Bible Commentaries

Genesis 20:1-18 — “father of the king.”7. נביא nābı̂y' “prophet,” he who speaks by God, of God, and to God, who declares to people not merely things future, but also things past and present, that are not obvious to the sense or the reason; related: “flow, go forth.”13. התעוּ hı̂t‛û is plural in punctuation, agreeing grammatically with אלהים 'ĕlohı̂ym. ו(w), however, may be regarded as the third radical, and the verb may thus really be singular.16. נכהת nokachat an unusual form, either for נכחת nokaḥat the second

Job 41:1 — animal that lived in the water.Leviathan - Much has been written respecting this animal, and the opinions which have been entertained have been very various. Schultens enumerates the following classes of opinions in regard to the animal intended here.1. The opinion that the word leviathan is to be retained, without attempting to explain it - implying that there was uncertainty as to the meaning. Under this head he refers to the Chaldee and the Vulgate, to Aquila and Symmacbus, where the word is retained,

Job 41:1 — de un animal que vivía en el agua. Leviatán - Mucho se ha escrito con respecto a este animal, y las opiniones que se han entretenido han sido muy diversas. Schultens enumera las siguientes clases de opiniones con respecto al animal previsto aquí. 1. La opinión de que la palabra leviatán se debe conservar, sin intentar explicarla, lo que implica que había incertidumbre en cuanto al significado. Debajo de esta cabeza, se refiere al Caldeo y la Vulgata, a Aquila y Symmacbus, donde se retiene la palabra,

Isaiah 38:8 — Septuaginta, Στρέψω Strepsō - "Volveré". Pocos sujetos han dejado perplejos a los comentaristas más que este relato de la esfera solar de Acaz. El único otro lugar donde se menciona un reloj solar en las Escrituras es en el lugar paralelo en 2 Reyes 20:9-1, donde la cuenta está algo más llena y la naturaleza del milagro está más representada: 'Este signo tendrás de parte del Señor, para que el Señor haga lo que ha dicho: ¿Avanzará la sombra diez grados, o retrocederá diez grados? Y Ezequías respondió:

Isaiah 53:11 — for all that he endured. The word rendered here ‘travail’ (עמל ‛âmâl), denotes properly labor, toil; wearisome labor; labor and toil which produce exhaustion; and hence, sometimes vexation, sorrow, grief, trouble. It is rendered ‘labor’ Psalms 90:10; Psalms 105:44; Jeremiah 20:18; Ecclesiastes 2:11-20; ‘perverseness’ Numbers 21:21; sorrow’ Job 3:10; ‘wickedness’ Job 4:8; ‘trouble’ Job 5:6-7; Psalms 73:5; ‘mischief’ Job 15:35; Psalms 7:13; Psalms 10:7-14; Psalms 94:20; ‘travail,’ meaning labor,

Isaiah 53:8 — sins which my people have sinned shall come even unto them.’ The Hebrew word which is here used (עצר ‛otser, from עצר ‛âtsar, “to shut up, to close,” means properly “a shutting up,” or “closure”; and then constraint, oppression, or vexation. In Psalms 107:39, it means violent restraint, or oppression. It does not mean prison in the sense in which that word is now used. It refers rather to restraint, and detention; and would be better translated by confinement, or by violent oppressions. The Lord Jesus,

Isaiah 53:9 — interpretations have been given to it. They may be seen at length in Rosenmuller, Gesenius, and Hengstenberg. The word rendered ‘he made’ (נויתן vayitēn, from נתן nâthan) is a word of very frequent occurrence in the Scriptures. According to Gesenius, it means:1. To give, as: (a) to give the hand to a victor; (b) to give into the hand of anyone, that is, the power; (c) to give, that is, to turn the back; (d) to give, that is, to yield fruit as a tree; (e) to give, that is, to show compassion: (f) to give honor,

Daniel 2:5 — had departed from him - that is, that he had forgotten it - or, that a decree or command had gone from him, that if they could not interpret the dream they should be destroyed. That the former is the correct interpretation seems to me to be evident.(1) It is the natural construction, and accords best with the meaning of the original words. Thus no one can doubt that the word מלה millâh, and the words דבר dâbâr and ῥῆμα rēma, are used in the sense of “thing,” and that the natural and proper

Daniel 7:7-8 — After this I saw in the night visions - The other beasts were seen also in a dream Daniel 7:1, and this probably in the same night, though as a subsequent part of the dream, for the whole vision evidently passed before the prophet in a single dream. The succession, or the fact that he saw one after the other, indicates a sucession in the kingdoms.

