Letter CCCLVI.Letter CCCLVI. Basil to Libanius. I AM delighted at receiving what you write, but when you ask me to reply, I am in a difficulty. What c...
Exodus 3:14 And God said unto Moses, I am that I am This signifies the real being of God, his self-existence, and that he is the Being of beings; as a...
Luke 16:4 I am resolved what to do Or I know what to do; I have a scheme in my head, and I am determined to execute it, which will provide for me, and...
Overview - Job 16 1?Job reproves his friends for unmercifulness. 17?He maintains his innocency. Treasury of Scripture KnowledgeJob 16:6??(King James V...
But who say ye that I am? (mei de tina me legete einai?). This is what matters and what Jesus wanted to hear. Note emphatic position of hmeis, But yo...
Job 34:34 Let men of understanding tell me Whether I am right or wrong: and let a wise man hearken unto me; to what I have said or shall say. Elihu h...
Letter CCCXLIII.Letter CCCXLIII. Libanius to Basil. IF these are the words of an untrained tongue, what would you be if you would polish them? On your...
Overview - Leviticus 11 1?What beasts may; 4?and what may not be eaten. 9?What fishes. 13?What fowls. 29?The creeping things which are unclean. Trea...
Overview - Leviticus 11 1?What beasts may; 4?and what may not be eaten. 9?What fishes. 13?What fowls. 29?The creeping things which are unclean. Trea...
I could with (hqelon). Imperfect active, I was wishing like Agrippa's use of eboulomhn in Acts 25:22 , I was just wishing. I was longing to be prese...
Overview - Psalms 77 1?The psalmist shews what fierce combat he had with diffidence. 10?The victory which he had by consideration of God's great and g...
Sermon LXX. [CXX. Ben.]Sermon LXX. [CXX. Ben.] On the same words of John i., In the beginning was the word, etc.1. The beginning of John's Gospel, In ...
Tractate XXXVIII.Tractate XXXVIII. John VIII. 21-25.1. The lesson of the holy Gospel which preceded to-day's had concluded thus: that the Lord spake, ...
Letter LIX(1) Letter LIX(1) To Gregory, his uncle.(2) 1. I Have long time holden my peace. Am I to hold my peace for ever?(3) Shall I still further e...
ForbearTo cease; to let alone; to be silent.Though I speak, my grief is not asswaged: and though I FORBEAR, what am I eased? ( Job 16:6 ) Source: A ...
Overview - Habakkuk 2 1?Unto Habakkuk, waiting for an answer, is shewn that he must wait by faith. 5?The judgment upon the Chaldean for unsatiablenes...
Job 13:14 Wherefore do I take my flesh in my teeth Or bite my lips, to keep in my words, and refrain from speaking? I will not do it: and put my life...
Letter CLXVII.(1) Letter CLXVII.(1) To Eusebius, bishop of Samosata. I AM delighted at your remembering me and writing, and, what is yet more importa...
Overview - Luke 16 1?The parable of the unjust steward. 14?Christ reproves the hypocrisy of the covetous Pharisees. 19?The parable of the rich man and...
I think myself happy (hghmai emauton makarion). See on Mt 5:3 for makario. Blass notes that Paul, like Tertullus, begins with captatio benevolentiae,...