OPHRAH of'-ra (`ophrah; Codex Vaticanus Aphra; Codex Alexandrinus Iephratha, etc.): (1) A town in the territory allotted to Benjamin named between Pa...
Chapter?3At the start of this chapter, concerning the baptism of John, begins the gospel (Mk.?1:1 ); what went before is but preface or introduction; ...
Chapter?11God?s prophet, who, in the chapters before, was an ambassador sent to promise peace, is here a herald sent to declare war. The Jewish nation...
Chapter?11In this chapter we have, I. The constant and unwearied diligence of our Lord Jesus in his great work of preaching the gospel (v.?1). II. His...
Chapter?17Two passages of story are recorded in this chapter, I. The watering of the host of Israel. 1. In the wilderness they wanted water (v.?1). In...
Chapter?9We have in this chapter remarkable instances of the power and pity of the Lord Jesus, sufficient to convince us that he is both able to save ...
Chapter?1After the introduction (v.?1, v.?2) we have, I. Paul?s sincere love to Timothy (v.?3-5). II. Divers exhortations given to him (v.?6-14). III....
Chapter?47In this chapter we have, I. The vision of the holy waters, their rise, extent, depth, and healing virtue, the plenty of fish in them, and an...
Chapter 7We may observe in this chapter, I. Our freedom from the law further urged as an argument to press upon us sanctification (v. 1endash 6). II. ...
Chapter?14John the Baptist had said concerning Christ, He must increase, but I must decrease, Jn.?3:30 . The morning-star is here disappearing, and th...
Chapter?3The apostle here magnifies the love of God in our adoption (v.?1, v.?2). He thereupon argues for holiness (v.?3), and against sin (v.?4-19). ...
Chapter?23Hitherto the levitical law had been chiefly conversant about holy persons, holy things, and holy places; in this chapter we have the institu...
Chapter?10This chapter is an ordination sermon, which our Lord Jesus preached, when he advanced his twelve disciples to the degree and dignity of apos...
Chapter?12The apostle, having at large cleared and confirmed the prime fundamental doctrines of Christianity, comes in the next place to press the pri...
Chapter?41God?s kindness and truth have often been the support and comfort of the saints when they have had most experience of man?s unkindness and tr...
Chapter?28Orders being given for the fitting up of the place of worship, in this and the following chapter care is taken about the priests that were t...
Chapter?29We are here entering upon a pleasant scene, the good and glorious reign of Hezekiah, in which we shall find more of God and religion than pe...
Chapter?14The strain of this chapter differs from that of the foregoing chapters. Those were generally made up of reproofs for sin and threatenings of...
Chapter?15It is generally agreed that Christ?s discourse in this and the next chapter was at the close of the last supper, the night in which he was b...
Chapter?3I. The apostle forewarns Timothy what the last days would be, with the reasons thereof (v.?1-9). II. Prescribes various remedies against them...