PUBLIC-DOMAIN CHRISTIAN BOOK
Gnomon of the New Testament — Volume 5
Bengel, Johann Albrecht, 1687-1752 · 237,321 words · 484 reading sections
James Iv. 13, 14.
34 fort . See App. Crit. Ed. ii. — ov d's) The Greeks alone, and but few of these, read av : 1 and these Baurngarten would not endeavour to extend into a great number, did he not place too great confidence in the critics who revise the manuscripts according to the text of Erasmus. Comp, again App. Crit. Ed. ii. In…
492 wordsSECTION 62James 1Y. 15-17. -Y. 1.
35 ecrrai, and so does the whole discourse concerning future time : ver. 13, 15. 15. ’A vtj rou Xsyeiv v,aag, whereas ye ought to say) referring to ye that say , ver. 13. An Imperative is here implied, rather say thus. — xa /, and) If the Lord will , we shall BOTH live and act. We shall both live, is part of the …
255 wordsSECTION 63James V. 2-5.
1. 0/ crXoucr/o/, ye rich men) \who have neglected the true enjoyment of riches in doing good, ver. 2, 3. — Y. g.] In the writings of the prophets, foreign nations are often addressed by apostrophe, although the prophecy would not come into their hands, but to the Jews. Under the same figure, the apostle speaks of …
643 wordsSECTION 64James V. 6-9.
37 tion. — ug ev Tjfispcf, tpayris, as in the day of slaughter) An adage. The slaughter here intended is not that of the rich, but of oxen and sheep, etc., for banquets. The JEthiop. omits it J Mill approves of the omission. Baumgarten blames me for not refuting that ap- probation; but I have sufficiently refuted …
471 wordsSECTION 65James V. 10, 11.
uttered: see App. Crit. Ed. ii.1 — 6 Kp/rijg, the Judge ) that is, Christ, whose office they usurp, who unbecomingly groan, and anticipate the time of judgment. If Baumgarten shall show by any mark that the article was not read by Stephanus, I shall affirm that the article did not fall out by accident at the beginn…
690 wordsSECTION 66James V. 10, 11.
13. Tlpotevyhtidw 4 /aXXsrw, let him pray ; let him sing psalms) It is allowable also to sing psalms in adversity, and to pray in prosperity: but in adversity the mind in general is less able to endure the sing- ing of psalms ; and that which the mind endures ought rather to he done. They were especially accustomed…
294 wordsSECTION 67James Y. 15, 16.
the highest Faculty of Medicine in the Church, as in 1 Cor. vi. we have its highest Judicial order. O happy simplicity ! interrupted or lost through unbelief (dmor/uv). For inasmuch as the Latin Church has its extreme unction / and the Greek Church its sv^sAa/ov, from the force of experience, they assign much less …
501 wordsSECTION 68James V. 17-20.
41 for another. — 3/xa/ou, of the just) who is not himself involved in any fall (lapse into sin). — evepyoufi'evr), having efficacy) Efficacy is followed by a favourable hearing : it is by this that prayer avails. There are therefore three things: (1.) efficacy of prayer; (2.) a favour- able hearing ; (3.) rb the …
468 wordsSECTION 69Chapter I.
of the body, ver. 14, do you succour one another, hut also drive away the death of the soul. — zuav-^s /, shall hide ) impelled by that same love , under the influence of which he recalled him when in error ; 1 Pet. iv. 8, note.1 — n rhriOog u/xapnuvj a multitude of sins) either the sins which the person in error h…
369 wordsSECTION 701 Peter I. 1.
C) Being PURIFIED by the Spirit, LOYE with a PURE heart, without fault, 22, ii. 10. b) As strangers in the world, he calls upon them to ABSTAIN from fleshly lusts, ver. 11, and to maintain — A) A good CONVERSATION, ver. 12. 1) In particular, 1. Subjects, 13-17. 2. Servants, after the example of Christ, 18-25. …
258 wordsSECTION 711 Peter I. 2, 3.
45 — *E xXzxroTg, elect) in heaven ; elect out of the whole people, out of mankind. Comp, this and ver. 5, with Matt. xxiv. 24. — rra pzvi- d'/j/xcig, strangers) on the earth, [with reference to their heavenly country . — V. g.] — diutKop ag n ov-ov, of the dispersion of Pontus) He addresses the dispersed Jews, Ja…
483 wordsSECTION 721 Peter I. 4.
clauses. Let the sentiments be compared with one another, in their proper order. Father ; Our ; In heaven ; Hallowed he thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done. Daily bread. Forgiveness of sins. Temptation. Deliverance. Ch. i. 3, 14, 17, 23, ii. 2. i. 4, at the end. The same. i. 15, 16, iii. 15. ii…
383 wordsSECTION 731 Peter 1. 5-7.
