\\INTRODUCTION TO FIRST KINGS\\ This, and the following book, properly are but one book, divided into two parts, and went with the Jews under the co...
When we interpret passages which touch on the subject of marriage, we must be careful to distinguish the different roles within the wedding party. Th...
\\INTRODUCTION TO THE FIRST BOOK OF SAMUEL\\ \\OTHERWISE CALLED\\ \\THE FIRST BOOK OF KINGS\\ ...
GOOD, CHIEF What this consisted in was greatly discussed in ancient philosophy. Varro enumerated 288 answers to the question. By Plato the good was id...
Chapter 1The first verse of this chapter is intended for a title to the whole book, and it is probable that this was the first sermon that this prophe...
Then I, John, saw the holy city This is one of five places in the book of Revelation where John refers to himself by name (Rev. Rev. 1:1+, Rev. 1:4+, ...
Chapter 22:3? And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made. sanct...
All who dwell on the earth The ones who not only physically dwell on the earth, but whose affections and complete allegiance are entirely upon the ea...
Chapter 2With this chapter begins a new sermon, which is continued in the two following chapters. The subject of this discourse is Judah and Jerusalem...
Chapter?24 Verses 1-2 Here, 1. The caution given is much the same with that which we had before ch.?23:17 ), not to envy sinners, not to think them ha...
Chapter?13Mention had been made, in the chapter before, of the vain visions and flattering divinations with which the people of Israel suffered themse...
THE TENTH BOOK. HAVING IN THE Note books SPOKEN OF HIMSELF BEFORE HIS RECEIVING THE RITE OF BAPTISM, IN THIS AUGUSTINE CONFESSES WHAT HE THEN WAS ? BU...
Chapter?52The greater part of this chapter is on the same subject with the chapter before, concerning the deliverance of the Jews out of Babylon, whic...
4.7.1 - Which Face, Which Gospel?4.7.2 - Camp of Israel4.7.3 - A Shadow of the Heavenly Many have wondered why there are four gospels? Especially if t...
HEBREWS. CHAPTER II. The Superiority of the New Dispensation. SUMMARY.--The Danger of Neglecting the Great Salvation; the Salvation Offered by Ch...
FAMINE fam'-in (ra`abh; limos): 1. Natural Causes 2. Famines Mentioned 3. Divine Relations 4. Figurative Uses The common Old Testament word for f...
Chapter?38In most disputes the strife is who shall have the last word. Job?s friends had, in this controversy, tamely yielded it to Job, and then he t...
Chapter?5This chapter, and the two that follow it, are a sermon; a famous sermon; the sermon upon the mount. It is the longest and fullest continued d...
Chapter?1Israel was now to be formed into a commonwealth, or rather a kingdom; for the Lord was their King?? (1 Sa.?12:12 ), their government a theocr...
Chapter?28The account we have of David?s exit, in the beginning of the first book of Kings, does not make his sun nearly so bright as that given in th...