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some giving it the force of "then" or "therefore," as though John was now resuming the entire argument from the beginning; others the sense of "for," as though the apostle needed to introduce a reason or justification for what had been said in vers. 12, 13. It is enough...
Psalm 33 1 Let the godly sing for joy to the Lord;it is fitting for the pure to praise him.2 Praise the Lord with melodies on the lyre;make music for him on the ten-stringed harp.3 Sing a new song of praise to him;play skillfully on the harp, and sing with joy.4 For the wo...
After the rapture of the Church, the tribulation will fall upon the Earth. For those of us who received Christ and were prepared for His coming, we can shout for Joy. The Lord has prepared a place for us and we will be with him always. Isaiah 26:19-21 “Your dead will live; their...
Readings for the Second Sunday in Ordinary Time, January 18, 2009: 1 Samuel 3:3-10; Psalm 40:2-10; 1 Corinthians 6:13-20; John 1:35-42Lawrence E. FrizzellScripture in Church
Then whose shall those things be?—The words indicate one of the disturbing thoughts that vex the souls of the wealthy, “He heapeth up riches, and knoweth not who shall gather them” (Psalm 39:6). Luke 12:21 Soishe that layeth up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God....
mercy, he receives more than he had asked or hoped for. But (to revert to the spiritual interpretation) the pardoned sinner must not forget the past; he must live as one forgiven. Says the penitent psalmist, "I acknowledge my transgressions, and my sin is ever before me" (Psalm 51:3)...
Psalm 1:1;Psalm 32:1;Psalm 84:5.Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs, is the kingdom of heaven.The first Beatitude is the sum and substance of the whole sermon. Poverty of spirit stands in contrast to self sufficiency (Revelation 3:17) and as such is perhaps the quality which...
bowmen. They dwelt in the desert between Arabia Petraea and Babylon (Isaiah 42:11;Psalm 120:5). According to Wetzstein, they are to be found in the nomad tribes of Arabia Petraea up to Harra. The name Dumah, ΔούμεθαΑουμαίθα (Ptol. v. 19, 7, Steph. Byz...
's natural sons must have been his eldest son, and so by law his heir (Edersheim, "Life of Jesus, etc.," vol. i. p. 364). In his Homily quoted by Lightfoot, Origen says that Scripture nowhere speaks of Mary having other children; but he must have forgotten the MessianicPsalm 69:...