Leviticus 23:10 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them What is next observed, it being incumbent on them to do what is enjoined: when ye...
Pentecost, [N] [B] [E] [H]that is, the fiftieth day (from a Greek word meaning fiftieth), or Harvest Feast, or Feast of Weeks, may be regarded as a s...
Overview - Leviticus 23 1?The feasts of the Lord. 3?The sabbath. 4?The passover. 9?The sheaf of first-fruits. 15?The feast of Pentecost. 22?Gleanin...
Luke 6:1 And it came to pass on the second sabbath day after the first, &c.] Or second first sabbath, concerning which interpreters are greatly divid...
Zechariah 1:17 Cry yet, saying That is, prophesy again, as the Targum paraphrases it; publish and declare openly before all: Thus saith the Lord of ho...
FIRST-FRUITS furst'-froots (re'shith, bikkurim; aparche. Septuagint translates re'shith by aparche, but for bikkurim it uses the word protogennemata; ...
Acts 2:1 And when the day of Pentecost was fully come Or was come, was begun and entered upon; for it was not over, or ended, it being but the third h...
INTRODUCTION MALACHI forms the transition link between the two dispensations, the Old and the New, the skirt and boundary of Christianity [TERTULLI...
Daniel 9:26 And after threescore and two weeks To be reckoned from the end of the seven weeks, or forty nine years, which, added to them, make four hu...
The Story of Roger Holland In a retired close near a field, in Islington, a company of decent persons had assembled, to the number of forty. While th...
John 2:20 Then said the Jews Unto him, as read the Syriac, Arabic, Persic, and Ethiopic versions: forty and six years was this temple in building; wh...
Thomas Carew was born of the ancient and worthy family of his name in Cornwall, educated in the university of Oxford, and, entering upon the sacred f...
Ezechias Morley was minister at Walsham in the Willows in Suffolk, and afterwards at several other places. He was a zealous and laborious preacher, b...
1. NOW before Caesar had determined any thing about these affairs, Malthace, Arehelaus's mother, fell sick and died. Letters also were brought out ...
CHAPTER 9 Daniel 9:1-27 . DANIEL'S CONFESSION AND PRAYER FOR JERUSALEM: GABRIEL COMFORTS HIM BY THE PROPHECY OF THE SEVENTY WEEKS. The world...
CHAPTER 16 Deuteronomy 16:1-22 . THE FEAST OF THE PASSOVER. 1. Observe the month of Abib--or first-fruits. It comprehended the latter part of...
Chapter?16In this chapter we have, I. A repetition of the laws concerning the three yearly feasts; in particular, that of the passover (v.?1-8). That ...
At the commencement of the year beginning with May, 1850, it was my purpose to seek help from the Lord that I might be able, in a still greater degre...
Chapter 44:1 Nebuchadnezzar the king, unto all people, nations, and languages, that dwell in all the o earth; Peace be multiplied unto you. (o) Meanin...
CHAPTER 5 Jeremiah 5:1-31 . THE CAUSE OF THE JUDGMENTS TO BE INFLICTED IS THE UNIVERSAL CORRUPTION OF THE PEOPLE. 1. a man--As the pious Josi...