Know therefore and understand that from the going forth of the commandment to restore Jerusalem unto Messiah the Prince shall be seven weeks and threescore and two weeks; the city shall be built again, and the wall, even in troublous times; and after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be...
associations of art among the ancient Jews, by providing for their members a local habitation in which to pursue their calling, which is proved to have been an honorable one from the illustrious names that are associated with its pursuit (verses 13, 14). From this passage (of verse 14, ...
If you know danger is coming to others, and you deliberately fail to warn the others of the danger, you are guilty of harming the victims. This is not to say that you can make people heed your warning. The surrounding verses also say that if the people refuse to heed the warning of ...
Few things are more pleasing than the picture of this gentle patriarch, yielding everything and finding everything; as if his history was an antique pictorial illustration of the very words, "Give, and it shall be given unto you." He yields his life on the altar on Moriah, and he finds...
Peter eventually rose and spoke. Verses seven through 11.“Brethren, you know that in the early days God made choice among you, that by my mouth the Gentiles should hear the word of gospel and believe. And God who knows the heart bore witness to them, giving them the Holy Spirit just ...
Contempt for the Lord’s table is contempt for the Lord of the table, and this is as true for the church as it was for ancient Israel. Matthew Henry wisely applied these verses of Malachi to “those who live in a careless neglect of holy ordinances.” If this is the case, many churc...
So, while there seem to be no chapter and verses to quote for these things, there are definite Bible principles to live by. I have believed that while God did give us herbs to be of service, the New Testament put ranges on this idea when Paul listed “witchcraft” as a work of the...
Like a poem with too many verses to entertain or too little to engage. Righteousness is so much more. This challenging thought are battles well fought. Righteousness falls like rain is in the forecast. Climate change is the broadcast. The heavens declare the glory of God and the firmament ...
4. Clarification occurs quite rarely (about 1 out of every 50 or 100 verses - adding one or two English words to enhance the meaning. In Genesis 14:11, "the four king seized" (NIV) and "they seized" (KJV). The NIV added the four kings because this cleared up the confusion in the...
I have seen with my own -eyes the capitals and columns of an abbey-church which I could name employed as so much material for the neighboring road." And again: "What remains of so many palaces raised in silence and solitude for the products of art, for the progress and pleasure of ...