Verse 7.- Matthew only.And Jesus(Revised Version, be)saith unto him, I Will come and heal him. The emphasis is not on the coming, but on the person who comes (ἐγὼ ἐλθών). Observe Christ's perfect self-consciousness.Heal(θεραπεύσω) ; contrast ver. 8. Ma...
however, lays the greatest emphasis on the life-giving powers of the Christ as incarnate Logos. The healing of the impotent man (ch. 5.), the raising of the dead Lazarus (ch. 11.), are chosen proofs of his life-giving energy. His claim ...
An important part of Bishop Hilary of Poitiers' "Treatise on the Psalms" is his commentary on Psalm 118, which can be called a spiritual alphabet. Just as children learn to read by recognizing letters, so believers should learn the faith and come to know God from ...
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...
However, do not dwell on your anger:4 Be angry, and do not sin. Meditate within your heart on your bed, and be still. (Psalm 4:4) 26 "Be angry, and do not sin": do not let the sun go down on your wrath, (Ephesians 4:26)...
who longed to enter into the real meaning of psalm and prophecy; but the scribe, the lawyer, and the doctor, with their strange and unreal interpretations, their wild and fantastic legends, their own often meaningless additions, effectually hindered all real study of the Divine oracles. The Tal...
psalm as "certainly later than David," and Ewald and others ascribe it to the time of the Captivity; but Hitzig thinks the internal evidence is in favor of its belonging to the time before David ascended the throne ('Speaker's Commentary'). We may safely rest on the authority of St. ...
which is found in the Old Testament and in classic authors. It implies love, care, and protection. Thus the psalmist prays, "Hide me under the shadow of thy wings;" "In the shadow of thy wings will I take refuge, until these calamities be overpast" (Psalm 17:8;Psalm 57:1); comp...
(note 370) and Wisdom of Solomon v. 1. Resurrection is affirmed in the Hebrew of the Psalm: cf. note 108 on John, and see alsoMalachi 3:2. This is not a judgment in the sense ofJohn 5:24(cf.Psalm 143:2), but the occasion of our Lord's assigning reward or loss (1 ...
I.THE WORD OF GOD DETECTS AND JUDGES THE SIN OF APOSTASY. "The Word of God" here probably alludes to that particular word in the ninety-fifth psalm, on which, in both these chapters, the writer has built his argument. 1.This Word is permanent."Quick,"i.e.not dead. The Word of ...