Footnotes(1 )He came in with a slow and stately step; he spoke with a broken utterance, sometimes with a kind of disjointed sobs rather than words. He...
let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches See commentary on Revelation 2:7. overcomes See Who is the Overcomer? hidden manna The manna is set...
MAKE, MAKER mak, mak'-er (`asah, nathan, sum; poieo, tithemi, kathistemi): 1. As Used in the Old Testament: Make is a frequently used word, meaning ...
JOY joi (simchah; chara): 1. Terms: The idea of joy is expressed in the Old Testament by a wealth of synonymous terms that cannot easily be differen...
Babylon Here is the first mention of Babylon found in this book. Some suggest that ?Babylon? should not be understood in a literal sense, but as deno...
Footnotes(1 )Luke xi. 10.(2 )Prov. xvii. 28, lxx.(3 )Is. ii. 3, lxx.(4 )Phil. iii. 14.(5 )i.e., confessed or denied himself a Christian. The Benedicti...
HEBREWS. CHAPTER X. Christ's Sacrifice Offered Once for All. SUMMARY.--The Imperfection of the Sacrifices of the Law. In Such Sacrifices God Had N...
Chapter?14The strain of this chapter differs from that of the foregoing chapters. Those were generally made up of reproofs for sin and threatenings of...
Chapter 11:4? And, being assembled together with them, commanded them that they should not depart from Jerusalem, but wait for the promise of the Fath...
Chapter?41The description here given of the leviathan, a very large, strong, formidable fish, or water-animal, is designed yet further to convince Job...
Homily XXVI.Homily XXVI. John iii. 6.-That which is born of the flesh is flesh: and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.[1.] Great mysteries ar...
Chapter?107The psalmist, having in the two foregoing psalms celebrated the wisdom, power, and goodness of God, in his dealings with his church in part...
Chapter?36Elihu, having largely reproved Job for some of his unadvised speeches, which Job had nothing to say in the vindication of, here comes more g...
Chapter?1The foundation of all religion being laid in our relation to God as our Creator, it was fit that the book of divine revelations which was int...
Chapter?7Job, in this chapter, goes on to express the bitter sense he had of his calamities and to justify himself in his desire of death. I. He compl...
PRIESTS AND LEVITES (kohen, priest; nothing is definitely known as to the origin of the word; Lewi, Levite, on which see LEVI): I. DIFFERENT VIEWS OF...
Chapter?19There are two excellent books which the great God has published for the instruction and edification of the children of men; this psalm treat...
CHAPTER 16. THE WORLD, CREATED BY GOD, STILL CHERISHED AND PROTECTED BY HIM. EACH AND ALL OF ITS PARTS GOVERNED BY HIS PROVIDENCE. The divisions of t...
Chapter?19This chapter introduces the solemnity of the giving of the law upon mount Sinai, which was one of the most striking appearances of the divin...
Chapter?30Moses is, in this chapter, further instructed, I. Concerning the altar of incense (v.?1-10). II. Concerning the ransom-money which the Israe...