Daniel 7:7-8 — Después de esto vi en la noche visiones - Las otras bestias fueron vistas también en un sueño Daniel 7:1, y esto probablemente en la misma noche , aunque como parte posterior del sueño, porque toda la visión evidentemente pasó ante el profeta en un solo sueño. La sucesión, o el hecho de que él vio uno tras otro, indica una sucesión en los reinos. No debían

1 Corinthians 11:27 — The design of Paul is to correct their improper mode of observing this ordinance; and having showed them the true nature and design of the institution, he now states the consequences of partaking of it in an improper manner.Shall eat this bread - See 1 Corinthians 11:26. Paul still calls it bread, and shows thus that he was a stranger to the doctrine that the bread was changed into the very body of the Lord Jesus. If the papal doctrine of transubstantiation had been true, Paul could not have called

Galatians 3:28 — sexos; ni veo en este pasaje ninguna evidencia de que el siervo no debe mostrar el debido respeto a su amo, aunque ambos son cristianos, al igual que en la siguiente frase, ese respeto adecuado no debe mostrarse en el contacto con los sexos; compare 1 Timoteo 6:1. Pero la prueba es explícita, que los amos y los esclavos pueden convertirse en cristianos en los mismos términos y, en lo que respecta a sus privilegios y esperanzas religiosas, en cierto nivel. No se muestra ningún favor especial a uno,

1 Timothy 6:5 — Perverse disputings - Margin, “gallings one of another.” In regard to the correct reading of this passage, see Bib. Repository, vol. iii. pp. 61, 62. The word which is here used in the Received Text - παραδιατρίβη paradiatribē - occurs nowhere else in the New Testament. It properly means “mis-employment;” then “idle occupation.” (Robinson’s Lexicon) The verb from which this is derived means

Hebrews 6:20 — palabra utilizada aquí no aparece en ningún otro lugar del Nuevo Testamento. Un "precursor" - πρόδρομος prodromos - es uno que va antes que otros para preparar el camino. La palabra se aplica a las tropas ligeras enviadas como exploradores; Diod. Sic. 17, 17; compárese "Sabiduría de Salomón" (apoc) 12: 8. "Enviaste avispas, precursoras de tu anfitrión, para destruirlas poco a poco". El significado aquí es que Jesús fue primero al santuario celestial. Él abrió el camino. Él ha ido allí por nuestra cuenta,

James 3:15 — Esta sabiduría no desciende de arriba - Compare las notas en 1 Corintios 3:3. La sabiduría a la que nos referimos aquí es esa sabiduría carnal o mundana que produce contienda y contienda; ese tipo de conocimiento que conduce a la vanidad, y que lleva a un hombre a defender sus opiniones con celo excesivo. En las

1 John 5:16 — denotes a sin that subjected the offender to excommunication from the synagogue or the church; some that it refers to sins which brought fatal disease upon the offender, as in the case of those who abused the Lord’s Supper at Corinth, (see the notes at 1 Corinthians 11:30); some that it refers to crimes committed against the laws, for which the offender was sentenced to death, meaning that when the charge alleged was false, and the condemnation unjust, they ought to pray for the one who was condemned

Revelation 17:6 — Y vi a la mujer borracha con la sangre de los santos - Una ramera embriagada e intoxicada, porque esa es la imagen que se mantiene todo el tiempo. Con respecto a la frase "borracho de sangre", compare Jeremias 46:1. “La fraseología se deriva de la costumbre bárbara (aún existente entre muchas naciones paganas) de beber la sangre de los enemigos asesinados en el camino de la venganza. Se dice que el efecto de beber sangre es exasperar e intoxicar con pasión y un

Revelation 20:13 — el infierno" están aquí personificados, y se los representa con dominio sobre los muertos, y como ahora "entregando", o "entregando" a los que fueron detenidos por ellos. Sobre el significado de las palabras usadas aquí, vea las notas en Apocalipsis 1:18; Apocalipsis 6:8. Compare la nota Mateo 10:23; Job 10:21 notas; Isaías 14:9 nota. Toda esta representación es totalmente inconsistente con la suposición de que una gran parte de los muertos ya habían sido resucitados al comienzo del período milenario,

Revelation 20:4 — Y vi tronos - θρόνους thronous Ver Apocalipsis 1:4; Apocalipsis 3:21; Apocalipsis 4:3. John simplemente dice que vio en tronos de visión, con personas sentadas en ellos, pero sin decirles quiénes eran los que estaban sentados en ellos. Ahora no se revela el trono de Dios, porque la palabra está

Revelation 8 overview — Analysis Of The ChapterOne seal of the mysterious roll Revelation 5:1 remains to be broken - six having already disclosed the contents of the volume relating to the future. It was natural that the opening of the seventh, and the last, should be attended with circumstances of special solemnity, as being all that remained