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. Free Text Bible Commentaries - Blue Letter Bible. This page provides a method to go directly to a commentary by a specific author. We have provided this method as a …Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise: When as his mother Mary was espoused to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child of the Holy Ghost. Tools. Mat 1:19. Then Joseph her husband, being a just man, and not willing to make her a publick example, was minded to put her away privily.Matthew 7. He preached in the same church as C. H. Spurgeon over one hundred years earlier. Yet most people today have never heard of John Gill. This is unfortunate, since his works contain priceless gems of information that are found nowhere except in the ancient writings of the Jews.Est 2:1-20. How God put down one that was high and mighty from her seat we read in the chapter before, and are now to be told how he exalted one of low degree, as the virgin Mary observes in her song ( Lu. 1:52) and Hannah before her, 1 Sa. 2:4-8. Vashti being humbled for her height, Esther is advanced for her humility.Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise: When as his mother Mary was espoused to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child of the Holy Ghost. Tools. Mat 1:19. Then Joseph her husband, being a just man, and not willing to make her a publick example, was minded to put her away privily.Mat 3:1. ¶. In those days came John the Baptist, preaching in the wilderness of Judaea, Tools. Mat 3:2. And saying, Repent ye: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand. Tools. Mat 3:3. For this is he that was spoken of by the prophet Esaias, saying, The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.Matthew 7. 1 "Don't pick on people, jump on their failures, criticize their faults - unless, of course, you want the same treatment. 2 That critical spirit has a way of boomeranging. 3 …1. His call to the service was very clear; for being in office as a priest, and qualified as a scribe, the people spoke to him to bring the book of the law and read it to them, v. 1. God gave him ability and authority, and then the people gave him opportunity and invitation.ii. Just a little later in this same sermon ( Matthew 7:15-16 ), Jesus commanded us to know ourselves and others by the fruit of their life, and some sort of assessment is necessary for that. The Christian is called to show unconditional love, but the Christian is not called to unconditional approval. The Authorized Version or King James Version (KJV), 1611, 1769. Outside of the United Kingdom, the KJV is in the public domain. Within the United Kingdom, the rights to the KJV are vested in the Crown. Jos 7:1-5. The story of this chapter begins with a but. The Lord was with Joshua, and his fame was noised through all that country, so the foregoing chapter ends, and it left no room to doubt but that he would go on as he had begun conquering and to conquer. He did right, and observed his orders in every thing.The key to this dilemma is that Jesus said, "He who does the will of the Father." 1. People can be doing religious things and not be doing the will of the Father. 2. They can beg the poor little widows to sacrifice and send in their Social Security checks so that they can have several homes, horse ranches, Limo's. 3.He foretels the destruction of the Edomites who triumphed in Jerusalem's fall ( v. 21 ). VII. He foretels the return of the captivity of Zion at last ( v. 22 ). Lam 4:1-12. The elegy in this chapter begins with a lamentation of the very sad and doleful change which the judgments of God had made in Jerusalem.Searchable Online Bible with Study Resources. Blue Letter Bible is a free, searchable online Bible program providing access to many different Bible translations including: KJV, NKJV, NLT, ESV, NASB20, NASB95 and many others. In addition, in-depth study tools are provided on the site with access to commentaries, encyclopedias, dictionaries, and ...Chapter Contents. Christ reproves rash judgment. (1-6) Encouragements to prayer. (7-11) The broad and narrow way. (12-14) Against false prophets. (15-20) To be doers of the …Matthew 7 - "Do not judge, or you too will be judged. Recognizing the value of consistent reflection upon the Word of God in order to refocus one's mind and heart upon Christ and His Gospel of peace, we provide several reading plans designed to cover the entire Bible in a year. 1. Of the special presence of God with the Redeemer in his services and sufferings ( v. 8 ). 2. Of the prospect which the Redeemer had of his own resurrection and the glory that should follow, which carried him cheerfully through his undertaking ( v. 9 …1. ( Matthew 15:21-22) Jesus is met with a request from a Gentile woman. Then Jesus went out from there and departed to the region of Tyre and Sidon. And behold, a woman of Canaan came from that region and cried out to Him, saying, “Have mercy on me, O Lord, Son of David! My daughter is severely demon-possessed.”. a. Matthew 7:7-12 (NET) How can we grow in kingdom character? Throughout the Sermon on the Mount, Christ has been teaching about the character of those in his kingdom. He began with the Beatitudes, which are eight characteristics that will be in the life of someone who is truly born again.Mat 22:1. ¶. And Jesus answered and spake unto them again by parables, and said, Tools. Mat 22:2. The kingdom of heaven is like unto a certain king, which made a marriage for his son, Tools. Mat 22:3. And sent forth his servants to call them that were bidden to the wedding: and they would not come. 3. ( Matthew 4:18-22) Four men are called as disciples. And Jesus, walking by the Sea of Galilee, saw two brothers, Simon called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea; for they were fishermen. Then He said to them, “Follow Me, and I will make you fishers of men.”. i. Luke 3:22 says it like this: And the Holy Spirit descended in bodily form like a dove upon Him. In some way the Spirit was present, and “flew down” upon Jesus like a dove. Whatever exactly it was, it was real. John 1:32-34 indicates that John the Baptist saw this phenomenon and understood what it meant. ii.The Return to Nazareth. ( Luk 2:39 ) Tools. Mat 2:19. After Herod died, an angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt. Tools. Mat 2:20. and said, “Get up, take the child and his mother and go to the land of Israel, for those who were trying to take the child’s life are dead.”. Tools.2. ( Matthew 18:16-18) If one among the church is adamantly unrepentant, they are to be removed from fellowship. “But if he will not hear, take with you one or two more, that ‘by the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established.’. And if he refuses to hear them, tell it to the church.1. ( Matthew 12:1-2) The Pharisees condemn the disciples Mat 7:7. ¶. Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, an Chapter 2. In this chapter, we have the history of our Saviour's infancy, where we find how early he began to suffer, and that in him the word of righteousness was fulfilled, before he himself began to fulfil all righteousness. Here is, I. The wise men's solicitous enquiry after Christ ( v. 1-8 ). II. The commentaries of the Reverend Matthew H The Blue Letter Bible team has Matthew Henry's complete unabridged commentaries for each Bible book. There are over 60,000 links between the Blue Letter Bible and the Henry Commentaries. 1. When he was come down from the mountain, great multitude

