?EXPOSITION Verse 8. O daughter of Babylon, who art to be destroyed. Or the destroyer: let us accept the word either way, or both ways: the destroyer ...
17:1? And he said unto his disciples, It is impossible2 but that occasions of stumbling should come3; but woe unto him, through whom they come!SECOND ...
CHAPTER 41 Job 41:1-34 . 1. leviathan--literally, the twisted animal, gathering itself in folds: a synonym to the Thannin ( Job 3:8 , Margin;...
?EXPOSITIONVer 8. Which turned the rock into a standing water, causing a mere or lake to stand at its foot, making the wilderness a pool: so abundant ...
Homily LVIII.Homily LVIII.Matthew Chapter 17, Verse 22 And Matthew Chapter 17, Verse 23 And while they abode in Galilee, Jesus said unto them, The Son...
Chapter?18We have here, I. An angel proclaiming the fall of Babylon (v.?1, v.?2). II. Assigning the reasons of her fall (v.?3). III. Giving warning to...
?EXPOSITIONVerse 9. For the zeal of thine house hath eaten me up. His burning ardour, like the flame of a candle, fed on his strength and consumed it....
9:1? And he said unto them, Verily I say unto you, There are some here of them that stand [by], who shall in no wise taste of death, till they see the...
OLIVE TREE ol'-iv tre (zayith, a word occurring also in Aramaic, Ethiopic and Arabic; in the last it means olive oil, and zaitun, the olive tree; elai...
In that day shall this song be sung in the land of Judah : We have a strong city; salvation will God appoint for walls and bulwarks. Open ye the gat...
Book XIII.Book XIII. 1. Relation of the Baptist to Elijah. The Theory of Transmigration Considered.The disciples asked Him, saying, Why then say the s...
PSALM 32 OVERVIEW Title. A Psalm of David, Maschil. That David wrote this gloriously evangelic Psalm is proved not only by this heading, but by the wo...
SHOULD FROM THAT TIME FORM ONE OF THE GREAT MISSIONARY Schemes Of Our Church. In July 1841, a similar resolution was passed by the General Assembly of...
MATTHEW. CHAPTER XVIII. The Greatest in the Kingdom. SUMMARY.--Who Shall Be Greatest? Becoming As Little Children. Causing the Little Ones to Stum...
18:1? In that hour came the disciples unto Jesus, saying, Who then is greatest in the kingdom of heaven1?FALSE AMBITION VERSUS CHILDLIKENESS. (Capern...
Chapter?137There are divers psalms which are thought to have been penned in the latter days of the Jewish church, when prophecy was near expiring and ...
CHAPTER 9 Mark 9:1-13 . JESUS IS TRANSFIGURED--CONVERSATION ABOUT ELIAS. ( = Matthew 16:28-17:13'Luke 9:27-36'). ...
MEALS, MEAL-TIME melz: Bread materials, bread-making and baking in the Orient are dealt with under BREAD (which see). For food-stuffs in use among th...
CHAPTER 18 Revelation 18:1-24 . BABYLON'S FALL: GOD'S PEOPLE CALLED OUT OF HER: THE KINGS AND MERCHANTS OF THE EARTH MOURN, WHILE THE SAINTS ...
FORTIFICATION; FORT; FORTIFIED CITIES; FORTRESS for-ti-fi-ka'-shun (including): I. IN RECENT EXCAVATIONS 1. Excavation of Tells 2. Sites 3. Primit...