Bible Commentaries

Genesis 1:20-23 — pensamiento, נפשׁ nephesh , denota también estas cualidades, y lo que las posee. Es obvio que denota el principio vital no sólo en el hombre sino también en el bruto. Por lo tanto, es una palabra más amplia que nuestra alma, como se entiende comúnmente. 21. תנין tannı̂yn , “criatura alargada”, un género completo que incluye enormes peces, serpientes, dragones, cocodrilos; "tramo." 22. ברך bārak “romperse, arrodillarse; bendecir." La soledad בהוּ bohû , el último y mayor defecto en el estado de la tierra,

Genesis 33:1-20 — - Encuentro de Jacob y Esaú 17. סכת sûkkôth , Sukkoth, “cabinas”, que consisten en postes que forman un techo cubierto con ramas, hojas o hierba. 19. חמור chămôr Chamor, “culo, rojo, montón”. קשׂיטה q e śı̂yṭâh Qesitah, pesado o medido. Ἀμνὸς Amnos , Septuaginta y Onkelos Jacob

Job 2:9 — este pasaje hacen algunas adiciones notables. El Chaldee lo rinde, “y“ Dinah ”(דינה dı̂ynâh), su esposa, le dijo". El autor de esa paráfrasis parece haber supuesto que Job vivió en la época de Jacob y se había casado con su hija Dina; Génesis 30:21. Drusius dice que esta era la opinión de los hebreos, y cita una declaración de la Gemara en este sentido: “Job vivió en los días de Jacob, y nació cuando los hijos de Israel descendieron a Egipto; y cuando partieron de allí, murió. Por lo tanto, vivió

Isaiah 13:21 — Thēria - 'Animales salvajes;' o δαιμόνια daimonia - 'Demonios . 'El siríaco,' Animales salvajes, espíritus, sirenas. 'Vulgata,' Bestias, demonios, dragones. 'Abarbanel lo traduce,' Simios '. Esta palabra se aplica a las personas, en Salmo 72:9; Salmo 74:14; a animales, Isaías 23:13; Isaías 34:14; Jeremias 50:39. Bochart supone que los gatos salvajes o los catamounts están destinados aquí. Ha demostrado que abundan en los países orientales. Se alimentan de cadáveres muertos y viven en el bosque o en

Isaiah 28:1 — Wo - (vea la nota en Isaías 18:1). La palabra aquí se usa para denunciar un juicio inminente. A la corona del orgullo - Este es un modo de expresión hebreo, que denota la corona orgullosa o altiva. No puede haber ninguna duda de que se refiere a la capital del reino de Efraín;

Isaiah 40:31 — fue en los tiempos del cautiverio en Babilonia. La religión a menudo se expresa en las Escrituras al 'esperar en Yahweh', es decir, al buscarle ayuda, esperar la liberación a través de su ayuda, confiando en él (ver Salmo 25:3, Salmo 25:5, Salmo 25:21; Salmo 27:14; Salmo 37:7, Salmo 37:9, Salmo 37:34; Salmo 69:3; compare Isaías 8:17, nota; Isaías 30:18, nota). No implica inactividad, o falta de esfuerzo personal; implica simplemente que nuestra esperanza de ayuda y salvación está en él, un sentimiento

Isaiah 58:5 — feeling who puts on an air of affected solemnity, and ‘appears to others to fast.’ Against that the Saviour warned his disciples, and directed them, when they fasted, to do it in their ordinary dress, and to maintain an aspect of cheerfulness Matthew 6:17-18. The hypocrites in the time of Isaiah seemed to have supposed that the object was gained if they assumed this affected seriousness. How much danger is there of this now! How often do even Christians assume, on all the more solemn occasions of religious

Isaiah 7:18 — probablemente del "número", pero también pretende indicar el carácter problemático de los invasores. Quizás, también, hay una alusión al hecho bien conocido de que una de las diez plagas de Egipto fue causada por numerosos enjambres de moscas; Éxodo 8:21. Se traería un ejército de ese país tan numeroso, problemático y destructivo como ese enjambre de moscas. La siguiente descripción, por Bruce, de una especie de moscas en Abisinia y las regiones adyacentes, dará una idea del carácter de esta calamidad

Amos 2:4 — For three transgressions of Judah etc. - Rup.: “Here too there is no difference of Jew and Gentile. The word of God, a just judge, spareth no man’s person. whom sin joins in one, the sentence of the Judge disjoins not in punishment” Romans 2:12. “As many as have sinned without law, shall also perish without law, and as many as have signed in the law, shall be judged by the law.” Jerome: “Those other nations, Damascus and the rest, he upbraids not for having cast away the law of God, and despised

