His eyes were like a flame of fire His eyes match the description which John saw in his first vision of the glorified Christ (Rev. Rev. 1:14+ cf. Rev...
Overview - Deuteronomy 24 1?Of divorce. 5?A new married man goes not to war. 6?Of pledges. 7?Of man-stealers. 8?Of leprosy. 10?Of pledges. 14?The ...
the great river Euphrates and its water was dried up At the sounding of the sixth trumpet, the second woe, four angels were released who had previous...
have made us The TR text reads as shown. The MT and NU texts read ?have made them.? See discussion concerning textual variants in the preceding verse....
Blessedness Condition or state of being in God's grace or favor. The Bible contains the words bless, blessing, and blessed, but not the noun blesse...
worthy to receive glory and honor and power ?????? [labein] , present tense: to be continually receiving. Both the Father and the Son are worthy to r...
Sir Sir is ????? [kyrie] which is frequently translated Lord. Elsewhere, the word is translated master (Mtt. Mat. 6:24); Sir (Mtt. Mat. 13:27; John Jo...
\\INTRODUCTION TO HEBREWS\\ That this epistle was written very early appears from hence, that it was imitated by Clement of Rome, in his epistle to ...
to test those who dwell upon the earth Both Isaiah and Zephaniah described this day:For behold, the LORD comes out of His place to punish the inhabit...
anyone not found written in the Book of Life was cast into the lake of fire God is righteous and just. He will dutifully check the Book of Life for t...
Another possible explanation is to understand the references to God?s book (Ex. Ex. 32:32-33), the book of the living (Ps. Ps. 69:28), the book (Dan....
Among commentators of the last book of the Bible, a stark dividing line can be seen in regard to where they go looking for an understanding of the sy...
Salvation belongs to When Jesus rode into Jerusalem on the day He presented Himself as king in fulfillment of the prophecy of Zechariah (Zec. Zec. 9:9...
the voice of a great multitude See commentary on Revelation 19:1. as the sound of many waters This phrase describes the roar which attends heavenly v...
CHAPTER VIII. PROVIDENCE. God's works of providence are his most holy, wise, and powerful, preserving and governing all his creatures, and all their...
In the previous chapter, the future looked very bleak for the saints. The Beast arose from the sea, empowered by the dragon, and was given authority o...
Knowledge of God The key biblical terms for knowledge assume a personal familiarity, even an intimateinvolvement, with the known object. Similarly, kn...
Chapter 22:3? And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made. sanct...
the angel See the discussion concerning the identity of the angel at Revelation 1:20. Trench suggests that Polycarp may have been ?the angel of the ch...
bore witness An epistolary aorist, referring to the perspective of the readers of this book once it had been completed.1 who bore witness to the word...