueces

Isaiah 6:2 — transformarse en ángel de luz, At bonum erat tibi si ignifer magis esses quam lucifer, dice Bernardo en su tercer sermón sobre esta visión de Isaías. Cada uno tenía seis alas. ] También lo habían hecho esas cuatro bestias o espectros vivientes; Apocalipsis 4: 8 Vea Trapp sobre " Apocalipsis 4: 8 " y observe que en el Apocalipsis el Espíritu Santo toma prestada la mayoría de las elegantes y las flores que se encuentran en el Antiguo Testamento para exponer la historia del Nuevo en las edades sucesivas. Con

Isaiah 63:3 — will stain all my raiment. I have trodden the winepress alone. — I, the sole and all-sufficient Saviour of my Church, have executed God’s just vengeance upon all her enemies, spiritual and corporal; compare Lamentations 1:15 Revelation 14:19-20 ; Revelation 19:15 and this with as much ease as men tread grapes in a winepress. And of the people there was none with me. — Christ maketh use of men for the beating down of Satan’s strongholds; but the power whereby it is done is

Hosea 12:13 — excellency; as Aristotle is called the philosopher, Cicero the orator, Paul the apostle, Calvin the most learned interpreter, … Moses was a famous prophet indeed, and a type of Christ. Confer Deuteronomy 18:15 ; Deuteronomy 18:18 ; Deuteronomy 34:10-12 Acts 3:22 ; Acts 7:35-38 . Theodoret calleth him the great ocean of divinity, τον της θεολογαις Wκεανον . Bellarmine,

Hosea 12:13 — por excelencia; como se llama a Aristóteles el filósofo, Cicerón el orador, Pablo el apóstol, Calvino el intérprete más erudito, etc. Moisés fue un profeta famoso y un tipo de Cristo. Conferir Deuteronomio 18:15 ; Deuteronomio 18:18 ; Deuteronomio 34: 10-12 Hechos 3:22 ; Hechos 7:35,38 . Teodoreto lo llama el gran océano de la divinidad, τον της θεολογαις Wκεανον. Belarmino, el favorito especial de Dios, de quien la antigüedad tenía nihil sapientius, sanctius, mitius, ninguno más sabio, manso

Numbers 30:2 — pilgrimages, oblations, … Our Lady, as they call her, of Loretto, hath her churches so stuffed with vowed presents and memories, as they are fain to hang their cloisters and churchyards with them. Sandys’s Relation of West. Relig., sect. 4. This is sacrilege; yea, it is idolatry. To bind his soul with a bond. — Which none ought to do, but such as (1.) are free, or have the consent of their governors; (2.) Such as have knowledge and judgment to discern of a vow or oath; Ecclesiastes

Zephaniah 2:8 — heard the reproach of Moab — How can he but hear who is all ear? who is both above us, and within us, in whom we subsist, Colossians 1:17 . And what will he sooner be sensible of than the reproachings of his people? see Isaiah 37:28 ; Isaiah 57:3-4 ; "But draw near hither, ye sons of the sorceress, the seed of the adulterer and the whore." (See how he becalls them.) "Against whom do ye sport yourselves? against whom make ye a wide mouth, and draw out the tongue? are ye not children

Zechariah 9:12 — Conviértete en la fortaleza, presos de la esperanza: aun hoy declaro [que] te pagaré el doble; Ver. 12. Vuélvanse a la fortaleza ] es decir, a Cristo, la Roca de las Edades, Isaías 26:4 ; la esperanza de Israel, Jeremias 17:13 ; la expectativa de todos los confines de la tierra, Lucas 2:25 ; Lucas 2:38 . O a la promesa, esa torre fuerte, a la cual corren los justos y están seguros; que son Christi munitissima, la defensa más fuerte

1 Timothy 4:10 — For therefore we both labour and suffer reproach, because we trust in the living God, who is the Saviour of all men, specially of those that believe. For therefore — Because godliness hath so much happiness laid up in the promises,1 Timothy 4:8; 1 Timothy 4:8 , and there is so much certainty of the performance of those promises, therefore we both do and suffer,1 Corinthians 15:58; 1 Corinthians 15:58 . Finis edulcat media. The end sweetens the journey. Who is the Saviour of all men —

Hebrews 2:14 — babe of Bethlehem, Isaiah 9:6 . Catch him up, as old Simeon did; kiss him, lest he be angry, Psalms 2:12 . Stumble not at his weakness, but gather assurance of his love, and grow up unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ,Ephesians 4:13; Ephesians 4:13 . Took part of the same — Whence they are called Christ’s partners or consorts, Hebrews 1:9 ; and they amy better say to him than Ruth did to Boaz, "Spread thy skirt over thy handmaid; for thou art a near kinsman,

Hebrews 4:12 — at God’s judgments, as David did, Psalms 119:120 . As for hypocrites, the word will ransack them, and give them a very glimpse of the judgment to come, as it did Felix, Herod, … God smiteth the earth with this rod of his mouth,Isaiah 11:4; Isaiah 11:4 , he dashes them in the teeth, and maketh them spit blood, as it were; hewing them by his prophets, and slaying them by the words of his mouth, Hosea 6:5 ; Revelation 11:5 . Soul and spirit — See Trapp on " 1 Thessalonians 5:23

Hebrews 8:12 — their iniquities will I remember no more. I will be merciful — I will be propitious through Christ, the propitiation for our sins, 1 John 2:2 . To their unrighteousness, and their sins and iniquities — All kinds and degrees of sins, Exodus 34:6-7 Micah 7:17 . All sins and blasphemies shall be forgiven to the sons of men Matthew 12:31 . I was a blasphemer, saith Paul (that was a grievous sin against the first table), I was a persecutor (that was a great sin against the second table), yet

1 John 2:13 — because ye have overcome the wicked one. I write unto you, little children, because ye have known the Father. Him that is from the beginning — The Ancient of days. Old men love to speak of ancient things. These are ancient things,1 Chronicles 4:22; 1 Chronicles 4:22 . You know him with a knowledge of acquaintance; you have had much familiarity and intercourse with him, you are not far from knowing even as also you are known, 1 Corinthians 13:12 . To this pitch of perfection all God’s

Revelation 5:9 — kindred, and tongue, and people, and nation; And they sung — A general joy in heaven and earth. Surely, it is a pleasant thing to see the light; how much more to see the light of the knowledge of God in the face of Jesus Christ! 2 Corinthians 4:6 . What a deal of triumph and exaltation is here all the Church over upon the opening of this book upon the receipt of this revelation! Should not this excite and kindle in our hearts a more earnest desire of understanding these mysteries? "Oh,