Letter IV(1) Letter IV(1) To Olympius.(2) What do you mean, my dear Sir, by evicting from our retreat my dear friend and nurse of philosophy, Poverty...
John 4:19 The woman saith unto him, Sir With another countenance, and a different air and gesture, with another accent and tone of speech, dropping he...
Lever Wood was minister at Brenchley in Kent, but was much persecuted for nonconformity. Upon the publication of Whitgift's three articles, in 1583, ...
Peter Sterry, B. D.?This zealous minister was born in the county of Surrey, and educated in Emanuel college, Cambridge, where, in the year 1636, he w...
Overview - 1?Kings 20 1?Ben-hadad, not content with Ahab's homage, besieges Samaria. 13?By the direction of a prophet, the Syrians are slain. 22?As th...
Overview - Isaiah 40 1?The promulgation of the Gospel. 3?The preaching of John Baptist. 9?The preaching of the apostles. 12?The prophet, by the omni...
Letter LXIII(1) Letter LXIII(1) To the Governor of Neocoesarea. The wise man, even if he dwells far away, even if I never set eyes on him, I count a ...
COELE-SYRIA se-le-sir'-i-a (the King James Version Celosyria; Koile Suria, hollow Syria): So the Greeks after the time of Alexander the Great named t...
SPIKENARD spik'-nard (nerd; nardos (Song of Solomon 1:12; 4:14); neradhim; nardoi (Song of Solomon 4:13), spikenard plants; nardos pistike (Mark 14:3;...
Jerom Turner, A. B.?This worthy person was born at Yeovil in Somersetshire, in the year 1615, and educated at Edmund's-hall, Oxford. Having finished h...
Overview - 2?Samuel 16 1?Ziba, by presents and false suggestions, obtains his master's inheritance. 5?At Bahurim Shimei curse David. 9?David with pa...
Daniel 11:33 And they that understand among the people shall instruct many, &c.] Such as had a better understanding of divine things than others, had ...
Lawrence Chadderton, D. D.?This celebrated divine was born at Chadderton in Lancashire,, in the year 1537, having descended from a wealthy family. He ...
Guide to Book AbbreviationThe following table lists (in alphabetical order) the names of each of the books of the Bible and it's corresponding shortes...
They therefore (oi men oun). Demonstrative use of oi with men oun without any corresponding de just as in Luke 1:1 men occurs alone. The combinatio...
Turned (strapei). Second aorist passive participle of strepw, vividly picturing the sudden act of Jesus on hearing their steps behind him. Beheld (qe...
Overview - 2?Samuel 14 1?Joab, suborning a widow of Tekoah by a parable to incline the king's heart to fetch home Absalom, brings him to Jerusalem. 25...
Genesis 25:1 Then again Abraham took a wife Three years after the death of Sarah, and when his son Isaac was married, and he alone, and now one hundre...
Overview - John 12 1?Jesus excuses Mary anointing his feet. 9?The people flock to see Lazarus. 10?The chief priests consult to kill him. 12?Christ ri...
Genesis 7:20 Fifteen cubits upwards did the waters prevail Either to such an height above the earth, upwards from that, or from the high hills; for th...