1:11 away (a-14) In those days conquerors transported conquered nations to distant seats, and replaced them by others, that national feeling might not subsist, but dependence be complete. 'Carrying away' is feeble for this, but I know no other word.... [ Continue Reading ]
4:4 written, (f-7) Deuteronomy 8:3 .... [ Continue Reading ]
4:5 temple, (g-18) _ Hieron_ , the general buildings. The house itself, the shrine, is _ Naos_ .... [ Continue Reading ]
4:6 written, (h-17) Psalms 91:11-12 .... [ Continue Reading ]
4:7 written, (i-8) Deuteronomy 6:16 . Lord (k-14) 'Jehovah.' see ch. 1.20.... [ Continue Reading ]
4:9 homage. (l-19) _ Proskuneo_ . an act of personal reverence and homage. What in modern language is called 'worship' is _ Latreuo_ , as 'serve,' ver. 10. The nearest to this in the use of _ proskuneo_ is John 4:23 ,John 4:24 .... [ Continue Reading ]
4:10 homage (l-17) _ Proskuneo_ . an act of personal reverence and homage. What in modern language is called 'worship' is _ Latreuo_ , as 'serve,' ver. 10. The nearest to this in the use of _ proskuneo_ is John 4:23 ,John 4:24 . written, (m-13) Deuteronomy 6:13 .... [ Continue Reading ]
4:11 ministered (n-11) _ Diakoneo_ , as ch. 27.55; and 'serve,' ch. 20.28.... [ Continue Reading ]
4:13 sea-side (o-15) The Lake of Tiberias. see John 6:1 .... [ Continue Reading ]
4:14 saying, (a-13) Isaiah 9:1 ,Isaiah 9:2 .... [ Continue Reading ]
4:20 trawl-nets, (b-6) Lit. 'the trawl-nets.' The word is supposed to derive from the verb 'to cast.' so Mark 1:18 ; Luke 5:2-6 ; John 21:6-11 ; 'seine,' in Matthew 13:47 , is a net drawn round from the shore.... [ Continue Reading ]
4:21 the (c-20) It is well to notice here an habitual use of the article. It is a known rule that contrast, and hence one part of a thing as contradistinguished from another, has the article. This is the case with 'ship' and 'mountain' in the gospels. 'he was' or 'went' 'on board ship;' not a partic... [ Continue Reading ]
4:24 pains, (d-25) 'Torments,' or 'tortures.'... [ Continue Reading ]
4:25 Decapolis, (e-9) Meaning, 'ten towns' -- a district with ten towns in NE. Palestine.... [ Continue Reading ]