That have been persecuted for righteousness' sake (oi dediwgmenoi eneken dikaiosunh). Posing as persecuted is a favourite stunt. The kingdom of heave...
Overview - Lamentations 3 1?The prophet bewails his own calamities. 22?By the mercies of God, he nourishes his hope. 37?He acknowledges God's justice....
Why am I still persecuted? (ti eti diwkomai?). Some of the Judaizers even circulated the slander that Paul preached circumcision in order to ruin his...
Overview - Acts 22 1?Paul declares at large how he was converted to the faith, 17?and called to his apostleship. 22?At the very mentioning of the Gent...
Overview - Psalms 109 1?David, complaining of his slanderous enemies, under the person of Judas devotes them. 16?He shews their sin. 21?Complaining of...
Overview - 1?Corinthians 4 1?In what account the ministers ought to be had. 7?We have nothing which we have not received. 9?The apostles spectacles ...
\\INTRODUCTION TO PSALM 141\\ \\\\. This psalm was written about the same time, and upon the same occasion, as that going before and what follows aft...
Persecuted (ediwken). Imperfect active of diwkw, to pursue, to persecute. Genesis 21:9 has in Hebrew laughing, but the LXX has mocking. The Jewish ...
Psalms 119:157 Many [are] my persecutors and mine enemies Because they were his enemies, therefore they were his persecutors; and they became enemies ...
Overview - 1?Thessalonians 2 1?In what manner the gospel was brought and preached to the Thessalonians, and in what sort also they received it. 18?A r...
That would live godly (oi qelonte zhn eusebw). Those who desire (will, determine) to live godly. Paul does not regard his experience as peculiar, but...
Job [N] [E] [H](persecuted ), the third son of Issachar, ( Genesis 46:13 ) called in another genealogy JASHUB. ( 1?Chronicles 7:1 ) [N] indicates thi...
\\INTRODUCTION TO PSALM 28\\ \\\\. This psalm, Aben Ezra says, David either composed himself, or one of the singers for him; the former seems most l...
Leap for joy (skirthsate). Old verb and in LXX, but only in Luke in the N.T. (here and Matthew 1:41 Matthew 1:44 ). It answers to Matthew's ( Matth...
They only heard (monon akouonte hsan). Periphrastic imperfect, They were only hearing from time to time. That once persecuted us (o diwkwn hma pote)....
cast to the earth See commentary on Revelation 9:9. he persecuted ??????? [Edi?xen] , which can also be rendered: ?Drive away, drive out, run after, p...
Iconium [E] [H] [S](A city of Asia Minor)Paul preaches in Acts 13:51 ; Acts 14:21 Acts 14:22 ; 16:2 Paul is persecuted by the people of Acts 14...
Overview - Acts 14 1?Paul and Barnabas are persecuted from Iconium. 8?At Lystra Paul heals a cripple, whereupon they are reputed as gods. 19?Paul is ...
Treasury of Scripture KnowledgePsalms 119:161??(King James Version)SCHIN. Princes have persecuted me without a cause: but my heart standeth in awe of ...
\\INTRODUCTION TO PSALM 11\\ \\\\. This psalm has no name; it is neither called a psalm, nor hymn, nor song, nor prayer, only said to be David's; an...