In an agony (en agwniai). It was conflict, contest from agwn. An old word, but only here in the N.T. Satan pressed Jesus harder than ever before. As ...
?EXPOSITIONVerse 44. As soon as they hear of me, they shall obey me. Thus readily did the once struggling captain become a far renowned victor, and th...
1 John 4:8 He that loveth not, knoweth not God If a man loves not the children of God, those that are born of him, he does not know, so as to love God...
?EXPOSITIONVerse 43. Thou hast delivered me from the strivings of the people. Internal strife is very hard to deal with. A civil war is war in its mos...
GERAR ge'-rar (gerar, circle, region; Gerara): A town in the Philistine plain South of Gaza (Genesis 10:19), where both Abraham and Isaac ' sojourned...
Zechariah 9:10 And I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim That is, the military one; signifying that wars shall cease, ( Psalms 46:9 ) : and the hors...
1 Corinthians 7:9 But if they cannot contain Or if they do not contain, as the words may be rendered, and as almost all versions do render them; if th...
AGABUS ag'-a-bus (Agabos): A Christian prophet of Jerusalem, twice mentioned in Acts. (1) In Acts 11:27, we find him at Antioch foretelling a great ...
Glorification In the Scripture the idea of glorification deals with the ultimate perfection of believers. The word glorification is not used in the He...
he shall rule them This promise is closely related to that given to the Laodicean overcomer: ?I will grant to sit with Me on My throne as I also over...
Isaiah 2:4 And he shall judge among the nations Or, it shall judge; either the mountain of the Lord's house, as Abarbinel thinks, that is, the church;...
LUKE. CHAPTER XII. Various Warnings. SUMMARY.--The Leaven of the Pharisees. God's Care for His Servants. Confessing Christ. The Two Brothers an...
Joseph [E] [H] [S]Son of Jacob Genesis 30:24 Personal appearance of Genesis 39:6 His fathers favorite child Genesis 33:2 ; Genesis 37:3 Gene...
Sanctions or Moral Law, Natural And Governmental. In the discussion of this subject, I shall show, /. What constitutes the sanctions of law. II. Th...
CHAPTER 13. TWO THINGS TO BE OBSERVED IN GRATUITOUS JUSTIFICATION. The divisions of this chapter are,--I. The glory of God, and peace of conscience, ...
Book II.Book II.This book can hardly be said to form part of a dialogue. It is rather an argument from Scripture to prove the point of the Augustinian...
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...
LECTURE VII. THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE GIFT OF RIGHTEOUSNESS. IT is not uncommon in Scripture, as all readers know, to represent the especial gif...
?EXPOSITION Verse 43. And take not the word of truth utterly out of my mouth. Do not prevent my pleading for thee by leaving me without deliverance; f...
Humility [N] [T] [E]Biblical humility is grounded in the character of God. The Father stoops down to help the poor and needy ( Psalm 113:4-9 ; 138:6-...