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Ask a QuestionI persecuted, &c.--(See on Ac 9:1,2; Ac 9:5-7).
The God of our fathers hath chosen thee--studiously linking the new economy upon the old, as but the sequel of it; both having one glorious Author.
gave commandment to his accusers...to say before thee--This was not done when he wrote, but would be before the letter reached its destination.
Let them...which among you are able, go down--"your leading men."
could not bear up into--"face" the wind, we let her drift--before the gale.
this...done, others...came and were healed--"kept coming to [us] and getting healed," that is, during our stay, not all at once [Webster and Wilkinson].
that there should be great dearth throughout all the world--the whole Roman empire. which came to pass in the days of Claudius Caesar--Four famines occurred during his reign. This one in Judea and...
Seeing that by thee we enjoy great quietness, &c.--In this fulsome flattery there was a semblance of truth: nothing more. Felix acted with a degree of vigor and success in suppressing lawless...
The general principle illustrated by the particular example just discussed is here stated: knowledge without practice is imputed to a man as great and presumptuous sin. James reverts to the...
she hasted, and lighted off the ass, and fell before David on her face--Dismounting in presence of a superior is the highest token of respect that can be given; and it is still an essential act of...
Job virtually goes in company (makes common cause) with the wicked, by taking up their sentiments (Job 9:22, 23, 30; 21:7-15), or at least by saying, that those who act on such sentiments are...
If the world were not God's property, as having been made by Him, but committed to His charge by some superior, it might be possible for Him to act unjustly, as He would not thereby be injuring...
Then Paul stood up, and beckoning with his hand--as was his manner on such occasions (Ac 21:40; and see Ac 26:1). Men of Israel, and ye that fear God--by the latter expression meaning religious...
they all brought us on our way with wives and children...and we kneeled down on the shore and prayed--(See on Ac 20:36). Observe here that the children of these Tyrian disciples not only were taken...
Translate, "Having ourselves (that is, being) in readiness to exact punishment for all disobedience," &c. We have this in store for the disobedient: it will be brought into action in due time. when...
If ye go to war--In the land of Canaan, either when attacked by foreign invaders or when they went to take possession according to the divine promise, "ye [that is, the priests] shall blow an...
This first verse belongs to the third chapter. When the troubles should come upon the land, as the unmarried state was deemed reproachful among the Jews, these women would act contrary to common...
Joshua discomfited Amalek--Victory at length decided in favor of Israel, and the glory of the victory, by an act of national piety, was ascribed to God (compare 1Jo 5:4).
Micah consecrated the Levite--Hebrew, "filled his hand." This act of consecration was not less unlawful for Micah to perform than for this Levite to receive (see on Jud 18:30).
burnt incense and sacrificed unto their gods--The first was considered a higher act of homage, and is often used as synonymous with worship (2Ki 22:17; 23:5).
He maketh...calm--or, "to stand to stillness," or "in quiet." Instead of acts of temple-worship, those of the synagogue are here described, where the people with the assembly--or session of elders,...
sinneth...me--or better, "missing me," as opposed to "finding" [Pr 8:35]. love death--act as if they did (compare Pr 17:9).
God has chosen the poor of this world, to be rich in faith, and heirs of his kingdom.
(Compare Pr 14:21; Ps 37:26). hath pity--shown by acts (compare Margin).answered--responded to God's goodness by praises. name of God--God in His revelation of Himself by acts of love, "wisdom, and might" (Jer 32:19).
Spiritual whoredom of Israel set forth by symbolical acts; Gomer taken to wife at God's command: Jezreel, Lo-ruhamah, and Lo-Ammi, the children. Yet a promise of Judah and Israel's restoration.
For it is not ye that speak, but the Spirit of your Father which speaketh in you--How remarkably this has been verified, the whole history of persecution thrillingly proclaims--from the Acts of the...
was not possible he should be holden of it--Glorious saying! It was indeed impossible that "the Living One" should remain "among the dead" (Lu 24:5); but here, the impossibility seems to refer to...