Bible Commentaries

Isaiah 21:1 — The burden - (see the note at Isaiah 13:1).Of the desert - There have been almost as many interpretations of this expression, as there have been interpreters. That it means Babylon, or the country about Babylon, there can be no doubt; but the question why this phrase was applied, has given

Isaiah 7:11 — shall confirm the promise now made, and that shall be an evidence that Jerusalem shall be safe. The word used here, and translated “sign” - ‘owt - אות 'ôth - means “a flag,” or “a standard,” Numbers 2:2; “a memorial or pledge” of a covenant, Genesis 17:11; any “pledge, token, or proof” of a divine mission, Judges 6:17; or a miracle performed in attestation of a divine promise or message. This is its sense here. That which Isaiah had spoken seemed highly improbable to Ahaz, and he asked him to seek

Jeremiah 17:5-18 — In the rest of the prophecy Jeremiah dwells upon the moral faults which had led to Judah’s ruin.Jeremiah 17:6Like the heath - Or, “like a destitute man” Psalms 102:17. The verbs “he shall see” (or fear) and “shall inhabit” plainly show that a man is here meant and not a plant.Jeremiah 17:8The river - Or, “water-course” Isaiah 30:25, made for purposes of

Hosea 13:14 — de adquirir algo como propio, pagando precio. Ambas palabras, en su sentido más exacto, describen lo que hizo Jesús, comprándonos "con un precio", un precio total y caro, "no de cosas corruptables, como de plata y oro, sino con su preciosa sangre" 1 Pedro 1:18; y eso, convirtiéndose en nuestro pariente cercano, por Su Encarnación, "por lo cual no se avergüenza de llamarnos hermanos Hebreos 2:11, y" niños pequeños " Juan 13:33. Esto nunca fue hecho por Dios en ningún otro momento, que cuando, por

Hosea 9:7 — mad,” , as Festus thought of Paul; “Thou art beside thyself; much learning doth make thee mad” Acts 26:24. Jehu’s captains called by the same name the young prophet whom Elisha sent to anoint him. “Wherefore came this mad fellow unto thee?” 2 Kings 9:11. Shemaiah, the false prophet, who deposed God’s priest, set false priests to “be officers in the house of the Lord,” to have an oversight as to “every man who is mad and maketh himself a prophet,” calling Jeremiah both a false prophet and a “madman”

Numbers 6:1-21 — only regulate one already familiar to the Israelites Numbers 6:2.Numbers 6:2A Nazarite - Strictly, Nazirite. This term signifies “separated” i. e., as the words following show, “unto God.” It became a technical term at an early date; compare Judges 13:5, Judges 13:7; Judges 16:17.Numbers 6:3Liquor of grapes - i. e. a drink made of grape-skins macerated in water.Numbers 6:4From the kernels even to the husk - A sour drink was made from the stones of unripe grapes; and cakes were also made of the husks

Micah 7:20 — it, His truth. Abraham also stands for all those, who in him and his Seed should be blessed, those who were “aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world” Ephesians 2:12, in no covenant or relation with God, as well as those who were the children of the faith; pagan, as well as Jews. Jacob represents these who were immediately his children, such of the children of Israel, as were also the true Israel and children of

Matthew 28:1 — began to dawn,” etc.As it began to dawn toward the first day of the week - The word “dawn” is not of necessity in the original. The word there properly means as the first day “approached,” or drew on, without specifying the precise time. Mark says Mark 16:1-2 that it was after “the sabbath was past, and very early in the morning, at the rising of the sun” - that is, not that the sun “was risen,” but that it was about to rise, or at the early break of day. Luke says Luke 24:1 that it was “very early

Matthew 5:5 — surrender of our rights, nor cowardice; but it is the opposite of sudden anger, of malice, of long-harbored vengeance. Christ insisted on his right when he said, “If I have done evil, bear witness of the evil; but if well, why smitest thou me?” John 18:23. Paul asserted his right when he said, “They have beaten us openly uncondemned, being Romans, and have cast us into prison; and now do they thrust us out privily? nay verily; but let them come themselves, and fetch us out,” Acts 16:37. And yet Christ

Luke 2:14 — bring peace. The Saviour was predicted as the Prince of peace, Isaiah 9:6. The world is at war with God; sinners are at enmity against their Maker and against each other. There is no peace to the wicked. But Jesus came to make peace; and this he did,1. By reconciling the world to God by His atonement.2. By bringing the sinner to a state of peace with his Maker; inducing him to lay down the weapons of rebellion and to submit his soul to God, thus giving him the peace which passeth all understanding.3.

