Abstain, Abstinence Forbearance of certain activities as a matter of command and voluntary practice for moral and religious purposes. The word-group t...
CHAPTER 2 Isaiah 2:1-22 . 1. The inscription. The word--the revelation. 2. Same as Micah 4:1 . As Micah prophesied in Jotham's reign, and ...
Chapter 3333:1 And this [is] the a blessing, wherewith Moses the man of God blessed the children of Israel before his death. (a) This blessing contain...
Altar [N] [E] [S]Structure on which offerings are made to a deity. The Hebrew word for altar is mizbeah [;eBzim], from a verbal root meaning to slaugh...
John Darby commentary for Matthew 22Matthew Chapter 22In chapter 22, their conduct with respect to the invitations of grace is presented in its turn....
Philistines [N] [E] [H](immigrants ), The origin of the Philistines is nowhere expressly stated in the Bible; but as the prophets describe them as th...
John 3:16 For God so loved the world The Persic version reads men: but not every man in the world is here meant, or all the individuals of human natur...
Miracle [E]Although English speakers regularly use miracle to refer to a broad range of wondrous events, the biblical concept is limited to those not ...
Chapter 1111:2 And he said unto them, When ye pray, say, 1 Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done, a...
Suffering [N]The experience of physical pain and/or mental distress. The words and phrases in the Bible expressing this concept are too numerous to li...
MATTHEW. CHAPTER XIV. The Miracles Beyond and Upon the Sea of Galilee. SUMMARY.--Herod's Opinion of Christ. The Death of John the Baptist. Jesus C...
The Book of 1?SamuelChapter 15Chapter Overview: God commands Saul utterly to destroy the Amalekites, ver. 1 - 3. He destroys them, but not utterly, ...
HEART AND HEAD. Sec. XII. Quid sine capite est homo, cries Ambrose, cum totus in capite sit! According to thorough investigation and evidence of ...
THIRD PERIOD. FROM THE SOJOURN IN EGYPT UNTIL THE ARRIVAL IN SHILOH. THE PERIOD OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF ISRAEL, AND THE SPRING-TIME IN THE LAND OF PRO...
CHAPTER 14 Revelation 14:1-20 . THE LAMB SEEN ON ZION WITH THE 144,000. THEIR SONG. THE GOSPEL PROCLAIMED BEFORE THE END BY ONE ANGEL: THE FA...
CHRIST AND SCRIPTURE E come now to the consideration of Christ's relation to Holy Scripture. The whole matter is summed up in the statement that th...
Having seen the Father and His glorious throne, John?s attention is now drawn to a scroll held in the Father?s hand. The redeeming Lamb takes the scro...
CHAPTER IV. HOW LOOKING TO THE PERSON OF CHEIST TENDS TO PROMOTE THE PEACE THAT PASSES UNDERSTANDING. No one could be supposed to have seen the Al...
SOUL AND SPIRIT IN THE MIDST OF DEATH. Sec. I. Sleep, as we have shown in Div. IV. Sec. XIV., is the periodical sinking down of the seventh, sixth, f...
Homily III.Homily III. Hebrew i. 6-8.-And again when He bringeth in the First-Begotten into the world, He saith, And let all the angels of God worship...