Chapter?27Here is a very short account of the reign of Jotham, a pious prosperous prince, of whom one would wish to have known more: but we may better...
Job 8:19 Behold, this [is] the joy of his way Of the state and condition of the hypocrite, who, while he is in outward prosperity, exults and rejoices...
Letter LVIII. Second Letter to Orsisius.Letter LVIII. Second Letter to Orsisius.`But the most holy Archbishop Athanasius, when he heard about our fath...
?EXPOSITIONVerse 4. That they may shoot in secret at the perfect. They lie in ambush, with bows ready bent to aim a coward's shaft at the upright man....
Perfect, Perfection Two word-groups in the Hebrew Old Testament are translated perfect or perfection: tamam [m'T] and calal [l;l'K]. The former connot...
Ezekiel 16:3 And say, thus saith the Lord God unto Jerusalem To the inhabitants of Jerusalem, as the Targum: thy birth and thy nativity [is] of the la...
?EXPOSITIONVerse 13. Righteousness shall go before him; and shall set us in the way of his steps. God's march of right will leave a track wherein his ...
Letter LIII(1) Letter LIII(1) To the Chorepiscopi.(2) 1. MY soul is deeply pained at the enormity of the matter on which I write, if for this only, t...
1 John 3:5 And ye know that he was manifested This is a truth of the Gospel the saints were well instructed in and acquainted with; that Jesus Christ,...
Hebrews 13:7 Remember them which have the rule over you Christ's church is a kingdom, and he is King in it; pastors of churches are subordinate govern...
Music, InstrumentalAmong instruments of music used by the Hebrews a principal place is given to stringed instruments. These were, The kinnor, the har...
?EXPOSITIONVerse 2. How long shall I take counsel, in my soul, having sorrow in my heart daily? There is in the original the idea of laying up counsel...
?EXPOSITIONVerse 17. But I am poor and needy. The man of sorrows closes with another appeal, based upon his affliction and poverty. Yet the Lord think...
Psalms 138:6 Though the Lord [be] high Above all the earth, and all the nations of it, and the highest of men in it; above the heavens, and the angels...
John 8:39 They answered and said unto him On account of his making mention of a father, whose works they did, and whom they imitated: Abraham is our ...
1 Corinthians 14:20 Brethren, be not children in understanding There are some things in children in which it is reproachful for believers to be like t...
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...
?EXPOSITIONVerse 19. Consider mine enemies. Watch them, weigh them, check them, defeat them. For they are many. They need the eyes of Argus to watch t...
Mark 10:52 And Jesus said unto him, go thy way The Syriac version reads, it, (azx) , see; receive thy sight, be it unto thee as thou dost desire; and ...
Chapter?29 Job's former comforts. (1-6) The honour paid to Job, His usefulness. (7-17) His prospect of prosperity. (18-25) Verses 1-6 Job pr...