47 to decay, they do not die. Peter delights to accumulate synonymous words ; ver. 7, 8, 19, v. 10. — rerqpiipgvtjv, kept) from the beginning. Comp. ver. 10. The same word occurs, John xvii. 12. Comp, also John ii. 10. — sv ovpavoTg, in heaven) In the power of God. — sis :j[iasy unto or for you) who are alive at t…
495 wordsSECTION 741 Peter I. 8-10.
one. The same participle occurs, John vi. 27. — d's, but') Faith is compared with gold, not with reference to the perishing of gold, but with reference to its being tried by fire. — evpeOri, may be found) For it does not now appear ; but it will appear when other things shall perish. — sVa/i/cv, praise) in words. —…
468 wordsSECTION 751 Peter I. 11, 12.
49 attention of the hearer from the particular consideration of in- dividuals to the genus itself. So ver. 12, angels. A gradual rise of subject. — sig vfjjGig, unto you ) who live in this age. — % dpirog , grace) The grace of the New Testament, ver. 13. True grace , ch. v. 12. Comp. John i. 17. 11. E/s r/m % ffo…
465 wordsSECTION 761 Peter I. 13-17.
50 which is greater: 1 Tim. iii. 16. And yet it affects us more inti- mately : it is for angels Kcipuzvnruvy to take a side-glance at ; the force of nupa is to be noticed. 13. Ail, wherefore) An exhortation is now derived from those things which have been said. — um^ojffdpsvoiy girding up) to collect the strength…
489 wordsSECTION 771 Peter I. 18-22.
51 anpoffcavoXTirtrus, without respect of persons) whether any one is a Hebrew or a Greek. — a^poau^oX^rug — h (pofifi) Comp. 2 Chron. xix. 7. — spyov, work ) The singular. The work of one man is one, whether it be good or evil.— h <po(3u , in fear ) Fear is joined to hope, each flowing from the same source. Fear …
457 wordsSECTION 781 Peter I. 23-25.
tuagint. — uwaxofj, in obedience) This is faith, to which love is accus- tomed to be joined : for Peter attributes purification to faith, Acts xv. 9. — ryg dXyduag, of the truth) revealed in Christ. — hid Uvsv^arog, by the Spirit) The Holy Spirit bestows that obedience and purity. Comp. cli. i. 2. — e/g (pi\cchz\<p…
496 wordsSECTION 79Chapter Ii.
53 1. Ilatfav xax/av, all vice) II dffav, ndvra, ndtiag : he points out three kinds. Kax/ai', a faulty state of mind, as opposed to virtue. — navra doXov xa/ ■uKox.p/ffsig xa /' <p66vovg, all guile , and hypocrisies, and envyings) in actions. Guile wrongs ; hypocrisy deceives ; envy assails a neighbour : all these…
432 wordsSECTION 801 Peter Ii. 5-7.
Lord remained fixed in his mind : hence he alludes to it in various ways, not only under the name of Stone , Acts, iv. 11, but also under the repeated mention of firmness [stedfastness , 1 Pet. v. 9]. — £ uvrcc , living) living from the beginning, 1 John i. 1, and raised from the dead, Pev.. i. 18, after that He ha…
474 wordsSECTION 811 Peter Ii. 8.
55 copyist, before him, passing from Xj'Oov to Xidog, omitted the inter- mediate words, as sometimes happens. But these plainly belong to the subject. Peter quotes three sayings in ver. 6, 7 : the first from Isaiah, the second from the Psalms, the third again from Isaiah. He makes allusion to the third in ver. 8 ;…
490 wordsSECTION 821 Peter Ii. 9.
appointment follows unbelief and stumbling, as even the intensive particle, also , and the order of this clause which is placed last, signify. And yet stumble is present. They were appointed has the force of a past tense ; by which it is implied, that by a most just judgment of God, unbelievers stumble more and mor…
504 wordsSECTION 831 Peter Ii. 10, 11.
57 Septuagint translates by apsrag, just as they put dpsrri for Tin, Hab. iii. 3 ; Zech. vi. 13. Eustathius on Horn. Odyss. 2., dperqv ov pi av rivoc Keys/, dXXa r'o svdaifiov rr\g Zfyrig xai fiaxapwrbv, y\ xai nacav dsi'torqra, ov fioovov rr\ v xard < pp'svag , aXXa xai rr\v xard spy a xai oixovofiiav xai offa ro…
501 wordsSECTION 841 Peter Ii. 12, 13.
