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geneva@Matthew:5:22 @ But I say unto you, That whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be (note:)He speaks of the judgment of God, and of the difference of sins, and therefore applies his words to the form of civil judgments which were then used.(:note) in danger Of that judgment which was ruled by three men, who had the hearing and deciding of money matters, and such other small causes. of the judgment: and whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the By that judgment which stood of 23 judges, who had the hearing and deciding of weighty affairs, as the matter of a whole tribe or of a high priest, or of a false prophet. council: but whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of Whereas we read here «hell», it is in the text itself «Gehenna», which is one Hebrew word made out of two, and is as if to say «as the Valley of Hinnom», which the Hebrews called Topheth: it was a place where the Israelites cruelly sacrificed their children to false gods, whereupon it was taken for a place appointed to torment the reprobates in (Jer_7:31). hell The Jews used four kinds of punishments, before their government was taken away by Herod: hanging, beheading, stoning, and burning. It is burning that Christ meant, because burning was the greatest punishment; therefore by making mention of a judgment, a council, and a fire, he shows that some sins are worse than others are, but yet they are all such that we must give account for them, and will be punished for them. fire.

geneva@Matthew:6:27 @ Which of you by (note:)He speaks of care which is joined with thought of mind, and has for the most part distrust yoked with it.(:note) taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature?

geneva@Matthew:17:1 @ And (note:)Christ in his present company is humble in the gospel, but all the while he is Lord both of heaven and earth.(:note)Luke counts eight days, containing in that number the first and last, and Matthew speaks but of the days between them. after six days Jesus taketh Peter, James, and John his brother, and bringeth them up into an high mountain apart,

geneva@Matthew:18:16 @ But if he will not hear [thee, then] take with thee one or two more, that in the (note:)That is, by the word and witness; the mouth is sometimes taken for the word of speech, (Num_3:16), and also for a still witness, namely, when the matter speaks for itself, as below in (Mat_21:16).(:note) mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be Sure and certain. established.

geneva@Matthew:26:20 @ Now when the even was come, he (note:)Because the Law appointed them to be wearing footwear, and to have their staffs in their hands, as though they were is haste, therefore it is to be gathered that they did not sit down when they ate the Passover, but stood, for normally when they went to eat they took off their shoes: therefore he speaks here in this place, not of the Passover, but of the supper which was celebrated after the Passover was solemnly done.(:note) sat down with the twelve.

geneva@Luke:16:18 @ Whosoever putteth away his wife, and marrieth another, committeth adultery: and whosoever marrieth her (note:)They that gather by this passage that a man cannot be married again after he has divorced his wife for adultery, while she lives, reason incorrectly: for Christ speaks of those divorces which the Jews had which were not because of adultery, for adulterers were put to death by the law.(:note) that is put away from [her] husband committeth adultery.

geneva@John:4:10 @ Jesus answered and said unto her, If thou knewest (note:)By this word «the» we are shown that Christ speaks of some excellent gift, that is to say, even about himself, whom his Father offered to this woman.(:note) the gift of God, and who it is that saith to thee, Give me to drink; thou wouldest have asked of him, and he would have given thee This everlasting water, that is to say, the exceeding love of God, is called «living» or «of life», to make a difference between it and the water that should be drawn out of a well: and these metaphors are frequently used by the Jews. living water.

geneva@John:4:23 @ But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in (note:)This word «spirit» is to be taken here as it is set against that commandment which is called carnal in (Heb_7:16), as the commandment is considered in itself: and so he speaks of «truth» not as we set it against a lie, but as we take it in respect of the outward ceremonies of the law, which only shadowed that which Christ indeed performed.(:note) spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him.

geneva@John:6:40 @ And this is the will of him that sent me, that every one which (note:)Seeing and believing are joined together: for there is another type of seeing which is general, which the demons have, for they see: but here he speaks about that type of seeing which properly belongs to the elect.(:note) seeth the Son, and believeth on him, may have everlasting life: and I will raise him up at the last day.

