Bible Commentaries

Job 13:26 — agravadas, y recordando los pecados de su juventud, y responsabilizándolo por ellos. Rosenmuller comenta que la palabra "escribir" aquí es un término judicial, que se refiere a la costumbre de escribir la sentencia de una persona condenada (como en Salmo 149:9; Jeremias 22:3); es decir, decretar el castigo. Entonces los griegos usaron la expresión γράφεσθαι δίκην graphesthai dikēn, que significa declarar una sentencia judicial. Entonces los árabes usan la palabra "kitab", escritura, para denotar una

Psalms 37:25 — literalmente cierto que cualquiera que haya sido joven y que haya envejecido podría decir que no había visto ni una vez al justo abandonado ni a su simiente mendigando pan; pero el escritor de estas líneas, que tiene este día, el día en que las escribe (1 de diciembre de 1859), llegó al sexagésimo primer año de su vida, y que está obligado a decir "He sido joven". aunque puede sentirse reacio a agregar, "pero ahora soy viejo", puede decir, como resultado de su propia observación en el mundo, que, como

Leviticus 8:14-36 — hecho con verdad y sinceridad, entonces podría ofrecerse a sí mismo como una persona aceptada, como un olor grato, en el holocausto; y en consecuencia, podía disfrutar de la comunión con el Señor y con sus hermanos en la ofrenda de paz. Levítico 8:14 Véanse las referencias marginales. La carne de la ofrenda por el pecado no podía ser comida por nadie más que por un sacerdote legalmente consagrado ( nota). Moisés, por lo tanto, no podía comer de él él mismo, aunque, para la ocasión, estaba desempeñando

Isaiah 1:29 — Bretaña y Alemania, ofrecían su culto en bosques de robles, de ahí el nombre de druida, derivado de δρῦς drus, un roble. Se hace mención frecuente en las Escrituras de arboledas y lugares altos; y a los judíos se les prohibió erigirlos; Deuteronomio 16:21; 1Ki 16:23 ; 2 Reyes 16:4; Ezequiel 6:13; Ezequiel 16:16, Ezequiel 16:39; Éxodo 34:13; Jueces 3:7; 1 Reyes 18:19; Isaías 17:8; Miqueas 5:14. Cuando, por lo tanto, se dice aquí, que deberían avergonzarse de los robles, significa que deberían

Isaiah 43:27 — gobernantes y maestros habían sido culpables de delitos, y que por lo tanto era correcto traer toda esta venganza sobre la nación. Se han dado varias interpretaciones de la frase "tu primer padre". Un ligero aviso de ellas conducirá a la exposición correcta. 1. Muchos han supuesto que se hace referencia a Adán aquí. Así Piscator, Calovius y la mayoría de los padres lo entienden; y, entre los judíos, Kimchi. Pero las objeciones a esto son claras: (a) Adán no fue peculiarmente el primer padre o antepasado de

Isaiah 56:10 — se deriva de צפה tsâphâh, "mirar alrededor; para ver desde la distancia; para ver lejos ". Se aplica apropiadamente a aquellos que estaban estacionados en las paredes de una ciudad, o en una torre, para que puedan ver el acercamiento de un enemigo 1Sa 14:16 ; 2 Samuel 13:34; 2 Samuel 18:24. Luego se aplica a los profetas, que están como estaban en un puesto elevado de observación, y que son capaces de mirar hacia escenas futuras y predecir eventos futuros (Jeremias 6:17; Ezequiel 3:17; la nota

Isaiah 58:13 — del día de reposo, no es tener el pie empleado en el día de reposo; no participar en viajes, o en los empleos activos ordinarios de la vida, ya sea por negocios o por placer. De hacer tu placer en mi día santo - Aquí se pueden observar dos cosas: 1. Dios reclama el día como suyo y como santo por ese motivo. Si bien todo el tiempo es suyo, y aunque requiere que todo el tiempo sea empleado de manera rentable y útil, llama al sábado especialmente el suyo, un día que debe observarse con referencia

Daniel 4:17 — Este asunto es por decreto de los observadores - Vea las notas en Daniel 4:13. Aquí se describen no solo como velar por los asuntos de los hombres, sino como encomendados a la ejecución de los altos e importantes designios de Dios. La representación es que uno de estos seres celestiales fue visto por Nabucodonosor en sus visiones,

2 Corinthians 5:7 — For we walk - To walk, in the Scriptures often denotes to live, to act, to conduct in a certain way; see the notes on Romans 4:12; Romans 6:4. It has reference to the fact that life is a journey, or a pilgrimage, and that the Christian is traveling to another country. The sense here is, that we conduct ourselves in our course of life with reference to the things which are unseen,

