THEREFORE; on account of the dignity and glory of him who speaks. WE HAVE HEARD; from Christ and those commissioned to speak in his name. LET THEM SLIP; forget or neglect them, and lose the benefit. The character of the Saviour should secure for his instructions the most earnest attention. This al... [ Continue Reading ]
SPOKEN BY ANGELS; that is, by the ministration of angels. Acts 7:38; Acts 7:53; GALATIANS 3:19. WAS STEADFAST; firm, settled, established, and could not be violated with impunity.... [ Continue Reading ]
The neglect of Christ's salvation is ruinous to the soul.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE WORLD TO COME; or, the coming age. This was a common expression with the Jewish Rabbis to indicate the expected reign of the Messiah, which is the Christian dispensation in its whole course to the end of time and the final judgment.... [ Continue Reading ]
ONE IN A CERTAIN PLACE; PSALMS 8:4-9.... [ Continue Reading ]
FOR IN THAT HE PUT ALL IN SUBJECTION UNDER HIM, HE LEFT NOTHING-NOT PUT UNDER HIM; as much as to say, The psalmist explicitly declares that all things are put under man. WE SEE NOT YET ALL THINGS PUT UNDER HIM; that is, under man, apart from Christ.... [ Continue Reading ]
BUT WE SEE JESUS-CROWNED WITH GLORY AND HONOR; as much as to say, The words of the psalmist have their complete fulfilment only in "the man Christ Jesus," in whose person human nature is exalter to universal dominion and crowned with glory and honor, after he has been MADE A LITTLE LOWER THAN THE AN... [ Continue Reading ]
IT BECAME HIM; it was suitable that God, in saving sinners, should effect it through the suffering and death of his Son, who thus became the Author of complete, eternal salvation to all who trust in him. PERFECT THROUGH SUFFERINGS; perfect in his character as Mediator and Redeemer. It was through t... [ Continue Reading ]
HE THAT SANCTIFIETH; Christ. THEY WHO ARE SANCTIFIED; Christians. ALL OF ONE; either simply of one nature, or of one Father, as partakers of the same nature, or of one Father, as partakers of the same nature received from God. The latter view is favored by the words "many sons," immediately preced... [ Continue Reading ]
SAYING; in Psalms 22:22, a psalm of which Christ is the subject.... [ Continue Reading ]
I WILL PUT MY TRUST IN HIM; 2 SAMUEL 22:3, where David in his conflict and victory is regarded as the type of Christ. Some suppose the quotation to be from Isaiah 8:17, where, in the Greek version of the Seventy, the same words occur. The argument is, that trust in God is an attribute of men. Christ... [ Continue Reading ]
THE CHILDREN; in allusion to the words just quoted: "Behold, I and the children which God hath given me." THROUGH DEATH-DESTROY; for it was through death that Jesus conquered and spoiled the prince of death. John 12:31. HIM THAT HAD THE POWER OF DEATH-THE DEVIL; by the agency of the devil sin was i... [ Continue Reading ]
THROUGH FEAR OF DEATH-SUBJECT TO BONDAGE; the sting of death is sin and its penalty. It is this that makes it so terrible to men. From this sting Christ delivers all who trust in him, making the death of the body to them the gateway to eternal life. Those who believe in Christ need not fear death, f... [ Continue Reading ]
TOOK NOT ON HIM THE NATURE OF ANGELS; or, as the margin, taketh not hold of angels, for the purpose of saving them; and so in the following clause. The way in which he takes hold of the seed of Abraham is by the assumption of their nature, that he may in and through it redeem them. The seed of Abrah... [ Continue Reading ]
IT BEHOOVED HIM; it was proper for him. HIS BRETHREN; of the human race. TO MAKE RECONCILIATION FOR THE SINS; more exactly, to make propitiation for the sins, which was the office of the Jewish high-priest. But he did it typically, by the blood of bulls and goats; Christ does it efficaciously, by... [ Continue Reading ]
HE IS ABLE; having endured sufferings and temptations, he is fitted to sympathize with and deliver others who endure them. Jesus Christ being both God and man, perfectly understands and rightly regards the claims of God and the character and interests of men, and is thus prepared to bring glory to G... [ Continue Reading ]