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 ...
That (kai). Use of kai = oti (that) like the Hebrew wav, though found in Greek also. He (auto). Luke sometimes has auto in the nominative as unemphat...
CHAPTER 1 - Of the Holy Scriptures1. The Holy Scripture is the only sufficient, certain, and infallible rule of all saving knowledge, faith, and obedi...
a loud voice from heaven The NU text has from the throne. A loud voice from heaven told John not to write what the seven thunders uttered (Rev. Rev. ...
I know See commentary on Revelation 2:2. open door ????? ?????????? [Thyran ene?gmen?n] : ?a door while having been opened? (perfect tense) - the door...
All book names within Bible addresses appear in one of two forms: (1) the full formal name (e.g., Revelation), or (2) a standardized abbreviation. Th...
In keeping with his title of ?Antichrist,? he will be an imitator of Christ (e.g., the object of worship, worldwide dominion, a throne). This tendenc...
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...
in the days of the sounding of the seventh angel This refers to the time period during which the seventh angel sounds and the final seven bowl judgmen...
in the midst The Levites, who performed the priestly duty of the OT, camped around the glory of the Lord which resided in the Tabernacle (Num. Num. 1:...
seventh angel sounded The seventh angel sounds the seventh trumpet (Rev. Rev. 8:2+). This last of the seven trumpets is not to be confused with the ?l...
mystery As is frequently the case within Scripture, the answers to our questions are ?in the back of the book? (in this case, the back of the chapter)...
spirits of demons These are among the angels which fell from heaven and joined forces with Satan (Rev. Rev. 12:4+). Although they are ?unclean? and i...
1 Timothy 4:16 Take heed unto thyself Not as a man, or a Christian only, but as a minister; and as every minister should take heed to his life and con...
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;...
and from Jesus Christ Within this simple greeting can be found a neglected doctrine of paramount importance: the Trinity. The greeting is from each me...
All who dwell on the earth The ones who not only physically dwell on the earth, but whose affections and complete allegiance are entirely upon the ea...
At the heart of the idea of a Temple is the abiding presence of God. Although God is omnipresent, He has chosen to manifest His presence in certain l...
SERVICE sur'-vis: Six Hebrew, two Aramaic and four Greek words are so rendered. 1. In the Old Testament: In the Old Testament the word most used fo...
these will make war ???????????? [Polem?sousin] , which indicates a protracted engagement rather than a single battle. The same word is translated, so...