Bible Commentaries

Genesis 27:1-46 — his father. For sixty-one years more his son Jacob remains under the paternal roof. The remaining forty-four years are passed in the retirement of old age. The chapter before us narrates the last solemn acts of the middle period of his life.Genesis 27:1-4Isaac was old. - Joseph was in his thirtieth year when he stood before Pharaoh, and therefore thirty-nine when Jacob came down to Egypt at the age of one hundred and thirty. When Joseph was born, therefore, Jacob was ninety-one, and he had sojourned

Genesis 35:1-29 — - The Death of Isaac8. דברה deborâh, Deborah, “bee.” בּכוּת אלּון 'alôn-bākût, Allon-bakuth, “oak of weeping.”16. כברה kı̂brâh, “length stretch.” A certain but unknown distance, a stadium or furlong (Josephus) a hippodrome (Septuagint) which was somewhat longer, a mile (Kimchi). אפרת 'ephrâth, Ephrath, “fruitful or ashy.”18. בן־אוני ben-'ônı̂y, Ben-oni, “son

Isaiah 40:2 — understanding, but such also as should be adopted to minister consolation to the heart. So the word is used in Genesis 34:3 : ‘And his soul clave unto Dinah - and he loved the damsel, and spake kindly (Hebrew, to the heart) of the damsel;’ Genesis 50:21 : ‘And he comforted them, and spoke kindly unto them’ (Hebrew, to their hearts); see also 2 Chronicles 32:6.To Jerusalem - The direction is not merely to speak to the people in Babylon, but also to comfort Jerusalem itself lying in ruins. The general

Isaiah 66:19 — And I will set a sign among them - (See the notes at Isaiah 11:12; Isaiah 18:3). On the meaning of the word ‘sign’ (אות 'ôth), see the notes at Isaiah 7:11. What is its meaning here is to be determined by the connection. That would seem to me to require some such interpretation as this: That when God should come

Daniel 7:6 — distinguished for blood-thirstiness and cruelty, and these characteristics are especially applicable to the female panther. The animal is referred to in the Scriptures as emblematic of the following things, or as having the following characteristics:(1) As next in dignity to the lion - of the same general nature. Compare Bochart, Hieroz. P. I. lib. iii. c. vii. Thus the lion and the panther, or leopard, are often united in the Scriptures. Compare Jeremiah 5:6; Hosea 13:7. See also in the Apocrypha,

Daniel 8:5 — was not yet consolidated in the time of Belshazzar, and the conquests represented by the ram continued through many years, and those denoted by the he-goat extended still much further into futurity.Behold, an he-goat came from the west - In Daniel 8:21, this is called the “rough-goat,” There can be no doubt as to the application of this, for in Daniel 8:21 it is expressly said that it was “the king of Grecia.” The power represented is that of Greece when it was consolidated under Alexander the Great,

Malachi 4:6 — selfishness, though that selfishness is the parent of general discord, of fraud, violence, and other misdeeds. Nay, conversion of children or parents becomes rather a source of discord, embittering the unconverted. Whence our Lord says, “Think not, that I Mat 10:34-36. am come to send peace on the earth. I came not to send peace on earth, but a sword. For I am come to set a man at variance against his father, and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law: and a man’s

2 Corinthians 5:16 — meaning is, probably, that in his estimate of people he was not influenced by the views which are taken by those who are unrenewed, and who are unacquainted with the truths of redemption. It may include a great many things, and perhaps the following:(1) He was not influenced in his estimate of people by a regard to their birth, or country. He did not form an attachment to a Jew because he was a Jew, or to a Gentile because he was a Gentile. He had learned that Christ died for all, and he felt disposed

Hebrews 10:39 — mantenerlos en el camino hacia la vida. ¿Qué podría ser un medio más efectivo que la seguridad de que si un cristiano apostata "inevitablemente perecerá para siempre"? Vea el sentimiento en este versículo ilustrado en detalle en las notas en Hebreos 6:4-1. Observaciones (1) Es motivo de regocijo que seamos traídos bajo un sistema más perfecto que el antiguo pueblo de Dios. No tenemos simplemente un bosquejo grosero, un bosquejo oscuro y sombrío de la religión, como lo hicieron ellos. Ahora no estamos

Hebrews 6:4 — Christians; that the object is to keep them from apostasy, and that it teaches that if they should apostatize, it would be impossible to renew them again or to save them. That it refers to true Christians will be apparent from these considerations.(1) Such is the sense which would strike the great mass of readers. Unless there were some theory to defend, the great body of readers of the New Testament would consider the expression used here as describing true Christians.(2) The connection demands