Acts 8:26 — And the angel of the Lord - The word “angel” is used in the Scriptures in a great variety of significations. See the notes on Matthew 1:20. Here it has been supposed by some to mean literally a celestial messenger sent from God; others have supposed that it means a “dream”; others a “vision,” etc. The word properly means a “messenger”; and all that it can be shown to signify here is,

1 Corinthians 5:11 — keep company - To be wholly separated and withdrawn from such a person. Not to associate with him in any manner.If any man that is called a brother - Any professing Christian; any member of the church.Be a fornicator ... - Like him who is mentioned, 1 Corinthians 5:1.Or an idolater - This must mean those persons who, while they professed Christianity, still attended the idol feasts, and worshipped there. Perhaps a few such may have been found who had adopted the Christian profession hypocritically.Or

1 Corinthians 5:5 — would be subject to corporal inflictions by the agency of Satan, which are here called the “destruction of the flesh.” Satan is elsewhere referred to as the author of bodily diseases. Thus, in the case of Job, Job 2:7. A similar instance is mentioned in 1 Timothy 1:20, where Paul says he had delivered Hymeneus and Alexander to “Satan, that they might learn not to blaspheme.” It may be observed here that though this was to be done by the concurrence of the church, as having a right to administer discipline,

1 Corinthians 9:5 — ". Probablemente Pablo pretendía anunciar el hecho de que las esposas de los apóstoles eran y deberían ser cristianas; y que era algo natural, que si un apóstol dirigía a una esposa, ella sería cristiana; o que no se casaría con ningún otro; compare 1 Corintios 3:11. Así como otros apóstoles - Es evidente a partir de esto que los apóstoles generalmente estaban casados. La frase utilizada aquí es οἱ λοιποὶ ἀπόστολοι hoi loipoi apostoloi ("los apóstoles restantes" u otros apóstoles). Y si estuvieran

Ephesians 5:4 — The meaning is, that Christians should aim to have their conversation sensible, serious, sincere - remembering the words of the Lord Jesus, “that every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment;” Matthew 12:36.Nor jesting - εὐτραπελία eutrapelia. This word occurs also nowhere else in the New Testament. It properly means, that which is “well-turned” εὐ eu - well, and τρεπω trepō - to turn); and then that which is sportive, refined, courteous; and then

1 Timothy 3:16 — And, without controversy - Undeniably, certainly. The object of the apostle is to say that the truth which he was about to state admitted of no dispute.Great is the mystery - On the meaning of the word “mystery,” see the notes on 1 Corinthians 2:7. The word means that which had been hidden or concealed. The meaning here is not that the proposition which he affirms was mysterious in the sense that it was unintelligible, or impossible to be understood; but that the doctrine respecting

1 Timothy 3:16 — Y, sin controversia, Sin lugar a dudas, ciertamente. El objetivo del apóstol es decir que la verdad que estaba a punto de declarar no admitía disputa. Grande es el misterio - Sobre el significado de la palabra "misterio", vea las notas en 1 Corintios 2:7. La palabra significa lo que había estado oculto u oculto. El significado aquí no es que la proposición que afirma era misteriosa en el sentido de que era ininteligible o imposible de entender; pero que la doctrina que respeta la encarnación

2 Timothy 1:10 — decirse que ya se ha hecho. Es notable la frecuencia con la que, en este capítulo, Pablo habla de lo que Dios pretende hacer con tanta certeza, que se puede hablar de algo que ya se ha hecho. En el significado de la expresión aquí, vea las notas en 1 Corintios 15:54; compare las notas en Hebreos 2:14. El significado es que, a través del evangelio, la muerte dejará de reinar, y sobre aquellos que son salvos no habrá tal cosa como ahora entendemos al morir. Y ha sacado a la luz la vida y la inmortalidad

1 Peter 2:12 — Tener una conversación honesta - Su conducta. Vea las notas en Filipenses 1:27. Es decir, llevar una vida recta y consistente. Compare las notas en Filipenses 4:8. Entre los gentiles - Los paganos por quienes estás rodeado y que ciertamente observarán tu conducta. Vea las notas en 1 Tesalonicenses 4:12, "Para que puedan

Revelation 5:14 — sienten que el secreto está con Dios; todos sienten que solo hay Uno que puede abrir este volumen; y todos se reúnen, en la postura más reverencial, esperando la revelación del gran misterio. Las verdades enseñadas en este capítulo son las siguientes: (1) El conocimiento del futuro está con Dios, Apocalipsis 5:1. Es como en un libro sostenido en su mano, completamente escrito, pero sellado con siete sellos. (2) Es imposible que el hombre o el ángel penetren en el futuro, Apocalipsis 5:2. Parece ser