Chapter?49This chapter is a prophecy; the likest to it we have yet met with was that of Noah, ch.?9:25 , etc. Jacob is here upon his death-bed, makin...
Chapter?8In this chapter we have, I. Christ?s evading the snare which the Jews laid for him, in bringing to him a woman taken in adultery (v.?1-11). I...
Up to this point, we have spent considerable time discussing background information in order to better prepare the reader for the verse-by-verse expo...
Chapter?8The evangelist having, in the foregoing chapters, given us a specimen of our Lord?s preaching, proceeds now to give some instances of the mir...
PAPYRUS pa-pi'-rus (Cyperus papyrus; bublos, biblos, whence biblion, a roll, ta biblia, the Books = the Bible): 1. Papyrus Paper 2. Egyptian Papyri ...
Chapter?4It was, more than any thing else, the glory of the land of Israel, that it was Emmanuel?s land (Isa.?8:8 ), not only the place of his birth, ...
Chapter?32In this chapter we have, I. Jeremiah imprisoned for foretelling the destruction of Jerusalem and the captivity of king Zedekiah (v.?1-5). II...
TEXT OF THE OLD TESTAMENT || I. EARLIEST FORM OF WRITING IN ISRAEL 1. Invention of Alphabet 2. The Cuneiform 3. References to Writing in the Old T...
Introductory Notice to the Early LiturgiesINTRODUCTORY NOTICE TO THE EARLY LITURGIESIt is in curious contrast with the work of Brett and others like-m...
Jesus Christ, Name and Titles of In our culture names serve primarily to distinguish one person from another. In Bibletimes names had other significan...
SIXTH PERIOD. FROM THE EXILE UNTIL THE APPEARANCE OF JESUS CHRIST. THE FIRST HALF OF THIS PERIOD IS CHARACTERIZED BY THE DAWNING RECOGNITION OF THE M...
Chapter?7When our Lord Jesus called his apostles out to be employed in services and sufferings for him, he told them that yet the last should be first...
GOD, 2 II. The Idea of God in the Old Testament. 1. Course of Its Development: Any attempt to write the whole history of the idea of God in the Old ...
On the Opinion of DionysiusOn the Opinion of DionysiusLetter of Athanasius concerning Dionysius, Bishop of Alexandria, shewing that he too was against...
Homily XXXI.Homily XXXI. John iii. 35, 36.-The Father loveth the Son, and hath given all things into His hand. He that believeth on the Son hath everl...
As the disciples are about to take their places at Luke xxii. 24-30. the table, Jesus observes a strife among them for precedency and seats of honor...
Chapter?23This chapter carries on and concludes the history of Christ?s sufferings and death. We have here, I. His arraignment before Pilate the Roman...
CHAPTER VII. THE MESSIANIC ELEMENTS IN THE PROPHETIC LITERATURE FROM JORAM TO HEZEKIAH. ? 26. The Relation of the three oldest Prophetie Writing...
Chapter?51The prophet, in this chapter, goes on with the prediction of Babylon?s fall, to which other prophets also bore witness. He is very copious a...
SERMON VII. PREACHED ON CHRISTMAS DAY. John X, 10. I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly. The churc...