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when it was day they knew not the land--This has been thought surprising in sailors accustomed to that sea. But the scene of the wreck is remote from the great harbor, and possesses no marked...
damnation--A mistranslation which has put a stumbling-block in the way of many in respect to communicating. The right translation is "judgment." The judgment is described (1Co 11:30-32) as...
This is the title of this chapter (see Introduction). the prophecy--literally, "the burden" (compare Isa 13:1; Zec 9:1), used for any divine instruction; not necessarily a prediction, which was...
These were their cities unto the reign of David--In consequence of the sloth or cowardice of the Simeonites, some of the cities within their allotted territory were only nominally theirs. They were...
(Le 26:36; Ps 1:4). Job compares himself to a leaf already fallen, which the storm still chases hither and thither. break--literally, "shake with (Thy) terrors." Jesus Christ does not "break the...
(Job 37:13). God's greatness in heaven and earth: a reason why Job should bow under His afflicting hand. know him not--only in part (Job 36:25; 1Co 13:12). his years--(Ps 90:2; 102:24, 27); applied...
full of words--(Ec 5:2). a man cannot tell what shall be--(Ec 3:22; 6:12; 8:7; 11:2; Pr 27:1). If man, universally (including the wise man), cannot foresee the future, much less can the fool; his...
Though warned by the judgment on their fathers, the next generation also rebelled against God. The "kindness of Israel's youth and love of her espousals in the wilderness" (Jer 2:2, 3) were only...
waited--to receive from him the usual benediction (Nu 6:23-27). tarried so long--It was not usual to tarry long, lest it should be thought vengeance had stricken the people's representative for...
when we had sailed over the Sea of Cilicia and Pamphylia--coasts with which Paul had been long familiar, the one, perhaps, from boyhood, the other from the time of his first missionary tour. we...
he laid hold upon the skirt of his mantle--the moil, upper tunic, official robe. In an agony of mental excitement, he took hold of the prophet's dress to detain him; the rending of the mantle [1Sa...
light--as in Ps 27:1. truth--or, "faithfulness" (Ps 25:5), manifest it by fulfilling promises. Light and truth are personified as messengers who will bring him to the privileged place of worship. ...
As a sun God enlightens (Ps 27:1); as a shield He protects. grace--God's favor, its fruit-- glory--the honor He bestows. uprightly--(Ps 15:2; 18:23).
born in my house--These were esteemed more trustworthy servants than those bought (Ge 14:14; 15:2, 3; 17:12, 13, 27; Jer 2:14), called "songs of one's handmaid" (Ex 23:12; compare Ge 12:16; Job...
cast clouts--"torn clothes" [Henderson]. rotten rags--"worn-out garments." God can make the meanest things His instruments of goodness to His people (1Co 1:27-29). under...armholes--"under the...
Gomer...daughter of Diblaim--symbolical names; literally, "completion, daughter of grape cakes"; the dual expressing the double layers in which these dainties were baked. So, one completely given...
Then the deputy, when he saw what was done, believed, being astonished at the doctrine of the Lord--so marvellously attested; compare Mr 1:27. What fruit, if any, followed this remarkable...
(2Co 11:23-27). naked--that is, insufficiently clad (Ro 8:35). buffeted--as a slave (1Pe 2:20), the reverse of the state of the Corinthians, "reigning as kings" (Ac 23:2). So Paul's master before...
For the exposition, see on Mr 14:1-11. 14:12-26; Lu 22:7-23; Joh 13:1-3, 10, 11, 18-30). For the exposition, see on Lu 22:7-23. For the exposition, see on Lu 22:31-38. For the exposition, see on Lu...
beasts of the field--not merely the horses to carry his Chaldean soldiers, and oxen to draw his provisions [Grotius]; not merely the deserts, mountains, and woods, the haunts of wild beasts,...
the ravens brought him bread--The idea of such unclean and voracious birds being employed to feed the prophet has appeared to many so strange that they have labored to make out the Orebim, which in...
next day we touched at Sidon--To reach this ancient and celebrated Mediterranean port, about seventy miles north from Caesarea, in one day, they must have had a fair wind. Julius courteously--(See...
Of whom the world was not worthy--So far from their being unworthy of living in the world, as their exile in deserts, &c., might seem to imply, "the world was not worthy of them." The world, in...
Or--Else; the only alternative, if Israel's enemies wish to escape being "burnt together." strength--rather, "the refuge which I afford" [Maurer]. "Take hold," refers to the horns of the altar...
Impassioned prayer of the exiled Jews. ancient days--(Ps 44:1). Rahab--poetical name for Egypt (see on Isa 30:7). dragon--Hebrew, tannin. The crocodile, an emblem of Egypt, as represented on coins...
keep this commandment--Greek, "the commandment," that is, the Gospel rule of life (1Ti 1:5; Joh 13:34; 2Pe 2:21; 3:2). without spot, unrebukeable--agreeing with "thou." Keep the commandment and so...
highly favoured--a word only once used elsewhere (Eph 1:6, "made accepted"): compare Lu 1:30, "Thou hast found favour with God." The mistake of the Vulgate's rendering, "full of grace," has been...
Take thee Joshua...a man in whom is the spirit, and lay thine hand upon him--A strong testimony is here borne to the personality of the divine Spirit--the imposition of hands was an ancient...
Literally, "He maketh it (the rain-cloud) find place," whether for correction, if (it be destined) for His land (that is, for the part inhabited by man, with whom God deals, as opposed to the parts...