For hereunto were ye called (ei touto gar eklhqhte). First aorist indicative of kalew, to call. They were called to suffer without flinching (Hort), ...
Isaiah 10:29 They are gone over the passage Or from the passage {b}; not of Jordan, as the Targum; but rather of Michmash, ( 1 Samuel 13:23 ) this to ...
LACEDAEMONIANS las-e-de-mo'-ni-anz (Spartidtai; once only Lakedaimonioi, 2 Macc 5:9): The inhabitants of Sparta or Lacedaemon with whom the Jews clai...
Jeremiah 40:1 The word which came to Jeremiah from the Lord The word of prophecy, as the Targum; but there being no prophecy in this and the following...
JASON (1) ja'-sun (Iason): A common name among the Hellenizing Jews who used it for Jesus or Joshua, probably connecting it with the Greek verb iasht...
Chapter?25Israel, having escaped the curse of Balaam, here sustains a great deal of damage and reproach by the counsel of Balaam, who, it seems, befor...
Chapter?27Here is a very short account of the reign of Jotham, a pious prosperous prince, of whom one would wish to have known more: but we may better...
Translator's PrefaceTranslator's PrefaceThe following translation has been made from the edition published in Migne's Patrologia. The plan originally ...
New Order Expression found in Hebrews 9:10 that refers to the greatness of salvation provided in Jesus Christ. This meaning is clearly furnished by th...
Song of Solomon 4:14 Spikenard and saffron The former is the best sort of nard, and therefore mentioned and repeated, to which saints may be compared,...
ALLIANCE a-li'-ans. 1. In the Patriarchal Stories: Frequent references are made to alliances between the patriarchs and foreigners. Abraham is report...
Chapter?34Before we see Judah and Jerusalem ruined we shall yet see some glorious years, while good Josiah sits at the helm. By his pious endeavours f...
Chapter?124David penned this psalm (we suppose) upon occasion of some great deliverance which God wrought for him and his people from some very threat...
Chapter?38Here is an account, I. Of the making of the brazen altar (v.?1-7), and the laver (v.?8). II. The preparing of the hangings for the enclosing...
Chapter?3It was a much larger and more particular account of the building of the temple which we had in the book of Kings than is here in this book of...
Chapter?4We have here a further account of the furniture of God?s house. I. Those things that were of brass. The altar for burnt-offerings (v.?1), the...
Chapter?12This chapter is a summary of Israel?s conquests. I. Their conquests under Moses, on the other side Jordan (for we now suppose ourselves in C...
Chapter?36We have in this chapter the determination of another question that arose upon the case of the daughters of Zelophehad. God had appointed tha...
Proverbs 27:19 As in water face [answereth] to face As water is as a looking glass, in which a man may behold his own face and another's; or as the fa...
Chapter?14In this chapter we have, I. David?s kingdom established (v.?1, v.?2). II. His family built up (v.?3-7). III. His enemies, the Philistines, r...