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Paul in Ephesus. A. Ephesian disciples are baptized in the Holy Spirit. 1. ( Acts 19:1-2) In Ephesus, Paul finds some disciples who had not yet received the Holy Spirit. And it happened, while Apollos was at Corinth, that Paul, having passed through the upper regions, came to Ephesus. And finding some disciples he said to them, “Did you ...
A. Praise in heaven. 1. ( Revelation 19:1-5) Praise for the judgment of Babylon. After these things I heard a loud voice of a great multitude in heaven, saying, “Alleluia! Salvation and glory and honor and power belong to the Lord our God! For true and righteous are His judgments, because He has judged the great harlot who corrupted the earth ...
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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...
I have set it open, and kept it open, though there be many adversaries. Learn here, (1.) Christ is to be acknowledged as the author of all the liberty and opportunity his churches enjoy. (2.) He takes notice and keeps account, how long he has preserved their spiritual liberties and privileges for them. (3.)
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 ...
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.
Judges 19. The three remaining chapters of this book contain a most tragical story of the wickedness of the men of Gibeah, patronised by the tribe of Benjamin, for which that tribe was severely chastised and almost entirely cut off by the rest of the tribes. This seems to have been done not long after the death of Joshua, for it was when there ...
