Acts 26:10 Which thing I also did in Jerusalem The metropolis of Judea, where he had had his education, and was well known; here he consented to the d...
1 Corinthians 12:7 But the manifestation of the Spirit Not that which the Spirit manifests, as the grace and love of God, an interest in Christ, the d...
1 Corinthians 12:16 And if the ear shall say The organ that receives sounds, and can distinguish them, and in which member is placed the sense of hear...
1 Timothy 5:19 Against an elder receive not an accusation A charge of any crime: but before two or three witnesses; good sufficient ones, who are cap...
1 Corinthians 3:18 Let no man deceive himself With vain notions of serving God and religion, and of doing the churches good by his carnal and worldly ...
2 Corinthians 7:9 Now I rejoice, not that ye were made sorry Their grief and sorrow, as a natural passion, was no matter or cause of joy to him; nor w...
Doth bear me witness (marturei moi). Present active indicative as if still living. Caiaphas was no longer high priest now, for Ananias is at this tim...
?EXPOSITIONVerse 11. Let mount Zion rejoice. As the first of the cities of Judah, and the main object of the enemies' attack, let her lead the song. L...
?EXPLANATORY NOTES AND QUAINT SAYINGS Verse 21. The conclusion, Psalms 135:21 , alludes to the conclusion of the preceding Psalm. There, the Lord ble...
And when even was come (opsia de genomenh). It was the Preparation (paraskeuh), the day before the sabbath ( Mark 15:42 ; Luke 23:54 ). Paraskeuh is...
Chapter?28 The sentence against the prince or king of Tyre. (1-19) The fall of Zidon. (20-23) The restoration of Israel. (24-26) ...
3 John 1:12 Demetrius hath good report of all [men], This man was of a quite different cast from Diotrephes, and therefore the apostle makes mention o...
HIEL hi'-el (chi'el; Achiel): A Bethelite who according to 1?Kings 16:34 rebuilt Jericho, and in fulfillment of a curse pronounced by Joshua (Joshua ...
PHASELIS fa-se'-lis (Phaselis): A city of Lycia in Southern Asia Minor, on the seacoast, near the boundary of Pamphylia, to which country some ancien...
TRIPOLIS trip'-o-lis (Tripoils, triple city): Demetrius the son of Seleucus, having fled from Rome, collected a mighty host and fleet, sailed into th...
Thomas Young, D. D.?This pious and learned divine was probably educated in the university of Cambridge. He was afterwards preacher to the English merc...
TEMPER tem'-per: The word is used in the King James Version to render different Hebrew words. In Ezekiel 46:14 for temper (racac) the Revised Version...
Jew [E] [H](a man of Judea ). This name was properly applied to a member of the kingdom of Judah after the separation of the ten tribes. The term fir...
Silas [N] [E] [H](contracted form of Silvanus, woody ), an eminent member of the early Christian Church, described under that name in the Acts but as...
Ephesians 1:23 Which is his body That is, which church is the body of Christ; as an human body is but one, consisting of various members, united to ea...