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 ...
While we look not (mh skopountwn hmwn). Genitive absolute with participle of skopew from skopo, goal. Temporal (proskaira). Rather temporary, for a s...
A little further (oligon). A Marcan detail. Mending their nets (katartizonta ta diktua). See on Mt 4:21. Getting ready that they might succeed better...
This scripture (thn graphn tauthn). This passage of scripture ( Luke 4:21 ; John 19:37 ; Acts 1:16 ). It is a quotation from Psalms 118:22 . See o...
Grievously tormented (deinw basanizomeno). Participle present passive from root basano (see on Mt 4:24). The boy (pai), slave (doulo, Luke 7:2 ), wa...
Overview - Mark 4 1?The parable of the sower, 14?and the meaning thereof. 21?We must communicate the light of our knowledge to others. 26?The parable ...
Mark 9:4 And there appeared unto them Elias with Moses Or Moses and Elias, as all the Oriental versions read, as in Mt. 17:3, (See Gill on Matthew 17...
Overview - 2?Chronicles 4 1?The altar of brass. 2?The molten sea upon twelve oxen. 6?The ten lavers, candlesticks, and tables. 9?The courts, and th...
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...
ISHI (1) ish'-i (yish`i, salutary): (1) A Jerahmeelite (1?Chronicles 2:31); the genealogy may denote his membership by blood, or only by adoption, in...
The Son of God (uio tou qeou). No article as in Matthew 4:3 . So refers to the relationship as Son of God rather than to the office of Messiah. Mani...
Blessed (makarioi). See on Mt 5:3. Are forgiven (apeqhsan). First aorist passive indicative of apihmi, without augment (apeiqhsan, regular form). Pau...
Overview - Nehemiah 4 1?While the enemies scoff, Nehemiah prays and continues the work. 7?Understanding the wrath and secrets of the enemy, he sets a...
Without purse (ater ballantiou). Money bag or purse. Old word, but in the N.T. only in Luke ( John 10:4 ; John 12:33 ; John 22:35 ). Wallet (phra)....
Led him (hgagen). Aorist active indicative of agw. Matthew 4:5 has paralambanei (dramatic present). The wing of the temple (to pterugion tou ierou)...
EPHER e'-fer `epher, calf, young deer; Apher, Opher: (1) The second son of Midian, descended from Abraham by his wife Keturah (Genesis 25:4; 1?Chroni...
Herod the tetrarch (Hhrwidh tetraarch). Herod Antipas ruler of Galilee and Perea, one-fourth of the dominion of Herod the Great. The report concernin...
SION si'-un (si'on; Seon): (1) A name given to Mt. Hermon in Deuteronomy 4:48. The name may mean protuberance or peak, and may have denoted the lofty...
Overview - Mark 4 1?The parable of the sower, 14?and the meaning thereof. 21?We must communicate the light of our knowledge to others. 26?The parable ...
SHION shi'-on (shi'on; Codex Vaticanus Siona, Codex Alexandrinus Seian): A town in the territory of Issachar, named with Shunem, Hapharaim and Anahar...