you are about to suffer The Smyrnaeans were about to enter a time of testing. God often warns his servants prior to a time of trial (Eze. Eze. 2:3-7;...
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 ...
Caution is needed when attempting to establish the identity of this angel, even though the ultimate identity of the angel has little effect upon the ...
The rest were killed The rest emphasizes the unique treatment of the previous two in comparison with these. Unlike the Beast and the False Prophet, t...
Goat [N] [S] Heb. 'ez, the she-goat ( Genesis 15:9 ; 30:35 ; 31:38 ). This Hebrew word is also used for the he-goat ( Exodus 12:5 ; Leviticus 4:23 ...
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...
his tail drew Drew is ????? [syrei] : ?To drag, pull, draw . . . in catching fish,?1 ?as moving someone or something along by force.?2 He exhibited ...
\\INTRODUCTION TO PSALM 40\\ \\\\. Jarchi interprets this psalm of the Israelites, and of their deliverance and song at the Red sea. The title of it...
The Book of PsalmsChapter 56Chapter Overview: David complains of his enemies, and begs for mercy, and help against them, ver. 1 - 7. Expresses his ...
As it is written (kaqw gegraptai oti). Usual formula of quotation as in verse Romans 4 with recitative oti added as in verse Romans 8 . Paul here ...
?EXPOSITION Verse 5. They break in pieces thy people, O LORD, grinding them with oppression, crushing them with contempt. Yet the men they break in pi...
Overview - 2?Chronicles 34 1?Josiah's good reign. 3?He destroys idolatry. 8?He takes order for the repair of the temple. 14?Hilkiah, having found a ...
Overview - Genesis 39 1?Joseph is bought by Potiphar, and preferred in the family. 7?He resists his mistress's temptation. 13?He is falsely accused b...
When the New Testament opens, we find John the Baptist preaching, Mat. 3:2) [emphasis added]. Later, when John was imprisoned, Jesus too preached, ?t...
\\INTRODUCTION TO HEBREWS 2\\ In this chapter the apostle, from the superior excellency of Christ, by whom the Gospel revelation is come, discoursed...
the Lamb who is in the midst of the throne Not only the Father dwells among them (Rev. Rev. 7:15+), they will also be in intimate association with the...
I am He who lives John calls Him ? ??? [ho z?n] , ?the living one? (present, active participle). ?Life? is an essential attribute of God Who is consi...
the angel See the discussion concerning the identity of the angel at Revelation 1:20. church in Philadelphia See commentary on Seven Churches of Asia....
Amos 7:2 And it came to pass, [that] when they had made an end of eating the grass of the land That is, the grasshoppers or locusts; when in the visio...
kings of the earth These are the kings which fail to ?kiss the Son, lest He be angry, and you perish in the way, when His wrath is kindled but a litt...