Mark 6:3 Is not this the carpenter? &c.] Some copies read, the carpenter's son, as in ( Matthew 13:55 ) and so the Arabic and Ethiopic versions; but a...
Chapter 2727:1? And thou shalt make an altar of shittim wood, five cubits long, and five cubits broad; the altar shall be foursquare: and the height t...
Job 35:3 For thou saidst, what advantage will it be unto thee? &c.] Meaning that his righteousness, his holy life and conversation, were of no avail t...
John 19:17 And he bearing his cross Which was usual for malefactors to do, as Lipsius F9 shows out of Artemidorus, and Plutarch; the former says, ``...
Matthew 26:7 There came unto him a woman By some thought to be the same that is spoken of in ( Luke 7:37 ) , and by most, to be Mary, the sister of La...
Job 21:13 They spend their days in wealth Or in good F16; not in the performance of good works, or in the exercise of that which is spiritually good; ...
Psalms 3:3 But thou, O Lord, [art] a shield for me Or about me F1 protecting and defending me. David was a military man, and often alludes to military...
1 John 2:18 Little children, it is the last time Or hour; not of the Jewish civil and church state, for that had been at an end for some time; this ep...
CHAPTER 5 Hebrews 5:1-14 . CHRIST'S HIGH PRIESTHOOD; NEEDED QUALIFICATIONS; MUST BE A MAN; MUST NOT HAVE ASSUMED THE DIGNITY HIMSELF, BUT HAV...
1 Timothy 5:17 Let the elders that rule well By whom are meant not elders in age; though such ought to be honoured and respected, and to have a proper...
Luke 5:39 No man also having drunk old wine Wine, though not in the text, is rightly supplied by our translators, as it is by the Syriac and Persic ve...
HEBRON (1) he'-brun (chebhron, league or confederacy; Chebron): One of the most ancient and important cities in Southern Palestine, now known to the ...
Resurrection [N] The Old Testament. In the Old Testament, the idea of bodily resurrection evolves from a vague concept into a developed expectation. B...
CHAPTER 3 Colossians 3:1-25 . EXHORTATIONS TO HEAVENLY AIMS, AS OPPOSED TO EARTHLY, ON THE GROUND OF UNION TO THE RISEN SAVIOUR; TO MORTIFY A...
Job 27:21 The east wind carrieth him away Which is very strong and powerful, and carries all before it; afflictions are sometimes compared to it, ( Is...
Job 31:35 Oh, that one would hear me! &c.] Or, who will give me a hearer? F12 Oh, that I had one! not a nearer of him as a teacher and instructor of m...
John 1:48 Nathanael saith unto him, whence knowest thou me? &c.] This he said as one surprised, that he, who was a stranger to him, should hit upon hi...
CLEAN klen (Anglo-Saxon cloene, clear, pure): Rendering four Hebrew roots: bar, etc., purify, select, make shining; zakh, etc., bright, clean pure; n...
CHAPTER 7 Nehemiah 7:1-4 . NEHEMIAH COMMITS THE CHARGE OF JERUSALEM TO HANANI AND HANANIAH. 2. I gave my brother Hanani .?.?. charge over Jer...
\\INTRODUCTION TO MATTHEW\\ The subject of this book, and indeed of all the writings of the New Testament, is the Gospel. The Greek word \~euaggelio...