Tools. Mat 12:1. ¶. At that time Jesus went through the grainfields on the Sabbath. His disciples were hungry, and they began to pluck heads of grain and to eat. Tools. Mat 12:2. But when the Pharisees saw it, they said to him, “Look, your disciples are doing what is not lawful to do on the Sabbath.”.A. Jesus in the sermon is teaching that entering into the Kingdom took more than just being a descendant of Abraham. It was more than observing religious rituals. 1. Remember the statement, "Except your righteousness exceed that of the scribes and Pharisees you will never enter the kingdom of heaven. 2. Mat 14:2. and he said to his servants, “This is John the Baptist. He has been raised from the dead; that is why these miraculous powers are at work in him.”. Tools. Mat 14:3. For Herod had seized John and bound him and put him in prison for the sake of Herodias, his brother Philip’s wife, [fn] Tools. Mat 14:4.1. When he was come down from the mountain, great multitudes followed him. 2. And, behold, there came a leper --"a man full of leprosy," says Luk 5:12. Much has been written on this disease of leprosy, but certain points remain still doubtful.a. I had many things to write: We can sympathize with John’s preference for personal, face to face communication rather than the writing of letters. Yet we are thankful that John was forced to write, so that we have the record of this letter of 3 John. 2. ( 3 John 1:14b) Final blessings. Peace to you.

The commentaries of Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset & David Brown were originally published in 1871. In accordance with Scripture, we have built carefully on the foundation of others, and have added links to the Blue Letter Bible. Quoting Charles Spurgeon: "It is to some extent a compilation and condensation of other men's thoughts, but it is ...Tools. Mat 12:1. ¶. At that time Jesus went through the grainfields on the Sabbath. His disciples were hungry, and they began to pluck heads of grain and to eat. Tools. Mat 12:2. But when the Pharisees saw it, they said to him, “Look, your disciples are doing what is not lawful to do on the Sabbath.”.Chapter Contents. Christ reproves rash judgment. (1-6) Encouragements to prayer. (7-11) The broad and narrow way. (12-14) Against false prophets. (15-20) To be doers of the ……

Reader Q&A - also see RECOMMENDED ARTICLES & FAQs. Chapter Contents. Christ reproves rash judgment. (1-6) Encou. Possible cause: the sixth seal in v. 12, 13-17 . Rev 6:1-2. Here, 1. Christ, the Lamb,.