Bible Commentaries

Psalms 116:15 — sus santos - De su pueblo; sus amigos. Lutero dice esto: "La muerte de sus santos se considera de valor" - (ist werth gehalten) - "delante del Señor". La palabra traducida como "preciosa" - יקר yâqâr - significa costosa, como piedras preciosas, 1 Reyes 10:2, 1 Reyes 10:10; querido, querido, como parientes y amigos, Salmo 45:9; honrado, respetado, Eclesiastés 10:1; espléndido, hermoso, Job 31:26; raro, 1 Samuel 3:1. La idea aquí es que la muerte de los santos es un objeto de valor; que Dios

Psalms 2:7 — introduced as declaring the great purpose which was formed in regard to him, and referring to the promise which was made to him, as the foundation of the purpose of Yahweh Psalms 2:6 to set him on the hill of Zion. The first strophe or stanza Psalms 2:1-3 is closed with a statement made by the rebels of their intention or design; the second Psalms 2:4-6 with a statement of the purpose of Yahweh; the third is introduced by this declaration of the Messiah himself. The change of the persons speaking gives

Psalms 35:3 — Dibuje también la lanza - La palabra aquí traducida como "extraer" significa que se derrama correctamente; para vaciar; y se aplica al acto de vaciar sacos, Génesis 42:35; para vaciar botellas, Jeremias 48:12; para sacar una espada de una vaina, Éxodo 15:9; Levítico 26:33; Ezequiel 5:12. Se aplica a una "lanza", ya sea para sacarla del lugar donde se guardó o para estirarla con fines de ataque. El primero probablemente sea el significado, y la idea es

Leviticus 1:10 — Of the flocks - These directions are more brief than those for the bullock. The burnt-offering of the sheep must have been that with which the people were most familiar in the daily morning and evening service. Exodus 29:38-42. Sheep were preferred for sacrifice when they could be obtained, except in some special sin-offerings in which goats were required Leviticus 4:23; Leviticus 9:3; Leviticus 16:5. The lamb “without blemish” is a well-known type of Christ. Heb 9:14; 1 Peter 1:19.

Isaiah 15 overview — Análisis de Isaías 15:1 y Isaías 16:1 Sección I - El tiempo de la profecía Este y el siguiente capítulo hacen una profecía completa, y no deberían haberse dividido. A qué hora se entregó es desconocido. El único período designado es que debía cumplirse en tres años desde

Daniel 10:6 — His body also was like the beryl - There is a very striking resemblance between the description here given and that of the Saviour as he appeared to John in Patmos, Revelation 1:13-16. See the notes at that passage. It contains, however, no description of the appearance of the body. “Beryl” is “a mineral of great hardness, occurring in green and bluish-green six-sided prisms. It is identical with the emerald, except that the

Hosea 4:15 — Jordan; there he renewed the circumcision of the people which had been intermitted in the wilderness, and the feast of the passover; there the people returned, after all the victories by which God gave them possession of the land of promise Joshua 4:19-20; Joshua 5:9-10; Joshua 9:6; Joshua 10:6-9, Joshua 10:43; Joshua 14:6. There Samuel habitually sacrificed, and there, “before the Lord,” i. e., in His special covenanted presence, he publicly made Saul king 1 Samuel 10:8; 1 Samuel 11:14-15; 1Sa 13:4-9;

Amos 6:5 — company. Debased music is a mark of a nation’s decay, and promotes it. The Hebrew music seems to have been very simple; and singing appears to have been reserved almost exclusively for solemn occasions, the temple-service, or the greeting of victory 1 Samuel 18:7. “Singing men and singing women” were part of the state of David and Solomon 2 Samuel 19:35; Ecclesiastes 2:8. Else the music at the feasts of the rich appears rather to be mentioned with blame Isaiah 5:12; Isaiah 24:9. Songs they had Proverbs

Amos 6:5 — música difusa es una marca de la decadencia de una nación y la promueve. La música hebrea parece haber sido muy simple; y el canto parece haber sido reservado casi exclusivamente para ocasiones solemnes, el servicio del templo o el saludo de la victoria 1 Samuel 18:7. “Hombres cantantes y mujeres cantantes” formaban parte del estado de David y Salomón 2 Samuel 19:35; Eclesiastés 2:8. De lo contrario, la música en las fiestas de los ricos parece ser mencionada con culpa Isaías 5:12; Isaías 24:9. Canciones

Numbers 22:1 — The plains - Hebrew ערבה ‛ărābâh; the word is the plural of that which is used to denote the whole depressed tract along the Jordan and the Dead Sea, and onward, where it is still called the Arabah (compare Numbers 21:4 note), to the Elanitic gulf.On this side Jordan by Jericho - Rather, across the Jordan of Jericho, i. e., that part of Jordan which skirted the territory of Jericho. This form of expression indicates the site of the camp in its relation to the well-known