Matthew 12:22-30 — Then was brought unto him one possessed with a devil - See the notes at Matthew 4:24. The same account, substantially, is found in Mark 3:22-27, and Luke 11:14-26.Matthew 12:23Is not this the Son of David? - That is, Is not this the promised “descendant” of David, the Messiah? They were acquainted with the prophecy in Isaiah 35:5, “Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf shall

Matthew 28:15 — resurrection of the Lord Jesus, of which an account is given in this chapter, is one of the most important doctrines of the Christian religion, and is attested by the strongest evidence that can be adduced in favor of any ancient fact. Let it be considered:1. That he had often foretold his own death and resurrection. See Matthew 12:40; Matthew 16:21; Matthew 20:19.2. There was no doubt that he was really dead. Of this the Jews. the Romans, and the disciples were all equally well satisfied.3. Every proper

1 Corinthians 11:21 — mere revel. It may seem remarkable that such scenes should ever have occurred in a Christian church, or that there could have been such an entire perversion of the nature and design of the Lord’s Supper. But we are to remember the following things:(1) These persons had recently been pagans, and were grossly ignorant of the nature of true religion when the gospel was first preached among them.(2) They had been accustomed to such revels in honor of idols under their former modes of worship, and it

Hebrews 11:28 — Egyptians, and also that it would be celebrated as a perpetual memorial of this great deliverance. On the passover, see the notes on Matthew 26:2.And the sprinkling of blood - The blood of the paschal lamb on the lintels and door-posts of the houses; Exodus 12:22.Lest he that destroyed the first-born should touch them - The first-born of the Egyptians; Exodus 12:23. The apostle has thus enumerated some of the things which illustrated the faith of Moses. The strength of his faith may be seen by a reference

James 1:9 — Let the brother of low degree - This verse seems to introduce a new topic, which has no other connection with what precedes than that the apostle is discussing the general subject of trials. Compare James 1:2. Turning from the consideration of trials in general, he passes to the consideration of a particular kind of trials, that which results from a change of circumstances in life, from poverty to affluence, and from affluence to poverty. The idea which

James 5 overview — The subjects which are introduced in this chapter are the following:I. An address to rich men, and a severe condemnation of the manner in which they lived, James 5:1-6. There have been various opinions in regard to the persons here referred to.(1) Some have supposed that the address is to unbelieving Jews, and that the punishment which the apostle threatens was that which was about to be brought on the nation by

1 Peter 3:3 — attention to it. Religion promotes neatness, and cleanliness, and a proper attention to our external appearance according to our circumstances in life, as certainly as it does to the internal virtue of the soul. On this whole passage, see the notes at 1 Timothy 2:9-10.Of plaiting the hair - See the notes at 1 Timothy 2:9; Compare the notes at Isaiah 3:24. Great attention is paid to this in the East, and it is to this that the apostle here refers. “The women in the eastern countries,” says Dr. Shaw,

Revelation 12:5 — And she brought forth a man child - Representing, according to the view above taken, the church in its increase and prosperity - as if a child were born that was to rule over all nations. See the notes on Revelation 12:2.Who was to rule all nations - That is, according to this view, the church thus represented was destined to reign in all the earth, or all the earth was to become subject to its laws. Compare the notes on Daniel 7:13-14.With a rod of iron - The language

Revelation 19:10 — And I fell at his feet to worship him - At the feet of the angel. See the notes on Revelation 19:9. This is a common posture of adoration in the East. See Rosenmuller’s “Morgenland, in loco.” notes on 1 Corinthians 14:25. John was entirely overcome with the majesty of the heavenly messenger, and with the amazing truths that he had disclosed to

Revelation 20:15 — they will also be destitute of true religion, there will be a propriety that they shall share the same doom in the future world.Written in the book of life - See the notes on Revelation 3:5.Was cast into the lake of fire - See the notes on Matthew 25:41. That is, they will be doomed to a punishment which will be well represented by their lingering in a sea of fire forever. This is the termination of the judgment - the winding up of the affairs of men. The vision of John here rests for a moment on the

Revelation 5:7 — difficulty here, arising from the incongruity of what is said of a lamb, which it is not easy to solve. The difficulty is in conceiving how a lamb could take the book from the hand of Him who held it. To meet this several solutions have been proposed:(1) Vitringa supposes that the Messiah appeared as a lamb only in some such sense as the four living beings Revelation 4:7 resembled a lion, a calf, and an eagle; that is, that they bore this resemblance only in respect to the head, while the body was