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And she shall bring forth a son--Observe, it is not said, "she shall bear thee a son," as was said to Zacharias of his wife Elizabeth (Lu 1:13). and thou--as his legal father. shalt call his name...
Nor scrip for your journey--the bag used by travellers for holding provisions. neither two coats--or tunics, worn next the skin. The meaning is, Take no change of dress, no additional articles. ...
Saying, I have sinned in that I have betrayed the innocent blood--What a testimony this to Jesus! Judas had been with Him in all circumstances for three years; his post, as treasurer to Him and the...
Arabia--the nomadic tribes of Arabia, among which Kedar was pre-eminent. occupied with thee--literally, "of thy hand," that is, they traded with thee for wares, the product of thy hand (see on Eze...
I pray you to take some meat, for this is for your health, for there shall not a hair fall from...any of you--On this beautiful union of confidence in the divine pledge and care for the whole...
When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, &c.--On this important parable, in connection with the corresponding one (Mt 12:29) see on Lu 11:21-26. A charming little incident, given only in Lu...
herds that fed in Sharon--a fertile plain between Caesarea and Joppa.
The special object of desire was God's perfections as displayed in his worship (Ps 27:4).
Adhere to tried friends. The ties of blood may be less reliable than those of genuine friendship.
lest any hurt it--attack it [Maurer]. "Lest aught be wanting in her" [Horsley].
in ashes--emblem of the deepest humiliation (Job 2:8; Eze 27:30).
And then will I profess unto them--or, openly proclaim--tearing off the mask. I never knew you--What they claimed--intimacy with Christ--is just what He repudiates, and with a certain scornful...
For as Jonas was--"a sign unto the Ninevites, so shall also the Son of man be to this generation" (Lu 11:30). For as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale's belly--(Jon 1:17). so shall...
Watch therefore; for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of man cometh--This, the moral or practical lesson of the whole parable, needs no comment. This parable, while closely...
Then Judas, which had betrayed him, when he saw that he was condemned--The condemnation, even though not unexpected, might well fill him with horror. But perhaps this unhappy man expected, that,...
Saying, Sir, we remember that that deceiver--Never, remarks Bengel, will you find the heads of the people calling Jesus by His own name. And yet here there is betrayed a certain uneasiness, which...
And immediately he arose, took up the bed--"Sweet saying!" says Bengel: "The bed had borne the man: now the man bore the bed." and went forth before them all--proclaiming by that act to the...
(Pr 6:27-35; 8:6-23, 26, 27). No crime more provokes God to send destruction as a consuming fire; none so desolates the soul.
in my name--The devil often makes God's name the plea for lies (Mt4:6; 7:22, 23; Jer 27:15-20, the test whereby to know false prophets).
Tyre, in consonance with her seagirt position, separated by a strait of half a mile from the mainland, is described as a ship built of the best material, and manned with the best mariners and...
But go ye and learn what that meaneth--(Ho 6:6), I will have mercy, and not sacrifice--that is, the one rather than the other. "Sacrifice," the chief part of the ceremonial law, is here put for a...
city--Jerusalem; the beating asunder of whose altars and images was mentioned in Isa 27:9 (compare Isa 24:10-12). calf feed--(Isa 17:2); it shall be a vast wild pasture. branches--resuming the...
Elim--supposed to be Wady Ghurundel (see on Ex 15:27).
The inferential admonition is followed (Pr 7:26, 27), by a more general allegation of the evils of this vice.
Only the firstling of the beasts--These, in the case of clean beasts, being consecrated to God by a universal and standing law (Ex 13:12; 34:19), could not be devoted; and in that of unclean...
when they had eaten enough, &c.--With fresh strength after the meal, they make a third and last effort to lighten the ship, not only by pumping, as before, but by throwing the whole cargo of wheat...
The last three verses of the ninth chapter form the proper introduction to the Mission of the Twelve, as is evident from the remarkable fact that the Mission of the Seventy was prefaced by the very...
Now in the place where he was crucified there was a garden, and in the garden a new sepulchre--The choice of this tomb was, on their part, dictated by the double circumstance that it was so near at...
in the midst of the sea--plainly referring to New Tyre (Eze 27:32).