Ephesians 2:2 — world is to walk in trespasses and sins. The sense is, that there was by nature no difference between them and others, and that all the difference which now existed had been made by grace.According to the prince of the power of the air - see Ephesians 6:12; compare the notes at 2 Corinthians 4:4. There can be no doubt that Satan is here intended, and that Paul means to say that they were under his control as their leader and prince. The phrase, “the prince of the power,” may mean either “the powerful

Ephesians 4:28 — honest manner, by his own industry, rather than by wronging others.Working with his hands - Pursuing some honest employment. Paul was not ashamed to labor with “his own hands” Acts 20:35; and no man is dishonored by labor. God made man for toil Genesis 2:15; and employment is essential to the happiness of the race. No man, who is “able” to support himself, has a “right” to depend on others; see the notes on Romans 12:11.That he may have to give to him that needeth - Margin, “distribute.” Not merely that

Philemon 1:18 — had not performed. Conjecture is useless as to the way in which the debt had been contracted.Put that on mine account - Reckon, or impute that to me - εμοὶ ἐλλόγα emoi elloga. This word occurs nowhere else in the New Testament, except in Romans 5:13, where it is rendered imputed. See the notes at that passage. It means to “reckon;” to put to one’s account, to wit, what properly belongs to him, or what he assumes. It never implies that that is to be charged on one which does not properly belong

Hebrews 11:25 — is, that sins were practiced there such as those in which pleasure is sought, and that if he had remained there it must have been because he loved the pleasures of a sinful court and a sinful life rather than the favour of God. We may learn from this:(1) That there is a degree of pleasure in sin. It does not deserve to be called happiness, and the apostle does not call it so. It is “pleasure,” excitement, hilarity, merriment, amusement. Happiness is more solid and enduring than “pleasure;” and solid

Hebrews 3:19 — So we see ... - We see from the direct testimony of the Old Testament that unbelief was the reason why they were excluded from the promised land. Let us learn in view of the reasoning and exhortations here:(1) The evil of unbelief. It excluded that whole generation, consisting of many hundred thousand souls, from the land of promise - the land to which they had looked with ardent hopes, and with warm desires. It will exclude countless millions from heaven.

Hebrews 4:13 — doubt. The “design” of the remark here is, to guard those to whom the apostle was writing from self-deception - since they could conceal nothing from God.All things are naked - Exposed; uncovered. There is nothing that can be concealed from God; Psalms 139:11-12. “The veil of night is no disguise, No screen from thy all-searching eyes; Thy hands can seize thy foes as soon. Thro’ midnight shades as blazing noon.”And opened - - τετραχηλισμένα tetrachēlismena. The word used here - Τραχηλίζω Trachēlizō

Hebrews 7:10 — was important to show them on their own principles, and according to their own sacred writings, that the great ancestor of all the Levitical community had himself acknowledged his inferiority to one who was declared also in their own writings Psalms 110:1-7 to be like the Messiah, or who was of the same “order.” At the same time, the reasoning concedes nothing false; and conveys no wrong impression. It is not mere fancy or accommodation, nor is it framed on allegory or cabalistic principles. It is

1 Peter 2:24 — Who his own self - See the notes at Hebrews 1:3, on the phrase “when he had by himself purged our sins.” The meaning is, that he did it in his own proper person; he did not make expiation by offering a bloody victim, but was himself the sacrifice.Bare our sins - There is an allusion here undoubtedly

1 Peter 3:6 — furnishing one of the best illustrations of the duty to which the apostle refers. Nothing is said, in the brief records of her life, of any passion for outward adorning; much is said of her kindness to her husband, and her respect for him. Compare Genesis 12:5; Genesis 18:6.Calling him Lord - See Genesis 18:12. It was probably inferred from this instance, by the apostle, and not without reason, that Sarah habitually used this respectful appellation, acknowledging by it that he was her superior, and that

Jude 1:7 — Even as Sodom and Gomorrha - Notes, 2 Peter 2:6.And the cities about them - Admah and Zeboim, Genesis 14:2; Deuteronomy 29:23; Hosea 11:8. There may have been other towns, also, that perished at the same time, but these are particularly mentioned. They seem to have partaken of the same general characteristics, as neighboring towns and cities generally

Revelation 18:24 — And in her - When she came to be destroyed, and her real character was seen.Was found the blood of prophets - Of the public teachers of the true religion. On the word “prophets” see the notes on Revelation 18:20.And of saints - Of the holy. See the notes on Revelation 18:20.And of all that were slain upon the earth - So numerous have been the slain, so constant and bloody have been the persecutions there, that it may be said that all the blood ever shed