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geneva@Genesis:1:1 @ In the (note:)First of all, and before any creature was, God made heaven and earth out of nothing.(:note) beginning God created the heaven and the earth. The Argument - Moses in effect declares three things, which are in this book chiefly to be considered: First, that the world and all things in it were created by God, and to praise his Name for the infinite graces, with which he had endued him, fell willingly from God through disobedience, who yet for his own mercies sake restored him to life, and confirmed him in the same by his promise of Christ to come, by whom he should overcome Satan, death and hell. Secondly, that the wicked, unmindful of God's most excellent benefits, remained still in their wickedness, and so falling most horribly from sin to sin, provoked God (who by his preachers called them continually to repentance) at length to destroy the whole world. Thirdly, he assures us by the examples of Abraham, Isaac, Jacob and the rest of the patriarchs, that his mercies never fail those whom he chooses to be his Church, and to profess his Name in earth, but in all their afflictions and persecutions he assists them, sends comfort, and delivers them, so that the beginning, increase, preservation and success of it might be attributed to God only. Moses shows by the examples of Cain, Ishmael, Esau and others, who were noble in man's judgment, that this Church depends not on the estimation and nobility of the world: and also by the fewness of those, who have at all times worshipped him purely according to his word that it stands not in the multitude, but in the poor and despised, in the small flock and little number, that man in his wisdom might be confounded, and the name of God praised forever.

geneva@Genesis:1:7 @ And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which [were] (note:)As the sea and rivers, from those waters that are in the clouds, which are upheld by God's power, least they should overwhelm the world.(:note) under the firmament from the waters which [were] above the firmament: and it was so.

geneva@Genesis:2:7 @ And the LORD God formed man (note:)He shows what man's body was created from, to the intent that man should not glory in the excellency of his own nature.(:note) [of] the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.

geneva@Genesis:2:18 @ Also the Lorde God saide, It is not good that the man should be himself alone: I wil make him an helpe meete for him.

geneva@Genesis:3:16 @ Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy (note:)The Lord comforts Adam by the promise of the blessed seed, and also punishes the body for the sin which the soul should have been punished for; that the spirit having conceived hope of forgiveness might live by faith. (1Co_14:34).(:note) sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire [shall be] to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.

geneva@Genesis:4:15 @ And the LORD said unto him, Therefore whosoever slayeth Cain, (note:)Not for the love he had for Cain, but to suppress murder.(:note) vengeance shall be taken on him sevenfold. And the LORD set a Which was some visible sign of God's judgment, that others should fear by it. mark upon Cain, lest any finding him should kill him.

geneva@Genesis:4:19 @ And Lamech took unto him (note:)The lawful institution of marriage, which is, that two should be one flesh, was first corrupted in the house of Cain by Lamech.(:note) two wives: the name of the one [was] Adah, and the name of the other Zillah.

geneva@Genesis:9:13 @ I do set my (note:)By this we see that signs or ordinances should not be separate from the word.(:note) bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between me and the earth.

geneva@Genesis:9:27 @ God shall (note:)He declares that the Gentiles, who came from Japheth, and were separated from the Church, should be joined to the same by the persuasion of God's Spirit, and preaching of the gospel.(:note) enlarge Japheth, and he shall dwell in the tents of Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant.

geneva@Genesis:12:19 @ Why saidest thou, She is my sister, that I should take her to be my wife? Nowe therefore beholde thy wife, take her and goe thy way.

geneva@Genesis:12:20 @ And Pharaoh (note:)To the intent that none should hurt him either in his person or goods.(:note) commanded [his] men concerning him: and they sent him away, and his wife, and all that he had.

geneva@Genesis:13:14 @ And the LORD said unto (note:)The Lord comforted him, lest he should have taken thought for the departure of his nephew.(:note) Abram, after that Lot was separated from him, Lift up now thine eyes, and look from the place where thou art northward, and southward, and eastward, and westward:

geneva@Genesis:15:2 @ And Abram said, (note:)His fear was not only lest he should not have children, but lest the promise of the blessed seed should not be accomplished in him.(:note) Lord GOD, what wilt thou give me, seeing I go childless, and the steward of my house [is] this Eliezer of Damascus?

geneva@Genesis:18:5 @ And I will fetch a morsel of bread, and comfort ye your hearts; after that ye shall pass on: for therefore are ye (note:)As sent by God that I should do my duty to you.(:note) come to your servant. And they said, So do, as thou hast said.

geneva@Genesis:18:25 @ Be it farre fro thee from doing this thing, to slay the righteous with the wicked: and that the righteous should be euen as the wicked, be it farre from thee. shall not the Iudge of all the worlde doe right?

geneva@Genesis:19:8 @ Behold now, I have two (note:)He deserves praise for defending his guests, but he is to be blamed for seeking unlawful means.(:note) daughters which have not known man; let me, I pray you, bring them out unto you, and do ye to them as [is] good in your eyes: only unto these men do nothing; That I should preserve them from all injury. for therefore came they under the shadow of my roof.

geneva@Genesis:21:7 @ And she said, (note:)She accuses herself of ingratitude, that she did not believe the angel.(:note) Who would have said unto Abraham, that Sarah should have given children suck? for I have born [him] a son in his old age.

geneva@Genesis:22:5 @ And Abraham said unto his young men, Abide ye here with the ass; and I and the lad will go yonder and worship, and (note:)He did not doubt that God would accomplish his promise, even if he should sacrifice his son.(:note) come again to you.

geneva@Genesis:24:6 @ And Abraham said unto him, Beware thou that thou bring not my son (note:)Lest he should love the inheritance promised.(:note) thither again.

