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 XII. The Pharisees Take Counsel Against and Seek to Destroy Jesus. SUMMARY.--Jesus Accused of Sabbath Breaking. The Son of Man Lo...
ROMANS. CHAPTER X. The Jews Excluded from Unbelief. SUMMARY.--Paul's Desire for Israel. The Jews Zealous, but not According to Knowledge. They Se...
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...
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...
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...
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 VIII. Miracles at Capernaum and on the Sea. SUMMARY.--The Leper Healed. The Servant of the Centurion Healed. Great Faith. Sitting...
JESUS CHRIST, 4C2 Second Period--After the Mission of the Twelve till the Departure from Galilee I. From the Death of the Baptist till the Discourse ...
ABSTINENCE abs'-ti-nens: Abstinence as a form of asceticism reaches back into remote antiquity, and is found among most ancient peoples. It may be d...
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...
Chapter?15Ezekiel has again and again, in God?s name, foretold the utter ruin of Jerusalem; but, it should seem, he finds it hard to reconcile himself...
Chapter?1This book begins with the laws concerning sacrifices, of which the most ancient were the burnt-offerings, about which God gives Moses instruc...
Chapter?27The last verse of the foregoing chapter seemed to close up the statute-book; yet this chapter is added as an appendix. Having given laws con...
SACRIFICE, IN THE NEW TESTAMENT, 2 VI. Rationale of the Efficacy of Christ's Sacrifice. 1. Jesus' Teaching: Jesus emphasizes His voluntary spirit in...
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?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...
MATTHEW. CHAPTER XXI. Christ Entering Jerusalem. SUMMARY.--The Lord Leaves Bethany to Enter Jerusalem. The Charge to the Two Disciples. The Fulf...
Chapter?34In this chapter we have the fatal doom of all the nations that are enemies to God?s church and people, though Edom only is mentioned, becaus...
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...