At the heart of the idea of a Temple is the abiding presence of God. Although God is omnipresent, He has chosen to manifest His presence in certain l...
true and righteous are His judgments The same attributes attributed to the Father here are attributed to the Lamb Who rides forth on the white horse W...
He that lacketh these things (wi mh parestin tauta). To whom (dative case of possession) these things are not (mh because a general or indefinite rel...
Render to her just as she rendered to you Render is ??????? [apodote] , plural imperative, you all give back to her! Who is this command given to?Acco...
Footnotes(1 )Christus Comprobator, p. 99, sq.(1 )O twn Paterwn Pathr; o twn Nussaewn fwsthr, Council. Nic. II. Act. VI. Edition of Labbe, p. 477.-Nice...
\\INTRODUCTION TO HEBREWS\\ That this epistle was written very early appears from hence, that it was imitated by Clement of Rome, in his epistle to ...
He is coming The OT Scriptures predicted a ?coming one? (Deu. Deu. 18:15-18; Ps. Ps. 2:1; Ps. 22:1; Ps. 118:26; Isa. Isa. 9:6; Isa. 48:16; Isa. 53:1;...
Who is the faithful witness (o martu o pisto). The witness the faithful, nominative in apposition like prwtotoko and arcwn with the preceding ablativ...
four living creatures See commentary on Revelation 4:6. the elders See commentary on Revelation 4:4. a Lamb ?When John turned, he saw, not a Lion, acc...
Chapter?5Eliphaz, in the foregoing chapter, for the making good of his charge against Job, had vouched a word from heaven, sent him in a vision. In th...
\\INTRODUCTION TO JUDGES\\ The title of this book in the Hebrew copies is Sepher Shophetim, the Book of Judges; but the Syriac and Arabic interprete...
Chapter?116This is a thanksgiving psalm; it is not certain whether David penned it upon any particular occasion or upon a general review of the many g...
Chapter?35As after a prediction of God?s judgments upon the world (ch4) follows a promise of great mercy to be had in store for his church (ch5), so h...
I fell at his feet to worship him . . . see that you do not do that! Later, after seeing the revelation of the New Jerusalem and the eternal state, J...
worthy to receive glory and honor and power ?????? [labein] , present tense: to be continually receiving. Both the Father and the Son are worthy to r...
Chapter?1The foundation of all religion being laid in our relation to God as our Creator, it was fit that the book of divine revelations which was int...
All book names within Bible addresses appear in one of two forms: (1) the full formal name (e.g., Revelation), or (2) a standardized abbreviation. Th...
Overview - Philippians 3 1?He warns them to beware of the false teachers of the circumcision; 4?shewing that himself has greater cause than they to t...
It is our view that the identity of Babylon ultimately rests on the proper interpretation of God?s word. We must examine the meaning of words in thei...
bore witness An epistolary aorist, referring to the perspective of the readers of this book once it had been completed.1 who bore witness to the word...