these will make war ???????????? [Polem?sousin] , which indicates a protracted engagement rather than a single battle. The same word is translated, so...
?EXPOSITION Verse 42. So shall I have wherewith to answer him that reproacheth me. This is an unanswerable answer. When God, by granting us salvation,...
Chapter?16This chapter concludes that great affair of the settlement of the ark in the royal city, and with it the settlement of the public worship of...
do not weep ?? ????? [m? klaie] , a present tense imperative indicating that John continued to weep.1 the Lion of the tribe of Judah God had revealed...
Praise [N] [B] God is worthy of 2?Samuel 22:4 Christ is worthy of Revelation 5:12 God is glorified by Psalms 22:23 ; 50:23 Offered to Chr...
?EXPOSITIONVerse 12. Egypt, here called the field of Zoan, was the scene of marvellous things which were done in open day in the sight of Israel. Thes...
?EXPOSITION Verse 15. But judgment shall return unto righteousness. The great Judge will come, the reign of righteousness will commence, the course of...
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...
I am He who lives John calls Him ? ??? [ho z?n] , ?the living one? (present, active participle). ?Life? is an essential attribute of God Who is consi...
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...
great hail This recalls the plague of hail which struck Egypt prior to the Exodus:And the LORD rained hail on the land of Egypt. So there was hail, a...
\\INTRODUCTION TO PSALMS\\ The title of this book may be rendered the Book of Praises, or Hymns; the psalm which our Lord sung at the passover is c...
Blessedness Condition or state of being in God's grace or favor. The Bible contains the words bless, blessing, and blessed, but not the noun blesse...
Chapter?64This chapter goes on with that pathetic pleading prayer which the church offered up to God in the latter part of the foregoing chapter. They...
Chapter?2In this chapter we have, I. Hannah?s song of thanksgiving to God for his favour to her in giving her Samuel (v.?1-10). II. Their return to th...
\\INTRODUCTION TO ROMANS 15\\ The apostle in this chapter pursues his exhortation to mutual affection and forbearance, notwithstanding their differe...
Chapter?70This psalm is adapted to a state of affliction; it is copied almost word for word from the fortieth, and, some think for that reason, is ent...
He who has an ear ?Every man ?hath an ear? naturally, but he alone will be able to hear spiritually to whom God has given ?the hearing ear?; whose ?e...
?EXPOSITIONVerse 2. For. Here is argument, which is the very sinew of prayer. If we reasoned more with the Lord we should have more victories in suppl...