geneva@John:10:3 @ To him the (note:)In those days they used to have a servant always sitting at the door, and therefore he speaks after the manner of those days.(:note) porter openeth; and the sheep hear his voice: and he calleth his own sheep by name, and leadeth them out.

geneva@Acts:3:18 @ But those things, which God before had shewed (note:)Though there were many Prophets, yet he speaks only of one mouth, to show us the consent and agreement of the Prophets.(:note) by the mouth of all his prophets, that Christ should suffer, he hath so fulfilled.

geneva@Acts:19:39 @ But if ye enquire any thing concerning other matters, it shall be determined in a (note:)He speaks of a lawful assembly not only to speak against the disordered tumult of the people, but also against all meeting and coming together which was not by order: for there were certain days appointed to call people together in.(:note) lawful assembly.

geneva@Acts:21:8 @ And the next [day] we that were of Paul's company departed, and came unto Caesarea: and we entered into the house of Philip the evangelist, which was [one] of the (note:)He speaks of the seven deacons which he mentioned before in (Act_6:1-7).(:note) seven; and abode with him.

geneva@Acts:24:24 @ And after certain days, when Felix came with his wife (note:)This Drusilla was Agrippa's sister of whom Luke speaks afterwards, a harlot and very licentious woman, and being the wife of Azizus king of the Emesens, who was circumcised, departed from him, and went to this Felix the brother of Pallas, who was at one time the slave of Nero.(:note) Drusilla, which was a Jewess, he sent for Paul, and heard him concerning the faith in Christ.

geneva@Romans:7:6 @ But now we are delivered from the law, that (note:)As if he said, «The bond which bound us is dead, and has disappeared, in as much that the sin which held us does not have anything to hold us with now.»(:note) being dead For this husband is within us. wherein we were Satan is an unjust possessor, for he deceitfully brought us into bondage to sin and himself: and yet nonetheless, as long as we are sinners, we sin willingly. held; that we should serve in As is appropriate for those who, after the death of their old husband, are joined to the Spirit, the ones whom the Spirit of God has made new men. newness of spirit, and not [in] the oldness of the By the letter he means the law, with respect to that old condition: for before our will is shaped by the Holy Spirit, the law speaks but to deaf men, and therefore it is dumb and dead to us, with regard to the fulfilling of it. letter.

geneva@Romans:10:20 @ But Esaias is very (note:)Speaks without fear.(:note) bold, and saith, I was found of them that sought me not; I was made manifest unto them that asked not after me.

geneva@Romans:11:4 @ But what saith the answer of God unto him? I have (note:)He speaks of remnants and reserved people who were chosen from everlasting, and not of remnants that should be chosen afterwards: for they are not chosen, because they were not idolaters: but rather they were not idolaters, because they were chosen and elect.(:note) reserved to myself seven thousand men, who have not bowed the knee to [the image of] «Baal» signifies as much as «master» or «patron», or one in whose power another is, which name the idolaters in this day give their idols, naming them «patrons», and «patronesses» or «ladies». Baal.

geneva@Romans:11:24 @ For if thou wert cut out of the olive tree which is wild by (note:)Understand nature, not as it was first made, but as it was corrupted in Adam, and so passed on from him to his posterity.(:note) nature, and wert graffed contrary to nature into a Into the people of the Jews, whom God had sanctified only by his grace: and he speaks of the whole nation, not of any one part. good olive tree: how much more shall these, which be the natural [branches], be graffed into their own olive tree?

geneva@Romans:13:9 @ For this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Thou shalt not covet; and if [there be] any other commandment, it is (note:)For the whole law commands nothing else but that we love God and our neighbour. But seeing that Paul speaks here of the duties we owe one to another, we must restrain this word «law» to the second table of the ten commandments.(:note) briefly comprehended in this saying, namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.

