Overview - Psalms 88 1?A prayer containing a grievous complaint. Treasury of Scripture KnowledgePsalms 88:14??(King James Version)LORD, why castest th...
Coming to pass (ginomena). Present middle participle, linear action. See on Mt 24:32-36 for details of verses Acts 28-32 (the Parable of the Fig Tr...
Standing where he ought not (esthkota opou ou dei). Matthew 24:15 has standing in the holy place (esto en topoi agiwi), neuter and agreeing with bd...
they shall bring the glory and the honor of the nations into it The MT text adds: that they may enter in. See commentary on Revelation 21:24....
His corpse (to ptwma autou). See on Mt 24:28. It was a mournful time for the disciples of John. They went and told Jesus ( Matthew 14:12 ). What else...
Grievously tormented (deinw basanizomeno). Participle present passive from root basano (see on Mt 4:24). The boy (pai), slave (doulo, Luke 7:2 ), wa...
The sun shall be darkened (o elio skotisqhsetai). Future passive indicative. These figures come from the prophets ( Isaiah 13:9 ; Ezekiel 32:7 ; Jo...
HARADAH ha-ra'-da, har'-a-da (charadhah, fearful): A desert station of the Israelites between Mt. Shepher and Makheloth (Numbers 33:24:25). See WAND...
A body of its own (idion swma). Even under the microscope the life cells or germ plasm may seem almost identical, but the plant is quite distinct. On...
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...
Is thine eye evil? (o opqalmo sou ponhro estin?) See on Mt 6:22-24 about the evil eye and the good eye. The complainer had a grudging eye while the h...
Herod the tetrarch (Hhrwidh tetraarch). Herod Antipas ruler of Galilee and Perea, one-fourth of the dominion of Herod the Great. The report concernin...
Overview - Luke 24 1?Christ's resurrection is declared by two angels to the women that come to the sepulchre. 9?These report it to others. 13?Christ ...
And Peter (kai twi Petrwi). Only in Mark, showing that Peter remembered gratefully this special message from the Risen Christ. Later in the day Jesus...
Let the children first be filled (ape prwton cortasqhnai ta paidia). The Jews had the first claim. See the command of Jesus in the third tour of Gali...
One of the twelve (ei twn dwdeka). It is as bad as that. The sign that Jesus gave, the one dipping in the dish with me (o embaptomeno met emou ei to ...
Needle's eye (trumalia rapido). See on Mt 19:24 for discussion. Luke uses the surgical needle, belonh. Matthew has the word rapi like Mark from raptw...
The Pharisees (oi de Parisaioi). Already ( Matthew 9:32-34 ) we have had in Matthew the charge that Jesus is in league with the prince of demons, tho...
Overview - Leviticus 24 1?The oil for the lamps. 5?The shew-bread. 10?Shelomith's son blasphemeth. 13?The law of blasphemy. 17?Of murder. 18?Of damag...
Overview - Acts 17 1?Paul preaches at Thessalonica, where some believe, 5?and others persecute him. 10?He is sent to Berea, and preaches there. 13?Be...