Hebrews 8:8 — was defect somewhere when he promised another and a better covenant. The word rendered “finding fault” properly means to censure, or to blame. It is rendered in Mark 7:2, “they found fault,” to wit, with those who ate with unwashed hands; in Romans 9:19, “why doth he yet find fault?” It occurs nowhere else in the New Testament, It is language used where wrong has been done; where there is ground of complaint; where it is desirable that there should be a change. In the passage here quoted from Jeremiah,

James 1:6 — Pero que pregunte con fe - Vea los pasajes mencionados en Santiago 1:5. Compare la nota Mateo 7:7 y la nota Hebreos 11:6. No podemos esperar obtener ningún favor de Dios si no hay fe; y donde, en lo que respecta a la sabiduría necesaria para guiarnos, estamos seguros de que está de acuerdo con su voluntad de concedernos,

James 2:14 — ¿De qué sirve, mis hermanos, aunque un hombre diga que tiene fe? - El apóstol aquí vuelve al tema que se anuncia en Santiago 1:22, la importancia de una atención práctica a los deberes de la religión y la seguridad de que los hombres no pueden ser salvados por un mera opinión especulativa, o simplemente manteniendo los sentimientos correctos. Indudablemente tuvo en su ojo a

James 3:13 — dotados de estas cosas deberían ser seleccionados para instructores públicos. Deje que salga de una buena conversación - De una vida y deportación correctas y constantes. Sobre el significado de la palabra "conversación", vea las notas en Filipenses 1:27. El significado aquí es que debe haber una vida recta, y que esta debe ser la base para formar el juicio al nombrar personas para llenar puestos de importancia, y especialmente en el oficio de enseñar en la iglesia. Sus obras - Sus actos de rectitud

2 Peter 1:20 — a great principle in regard to the prophets, that what they communicated “was not of their own disclosure;” that is, was not revealed or originated by them.” That this is the correct interpretation will be apparent from the following considerations:(1) It accords with the design of the apostle, which is to produce an impressive sense of the importance and value of the prophecies, and to lead those to whom he wrote to study them with diligence. This could be secured in no way so well as by assuring

Revelation 1:12 — Patmos, y no hay evidencia de que John no se considerara allí, o que por un momento se imaginara que fue trasladado al templo en Jerusalén. No puede haber ninguna duda sobre el diseño de esta representación, ya que se declara expresamente Apocalipsis 1:2 que los siete portadores de la lámpara estaban destinados a representar a las siete iglesias. La luz se usa a menudo en las Escrituras como un emblema de la verdadera religión; Los cristianos están representados como "la luz del mundo" ( Mateo 5:14;

Revelation 13:13 — Y hace grandes maravillas - "Signos" - σημεῖα sēmeia - la palabra comúnmente utilizada para denotar "milagros" (compare las notas en Hechos 2:19); y la representación aquí es que el poder al que se refiere la segunda bestia encontraría su reclamo sobre milagros simulados y lograría un efecto en el mundo como si realmente hiciera milagros. La aplicabilidad de esto a la Roma papal nadie puede

Revelation 18:17 — Para en una hora - En un período muy breve, tan corto, que les pareció una hora. En la predicción Apocalipsis 18:8, se dice que sería "en un día" (ver las notas en ese lugar); Aquí se dice que, para los espectadores, parecía ser solo una hora. No hay inconsistencia, por lo tanto, entre las dos declaraciones. Tan grandes riquezas han quedado en nada - Toda la

Revelation 3:17 — and others. Doddridge, Rosenmuller, and others, understand it in the latter sense. There is no doubt that there was much wealth in Laodicea, and that, as a people, they prided themselves on their riches. See the authorities in Wetstein on Colossians 2:1, and Vitringa, p. 160. It is not easy to determine which is the true sense; but may it not have been that there was an allusion to both, and that, in every respect, they boasted that they had enough? May it not have been so much the characteristic of

Revelation 7 overview — in vision a vast number from all lands who will yet be saved, and the winds and storms are held back as if by angels.The points, then, that are apparent in this chapter, without any reference now to the question of the application, are the following:(1) The impending ruin that seemed about to spread over the earth, apparently bringing on the consummation of all things, restrained or suspended, Revelation 7:1. This impending ruin is symbolized by the four winds of heaven that seemed about to sweep