Overview - Acts 12 1?King Herod persecutes the Christians, kills James, and imprisons Peter; whom an angel delivers upon the prayers of the church. 20...
Mark 14:56 For many bare false witness against him The word false, is not expressed in the Syriac, Persic, and Ethiopic versions: which only signify, ...
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...
2 Samuel 14:2 And Joab sent to Tekoah Which Kimchi says was a city in the tribe of Asher, and others in the tribe of Benjamin, but it seems rather to ...
Matthew 2:4 And when he had gathered all the chief priests Here we have an account of Herod's conduct at this juncture; he calls a council, assembles ...
Job 12:13 With him [is] wisdom and strength Not with the ancient and long lived man, but with God, who has made the whole universe, and in whose hand ...
CHAPTER 21 Proverbs 21:1-31 . 1. rivers--irrigating channels ( Psalms 1:3 ), whose course was easily turned (compare Deuteronomy 11:10 ). Go...
Job 32:8 But [there is] a spirit in man This seems to be a correction of his former sentiment; the consideration of which gave him encouragement, thou...
?EXPOSITION Verse 28. Then they cry unto the LORD in their trouble. Though at their wit's end, they had wit enough to pray; their heart was melted, an...
Fool, Foolishness, Folly TheOld Testament. Several Hebrew words are rendered fool, with nuances ranging all the way from the naive but teachable pers...
Elucidations.Elucidations.IGentlemen of the Jury, cap. ii. p. 485.This strange rendering ofw\ a !ndrej dikastai\ . (which we were taught to translate ...
Matthew 11:25 At that time Jesus answered, and said The time referred to is, when the disciples returned to him, and gave him an account of the succes...
Fatherhood of God Throughout the Bible we find God portrayed as a Father. This portrayal, however, is surprisingly rare in the Old Testament. There Go...
John Ball, A. M.?This excellent person was bom at Cassenlon in Oxfordshire, in the month of October, 1585, and educated in Brazen-nose college, Oxfor...
Chapter?1In the close of the foregoing book we read how God magnified Solomon and Israel obeyed him; God and Israel concurred to honour him. Now here ...
Chapter?1 This epistle of James is one of the most instructive writings in the New Testament. Being chiefly directed against particular errors at tha...
Suffering [N]The experience of physical pain and/or mental distress. The words and phrases in the Bible expressing this concept are too numerous to li...
?EXPOSITION Verse 27. Make me to understand the way of thy precepts. Give me a deep insight into the practical meaning of thy word; let me get a clear...
?EXPOSITION Verse 7. Hear me speedily, O LORD: my spirit faileth. If long delayed, the deliverance would come too late. The afflicted suppliant faints...
Chapter 22:1 And in the a second year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar Nebuchadnezzar dreamed b dreams, wherewith his spirit was c troubled, and d his s...