Me. Ps. xxxix. 12, bn <7 rdportog zyu ei/xt sv rr\ yy xai ‘7ra,ps<x/dvifj,0Cy xaOuc -zdvreg oi rrarepeg fiov, for 1 am a stranger on the earth and a so- journer, as all my fathers were. Comp. Heb. xi. 13, note. — avsyjcfc, abstain ) The Imperative,1 as ch. v. 1, 2, I exhort — feed. Thus cohere the words, having you…
476 wordsSECTION 851 Peter Ii. 14-18.
59 used (comp. xr/cig, a building, Heb. ix. 11) : hence the word every is divided by tlie words, whether , or. And they are called creations of man, because they govern the affairs of men, after the manner of men : which saying savours of the heavenly perception (sense) of the apostle, raised above all human thing…
443 wordsSECTION 861 Peter Ii. 19- 23.
19. Xdpig thank-worthy”], favour ) with God: ver. 20. — o/a GvvsidrjGtv QsoZ, for conscience toward God) On account of the con- sciousness of a mind which does things good and pleasing to God, even though they please no man (let the force of xX'sog, which pre- sently follows, be considered).1 — ddr/.ug, unjustly) t…
470 wordsSECTION 87G1
The more befitting is it that servants should exercise patience.1 — rrapebidov dsy but committed ) viz. the judgment . — dtxuiwg, righteously ) The righteousness of God is the foundation of tranquility to the afflicted. 24. "Og, who) Peter infers, that we are able, and ought to follow the footsteps of Christ. — a …
490 wordsSECTION 88Chapter- Iii.
1 *Y <7rora,6c6luevoi, subject ) In the progress of the discourse, by a change of construction which is full of character, the participle is put for the imperative : ver. 7, 8. — xa/ u ring, even if any) Peter speaks with mildness. — Xoyy \6yov, the word : word) Used in a double sense by the figure ^ntanaclasis : i…
399 wordsSECTION 891 Peter Iii. 5-7.
63 who does not create disturbance ; the quiet , who bears with tran- quility the disturbances caused by others, whether superiors, inferiors, or equals : to the former the end of ver. 5 has reference ; to the latter, the end of ver. 6. Moreover the meek is shown by his affections ; the quiet , in words, countenan…
504 wordsSECTION 901 Peter Iii. 7.
former place it refers to yvuffiv, moderation ; in the other, to r//x^v, honour. The weakness of the vessel requires moderation; the inherit- ance enjoins honour (which implies more). — uadevearepw, to the weake?-) The comparative : even the man has weakness. — cxevsi, vessel) This denotes the sex and entire dispos…
470 wordsSECTION 911 Peter Iii. 8-10
65 prayer i1 and to those who do not forgive, our heavenly Father does not forgive, although they pray. — npogsv^dg, prayers ) by which you gain that inheritance, and seek the salvation of your wives. Comp, note on 1 Tim. ii. 8. 8. Uavreg , all) Before this, from ch. ii. 18, he has been describing particular duti…
490 wordsSECTION 921 Peter Iii. 12-15.
fi(> and the remainder of the passage in the second person, as far as the words Sfcogov ocvrrjvj ensue it. 12. "On oi otpduX/jjoi) because the eyes. The Septuagint has b<pQ ola/aoi- the remainder is in the same words, as far as xa xa. — i$r/ 5/xa/oyg, over the just) who have from that source life and good days. — …
504 wordsSECTION 931 Peter Iii. 16-18.
67 on which point see ch. ii. 12, note, but every one also ought to be prepared to make confession. — a/rovvn, to him that asketli) Among the Gentiles some were openly wdcked, ver. 16 ; others were in doubt. To these latter believers are ordered to give a kind answer. — eXcr /dog, of the hope ) which they confess,…
473 wordsSECTION 941 Peter Iii. 18.
justice? ver. 14. — ha iifiag ffpotrayayfo that He might bring us) that He Himself, when He departed to the Father, might justify us, who had been alienated from God, and might bring us to heaven (ver. 22) together with Himself, by the same steps of humiliation and exaltation which He Himself passed through. From t…
495 wordsSECTION 951 Peter Iii. 18, 19.
69 18, 19. Uvrj'Uccrf Kvsv/uaffi, in spirit; to the spirits ) These ex- pressions are adapted to each other. 19. ’Ev w) in which spirit. Christ had to do with the living, in the flesh ; with spirits, in spirit. He Himself has efficacy with the livino- and the dead. There are wonders in that invisible world. In a …
484 wordsSECTION 961 Peter Iii. 20.
terror. For if the judgment itself shall be a cause of joy to some, assuredly this preaching was not a subject of dread to all. The author of the Adumbrations, which are assigned to Clement of Alexandria and to Cassiodorus, says, They saw not His form , hut heard the sound of His voice, Calvin , in his Institutes, …
499 wordsSECTION 971 Peter Iii. 20.
