Chapter?9In this chapter we have, I. The famous story of St. Paul?s conversion from being an outrageous persecutor of the gospel of Christ to be an il...
Chapter?68This is a most excellent psalm, but in many places the genuine sense is not easy to come at; for in this, as in some other scriptures, there...
JESUS CHRIST, 4C2 Second Period--After the Mission of the Twelve till the Departure from Galilee I. From the Death of the Baptist till the Discourse ...
Chapter?28We are the more concerned to take notice of and to improve what is here recorded concerning blessed Paul because, after the story of this ch...
Chapter?8The evangelist having, in the foregoing chapters, given us a specimen of our Lord?s preaching, proceeds now to give some instances of the mir...
Chapter?5In this chapter the apostle denounces the judgments of God upon those rich men who oppress the poor, showing them how great their sin and fol...
Chapter?18Hitherto this evangelist has recorded little of the history of Christ, only so far as was requisite to introduce his discourses; but now tha...
Chapter?13In this chapter, we have, I. The favour which Christ did to his countrymen in preaching the kingdom of heaven to them (v.?1-2). He preached ...
Chapter?9After Christ?s departure out of the temple, in the close of the foregoing chapter, and before this happened which is recorded in this chapter...
Chapter?2Here the apostle encourages against sins of infirmity (v.?1, v.?2), shows the true knowledge and love of God (v.?3-6), renews the precept of ...
SOUL AND BLOOD. Sec. XI. Upon the relation of the soul to the blood, Scripture contains statements not merely casual, but deliberate, to which it ...
Chapter?6Christ having, in the former chapter, armed his disciples against the corrupt doctrines and opinions of the scribes and Pharisees, especially...
Chapter?21 Verse 1 Note, 1. Even the hearts of men are in God?s hand, and not only their goings, as he had said, ch.?20:24 . God can change men?s mind...
Chapter?9In this chapter we have, I. The commission Christ gave to his twelve apostles to go out for some time to preach the gospel, and confirm it by...
Chapter?21In this chapter we have, I. An explication of the prophecy in the close of the foregoing chapter concerning the fire in the forest, which th...
Chapter?24Christ?s preaching was mostly practical; but, in this chapter, we have a prophetical discourse, a prediction of things to come; such however...
Chapter?8The apostle, having fully explained the doctrine of justification, and pressed the necessity of sanctification, in this chapter applies himse...
Chapter?4John Baptist said concerning Christ, He must increase, but I must decrease; and so it proved. For, after John had baptized Christ, and borne ...
Chapter?24Our Lord Jesus went gloriously down to death, in spite of the malice of his enemies, who did all they could to make his death ignominious; b...
Chapter?29 Verse 1 Here, 1. The obstinacy of many wicked people in a wicked way is to be greatly lamented. They are often reproved by parents and frie...