BEER be'-er (be'er; phrear; Latin puteus = well): (1) A station on the march of the Israelites to the North of the Arnon (Numbers 21:16). Here it was...
Shod with sandals (upodedemenou sandalia). Perfect passive participle in the accusative case as if with the infinitive poreuesqai or poreuqhnai, (to ...
Let no one judge you (mh ti uma krinetw). Prohibition present active imperative third singular, forbidding the habit of passing judgment in such matt...
To shine upon (epipanai). First aorist active infinitive of epipainw (liquid verb). An old verb to give light, to shine upon, like the sun or stars. ...
Corban (korban o estin dwron). See on Mt 15:5. Mark preserves the Hebrew word for a gift or offering to God ( Exodus 21:17 ; Leviticus 20:9 ), indec...
ZAIR za'-ir (tsa`ir; Zeior): When he invaded Edom, we are told that Joram passed over to Zair and all his chariots with him (2?Kings 8:21). In the pa...
His friends (oi par autou). The phrase means literally those from the side of him (Jesus). It could mean another circle of disciples who had just arr...
Now I rejoice (nun cairw). Now that Titus has come and told him the good news from Corinth ( 1?Thessalonians 2:12 ). This was the occasion of the nob...
But who say ye? (Humei de tina legete;). Note the emphatic proleptical position of umei: But ye who do ye say? This is really what mattered now with ...
We have believed (hmei pepisteukamen). Perfect active indicative of pisteuw, We have come to believe and still believe (verse Luke 29 ). And know (k...
All the publicans and sinners (pante oi telwnai kai oi amartwloi). The two articles separate the two classes (all the publicans and the sinners). The...
TRANSFIGURATION, MOUNT OF trans-fig-u-ra'-shun (referred to as the holy mount in 2?Peter 1:18): Records of the Transfiguration are found in Matthew 1...
Under a curse (upo kataran). Picture of the curse hanging over them like a Damocles' blade. Cf. Romans 3:9 under sin (up amartian). The word for cu...
Go and see (upagete idete). John says that Jesus asked Philip to find out what food they had ( John 6:5 ) probably after the disciples had suggested ...
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 ...
He assayed (epeirazen). Imperfect active of conative action. To join himself (kollasqai). Present middle (direct) infinitive of conative action again...
For our sins (uper twn amartiwn). Some MSS. have peri (concerning). In the Koin this use of uper as like peri has come to be common. He refers to the...
A white robe (stolh leukh). Old word from stellw, to equip, an equipment in clothes, a flowing robe ( Mark 12:38 ). For the white robe for martyrs se...
CHAPTER 1 - Of the Holy Scriptures1. The Holy Scripture is the only sufficient, certain, and infallible rule of all saving knowledge, faith, and obedi...
MATTHEW. CHAPTER XVII. The Transfiguration. SUMMARY.--The Transfigured Lord. Moses and Elias. The Voice from the Cloud. The Lunatic Healed. The...