geneva@1Corinthians:1:7 @ So that ye come behind in no gift; (note:)He says along the way that there is no reason why they should be so pleased in those gifts which they had received, seeing that those were nothing in comparison of those which are to be looked for.(:note) waiting for the He speaks of the last coming of Christ. coming of our Lord Jesus Christ:

geneva@1Corinthians:3:10 @ According to the grace of God which is given unto me, as a wise masterbuilder, I have laid the foundation, and another buildeth thereon. (note:)Now he speaks to the teachers themselves, who succeeded him in the church of Corinth, and in this regard to all that were after or will be pastors of congregations, seeing that they succeed into the labour of the apostles, who were planters and chief builders. Therefore he warns them first that they do not persuade themselves that they may build after their own fantasy, that is, that they may propound and set forth anything in the Church, either in matter, or in type of teaching, different from the apostles who were the chief builders.(:note) But let every man take heed how he buildeth thereupon.

geneva@1Corinthians:9:1 @ Am (note:)Before he proceeds any further in his purposed matter of things offered to idols, he would show the cause of all this evil, and also take it away. That is, that the Corinthians thought that they did not have to depart from the least amount of their liberty for any man's pleasure. Therefore he propounds himself for an example, and that in a matter almost necessary. And yet he speaks of both, but first of his own person. If (he says) you allege for yourselves that you are free, and therefore will use your liberty, am I not also free, seeing I am an apostle?(:note) I not an apostle? am I not free? He proves his apostleship by the effects, in that he was appointed by Christ himself, and the authority of his function was sufficiently confirmed to him among them by their conversion. And all these things he sets before their eyes, to make them ashamed because they would not in the least way that might be, debase themselves for the sake of the weak, whereas the apostle himself did all the he could to win them to God, when they were utterly reprobate and without God. have I not seen Jesus Christ our Lord? are not ye By the Lord. my work in the Lord?

geneva@2Corinthians:3:7 @ But if the ministration of death, written (note:)Imprinted and engraved: so that by this place we may plainly perceive that the apostle speaks not of the ceremonies of the Law, but of the ten commandments.(:note) [and] engraven in stones, was This word «glorious» indicates a brightness, and a majesty which was in Moses physically, but in Christ spiritually. glorious, so that the children of Israel could not stedfastly behold the face of Moses for the glory of his countenance; which [glory] was to be done away:

geneva@2Corinthians:3:17 @ Now the (note:)Christ is that Spirit who takes away that covering, by working in our hearts, to which also the Law itself called us, though in vain, because it speaks to dead men, until the Spirit makes us alive.(:note) Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord [is], there [is] liberty.

geneva@2Corinthians:9:9 @ (As it is written, He hath dispersed abroad; he hath given to the poor: his righteousness remaineth for (note:)Is everlasting: now David speaks of a man that fears God, and loves his neighbour, who will always be able (he says) to give to others.(:note) ever.

geneva@2Corinthians:11:2 @ For I am jealous over you with (note:)He speaks as one who woos them, but yet as one that seeks them not for himself, but for God.(:note) godly jealousy: for I have espoused you to one husband, that I may To marry you together. present [you as] a chaste virgin to Christ.

geneva@Galatians:1:15 @ But when it pleased God, who (note:)He speaks of God's everlasting predestination, by which he appointed him to be an apostle, of which he makes three distinctions: the everlasting council of God, his appointing from his mother's womb, and his calling. And we see that there is no mention at all of foreseen works.(:note) separated me from my mother's womb, and called [me] by his grace,

geneva@Ephesians:1:12 @ That we should be to the praise of his glory, who (note:)He speaks concerning the Jews.(:note) first trusted in Christ.

geneva@Ephesians:2:10 @ For we are (note:)He speaks here of grace, and not of nature: therefore if the works are ever so good, see what they are, and know that they are that way because of grace.(:note) his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.

geneva@Ephesians:5:14 @ Wherefore (note:)The scripture, or God in the scripture.(:note) he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the He speaks of the death of sin. dead, and Christ shall give thee light.

geneva@Philippians:4:12 @ I know both how to be (note:)He uses a general word, and yet he speaks but of one type of cross, which is poverty, for poverty commonly brings all types of discomforts with it.(:note) abased, and I know how to abound: every where and in all things I am This is a metaphor taken from holy things or sacrifices, for our life is like a sacrifice. instructed both to be full and to be hungry, both to abound and to suffer need.

