MERCY; MERCIFUL mur'-si, mur'-si-fool (checedh, racham, chanan; eleos, eleeo, oiktirmos): Mercy is a distinctive Bible word characterizing God as rev...
?EXPOSITIONVerse 14. Depart from evil. Go away from it. Not merely take your hands off, but yourself off. Live not near the pest house. Avoid the lion...
When we had sailed slowly (braduploounte). Present active participle of braduploew (bradu, slow, plou, voyage). Literally, sailing slowly, not having...
RUIN roo'-in (haricah, etc.; rhegma): Ruin, the translation of haricah (Amos 9:11; compare Acts 15:16, where the Revised Version (British and America...
My soul (h psuch mou). The soul (psuch) here is synonymous with spirit (pneuma) in Matthew 13:21 . Is troubled (tetaraktai). Perfect passive indicat...
Arise and stand (anasthqi kai sthqi). Emphatic assonance (Page). Second aorist active imperative of compound verb (anisthmi) and simplex (isthmi). St...
Bare him witness (emarturoun). Imperfect active, perhaps inchoative. They all began to bear witness that the rumours were not exaggerations ( Isaiah ...
OFFENCE; OFFEND o-fens', o-fend' (mikhshol, 'asham, chaTa'; skandalon, skandalizo): Offend is either transitive or intransitive As transitive it is p...
NOTES ON THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO ST LUKE NOTES ON THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO ST LUK...
Overview - Daniel 3 1?Nebuchadnezzar dedicates a golden image in Dura. 8?Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego are accused for not worshipping the image. 1...
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...
How that (oti). It is not certain whether oti here means because (quia) as in 2?Thessalonians 3:7 ; 1?Corinthians 2:14 ; Romans 8:27 or declarati...
CHAPTER 1 - Of the Holy Scriptures1. The Holy Scripture is the only sufficient, certain, and infallible rule of all saving knowledge, faith, and obedi...
The Book of MarkChapter 9Verses:9:1Till they see the kingdom of God coming with power - So it began to do at the day of pentecost, when three thousand...
Intermediate State Christianity postulates that there will be a resurrection of the body at the end of theage. Because many people physically die befo...
Provide beasts (ktenh parasthsai). Change from direct to indirect discourse just the opposite of that in verse Luke 22 . Beasts (kthnh). For riding ...
Overview - Matthew 13 1?The parable of the sower and the seed; 18?the exposition of it. 24?The parable of the tares; 31?of the mustard seed; 33?of the...
Overview - 2?Samuel 19 1?Joab causes the king to cease his mourning. 9?The Israelites are earnest to bring the king back. 11?David sends to the pries...
The Book of MatthewChapter 26Verses:26:1When Jesus had finished all these discourses - When he had spoken all he had to speak. Till then he would not ...
Lydia (Ludia). Her birthplace was Thyatira in Lydia. She may have been named after the land, though Lydia is a common female name (see Horace). Lydia...