Chapter?10This chapter is an ordination sermon, which our Lord Jesus preached, when he advanced his twelve disciples to the degree and dignity of apos...
The Psalms are distinguished from the prophetic utterances, amongst other points, in this: that they were not spoken to the people, not messages sent...
ElucidationsElucidationsIDisciple of the holy Peter, p. 551.The early use of the originals of this liturgy in the Alexandrian patriarchate accounts fo...
Apocrypha [E] [H] [S]Apocrypha comes from the Greek word apokrypha [ajpovkrufo], which means things that are hidden, secret. The Apocrypha refers to t...
THE FALSE DOCTRINE OF THE SOUL'S SLEEP. Sec. IV. Proceeding from the sound premises, that the combination and unity of spirit and body is the peculi...
Blessed is he Luther?s comments underscore the need for a consistently literal interpretation of this book: ?Even if it were a blessed thing to believ...
XXIII. THE SHADOW OF A GREAT ROCK. 1 Hear the right, O Lord, attend unto my cry; Give ear unto my prayer, that goeth not out of feigned lips. 2 L...
CANON OF THE OLD TESTAMENT, II \ II. Examination of the Witnesses. 1. The Old Testament's Witness to Itself (circa 1450-444 BC): Though the Old Testa...
Homily XVIII.Homily XVIII. 1 Timothy vi. 13-16.-I give thee charge in the sight of God, Who quickeneth all things, and before Christ Jesus, Who before...
Chapter?13In this chapter, we have, I. The favour which Christ did to his countrymen in preaching the kingdom of heaven to them (v.?1-2). He preached ...
PART IV. THE NATURE, DECREES, AND WORKS OF GOD. CHAPTER I. THE ATTRIBUTES OF GOD. In contemplating the words and acts of God, as in contemplating ...
Chapter?78This psalm is historical; it is a narrative of the great mercies God had bestowed upon Israel, the great sins wherewith they had provoked hi...
Chapter?1The narrative which this evangelist gives us (or rather God by him) of the life of Christ begins earlier than either Matthew or Mark. We have...
Chapter?15It is generally agreed that Christ?s discourse in this and the next chapter was at the close of the last supper, the night in which he was b...
Chapter?29The contest between Jeremiah and the false prophets was carried on before by preaching, here by writing; there we had sermon against sermon,...
Jesus Christ, Name and Titles of In our culture names serve primarily to distinguish one person from another. In Bibletimes names had other significan...
Chapter?23In this chapter the prophet, in God?s name, is dealing his reproofs and threatenings, I. Among the careless princes, or pastors of the peopl...
CHAPTER X. THE PROPHECY OF THE PERIOD OF THE RESTORATION. ? 45. Post-Exilic Prophecy in view of the New Temple. A S after the first year of the so...
Chapter?3In this chapter, I. A general account of Israel?s enemies is premised, and of the mischief they did them (v.?1-7). II. A particular account o...
Jerusalem [N] [T] [E] [H] [S]The Name. The name Jerusalem occurs 806 times in the Bible, 660 timesin the Old Testament and 146 times in the New Testa...