geneva@Colossians:3:10 @ And have put on the new [man], (note:)Newness of life consists in knowledge which transforms man to the image of God his maker, that is to say to the sincerity and pureness of the whole soul.(:note) which is renewed in He speaks of an effectual knowledge. knowledge after the image of him that created him:

geneva@1Timothy:2:1 @ I (note:)Having dispatched those things which pertain to doctrine, he speaks now in the second place of the other part of the ministry of the word, that is, of public prayers. And first of all, answering the question for whom we ought to pray, he teaches that we must pray for all men, and especially for every type of magistrate. And this thing was at that time somewhat doubted of, seeing that kings, indeed, and most of the magistrates, were at that time enemies of the Church.(:note) exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, [and] giving of thanks, be made for all men;

geneva@Hebrews:2:7 @ Thou (note:)This is the first honour of the citizens of the world to come, that they are beside the angels.(:note) madest him a little lower than the angels; thou crownedst him with For they will be greatly honoured when they partake of the kingdom. He speaks of the thing that will be, as though it were already, because it is so certain. glory and honour, and didst set him over the works of thy hands:

geneva@Hebrews:2:14 @ Forasmuch then as the children are (note:)Are made of flesh and blood, which is a frail and delicate nature.(:note) partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part of the same; that through death he might destroy him that had the The devil is said to have the power of death, because he is the author of sin: and from sin comes death, and because of this he daily urges us to sin. power of death, that is, the He speaks of him as of a prince, placing over all his angels. devil;

geneva@Hebrews:4:8 @ For if (note:)He speaks of Joshua the son of Nun: and as the land of Canaan was a figure of our true rest, so was Joshua a figure of Christ.(:note) Jesus had given them rest, then would he not afterward have spoken of another day.

geneva@Hebrews:7:7 @ And (note:)He speaks of the public blessing which the priests used.(:note) without all contradiction the less is blessed of the better.

geneva@Hebrews:9:27 @ And as it is appointed unto men (note:)He speaks of the natural state and condition of man: For though Lazarus and certain others died twice, that was no usual thing, but extraordinary: and as for them that shall be changed, their changing is a kind of death. {{See 1Co_15:51}}(:note) once to die, but after this the judgment:

geneva@Hebrews:13:9 @ Be not carried about with divers and strange doctrines. (note:)He speaks to those who mixed an external worship and especially the difference of meats with the gospel which he clearly condemns as repugnant to the benefit of Christ.(:note) For [it is] a good thing that the heart be established with grace; not with By this one form which concerns the difference of clean and unclean meat, we have to understand all the ceremonial worship. meats, which have not profited them that have been Who observed the difference of them superstitiously. occupied therein.

geneva@James:2:6 @ But ye have despised the poor. (note:)Secondly, he proves them to be fools: since the rich men are rather to be held detestable and cursed, considering that they persecute the church, and blaspheme Christ: for he speaks of wicked and profane rich men, as most of them have always been, beside whom he contrasts the poor and degraded.(:note) Do not rich men oppress you, and draw you before the judgment seats?

geneva@James:2:21 @ Was not Abraham our father (note:)Was he not by his works known and found to be justified? For he speaks not here of the causes of justification, but by what effects we may know that a man is justified.(:note) justified by works, when he had offered Isaac his son upon the altar?

geneva@1Peter:1:7 @ That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the (note:)He speaks of the second coming of Christ.(:note) appearing of Jesus Christ:

geneva@1Peter:3:1 @ Likewise, (note:)In the third place he sets forth the wives' duties to their husbands, commanding them to be obedient.(:note) ye wives, [be] in subjection to your own husbands; He speaks namely of those who had husbands who were not Christians, who ought so much the more be subject to their husbands, that by their honest and chaste conversation, they may win them to the Lord. that, if any obey not the word, they also may without the word be won by the conversation of the wives;

geneva@1John:2:2 @ And he is the (note:)Reconciliation and intercession go together, to give us to understand that he is both advocate and high priest.(:note) propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for [the sins of] the For men of all sorts, of all ages, and all places, so that this benefit being not to the Jews only, of whom he speaks as appears in (1Jo_2:7) but also to other nations. whole world.