One tittle (mian kerean). See on Mt 5:18. ...
Regarded not (mh entrepomeno). Present middle participle of entrepw, old verb, to turn one on himself, to shame one, to reverence one. This was a har...
While we look not (mh skopountwn hmwn). Genitive absolute with participle of skopew from skopo, goal. Temporal (proskaira). Rather temporary, for a s...
living creatures See commentary on Revelation 4:6. twenty-four elders See commentary on Revelation 4:4. The NU and MT texts omit twenty-four. Him who ...
Ye (Humei). Emphatic position. The covenant which God made (th diaqhkh h o qeo dieqeto). Literally, the covenant which God covenanted. Diaqhkh and di...
The inheritance (h klhronomia). Old word from klhronomo, heir (klero, lot, nemomai, to distribute). See on Mt 21:38; see also Ac 7:5. This came to Is...
Unto Jericho (ei Iereicw). See on Mt 20:29; see also Mr 10:46, for discussion of the two Jerichos in Mark and Matt. (the old and the new as here). Be...
For a penny a day (ek dhnariou thn hmeran). See on Mt 18:28. Penny is not adequate, shilling Moffatt has it. The ek with the ablative represents the ...
Ah! (Ea). An interjection frequent in the Attic poets, but rare in prose. Apparently second person singular imperative of eaw, to permit. It is expre...
And the scribes (kai twn grammatewn). Mark adds this item while John 18:3 mentions Pharisees. It was evidently a committee of the Sanhedrin for Jud...
CHESULLOTH ke-sul'-oth (ha-keculloth; B, Chasaloth, A, Achesaloth): A town on the border of Zebulun (Joshua 19:18), the same as Chisloth-tabor (Joshu...
Are ye so without understanding also? (Houtw kai umei asunetoi este;). See on Mt 15:16. You also as well as the multitude. It was a discouraging mome...
To one (wi men, wi de, wi de). Demonstrative o, not the relative. Neat Greek idiom. According to his several ability (kata thn idian dunamin). Accord...
Overview - Luke 9 1?Christ sends his apostles to work miracles, and to preach. 7?Herod desires to see Christ. 10?The apostles return. 12?Christ feeds...
Two of the women who play key roles in the Book of Revelation are cities: Babylon and the New Jerusalem. This is no accident as one is the city of ma...
To them that stood by (toi parestwsin). This talk about Peter was overheard by him. This fellow (outo) is one of them. So in verse Mark 70 the talk...
ZEMARAIM zem-a-ra'-im (cemdrayim; Codex Vaticanus Sara; Codex Alexandrinus Semrim): A city in the territory of Benjamin. It is named between Betharab...
After many years (di etwn pleionwn). At an interval (dia) of more (pleionwn) years (than a few, one must add), not after many years. If, as is likely...
ARAUNAH a-ro'-na ('arawnah, 2?Samuel 24:16,20; 'aranyah 2?Samuel 24:18, and 'ornan, 1?Chronicles 21:15; 2?Chronicles 3:1, all from a Hebrew root meani...
Went through (dihrceto). Imperfect middle. So Paul went forth on his second mission tour with heart-aches and high hopes mingled together. Syria and ...