Chapter?32This chapter seems to be such a prophecy of the reign of Hezekiah as amounts to an abridgment of the history of it, and this with an eye to ...
Chapter?14John the Baptist had said concerning Christ, He must increase, but I must decrease, Jn.?3:30 . The morning-star is here disappearing, and th...
Up to this point, we have spent considerable time discussing background information in order to better prepare the reader for the verse-by-verse expo...
CHAPTER 20. OF PRAYER--A PERPETUAL EXERCISE OF FAITH. THE DAILY BENEFITS DERIVED FROM IT. The principal divisions of this chapter are,--I. Connection...
Chapter?5This chapter, and the two that follow it, are a sermon; a famous sermon; the sermon upon the mount. It is the longest and fullest continued d...
Chapter?54The death of Christ is the life of the church and of all that truly belong to it; and therefore very fitly, after the prophet had foretold t...
in the Spirit All prophetic revelation has its origin in the Holy Spirit (1Pe. 1Pe. 1:20-21) and never from man (Gal. Gal. 1:12-16; Gal. 2:2). Mysteri...
Chapter?2As the foregoing psalm was moral, and showed us our duty, so this is evangelical, and shows us our Saviour. Under the type of David?s kingdom...
Chapter?31This chapter goes on with the good words and comfortable words which we had in the chapter before, for the encouragement of the captives, as...
Chapter?36In this chapter, I. The work of the tabernacle is begun (v.?1-4). II. A stop is put to the people?s contributions (v.?5-7). III. A particula...
Chapter?26This chapter is a solemn conclusion of the main body of the levitical law. The precepts that follow in this and the following book either re...
Jesus Christ, Name and Titles of In our culture names serve primarily to distinguish one person from another. In Bibletimes names had other significan...
Chapter?13The next ceremonial uncleanness is that of the leprosy, concerning which the law was very large and particular; we have the discovery of it ...
Chapter?1In this chapter we have, I. The proclamation which Cyrus, king of Persia, issued out for the release of all the Jews that he found captives i...
Chapter?11The ceremonial law is described by the apostle (Heb.?9:9, Heb.?9:10 ) to consist, not only in gifts and sacrifices,?? which hitherto have be...
Chapter?12The apostle (Gal.?4:25, Gal.?4:26 ) distinguishes between Jerusalem which now is, and is in bondage with her children???the remaining carcas...
Footnotes(1 )Eusebius seems to have adopted this name as a token of friendship and respect for Pamphilus, bishop of Caesarea. See McGiffert, Prolegome...
Chapter?13In this chapter, we have, I. The favour which Christ did to his countrymen in preaching the kingdom of heaven to them (v.?1-2). He preached ...
Chapter?27It is a very affecting story which is recorded in this chapter concerning the sufferings and death of our Lord Jesus. Considering the thing ...
Chapter?3God is still by the prophet inculcating the same thing upon this careless people, and much in the same manner as before, by a type or sign, t...