Bible Commentaries

Exodus 35:11 — See Exodus 26:1-37. It has been already observed Exodus 25:10 that in the instructions for making the sanctuary, the ark of the covenant, as the principal thing belonging to it, is mentioned first; but in the practical order of the work, as it is here arranged, the tabernacle with its tent and covering come first.

1 Kings 19:17 — Compare the marginal references.Shall Elisha slay - i. e., With a spiritual slaying by the “word of the Lord,” which is “sharper than any two-edged sword,” and may be said to slay those whose doom it pronounces (compare the marginal reference; Jeremiah 1:10). Elisha does not seem, like Elijah, to have executed God’s judgments on the guilty.

1 Kings 4:4 — It is curious to find Abiathar in this list of princes, after what has been said of his disgrace 1Ki 2:27, 1 Kings 2:35. Some have supposed that after a while Solomon pardoned him. Perhaps the true explanation is that the historian here enumerates all those who were accounted “princes” in any part of Solomon’s reign.

Psalms 104 overview — before the mind as realities, and to make us feel, in reading it, that we are in the very midst of the things which are described - so that they seem to live and move before our eyes.The psalm was probably founded on the record of the creation in Genesis 1:0; with a design to show that the order of the creation, as there described, “was adapted to the purposes which were intended, and was carried out in the providential arrangements now existing on the earth;” or, that, taking the order of the creation

Psalms 104 overview — escenas ante la mente como realidades, y para hacernos sentir, al leerlo, que estamos en medio de las cosas que se describen, así que que parecen vivir y moverse ante nuestros ojos. El salmo probablemente se fundó en el registro de la creación en Génesis 1; con un diseño para mostrar que el orden de la creación, como se describe allí, "se adaptó a los propósitos que se pretendían y se llevó a cabo en los arreglos providenciales que ahora existen en la tierra"; o que, tomando el orden de la creación como

Haggai 2:6 — monumento contra el error pagano hasta que Cristo venga; una vez mira y transmite que Dios volvería a sacudir al mundo, pero solo una vez, bajo la única dispensación del Evangelio, que debería perdurar hasta el final. Es un poco de tiempo - o “Los 517 años, que debían transcurrir hasta el nacimiento de Cristo, se llaman un poco de tiempo, porque para los profetas, ascendiendo En el corazón de Dios y la eternidad de Dios, todos los tiempos, como todas las cosas de este mundo, parecen, como son, solo

Deuteronomy 19:17 — Both the men, between whom the controversy is - Not the accused and the false witness, but the plaintiff and defendant (compare Exodus 23:1) who were summoned before the supreme court held, as provided in Deuteronomy 17:0, at the sanctuary. The judges acted as God’s representative; to lie to them was to lie to Him.

Deuteronomy 3:10 — Salchah - Compare Joshua 12:5; 1 Chronicles 5:11, where it is named as belonging to the tribe of Gad. It lies seven hours’ journey to the southeast of Bostra or Bozrah of Moab. As the eastern border city of the kingdom of Bashan it was no doubt strongly fortified.Edrei - Compare Numbers 21:33 note.

Romans 4:3 — ¿Qué dice la Escritura? - El relato inspirado de la justificación de Abraham. Esta cuenta era definitiva y debía resolver la cuestión. Esta cuenta se encuentra en Génesis 15:6. Abraham creyó a Dios - En hebreo, "Abraham creyó a Yahweh". El sentido es sustancialmente el mismo, ya que el argumento gira en torno al acto de creer. La fe que ejerció Abraham fue que su posteridad debería ser como las estrellas del cielo en

1 Corinthians 14:40 — conversión de los pecadores. La regla en tales preguntas es clara. Que todo se haga "decorosamente", como se convierte en la adoración del Dios grande y santo; que todo sea sin confusión, ruido y desorden. En vista de este capítulo, podemos comentar: (1) Que el culto público debe estar en un idioma entendido por la gente; El lenguaje que comúnmente emplean. Nada puede ser más claro que los sentimientos de Pablo sobre esto. Toda la tensión del capítulo es demostrar esto, en oposición a hacer uso de

1 Corinthians 9:16 — siguientes, es un pasaje muy difícil, y los intérpretes lo han entendido de manera muy diversa. El alcance general y el propósito del pasaje es mostrar cuál fue el fundamento de su "gloria", o de su esperanza de "recompensa" al predicar el evangelio. En 1 Corintios 9:15. Había insinuado que tenía una causa de "gloriarse", y que esa causa era una que estaba decidido a que nadie debería quitar. En este pasaje 1 Corintios 9:16. Él dice lo que fue eso. Él dice que no fue simplemente que predicó; porque

2 Corinthians 13:14 — The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ - see the note, Romans 16:20. This verse contains what is usually called the apostolic benediction - the form which has been so long, and which is almost so universally used, in dismissing religious assemblies. It is properly a prayer, and it is evident that the optative εἴῃ

Joshua 15:6 — The stone of Bohan - This stone perhaps commemorated some deed of valor belonging to the wars of Joshua (compare 1 Samuel 7:12). The stone was erected on the slope of a hill (see the marginal reference), no doubt one of the range which hounds the Jordan valley on the west. But its exact site is wholly uncertain.

Hebrews 10:25 — extensamente en Kuinoel, in loc. Pero la interpretación más obvia es lo que comúnmente se adopta, que se refiere al culto público. La palabra griega (el sustantivo) no se usa en ningún otro lugar del Nuevo Testamento, excepto en 2 Tesalonicenses 2:1, donde se traduce como "reunirse". El verbo se usa en Mateo 23:37; Mateo 24:31; Marco 1:33; Marco 13:27; Lucas 12:1; Lucas 13:34, en todos los lugares donde se representa "reunidos". Significa apropiadamente un acto de reunión, o una reunión, y

Judges 8:20 — It was Gideon’s place to act the part of the “avenger of blood” Numbers 35:12; Deuteronomy 19:6. The fierce manners of the age break out in the slaying of the captives (compare 1 Samuel 15:32-33), and in Gideon’s attempt to initiate his youthful son Jether in the stern work of slaying his country’s enemies.

Ruth 1:20 — See the margin. Similar allusions to the meaning of names are seen in Genesis 27:36; Jeremiah 20:3.The Almighty - שׁדי shadday (see the Genesis 17:1 note). The name “Almighty” is almost unique to the Pentateuch and to the Book of Job. It occurs twice in the Psalms, and four times in the Prophets.

1 Samuel 11:4 — They came to Gibeah on account of the connection between the Benjamites and the people of Jabesh Judges 21:0.In the ears of the people - They did not even inquire for Saul, so little was he looked upon as king. 1 Samuel 11:5 shows how completely he was still in a private and humble station.

1 Samuel 11:7 — Though not expressly stated, it is doubtless implied that he sent the portions by the messengers to the twelve tribes, after the analogy, and probably in imitation, of Judges 19:29. He made use of the revered name of Samuel to strengthen his own weak authority. Samuel accompanied Saul in the expedition 1 Samuel 11:12.

1 Samuel 13:20-21 — The best rendering of the passage is perhaps as follows: “But all the Israelites went down to the Philistines to sharpen etc. 1 Samuel 13:21, whenever there was bluntness of edge to their shares and coulters and prong-forks and axes, and to point their goads.” Coulters and mattocks were cutting instruments of the type of the share.

1 Samuel 9:13 — Before he go up - By this phrase we see that the high place was in the highest part of the city. Like the “house of the god Berith” Judges 9:46, it was probably the citadel of Ramah. There was connected with the altar a room large enough for thirty people to dine in 1 Samuel 9:22.