Afflictions and adversities MISCELLANY OF MINOR SUB-TOPICSGod regulates the measure of afflictions Psalms 80:5 ; Isaiah 9:1 ; Jeremiah 46:28 Dete...
Overview - 1?Corinthians 7 1?He treats of marriage; 4?shewing it to be a remedy against fornication, 10?and that the bond thereof ought not lightly t...
Overview - 1?Samuel 16 1?Samuel sent by God, under pretence of a sacrifice, comes to Beth-lehem. 6?His human judgment is reproved. 11?He anoints Davi...
Overview - 2?Samuel 12 1?Nathan's parable of the ewe lamb causes David to be his own judge. 7?David, reproved by Nathan, confesses his sin, and is pa...
The first question of the Westminster Confession asks: ?What is the chief and highest end of man?? To which the following answer is given: ?Man?s chi...
In studying the book of Revelation, one is immediately struck by the prevailing bias of many commentators against understanding numbers in their norm...
was given Again, we see the sovereignty of God Who provides for her. See commentary concerning God?s sovereignty at Revelation 6:2. two wings of a gre...
Here is wisdom (wde h sopia). The puzzle that follows as in Revelation 17:9 . See Ephesians 1:17 for a spirit of wisdom and of understanding. He t...
That of all that which (ina pan o). Literally, That all which (see verse 37 for pan o), but there is a sharp anacoluthon with pan left as nominati...
Overview - 2?Samuel 13 1?Amnon loving Tamar, by Jonadab's counsel feigning himself sick, ravishes her. 15?He hates her, and shamefully turns her away....
Overview - 2?Samuel 13 1?Amnon loving Tamar, by Jonadab's counsel feigning himself sick, ravishes her. 15?He hates her, and shamefully turns her away....
Overview - Genesis 36 1?Esau's three wives. 6?His removal to mount Seir. 9?His sons. 15?The dukes which descended of his sons. 20?The sons and dukes...
Overview - 1?Chronicles 19 1?David's messengers, sent to comfort Hanun, the son of Nahash, are villainously treated. 6?The Ammonites, strengthened by...
Overview - Ruth 1 1?Elimelech, driven by famine into Moab, dies there. 4?Mahlon and Chilion, having married wives of Moab, die also. 6?Naomi, return...
Overview - 1?Samuel 13 1?Saul's select band. 3?He calls the Hebrews to Gilgal against the Philistines, whose garrison Jonathan had smitten. 5?The Ph...
Overview - 1?Kings 3 1?Solomon marries Pharaoh's daughter. 2?High places being in use, Solomon sacrifices at Gibeon. 5?Solomon at Gibeon, in the cho...
having six wings The cherubim Ezekiel saw had four wings (Eze. Eze. 1:11-12) whereas these creatures have six wings like the seraphim which Isaiah sa...
Having explored the parallels between events in the book of Revelation and passages which speak of a future time of trouble for both the world and th...
four living creatures These are four cherubim which attend the throne. See commentary on Revelation 4:6. seven golden bowls Bowls is ?????? [phialas]...
The Book of HebrewsChapter 12Verses:12:1Wherefore, being encompassed with a cloud - A great multitude, tending upward with a holy swiftness. Of witnes...