71 deluge. 2) By mention of water , Peter conveniently passes to the subject of baptism. 3) The destruction of the world by water is a prelude to its destruction by fire, 2 Pet. iii. 6, 7, in conjunction with the last judgment, ch. iv. 5. Nor is it matter of surprise that the word sometime is used in a wider meani…
491 wordsSECTION 981 Peter Iii. 21.
priate particle, denoting passage, without consideration either of the peril which threatened from the waters in themselves, or of the safety afforded in their being borne above them in the ark. Thus the following verse accords with this. 21. 'O xa/ avTiTunov) The relative o, which , stands in the place of vdup, w…
522 wordsSECTION 991 Peter Iii. 22.
73 r6ws\ It is the part of the godly to ash , to consult, to address God with confidence ; but it is the part of the ungodly not to ask Him, or to ask idols : Judges xx. 18, 23, 27 ; 1 Sam. x. 22, xxiii. 2, 4 ; Isa. xxx. 2 ; Hosea iv. 12 ; in all which places the Septuagint has sKspuToiv. Therefore it is the ashin…
470 wordsSECTION 100Chapter Iv.
1. Xp/ffrov, Christ) who is the Lord of glory. — mpxl, with the flesh) Shortly afterwards, h <rapxi, in the flesh. — ^orrX/autr&s) arm yourselves , against enemies. — on) because. This is that continual subject of re- flection. Altogether, comp. Rom. vi. 6-11. — nsnavrou) has obtained a cessation , freedom. 2. E J…
438 wordsSECTION 1011 Peter Iv. 5, 6.
75 5. ’A ■roSwo'outf/ \6yo\), shall give account) in particular of their evil speaking: Jude ver. 15. — rp) to Christ. — sroifiug sxovTb w^° is ready) The apostles, when they do not professedly treat of the time of Christ’s coming, set forth that coming as close at hand to their expectation and piety : hence it is…
497 wordsSECTION 1021 Peter Iv. 7-9.
things from good, the faithful themselves readily subscribe : nor will they be liable to the dreadful universal judgment : ver. 5, 17, 18 ; 1 Cor. xi. 32. But the same also live with Christ : and they are said to live , not to be made alive ; because they have been made alive already together with Christ : ch. iii.…
481 wordsSECTION 1031 Peter Iv. 10-14.
77 by preserving an equality of duties, or by not nicely weighing tlieir inequality. 10. Kutiug, even as) Understand shortly afterwards, so. — ai /ro, that (gift) itself) without striving after another. — nomXr,g, [“ manifold”] varied) distributing various gifts, with reference to the speech, or ministering. See …
493 wordsSECTION 1041 Peter Iv. 15, 16.
be implied that the Spirit of Christ is also the Spirit of God the Father. The faithful, deeply feeling joy, experience the same Spirit sometimes as the Spirit of Glory and sometimes as the Spirit of God, in a different sense, the difference of which the Spirit itself reveals. — if l^ag avunaUrcu, rests upon you) T…
467 wordsSECTION 1051 Petek Iv. 17-19.
79 glorified. — h too /xspsi toutu,1 in this part) i.e. in respect of sufferings which are of a better kind. See next verse. 17. ' O xaipog, the time) that is, now is. — too dp^atrdai to xpi/xu, that judgment should begin ) It is one and the same judgment from the time of the preaching of the Gospel by the apostle…
472 wordsSECTION 106Chapter V.
wills them to be punished : ver. 15. The will of God is in Christ. — cr/ffrw nri(fry], to a faithful Creator) to Him to whom souls are safely committed, who does not even at the first [at the earliest time that He might in each instance] send upon us sufferings for our injury. Let the supra-Lapsarians see how they …
414 wordsSECTION 1071 Peter V. 4-7.
81 the title Signore, especially in Italy, from Senior. — rvv xXqpwi, inherit- ances) In the plural : of the flock , in the singular The flock is one, under one Chief Shepherd, Christ; but the 'portions (xXripoi) are many, according to the number of places or overseers. But the style closely resembles a Mimesis i1…
479 wordsSECTION 1081 Peter V. 8-10.
