Not holding fast the Head (ou kratwn thn kepalhn). Note negative ou, not mh, actual case of deserting Christ as the Head. The Gnostics dethroned Chri...
Job 9:3 If he will contend with him If God will contend with man, so Sephorno; enter into a controversy with him, litigate and dispute the point in la...
shut heaven Shut is ??????? [kleisai] : ?shut, lock, bar.?1 The same root is used where Jesus informs us ?many widows were in Israel in the days of E...
Nahum 3:11 Thou also shalt be drunken This is said to Nineveh, whose turn would be next to drink of the cup of the wrath of God, and be inebriated wit...
Daniel 1:3 And the king spake unto Ashpenaz, the master of his eunuchs, &c.] That is, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon spake to this officer of his, who...
Chapter 1212:1? And he began to speak unto them by parables. A certain man planted a vineyard, and set an hedge about it, and digged a place for the w...
his tail drew Drew is ????? [syrei] : ?To drag, pull, draw . . . in catching fish,?1 ?as moving someone or something along by force.?2 He exhibited ...
In studying the book of Revelation, one is immediately struck by the prevailing bias of many commentators against understanding numbers in their norm...
That Jesus is the Christ (oti Ihsou estin o Cristo). The Cerinthian antichrist denies the identity of Jesus and Christ ( 1?John 2:22 ). Hence John in...
Entering into the tomb (eiselqousai ei to mnhmeion). Told also by Luke 24:3 , though not by Matthew. A young man (neaniskon). An angel in Matthew 2...
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 - Genesis 34 1?Dinah is ravished by Shechem. 4?He sues to marry her. 13?The sons of Jacob offer the condition of circumcision to the Shechem...
Afflictions and adversities MISCELLANY OF MINOR SUB-TOPICSGod regulates the measure of afflictions Psalms 80:5 ; Isaiah 9:1 ; Jeremiah 46:28 Dete...
Ezekiel 27:4 Thy borders are in the midst of the seas, Fixed by the Lord himself, and which could never be removed. Tyre stood about half a mile from ...
Dial [N] [S]for the measurement of time, only once mentioned in the Bible, erected by Ahaz ( 2?Kings 20:11 ; Isaiah 38:8 ). The Hebrew word (ma'aloth...
Overview - 2?Samuel 8 1?David subdues the Philistines and the Moabites. 3?He smites Hadadezer, and the Syrians. 9?Toi sends Joram with presents to b...
Overview - Judges 2 1?An angel rebukes the people at Bochim. 6?The wickedness of the new generation after Joshua. 14?God's anger and pity towards the...
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 - 1?Chronicles 19 1?David's messengers, sent to comfort Hanun, the son of Nahash, are villainously treated. 6?The Ammonites, strengthened by...