Overview - Luke 24 1?Christ's resurrection is declared by two angels to the women that come to the sepulchre. 9?These report it to others. 13?Christ ...
Constellationa cluster of stars, or stars which appear to be near each other in the heavens, and which astronomers have reduced to certain figures (as...
2 Kings 7:2 Then a lord, on whose hand the king leaned Not figuratively, in whom the king confided, but literally, on whose hand he rested, and by who...
Ezekiel 1:22 And the likeness of the firmament upon the heads of the living creature This was not a real firmament, but the likeness of one; it was li...
1 Thessalonians 4:17 Then we which are alive and remain (See Gill on 1 Thessalonians 4:15). shall be caught up; suddenly, in a moment, in the twinkli...
Chapter?8 The seventh seal is opened and seven angels appear with seven trumpets, ready to proclaim the purposes of God. (1,2) Another angel casts fi...
If we go back to the original language of the New Testament, we find the rapiemur of 1Th. 1Th. 4:17 in the Vulgate to be a translation of the Greek t...
1 Corinthians 15:4 And that he was buried That is, according to the Scriptures; for as he died and rose again according to the Scriptures, he was buri...
2 Corinthians 12:5 Of such an one will I glory The apostle in great modesty seems to speak of some other person, and not himself, as caught up into th...
Overview - Revelation 12 1?A woman clothed with the sun travails. 4?The great red dragon stands before her, ready to devour her child; 6?when she is...
Kingdom of God ( Matthew 6:33 ; Mark 1:14 Mark 1:15 ; Luke 4:43 ) = kingdom of Christ ( Matthew 13:41 ; 20:21 ) = kingdom of Christ and of God ( E...
Seraphim [E] [H](burning, glowing ), an order of celestial beings, whom Isaiah beheld in vision standing above Jehovah as he sat upon his throne. ( I...
Zarephath [N] [H] [S]smelting-shop, a workshop for the refining and smelting of metals, a small Phoenician town, now Surafend, about a mile from the c...
Overview - Deuteronomy 26 1?The confession of him that offers the basket of first-fruits. 12?The prayer of him that gives his third year's tithes. 16?...
Psalms 148:4 Praise him, ye heaven of heavens All the heavens, the airy and starry heavens; and the third heaven, the residence of God, angels and sai...
2 Kings 1:13 And he sent again a captain of the third fifty with his fifty, &c.] Which was most daring and insolent, and showed him to be dreadfully h...
John 6:32 Then Jesus said unto them, verily, verily, I say unto you, &c.] It is truth, and may be depended on, whether it will be believed or not: Mo...
2 Corinthians 12:2 I knew a man in Christ about fourteen years ago Which is to be understood of himself, as appears from ( 2 Corinthians 12:7 ) , wher...
THE CHILDREN FOR CHRIST. Thirtieth Day. The Heavenliness of a Little Child. 'Whosoever shall humble himself as this little child, the same is grea...
?EXPOSITION Verse 5. To him that by wisdom made the heavens. His goodness appears in creating the upper regions. He set his wisdom to the task of fash...