Numbers 32:33 — Half the tribe of Manasseh - That is, (compare Numbers 32:39; Joshua 17:1) the families of Machir. Moses, when assigning to the pastoral tribes the inheritance which they desired, appropriated to these Manassites especially the district they had already subdued, as a reward for their valour and exploits. Thus the whole

Malachi 2:5 — covenant was not with Levi himself, but with Aaron, his representative, with whom the covenant was made in the desert, as is indeed here expressed; and, in him, with all his race after him, who succeeded him in his office; as, when it is said, that 1 Chronicles 6:49, “Aaron and his sons offered upon the altar of burnt-offering,” it must needs be understood, not of Aaron in person alone and his sons then living, but of any of his race that succeeded in his and their room. So our Lord promised to

John 8:44 — Vosotros sois de vuestro padre el diablo - Es decir, tenéis el temperamento, la disposición o el espíritu del demonio. Usted está influenciado por él, lo imita y, por lo tanto, debe llamarse sus hijos. Ver también 1 Juan 3:8-1; Hechos 13:1; "Tú, hijo del diablo". El diablo - Vea las notas en Mateo 4:1. Las lujurias - Los deseos o los deseos. Haces lo que le agrada. Lo harás - La palabra "will", aquí, no es un verbo auxiliar. No expresa simplemente el futuro,

1 Thessalonians 5:12 — menciona. Sin embargo, es evidente que la iglesia no se quedó sin personas designadas para atenderla cuando sus fundadores deberían estar lejos. Sabemos que hubo presbíteros ordenados sobre la iglesia en Éfeso, y sobre las iglesias en Creta ( Hechos 20:17; Tito i. 5), y que hubo obispos y diáconos en Filipos Filipenses 1:1, y hay muchas razones para creer que se nombrarían oficiales similares en cada iglesia recién organizada. La palabra" saber "parece significar que no debían hacerse extraños a ellos,

Hebrews 3:4 — habría nada que quisiera completar el sentido del escritor, o terminar la comparación que había comenzado. Se han adoptado varias formas para explicar la dificultad. Quizás las siguientes observaciones puedan eliminarlo y expresar el verdadero sentido: (1) Toda familia debe tener un fundador; cada dispensación un autor; Cada casa es un constructor. Debe haber alguien, por lo tanto, sobre todas las dispensaciones, lo viejo y lo nuevo, el judío y el cristiano. (2) Pablo "asume" que el Señor Jesús era divino.

Ruth 1:4 — Marriages of Israelites with women of Ammon or Moab are nowhere in the Law expressly forbidden, as were marriages with the women of Canaan Deuteronomy 7:1-3. In the days of Nehemiah the special law Deuteronomy 23:3-6 was interpreted as forbidding them, and as excluding the children of such marriages from the congregation of Israel Nehemiah 13:1-3. Probably the marriages of Mahlon and Chilion would be

1 Samuel 14:18 — For “the ark,” some read “the ephod,” owing to the improbability of the ark being with Saul at this time, and from the verb “Bring hither” being never applied to the ark, but regularly to the ephod 1Sa 23:9; 1 Samuel 30:7. Moreover, not the ark, but the ephod with Urim and Thummim, was the proper instrument for inquiring of the Lord. If, however, the Hebrew text is correct, they must have brought the ark into Saul’s camp from Kirjath-jearim 1 Samuel 7:0, possibly to be safe from the Philistines.

1 Samuel 16:21 — The difficulty of reconciling this verse with 1 Samuel 17:55-58, is met thus: The words here are the ultimate sequence of David’s first visit to Saul, and of his skill in music, and are therefore placed here; but they did not really come to pass until after David’s victory over Goliath (see 1 Samuel 18:2). It is quite conceivable that if David had only played once or twice to Saul, and then returned to his father’s house for some months, Saul might not recognize him.

1 Samuel 17:1 — The narrative reverts to the Philistine wars 1 Samuel 14:52; the other introductory details concerning Saul’s rejection, and David’s introduction upon the stage of the history, having been disposed of in the intermediate chapters.Shochoh which belongeth to Judah - See the marginal reference which

2 Samuel 17:25 — Ithra an Israelite - Or “Jether the Ishmeelite” 1 Chronicles 2:17. “Ithra” and “Jether” are practically the same names. “Israelite” in the text is wrong. It should be either “Ishmaelite” or “Jezreelite” 2 Samuel 3:2.Abigail the daughter of Nahash - If Zeruiah and Abigail were Jesse’s daughters, the