something like a great mountain burning with fire was thrown into the sea The text is careful to differentiate between a great mountain and something...
fell at His feet as dead This is the unrehearsed response of all who have been privileged to see the glory of the Lord (Isa. Isa. 6:4; Eze. Eze. 1:28...
Nor seeking glory of men (oute zhtounte ex anqrwpwn doxan). Upon the repudiation of covetousness follows naturally the repudiation of worldly ambitio...
Nehemiah 8:4 And Ezra the scribe stood upon a pulpit of wood, which they had made for the purpose Or to speak out of, as the Syriac and Arabic version...
From among your own selves (ex umwn autwn). In sheep's clothing just as Jesus had foretold. The outcome fully justified Paul's apprehensions as we se...
Overview - 1?Samuel 25 1?Samuel dies. 2?David in Paran sends to Nabal. 10?Provoked by Nabal's churlishness, he minds to destroy him. 14?Abigail under...
Overview - 1?Kings 2 1?David, having given a charge to Solomon, 3?of religiousness; 5?of Joab; 7?of Barzillai; 8?of Shimei; 10?dies. 12?Solomon su...
If ye know (ean eidhte). Third-class condition again with ean and second perfect active subjunctive of oida. If ye know by intuitive or absolute know...
Each one of them (en kaq en autwn). One by one of them, a vernacular idiom like ei kata ei in Mark 14:19 . Having (ecwn). Masculine participle again...
the sun, . . . the moon, . . . the stars Isaiah prophesied the darkening of all three of these sources of light during the Day of the LORD:Behold, the...
By a resurrection (ex anastasew). Cf. 1?Kings 17:17 ; 2?Kings 4:8-37 . Were tortured (etumpanisqhsan). First aorist passive indicative of tumpanizw...
The children being not yet born (mhpw gennhqentwn). Genitive absolute with first aorist passive participle of gennaw, to beget, to be born, though no...
Overview - Exodus 19 1?The people arrive at Sinai. 3?God's message by Moses unto the people out of the mount. 8?The people's answer returned again. ...
Overview - Judges 3 1?The nations which were left to prove Israel. 5?By communion with them they commit idolatry. 8?Othniel delivered them from Chus...
Heart [B] [E](Seat of the affections)RENEWED Deuteronomy 30:6 ; Psalms 51:10 ; Ezekiel 11:19 ; 18:31 ; 36:26 ; Romans 2:29 ; Ephesians 4:23 ; ...
Overview - 1?Samuel 7 1?They of Kirjath-jearim bring the ark into the house of Abinadab, and sanctify Eleazar, his son to keep it. 2?After twenty yea...
Plague [N]a stroke of affliction, or disease. Sent as a divine chastisement ( Numbers 11:33 ; 14:37 ; 16:46-49 ; 2 Sam 24:21 ). Painful affliction...
hail At this juncture, we once again encounter a major fork in the road of interpretation where many interpreters insist on understanding the effects ...
from the east Literally, from the rising of the sun. Within Scripture, east is often the direction of the deliverance or judgment of God (Gen. Gen. 41...
Overview - 2?Samuel 23 1?David, in his last words, professes his faith in God's promises to be beyond sense or experience. 6?The different state of t...