Acts 18:20 When they desired him to tarry longer time with them Either Aquila and Priscilla, whom he left here, for here they were, as is certain from...
When I had fastened my eyes (atenisa). This personal touch Peter adds from his own experience. See on Lu 4:20; see also Ac 3:4,12 for this striking v...
Overview - Leviticus 16 1?How the high priest must enter into the holy place. 11?The sin offering for himself. 15?The sin offering for the people. 20?...
Overview - Mark 4 1?The parable of the sower, 14?and the meaning thereof. 21?We must communicate the light of our knowledge to others. 26?The parable ...
Overview - Matthew 27 1?Christ is delivered bound to Pilate. 3?Judas hangs himself. 19?Pilate, admonished of his wife, 20?and being urged by the mult...
Through a window (dia qurido). For this late word see on Ac 20:9, the only N.T. example. Was I let down (ecalasqhn). First aorist passive of calaw, t...
Upon the stairs (epi tou anabaqmou). From ana, up, and bainw, to go. Late word, in LXX and Koin writers. In the N.T. only here and verse Hebrews 40 ...
Now these things happened unto them (tauta de sunebainon ekeinoi). Imperfect tense because they happened from time to time. By way of example (tupikw...
Overview - Exodus 8 1?Frogs are sent. 8?Pharaoh sues to Moses, who by prayer removes them away. 16?The dust is turned into lice, which the magicians ...
Overview - Hebrews 6 1?He exhorts not to fall back from the faith; 11?but to be stedfast, 12?diligent, and patient to wait upon God; 13?because God is...
Must be (dei einai). Since moral conditions are so bad among you (cf. chapters 1 to 6). Cf. Matthew 18:7 . Heresies (airesei). The schisms naturally...
Overview - 2?Kings 23 1?Josiah causes the book to be read in a solemn assembly. 3?He renews the covenant of the Lord. 4?He destroys idolatry. 15?He ...
Overview - Philemon 1 1?Paul rejoices to hear of the faith and love of Philemon, whom he desires to forgive his servant Onesimus, and lovingly to rece...
Overview - Matthew 5 1?Christ's sermon on the mount. 3?Who are blessed; 13?the salt of the earth; 14?the light of the world. 17?He came to fulfil the...
They went up (anebhsan). Second aorist active indicative of anabainw, a return to the manner of the seer as in verses Ezekiel 4 5 . Over the breadt...
Overview - Psalms 16 1?David, in distrust of merits, and hatred of idolatry, flees to God for preservation. 5?He shews the hope of his calling, of th...
When he had spent three months there (poihsa mhna trei). Literally, having done three months, the same idiom in Ac 14:33; Acts 18:23 ; James 5:13 ....
Overview - Exodus 3 1?Moses keeps Jethro's flock. 2?God appears to him in a burning bush. 9?He sends him to deliver Israel. 13?The name of God. 15?H...
When we were children (ote hmen nhpioi). Before the epoch of faith came and we (Jews and Gentiles) were under the law as paedagogue, guardian, stewar...
Overview - Philippians 4 1?From particular admonitions, 4?he proceeds to general exhortations, 10?shewing how he rejoiced at their liberality towards...