?EXPOSITION Verse 28. They joined themselves also unto Baalpeor. Ritualism led on to the adoration of false gods. If we choose a false way of worship ...
?EXPOSITIONVerse 8. I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices or thy burnt offerings, to have been ever before me. Though they had not failed in main...
Sin unto Death The expression sin unto death ( 1 John 5:16-17 ) appears in a context concerning confident, effective prayer (cf. 1 John 3:21-22 ; 4:...
Proverbs 3:18 She [is] a tree of life Or lives F2; so Christ is called, ( Revelation 2:7 ) ( Revelation 22:2 Revelation 22:14 ) ; in allusion to the ...
Colossians 2:7 Rooted and built up in him By these metaphors, the apostle expresses the safe and happy state of these believers; and which he makes us...
1 Corinthians 15:4 And that he was buried That is, according to the Scriptures; for as he died and rose again according to the Scriptures, he was buri...
John Darby commentary for 2 John 12 John Chapter 1The Second and Third Epistles of John insist on the truth. The Second warns the faithful against th...
Sabbath [N] [B] [E](shabbath ), a day of rest, from shabath to cease to do to, to rest). The name is applied to divers great festivals, but principal...
KNOW; KNOWLEDGE no, nol'-ej (in Hebrew chiefly yadha`, noun da`ath; in Greek ginosko, oida' to know fully, epiginosko, noun gnosis epignosis): Knowle...
CHAPTER 17 1?Chronicles 17:1-10 . DAVID FORBIDDEN TO BUILD GOD A HOUSE. 1. as David sat in his house--The details of this chapter were given ...
Care [N]In the Old Testament several Hebrew words are translated as care or a similar word (e.g., worry or anxious). In 1 Samuel 10:2, when Samuel ano...
Introduction to the Treatise Contra GentesIntroduction to the Treatise Contra GentesThis treatise and that which follows it form in reality two parts ...
Teach, Teacher Although several Hebrew words are translated teach in English translations of the Old Testament, two words predominate: yara [h'ry], to...
Psalms 112:7 He shall not be afraid of evil tidings Either respecting things temporal; the death of friends, loss of substance, public calamities, war...
Chapter?13 The necessity and advantage of the grace of love. (1-3) Its excellency represented by its properties and effects; (4-7) and by its abiding...
EARTHQUAKE urth'-kwak (ra`ash; seismos): 1. Earthquakes in Palestine: The last earthquake which worked any damage in Palestine and Syria occurred in...
Isaiah [E] [H] [S]Also called ESAIASSon of Amos Isaiah 1:1 Prophesies in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah Isaiah 1:1...
1 Peter 2:4 To whom coming, as unto a living stone Christ here, as often elsewhere, is compared to a stone; and Peter, by the use of this metaphor, sh...
John Darby commentary for Acts 22Acts Chapter 22He departs therefore to Jerusalem; and when there, he goes to the house of James, and all the elders ...
ARGOB (2) ar'-gob (ha-'argobh; ha-argobh or Argob): A region East of the Jordan which in Deuteronomy 3:4,5 is equivalent to the kingdom of Og in Bash...