Bible Commentaries

Exodus 11:5 — Se deben notar dos puntos: 1. El alcance de la visitación: toda la tierra sufre en las personas de sus primogénitos, no solo por la culpa del soberano, sino por la participación real del pueblo en el crimen del infanticidio . 2. La limitación: la orden de Faraón había sido matar

Exodus 12:8 — En esa noche - La noche se distingue así claramente de la tarde cuando el cordero fue sacrificado. Se sacrificaba antes de la puesta del sol, el día 14, y se comía después de la puesta del sol, a principios del 15. Con fuego: entre varias razones dadas para este mandato, la más probable y satisfactoria parece ser la santidad especial adjunta al fuego desde la primera institución del sacrificio (comparar

Exodus 38:29 — De acuerdo con la estimación del siclo que aquí se ha adoptado, el peso de los metales mencionados en este capítulo sería casi como sigue, en peso avoirdupois: Oro 1 tonelada 4 quilates 2 cuartos 13 libras Plata 4 toneladas 4 quilates 2 cuartos 20 libras Bronce 2 toneladas 19 quilates 2 cuartos 11 libras El valor del oro, si es puro, en nuestro dinero sería 175,075 libras esterlinas, 13 chelines, y el de la plata,

Numbers 3:43 — se compara con el número de adultos varones (603.550, compare con ), es pequeño, la proporción habitual de hijos primogénitos en una población masculina total es de aproximadamente uno en cuatro: y la explicación ofrecida es que el la ley de Éxodo 13:1 , prescribía una dedicación de aquellos que debían ser primogénitos “de ahora en adelante”. En cambio, el número es muy grande para nacer entre dos millones de personas en un solo año; y debe admitirse, que algunas causas inusuales deben haber estado

Romans 8:36 — to that of Christians in the time of Paul. The same language would express both.For thy sake - In thy cause; or on account of attachment to time.We are killed - We are subject to, or exposed to death. We endure sufferings equivalent to dying; compare 1 Corinthians 4:9, “God hath set forth us the apostles last, “as it were appointed to death.”All the day long - Continually; constantly. There is no intermission to our danger, and to our exposure to death.We are accounted - We are reckoned; we are regarded,

2 Corinthians 12:12 — Truly the signs of an apostle - Such miracles as the acknowledged apostles worked. Such “signs” or evidences that they were divinely commissioned; see the Mark 16:17 note; Acts 2:22 note; Romans 15:19 note.Were wrought among you - That is, by me; see the note, 1 Corinthians 9:2.In all patience - I performed those works notwithstanding the opposition which I met with. I patiently persevered in furnishing the

2 Corinthians 8:4 — labor of conveying it to Jerusalem. The occasion of this distress which made the collection for the saints of Judea necessary, was probably the famine which was predicted by Agabus, and which occurred in the time of Claudius Caesar; see note on Acts 11:28. Barnabas was associated with Paul in conveying the contribution to Jerusalem; Act 6:30. Paul was unwilling to do it unless they particularly desired it, and he seems to have insisted that some person should be associated with him; 2Co 8:20; 1 Corinthians

Ephesians 2:4 — But God, who is rich in mercy - On the use of the word “rich” by Paul, see the notes at Ephesians 1:7. It is a beautiful expression. “God is ‘rich’ in mercy;” overflowing, abundant. Mercy is the riches or the wealth of God. People are often rich in gold, and silver, and diamonds, and they pride themselves in these possessions; but God is “rich in

Ephesians 6:10 — strength which they could to meet the enemies with which they had to contend; and in the commencement of his exhortation he reminds them that it was only by the strength of the Lord that they could hope for victory. To be “strong in the Lord,” is: (1)To be strong or courageous in his cause; (2)To feel that he is our strength, and to rely on him and his promises.

