?EXPOSITIONVerse 10. More to be desired are they than fine gold, yea, than much fine gold. Bible truth is enriching to the soul in the highest degree;...
?EXPOSITION Verse 14. But lusted exceedingly in the wilderness. Though they would not wait God's will, they are hot to have their own. When the most s...
Chapter?9 The apostle shows his authority, and asserts his right to be maintained. (1-14) He waved this part of his Christian liberty, for the good o...
The Book of ProverbsChapter 27Verses:27:1Boast not - Of any good thing which thou purposeth to do, or hopest to receive tomorrow, or hereafter. Knowes...
CHAPTER 5 Genesis 5:1-32 . GENEALOGY OF THE PATRIARCHS. 1. book of the generations--(See Genesis 11:4 ). Adam--used here either as the name ...
Genesis 5:29 And he called his name Noah Which signifies rest and comfort; for rest gives comfort, and comfort flows from rest, see ( 2 Samuel 14:17 )...
?EXPOSITION Verse 9. For I have eaten ashes like bread. He had so frequently cast ashes upon his head in token of mourning, that they had mixed with h...
Matthew 11:17 And saying, we have piped unto you, and ye have not danced, &c.] The allusion is to Jewish children, who having seen their parents and f...
RAVEN ra'-vn (`orebh; korax; Latin Corvus corax): A large family of the smaller birds of prey belonging to the genus Corvus corax. A bird of such uni...
SALT solt (melach; halas, hals): Common salt is considered by most authorities as an essential ingredient of our food. Most people intentionally seas...
Elucidations.Elucidations.IGreater licence, p. 104.In this treatise, which is designed to justify the extremes of Montanistic fasts, Tertullian's geni...
Chapter 55:1 And there was a great cry of the people and of their wives a against their brethren the Jews. (a) Against the rich who oppressed them. 5:...
VIII. Our Body Washed X.?22. Let us draw near . . . our body washed with pure water. Man belongs to two worlds, the visible and the invisible. In h...
Ephesians 6:12 For we wrestle not against flesh and blood The Syriac, Arabic, and Ethiopic versions, and some copies, read you, instead of we. This is...
2 Corinthians 8:15 As it is written In ( Exodus 16:18 ) he that gathered much had nothing over, and he that gathered little had no lack; respect is ...
Mark 5:14 And they that fed the swine Not the owners, but the keepers of them, the swine herds, fled; being astonished at the power of Christ, affrigh...
?EXPOSITIONVerse 14. For all the day long have I been plagued. He was smitten from the moment he woke to the time he went to bed. His griefs were not ...
?EXPOSITIONVerse 25. Man did eat angel's food. The delicacies of kings were outdone, for the dainties of angels were supplied. Bread of the mighty one...
Chapter?1 Daniel was of noble birth, if not one of the royal family of Judah. He was carried captive to Babylon in the fourth year of Jehoiachin, B. ...
Chapter?7 Ahaz threatened by Israel and Syria; and is assured their attack would be in vain. (1-9) God gives a sure sign by the promise of the long-e...