82 sustain thee. Casting , watch. There is a close agreement between these two duties, Luke xii. 22, 37 ; and Peter adds to each its own because. God provides : therefore do not be anxious. The devil seeks : therefore watch. — /xsXs/, there is a care) Not so strong a word as anxiety. 8. N^arg, watch) Let this be …
488 wordsSECTION 1091 Peter Y. 11-14.
83 1 Tim. i. 17 ; 2 Tim. iv. 18. — trypan, will stablish) so that nothing may cause you to waver. — cQsvuffet, will strengthen ) so that you may overcome all the violence of your adversaries. A saying worthy of Peter. He is strengthening his brethren. 11. Kpurog, strength ) The effect of which is expressed in ver.…
416 wordsSECTION 1102 Peter I. 2, 3.
I. n srpog, Simon Peter) At the beginning of his former Epistle he had only placed his surname : here he adds his name also ; at the close of his life reminding himself of his former con- dition, before he had received his surname. The character of this Epistle agrees in a remarkable manner with the former Epistle …
643 wordsSECTION 1112 Peter I. 4.
and those which follow, we have that which man himself ought to add [lit. to pour upon it], the presence of Divine grace being presupposed. — r%$ 0e/ag Suvu/isMg auroD, the Divine power of Him) of Him , that is, God : for this is to be repeated from the word divine. From the power of God proceeds all power to life …
467 wordsSECTION 1122 Peter 1. 5.
87 posed to partakers , so corruption through lust is opposed to the Divine nature. Moreover glory and corruption , virtue and lust , are contraries. And thus the title, the Divine nature , includes glory and virtue ; and the same is called the Divine power , inasmuch as it is the origin of all that is good ; and …
493 wordsSECTION 1132 Peter I. 6.
produces and renders easy that which follows : the following tempers and perfects the preceding. But this is the order of nature, rather than of time. 'Apery, virtue, [not in the common use of the term, hut] a strenuous tone of mind and vigour ; 1 Pet. i. 13. This is the result of faith ; 2 Cor. iv. 13, 16, at the …
448 wordsSECTION 1142 Peter I. 7-10.
89 towards relatives, parents, brothers, etc. ; but it is a sanctified af- fection. Comp. 1 Tim. v. 4. 7. <&i\ade\<piav, brotherly affection ) towards the saints who are united with you in God. — ryv dydcnjv, love ) From brotherly affection is deduced love : 1 Pet. i. 22. 8. TuZru, these things) Virtue , moderati…
455 wordsSECTION 1152 Peter 1. 1], 12.
f,0 11. nXou<r/w$) abundantly ; so that at any time, without stumbling , you may be able to enter, not as having escaped from a shipwreck, or from fire, but as it were in triumph; and that things past, things present, and things to come may profit you. Here Peter does not now say, scarcely , as in his first Epistl…
480 wordsSECTION 1162 Peter I. 13-17.
91 13. A?, but) A particle of explaining or declaring. — <rx^/xa77, tabernacle) There is a reference to the immortality of the soul, and its brief abode in the mortal body, together with the easy departure of believers. 14. Ta^tvf] sffnv) is sudden. The present. They who are for a long time sick, are able as yet …
453 wordsSECTION 1172 Peter 1. 18, 19.
repeated. — <pw vrjg InyQzusrig, when a voice was borne) This is emphati- cally repeated in the next verse. — a vra) to Him alone. — r^g /av/uXo- vpinovc dogqgj the magnificent Glory ) So God Himself is termed. 18. 'H/xg/g, we) John also was still alive. — eg ovpuvov, from heaven) from God. — rw a y/w, the holy) Th…
501 wordsSECTION 1182 Peter I. 20.
93 knowledged to be lesser, and is strengthened : by the lesser light, the excellence of the greater one is shown. [Grateful remembrance of it is inculcated ; comp. ch. iii. 2. — Y. g.] — a lamp) which is used in the night. [But the lamp of prophecy even still benefits those now walking in the day. — Y. g.] — <pa/…
474 wordsSECTION 1192 Peter I. 21.— Ii. 1.
before altogether shut up. Prophecy is not at first of man, nor does it ever so far depart from itself as to begin to be the word of private , that is, of human interpretation (smXUeug), but it is alto- gether of Divine unfolding or revelation, and is known to be so in its results and issue ; and it even becomes mo…
313 wordsSECTION 1202 Peter Ii. 2, 3.
1. ’Eygvovro ds xcti ^ivdoTrpopriroU) Put there were also false prophets) An antithesis to the true prophets of the Old Testament, concern- ing whom see ch. i. 19. Ka /, also. — Xa&, among the people) of Israel. He is writing to Israelites. An example of a false prophet is given, ver. 15. — e<rovrui) there shall be…
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