Colossians 2:5 — feel as if I were there, and were looking upon you; and I have the same solicitude as if I were there, and saw all the danger which exists that your beautiful order and harmony should be disturbed by the influence of false philosophy; see the notes at 1 Corinthians 5:3. The word “spirit,” here, does not refer to the Holy Spirit, or to any inspiration by which the apostle was enabled to see them; but it is equivalent to what we mean when we say, “My heart is with you.” He seemed to be beholding them.Joying

Colossians 3:9 — naturally produces; and when that is put off, then all that that nature produces should be also put off with it. The vice of lying is a universal fruit of sin, and seems to exist everywhere where the gospel does not prevail; compare the notes at Titus 1:12. There is, perhaps, no single form of sin that reigns so universally in the pagan world.

1 Thessalonians 3:8 — comfort depend on your stability in the faith, and your correct Christian walk;” compare Martial 6:70. Non est vivere, sed valere, vita - “Life consists not merely in living, but in the enjoyment of health.” See also Seneca, Epis. 99, and Manilius, 1 Thessalonians 4:5, as quoted by Wetstein. The meaning here is, that Paul now enjoyed life; he had that which constituted real life, in the fact that they acted as became Christians, and so as to show that his labor among them had not been in vain. The

Hebrews 10:12 — world.For ever sat down - That is, he sat down then to return no more for the purpose of offering sacrifice for sin. He will no more submit himself to scenes of suffering and death to expiate human guilt.On the right hand of God - see the notes on Mark 16:19; compare the notes on Ephesians 1:20-22.

Hebrews 10:36 — our nature is liable to sink under sufferings; and because our trials are often protracted. All that Christians can do in such cases is to be patient - to lie calmly in the hands of God, and submit to his will day by day, and year by year; see James 1:3-4; notes, Romans 5:4.That after ye have done the will of God - That is, in bearing trials, for the reference here is particularly to afflictions.Ye might receive the promise - The promised inheritance or reward - in heaven. It is implied here that

Hebrews 11:33 — cutting off his foes.Obtained promises - Or obtained “promised blessings” (Bloomfield, Stuart); that is, they obtained as a result of their faith, promises of blessings on their posterity in future times.Stopped the mouths of lions - As Samson, Judges 14:6; David, 1 Samuel 17:34 ff; and particularly Daniel; Daniel 6:7, following To be able to subdue and render harmless the king of the forest - the animal most dreaded in early times - was regarded as an eminent achievement.

Hebrews 13:18 — Pray for us - This is a request which the apostle often makes in his own behalf, and in behalf of his fellow laborers in the gospel; see 1 Thessalonians 5:25. notes, Ephesians 6:18-19.For we trust we have a good conscience ... - see the notes on Acts 24:16. The apostle here appeals to the uprightness of his Christian life as a reason why he might claim their sympathy. He was conscious

Hebrews 5:13 — skill requisite to enable them to understand the higher mysteries of the Christian religion.In the word of righteousness - The doctrine respecting the way in which men become righteous, or the way of salvation by the Redeemer; see the notes on Romans 1:17.For He is a babe - That is, in religious matters. He understands the great system only as a child may. It is common to speak of “babes in knowledge,” as denoting a state of ignorance.

2 Peter 2:7 — And delivered just Lot - Genesis 19:16. This case is incidentally referred to, to show that God makes a distinction between the righteous and the wicked; and that while the latter will be destroyed, the former will be saved. See 2 Peter 2:9. Lot is called “just,” because he preserved

Revelation 14:19 — thrust in his sickle into the earth - That is, into that part of the earth which might be represented by a vineyard; or the earth considered as having been the abode of wicked men.And cast it into the great wine-press of the wrath of God - See Isaiah 63:1-6. That is, the wine-press where the grapes are crushed, and where the juice, resembling blood, flows out, may be used as a symbol to denote the destruction of the wicked in the last day; and as the numbers will be immensely great, it is called the

Revelation 17:9 — And here is the mind which hath wisdom - Here is what requires wisdom to interpret it; or, here is a case in which the mind that shows itself able to explain it will evince true sagacity. So in Revelation 13:18. See the notes on that place. Prof. Stuart renders this, “Here is a meaning which compriseth wisdom.” It is undoubtedly implied that the symbol might be understood - whether in the time of John, or afterward, he does not say; but it was a matter