MATTHEW. CHAPTER XX. The Laborers in the Vineyard; The Ambitious Mother. SUMMARY.--The Householder and the Laborers. Those Hired at the Eleventh H...
Chapter?117This psalm is short and sweet; I doubt the reason why we sing it so often as we do is for the shortness of it; but, if we rightly understoo...
MATTHEW. CHAPTER XXIV. The Judgments on the Jewish Nation. SUMMARY.--The Temple to Be Utterly Destroyed. The Questions Asked on the Mount of Oliv...
MATTHEW. CHAPTER X. The Call and Charge to the Apostles. SUMMARY.--The Twelve Apostles. The Charge. To Whom Sent. How to Go. What to Preach. What...
ACTS OF THE APOSTLES. CHAPTER XXVIII. Paul at Rome. SUMMARY.--Thrown on the Island of Malta. The Kindness of the People. A Viper Fastens on Paul's...
MATTHEW. CHAPTER XVIII. The Greatest in the Kingdom. SUMMARY.--Who Shall Be Greatest? Becoming As Little Children. Causing the Little Ones to Stum...
JUDAS ISCARIOT is-kar'-i-ot (Ioudas Iskariotes, i.e. 'ish qeriyoth, Judas, man of Kerioth): One of the twelve apostles and the betrayer of Jesus; for...
Chapter?8This psalm is a solemn meditation on, and admiration of, the glory and greatness of God, of which we are all concerned to think highly and ho...
ABIATHAR a-bi'-a-thar, ab-i-a'-thar ('ebhyathar, father of super-excellence, or, the super-excellent one is father. With changed phraseology these are...
MATTHEW. CHAPTER VIII. Miracles at Capernaum and on the Sea. SUMMARY.--The Leper Healed. The Servant of the Centurion Healed. Great Faith. Sitting...
SACRIFICE, IN THE NEW TESTAMENT, 2 VI. Rationale of the Efficacy of Christ's Sacrifice. 1. Jesus' Teaching: Jesus emphasizes His voluntary spirit in...
MATTHEW. CHAPTER XVII. The Transfiguration. SUMMARY.--The Transfigured Lord. Moses and Elias. The Voice from the Cloud. The Lunatic Healed. The...
Chapter?96This psalm is part of that which was delivered into the hand of Asaph and his brethren (1 Chr.?16:7 ), by which it appears both that David w...
Chapter?2The apostle proceeds to further exhortations to several duties, to be like-minded, and lowly-minded, which he presses from the example of Chr...
ALEXANDER al-eg-zan'-der Alexandros, literal meaning defender of men. This word occurs five times in the New Testament, (Mark 15:21; Acts 4:6; 19:33; ...
Chapter?1The inspired historian begins his narrative of the Acts of the Apostles, I. With a reference to, and a brief recapitulation of, his gospel, o...
Chapter?6Moses, in this chapter, goes on with his charge to Israel, to be sure to keep up their religion in Canaan. It is much the same with ch. 4. I....
Chapter?8David having sought first the kingdom of God and the righteousness thereof, settling the ark as soon as he was himself well settled, we are h...
JESUS CHRIST, 4D D. LAST JOURNEY TO JERUSALEM--JESUS IN PERAEA Departure from Galilee: An interval of two months elapses between John 10:21 and 22--...
Chapter?11Pharaoh had told Moses to get out of his presence ch.?10:28 ), and Moses had promised this should be the last time he would trouble him, yet...