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2 Thessalonians 2:6
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now ye know--by my having told you. The power must have been one "known" to the Thessalonians. what withholdeth--that which holds him back; "keeps him in check": the power that has restrained the...
Mark 12:27
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He is not the God of the dead, but the God of the living--not "the God of dead but [the God] of living persons." The word in brackets is almost certainly an addition to the genuine text, and...
1 Kings 3:16
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Then came there two women--Eastern monarchs, who generally administer justice in person, at least in all cases of difficulty, often appeal to the principles of human nature when they are at a loss...
Genesis 48:1 - 7
Matthew Henry Concise
The death-beds of believers, with the prayers and counsels of dying persons, are suited to make serious impressions upon the young, the gay, and the prosperous: we shall do well to take children...
2 Chronicles 36:9 - 10
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Jehoiachin was eight years old--called also Jeconiah or Coniah (Jer 22:24)--"eight" should have been "eighteen," as appears from 2Ki 24:8, and also from the full development of his ungodly...
1 Chronicles 27:16 - 34
Matthew Henry Concise
The officers of the court, or the rulers of the king's substance, had the oversight and charge of the king's tillage, his vineyards, his herds, his flocks, which formed the wealth of eastern...
Deuteronomy 31:14 - 22
Matthew Henry Concise
Moses and Joshua attended the Divine Majesty at the door of the tabernacle. Moses is told again that he must shortly die; even those who are most ready and willing to die, need to be often...
Luke 18:30
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manifold more in this present time--in Matthew (Mt 19:29) "an hundredfold," to which Mark (Mr 10:30) gives this most interesting addition, "Now in this present time, houses, and brethren, and...
1 John 5:6 - 8
Matthew Henry Concise
We are inwardly and outwardly defiled; inwardly, by the power and pollution of sin in our nature. For our cleansing there is in and by Christ Jesus, the washing of regeneration and the renewing...
Leviticus 5:1
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if a soul...hear the voice of swearing--or, according to some, "the words of adjuration." A proclamation was issued calling any one who could give information, to come before the court and bear ...
3 John 1:13 - 14
Matthew Henry Concise
Here is the character of Demetrius. A name in the gospel, or a good report in the churches, is better than worldly honour. Few are well spoken of by all; and sometimes it is ill to be so. Happy...
Acts 16:9 - 10
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a vision appeared to Paul in the night--while awake, for it is not called a dream. There stood a man of Macedonia, and prayed him, saying, Come over into Macedonia, and help us--Stretching his eye...
1 Chronicles 6:10
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he it is that executed the priest's office in the temple that Solomon built in Jerusalem--It is doubtful whether the person in favor of whom this testimony is borne be Johanan or Azariah. If the...
1 John 4:7 - 13
Matthew Henry Concise
The Spirit of God is the Spirit of love. He that does not love the image of God in his people, has no saving knowledge of God. For it is God's nature to be kind, and to give happiness. The law of...
Deuteronomy 19:15
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One witness shall not rise up against a man for any iniquity--The following rules to regulate the admission of testimony in public courts are founded on the principles of natural justice. A single...
1 Corinthians 2:10 - 16
Matthew Henry Concise
God has revealed true wisdom to us by his Spirit. Here is a proof of the Divine authority of the Holy Scriptures, 2Pe 1:21. In proof of the Divinity of the Holy Ghost, observe, that he knows all...
Mark 13:26
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And then shall they see the Son of man coming in the clouds with great power and glory--In Mt 24:30, this is given most fully: "And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven; and then...
2 Kings 18:17 - 37
Matthew Henry Concise
Rabshakeh tries to convince the Jews, that it was to no purpose for them to stand it out. What confidence is this wherein thou trustest? It were well if sinners would submit to the force of this...
Mark 5:16
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And they that saw it told them how it befell to him that was possessed with the devil--("the demonized person"). and also concerning the swine--Thus had they the double testimony of the herdsmen...
Psalms 81:5
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a testimony--The feasts, especially the passover, attested God's relation to His people. Joseph--for Israel (Ps 80:1). went out through--or, "over," that is, Israel in the exodus. I heard--change...
Revelation 22:6 - 19
Matthew Henry Concise
The Lord Jesus spake by the angel, solemnly confirming the contents of this book, particularly of this last vision. He is the Lord God faithful and true. Also by his messengers; the holy angels...
Matthew 13:39
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The enemy that sowed them is the devil--emphatically "His enemy" (Mt 13:25). (See Ge 3:15; 1Jo 3:8). By "tares" is meant, not what in our husbandry is so called, but some noxious plant, probably...
Colossians 1:12
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You "giving thanks unto the Father." See on Col 1:10; this clause is connected with "that ye may be filled" (Col 1:9), and "that ye may walk" (Col 1:10). The connection is not, "We do not cease to...
John 16:10
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Of righteousness, because I go to my Father, and ye see me no more--Beyond doubt, it is Christ's personal righteousness which the Spirit was to bring home to the sinner's heart. The evidence of...
2 Thessalonians 2:3
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by any means--Greek, "in any manner." Christ, in Mt 24:4, gives the same warning in connection with the same event. He had indicated three ways (2Th 2:2) in which they might be deceived (compare...
Exodus 25:10 - 22
Matthew Henry Concise
The ark was a chest, overlaid with gold, in which the two tables of the law were to be kept. These tables are called the testimony; God in them testified his will. This law was a testimony to the...
Acts 28:1 - 10
Matthew Henry Concise
God can make strangers to be friends; friends in distress. Those who are despised for homely manners, are often more friendly than the more polished; and the conduct of heathens, or persons...
1 Corinthians 1:27
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the foolish things--a general phrase for all persons and things foolish. Even things (and those, too, foolish things) are chosen by God to confound persons, (and those too persons who are wise)....
Mark 12:30
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And thou shalt--We have here the language of law, expressive of God's claims. What then are we here bound down to do? One word is made to express it. And what a word! Had the essence of the divine...
Revelation 12:11
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they--emphatic in the Greek. "They" in particular. They and they alone. They were the persons who overcame. overcame--(Ro 8:33, 34, 37; 16:20). him--(1Jo 2:14, 15). It is the same victory (a...
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