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1. ( Revelation 2:1a) The character of the city of Ephesus . “To the angel of the church of Ephesus write, a. To the angel: As discussed under Revelation 1:20, this angel may be the pastor of the church at Ephesus, or an angel looking in on the workings of the church at Ephesus. In some way, this angel represents this church; but the letter ...
- Matthew Henrylink
- Matthew Poolelink
- Jamieson, Fausset & Brownlink
First, probably the most famous evangelical whole-Bible commentary is Matthew Henry’s commentary on the whole Bible. Matthew Henry was a British pastor who wrote his commentary between 1704 and 1714. He died when he’d only gotten through the Old Testament and up through Acts in the New Testament, and some friends completed it by using his notes. Ch...
But here are the other two. The first is Matthew Poole’s — P-O-O-L-E — commentary on the whole Bible, published in 1685. Its original title, typical of those old guys, is Annotations Upon the Holy Bible, Wherein the Sacred Text Is Inserted, and Various Readings Annexed, Together with Parallel Scriptures, the More Difficult Terms in Each Verse Are E...
Number three is Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset, and David Brown, usually abbreviated to Jamieson, Fausset & Brown. Now, don’t let the word critical in the title — Commentary Critical— put you off. It doesn’t mean negative criticism. It means that among these three commentaries, this one would...
c. A prophet to the nations: Jeremiah’s focus was upon Judah in the last decades before the Babylonians conquered it. Yet his work as a prophet was not only for Judah, but also for the nations — and for us today. i. “In this respect Jeremiah was appointed a prophet for a world-wide ministry.
1. ( James 3:1-2) Opening observations: the greater accountability of teachers and the difficulty of not stumbling. My brethren, let not many of you become teachers, knowing that we shall receive a stricter judgment. For we all stumble in many things. If anyone does not stumble in word, he is a perfect man, able also to bridle the whole body. a.
1. ( Isaiah 42:10-12) Praise for the victory of the Servant. Sing to the LORD a new song, And His praise from the ends of the earth, You who go down to the sea, and all that is in it, You coastlands and you inhabitants of them! Let the wilderness and its cities lift up their voice, The villages that Kedar inhabits.
Old mercies, to ourselves, or to our fathers, must not be forgotten, that God may be praised, and our faith in him encouraged. 2. It was designed to look forward, as an earnest of the great sacrifice of the Lamb of God in the fulness of time. Christ our passover was sacrificed for us; his death was our life.
B. Moses and Aaron before Pharaoh. 1. ( Exodus 7:8-10) Moses and Aaron appear before Pharaoh again. Then the LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying, “When Pharaoh speaks to you, saying, ‘Show a miracle for yourselves,’ then you shall say to Aaron, ‘Take your rod and cast it before Pharaoh, and let it become a serpent.’”.
