Daniel 1:12 Prove thy servants, I beseech thee, ten days, &e.] Here Daniel manifestly includes his companions, and makes his request for himself and t...
DORCAS dor'-kas (Dorkas, the Greek equivalent of Aramaic tabitha, a gazelle): The name was borne by a Christian woman of Joppa. She is called a disci...
Ecclesiastes [H] [S]the Greek rendering of the Hebrew Koheleth , which means Preacher. The old and traditional view of the authorship of this book at...
( Ezra 6:2 ) margin. In the apocryphal books Ecbatana is frequently mentioned. Two cities named Ecbatana seem to have existed in ancient times, one th...
Proverbs 14:21 He that despiseth his neighbour sinneth He that despiseth his neighbour in his heart, speaks slightly of him, overlooks him, is not fri...
Overview - Acts 22 1?Paul declares at large how he was converted to the faith, 17?and called to his apostleship. 22?At the very mentioning of the Gent...
Luke 2:48 And when they saw him they were amazed That is, when Joseph and Mary saw him amidst the doctors, they were astonished that he was admitted a...
Romans 3:1What advantage then hath the Jew? If he is not properly a Jew, who is born of Jewish parents, and brought up in the customs, rites, and reli...
Mr. Lancaster was born of good family, and for some time was fellow of King's college, Cambridge, where he most probably received his education. He wa...
Nathan [N] [H] [S]given. A prophet in the reigns of David and Solomon ( 2?Chronicles 9:29 ). He is first spoken of in connection with the arrangement...
Proverbs 4:3 For I was my father's son Or, a son to my father F16; so Solomon was to God, his heavenly Father, ( 2 Samuel 7:14 ) ; which Jarchi observ...
Proverbs 20:11 Even a child is known by his doings As well as a man; ye shall know them by their fruits, ( Matthew 7:16 ) ; professors and profane. So...
Proverbs 28:7 Whoso keepeth the law [is] a wise son That observes the law of God; for, though he cannot perfectly keep it, yet he delights in it after...
Acts 26:10 Which thing I also did in Jerusalem The metropolis of Judea, where he had had his education, and was well known; here he consented to the d...
John 1:43 The day following Not the day after John had pointed out Christ, as the Lamb of God, to two of his disciples; but the day after Simon had be...
Ephesians 6:4 And ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath Neither by words; by unjust and, unreasonable commands; by contumelious and reproachf...
Galatians 1:20 Now the things which I write unto you Concerning his education, his religion, his principles and practices before conversion; concernin...
Genesis 21:11 And the thing was very grievous in Abraham's sight The motion that Sarah made to turn out of his house Hagar and Ishmael was not agreeab...
Deuteronomy 22:21 Then they shall bring out the damsel to the door of her father's house For his greater disgrace, and as a sort of punishment for his...
Ezekiel 44:22 Neither shall they take for their wives a widow Who has been not only another man's, but at her own will, and done her own pleasure, and...