Letter CXXXVII(1) Letter CXXXVII(1) To Antipater, on his assuming the governorship of Cappadocia.(2) I DO now really feel the loss which I suffer fr...
John 6:41 The Jews then murmured at him When they found that he spoke of himself as the true bread, the bread of God, and bread of life, and as descen...
Mark 3:23 And he called them unto him The Jerusalem Scribes, to come nearer to him, and attend to what he had to say in defence of his character and m...
?EXPOSITION Verse 2. Preserve my soul. Let my life be safe from my enemies, and my spiritual nature be secure from their temptations. He feels himself...
Isaiah 48:12 Hearken unto me, O Jacob and Israel, my called Called before out of Egypt, and now out of Babylon, and who had the name of God called upo...
Overview - Psalms 31 1?David, shewing his confidence in God, craves his help. 7?He rejoices in his mercy. 9?He prays in his calamity. 19?He praises ...
Overview - Psalms 143 1?David prays for favour in judgment. 3?He complains of his griefs. 5?He strengthens his faith by meditation and prayer. 7?He...
Letter CCCLI.Letter CCCLI. Basil to Libanius. Many, who have come to me from where you are, have admired your oratorical power. They were remarking th...
Psalm XXXIX. Psalm XXXIX. 1. The title of this Psalm, which we have just chanted and proposed to discuss, is, On the end, for Idithun, a Psalm for Da...
Chapter 2828:2 Son of man, say to the prince of Tyre, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thy heart [is] lifted up, and thou hast said, a I [am] a god, I...
I am resolved (egnwn). Second aorist active indicative of ginwskw. A difficult tense to reproduce in English. I knew, I know, I have known, all miss ...
Overview - 1?Corinthians 12 1?Spiritual gifts, 4?are diverse, 7?yet all to profit withal. 8?And to that end are diversely bestowed; 12?that by the ...
?EXPOSITION Verse 125. I am thy servant. This is the third time he has repeated this title in this one section: he is evidently fond of the name, and ...
2 Corinthians 10:1 Now I Paul myself beseech you The apostle having said what was necessary and proper to stir up the Corinthians to a liberal contrib...
Jeremiah 28:7 Nevertheless, hear thou now this word that I speak in thine ears Though this would be very acceptable to me, and I should be glad to hav...
Overview - Matthew 10 1?Christ sends out his twelve apostles, enabling them with power to do miracles; 5?giving them their charge, teaches them; 16?c...
Psalms 41:4 I said, Lord, be merciful unto me (See Gill on Psalms 40:11); heal my soul; not that it was diseased with sin in such sense as the souls...
Our Surrender to Jesus. ?They gave their own selves to the Lord.'?2 Cob. viiL 6. IN the surrender of Jesus for me, I have the chief element of what...
KerchiefVeil; covering.Your KERCHIEFS also will I tear, and deliver my people out of your hand, and they shall be no more in your hand to be hunted; a...
Luke 22:70 Then said they all The whole sanhedrim, with one voice, being greedy to lay hold on, and improve these words, that they might have somethin...