2 Corinthians 12:2 I knew a man in Christ about fourteen years ago Which is to be understood of himself, as appears from ( 2 Corinthians 12:7 ) , wher...
let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches See commentary on Revelation 2:7.After reading the seven letters to the seven churches, we cannot e...
2 Kings 2:10 And he said, thou hast asked a hard thing Not a common privilege, but what is rarely enjoyed, and difficult to obtain, few are so favoure...
The Holy Spirit has always been present and ministering upon the earth (Gen. Gen. 1:2). Prior to the Day of Pentecost, the Holy Spirit came upon and ...
Saying (legoush). Present active predicate participle of legw, feminine genitive agreeing with pwnh, though some MSS. have the accusative pwnhn legou...
A sword (rompaia). A large sword, properly a long Thracian javelin. It occurs in the LXX of Goliath's sword ( 1?Samuel 17:51 ). How little Mary under...
ate it ????????? [katephagon] , John totally consumed or devoured it (cf. Mtt. Mat. 13:4; Mat. 23:14; John John 2:17).St. John Swallows the Little Boo...
Then (epeita). The next step, not the identical time (tote), but immediately afterwards. Together with them (ama sun autoi). Note both ama (at the sa...
After three days (meta hmera trei). One day out, one day back, and on the third day finding him. In the temple (en twi ierwi). Probably on the terrac...
Luke 2:28 Then took he him up in his arms That same Spirit that had revealed unto him that he should not die till he saw the Messiah with his bodily e...
Hath rejoiced (hgalliasen). This is aorist active indicative. Greek tenses do not correspond to those in English. The verb agalliaw is a Hellenistic ...
Although various sources describing the practice of Jewish marriage at the time of Christ differ in the details, there is general agreement concernin...
2 Kings 2:3 And the sons of the prophets that were at Bethel Or the disciples of them, as the Targum; here, though a place where one of Jeroboam's cal...
A point of confusion arises when determining when the Day of the Lord begins. Some of the passages concerning this period appear contradictory Paul ...
2 Corinthians 5:13 For whether we be besides ourselves As some took them to be, and as Festus thought the Apostle Paul was, because of the doctrines t...
Touching the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ (uper th parousia tou Kuriou (hmwn) Ihsou Cristou). For erwtwmen, to beseech, see on 1?Thessalonians 4:...
Matthew 2:10 When they saw the star Which by its appearance, size, brightness they knew to be the same with that which they had seen, when in their ow...
In a key passage concerning ?the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our gathering together to Him,? Paul relates that the Day of Christ (NU?Day of t...
Proverbs 7:15 Therefore came I forth to meet thee Having so much good cheer at home, and none to eat of it with her; and having so fond and affectiona...
Luke 10:17 And the seventy returned again The Syriac version adds, whom he had sent: these disciples having received orders and instructions from Chri...