Gospel of Matthew Chapter 2:1-15 Antique Commentary Quotes

Adam Clarke Matthew 2:1 Bethlehem of Judea - This city is mentioned in Jdg_17:7, and must be distinguished from another of the same name in the tribe of Zebulon, Jos_19:15. It is likewise called Ephrath, Gen_48:7, or Ephratah, Mic_5:2, and its inhabitants Ephrathites, Rth_1:2; 1Sa_17:12. It is situated on the declivity of a hill, about …

A Biblical Text You’ll Sadly Become Familiar With

Mat 2:16-18 NET. When Herod saw that he had been tricked by the wise men, he became enraged. He sent men to kill all the children in Bethlehem and throughout the surrounding region from the age of two and under, according to the time he had learned from the wise men. (17) Then what was …

Latest Esword Commentary: Thomas Constable’s Expository Notes

Just added to the thousands of resources for eSword bible software at Biblesupport.com : Dr. Thomas Constable's 12 volume, 7,000 pages of Expository Notes on the Bible. Brief, fairly accessible discussions at the verse, chapter unit (2-3 chapters usually), and book level, these are the notes Dr. Constable has used in Bible classes, in various …

Book of Hosea Chapter 8:1-3,7-10; 9:7-8; 10:10-12 Antique Commentary Quotes

John Calvin Hosea 8:1 Interpreters nearly all agree in this, that the Prophet threatens not the kingdom of Israel, but the kingdom of Judah, at the beginning of this chapter, because he names the house of God, which they take to be the temple. I indeed allow, that the Prophet has spoken already, in two …

Open Email to President Barack Hussein Obama

Received 1st notice of FEMA debt collection today from Treasury, with roughly $600 interest. Don't see how I can be charged interest without genuine notification, which has never previously been made. Procedure resembles mafia, not democratic government. As stands now, with no open process and money demands without any process, I have no guarantee of …

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Cicero, witch hunts, Columbus, Frederick the Great, John Quincy Adams, Jefferson Davis, Albert Einstein and Prohibition today.  Imagine what you're missing out on, every day?

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Book of Hosea Chapter 4:1-6, 12-14 Antique Commentary Quotes

John Calvin Hosea 4:1 This is a new discourse by the Prophet, separate from his former discourses. We must bear in mind that the Prophets did not literally write what they delivered to the people, nor did they treat only once of those things which are now extant with us; but we have in their …