Letter CCLV.(1) Letter CCLV.(1) To Vitus, bishop of Charrae.(2) Would that it were possible for me to write to your reverence every day! Forever sin...
SECU se'-ku (sekhu; Codex Vaticanus en Sephei; Codex Alexandrinus en Sokcho; the King James Version Sechu): This name occurs only in the account of D...
Was the gospel preached (euhggelisqh). First aorist passive indicative of euaggelizw. Impersonal use. Even to the dead (kai nekroi). Does Peter here ...
Chapter 126126:1 A Song of degrees. When the LORD turned again the captivity of Zion, we were like them that a dream. (a) Their deliverance was incred...
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...
Luz [E] [H](almond tree ). It seems impossible to discover with precision whether Luz and Bethel represent one and the same town--the former the Cana...
Overview - 2?Kings 18 1?Hezekiah's good reign. 4?He destroys idolatry, and prospers. 9?The inhabitants of Samaria are carried captive for their sins...
Chapter?13 The glory of the Jews should be marred. (1-11) All ranks should suffer misery, An earnest exhortation to repentance. (12-17) An awful mess...
With but little persuasion thou wouldest fain make me a Christian (en oligwi me peiqei Cristianon poihsai). The Authorized rendering is impossible: A...
Numbers 11:22 Shall the flocks and the herds be slain for them, to suffice them? &c.] Suggesting that if all their cattle, their sheep, and oxen were ...
Jeremiah 39:18 For I will surely deliver thee Or, in delivering will deliver thee F16; this is a repetition and confirmation of what is promised in ( ...
Matthew 8:19 And a certain Scribe came As they went in the way, ( Luke 9:57 ) to go to the sea side, in order to take shipping, and pass to the other ...
Ezekiel 22:2 Now, thou son of man, wilt thou judge, wilt thou judge the bloody city? &c.] Or, city of bloods F25? the city of Jerusalem, in which was ...
He began to teach them (hrxato didaskein autou). Mark is fond of this idiom, but it is not a mere rhetorical device. Matthew 16:21 expressly says f...
Not even the Son (oude o uio). Probably genuine, though absent in some ancient MSS. The idea is really involved in the words but the Father only (ei ...
NEESING ne'-zing (Job 41:18, the King James Version, the English Revised Version by his neesings a light doth shine, the American Standard Revised Ver...
MAHATH ma'-hath (machath, snatching; Meth): (1) One of the Kohathites having charge of the service of song in David's time, son of Amasai (1?Chronicl...
Letter XXXI(1) Letter XXXI(1) To Eusebius, bishop of Samosata. The death is still with us, and I am therefore compelled to remain where I am, partly ...
Dog [S]frequently mentioned both in the Old and New Testaments. Dogs were used by the Hebrews as a watch for their houses ( Isaiah 56:10 ), and for gu...
KnockThough Orientals are very jealous of their privacy, they never knock when about to enter your room, but walk in without warning or ceremony. It i...