geneva@Genesis:26:5 @ Because that Abraham (note:)He commends Abraham's obedience, because Isaac should be even more ready to follow the same: for as God made this promise of his free mercy, so does the confirmation of it proceed from the same fountain.(:note) obeyed my voice, and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws.

geneva@Genesis:26:7 @ And the men of the place asked [him] of his wife; and he said, She [is] my sister: (note:)By which we see that fear and distrust is found in the most faithful.(:note) for he feared to say, [She is] my wife; lest, [said he], the men of the place should kill me for Rebekah; because she [was] fair to look upon.

geneva@Genesis:27:45 @ Until thy brother's anger turn away from thee, and he forget [that] which thou hast done to him: then I will send, and fetch thee from thence: why should I be (note:)For the wicked son will kill the godly: and the plague of God will later come on the wicked son.(:note) deprived also of you both in one day?

geneva@Genesis:28:1 @ And Isaac called Jacob, and (note:)This second blessing was to confirm Jacob's faith, lest he should think that his father had given it without God's leading.(:note) blessed him, and charged him, and said unto him, Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan.

geneva@Genesis:29:19 @ Then Laban answered, It is better that I giue her thee, then that I should giue her to another man: abide with me.

geneva@Genesis:33:13 @ Then he answered him, My lord knoweth, that the children are tender, & the ewes & kine with yong vnder mine hande: and if they should ouerdriue them one day, all the flocke would die.

geneva@Genesis:35:2 @ Then Jacob said unto his household, and to all that [were] with him, Put away the strange gods that [are] among you, and be (note:)That by this outward act they should show their inward repentance.(:note) clean, and change your garments:

geneva@Genesis:37:5 @ And Joseph (note:)God revealed to him by a dream what should come to pass.(:note) dreamed a dream, and he told [it] his brethren: and they hated him yet the more.

geneva@Genesis:38:1 @ And it came to pass at that time, that (note:)Moses describes the genealogy of Judah, because the Messiah should come from him.(:note) Judah went down from his brethren, and turned in to a certain Adullamite, whose name [was] Hirah.

geneva@Genesis:38:9 @ And Onan knewe that the seede should not be his: therefore when he went in vnto his brothers wife, he spilled it on the grounde, least he should giue seede vnto his brother.

geneva@Genesis:38:24 @ And it came to pass about three months after, that it was told Judah, saying, Tamar thy daughter in law hath played the harlot; and also, behold, she [is] with child by whoredom. And Judah said, Bring her forth, and let her be (note:)We see that the Law, which was written in man's heart, taught them that adultery should be punished with death, even though no law had been given yet.(:note) burnt.

geneva@Genesis:38:27 @ Now, when the time was come that she should be deliuered, beholde, there were twinnes in her wombe.

geneva@Genesis:40:15 @ For I was stollen away by theft out of the land of the Ebrewes, and here also haue I done nothing, wherefore they should put mee in the dungeon.

geneva@Genesis:40:18 @ And Joseph answered and said, (note:)He shows that the ministers of God should not conceal that, which God reveals to them.(:note) This [is] the interpretation thereof: The three baskets [are] three days:

geneva@Genesis:41:38 @ And Pharaoh said unto his servants, Can we find [such a one] as this [is], a man in whom the (note:)No one should be honoured who does not have gifts from God fitting for the same.(:note) Spirit of God [is]?

geneva@Genesis:42:4 @ But Beniamin Iosephs brother woulde not Iaakob send with his brethren: for he saide, Least death should befall him.

geneva@Genesis:42:25 @ So Ioseph commanded that they should fill their sackes with wheate, and put euery mans money againe in his sacke, and giue them vitaile for the iourney: and thus did he vnto them.

geneva@Genesis:43:14 @ And (note:)Our main trust should be in God, not in worldly means.(:note) God Almighty give you mercy before the man, that he may send away your other brother, and Benjamin. If I be He speaks these words not so much in despair, but to make his sons more careful to return with their brother. bereaved [of my children], I am bereaved.

geneva@Genesis:43:25 @ And they made ready their present against Ioseph came at noone, (for they heard say, that they should eate bread there)

geneva@Genesis:44:7 @ And they answered him, Wherefore sayeth my lorde such wordes? God forbid that thy seruants should do such a thing.

geneva@Genesis:44:8 @ Behold, the money which we found in our sackes mouthes, wee brought againe to thee out of the land of Canaan: how then should we steale out of thy lordes house siluer or golde?

geneva@Genesis:44:17 @ But he answered, God forbid, that I should doe so, but the man, with whome the cuppe is founde, he shalbe my seruant, and go ye in peace vnto your father.

geneva@Genesis:47:15 @ So when money fayled in the lande of Egypt, and in the lande of Canaan, then all the Egyptians came vnto Ioseph, and sayde, Giue vs bread: for why should we dye before thee? for our money is spent.

geneva@Genesis:47:26 @ And Joseph made it a law over the land of Egypt unto this day, [that] Pharaoh should have the fifth [part]; (note:)Pharaoh, in providing for idolatrous priests, will be a condemnation to all those who neglect the true ministers of God's word.(:note) except the land of the priests only, [which] became not Pharaoh's.

geneva@Genesis:48:20 @ And he blessed them that day, saying, In thee shall Israel bless, saying, God make thee as (note:)In whom God's graces should manifestly appear.(:note) Ephraim and as Manasseh: and he set Ephraim before Manasseh.

geneva@Genesis:50:17 @ So shall ye say unto Joseph, Forgive, I pray thee now, the trespass of thy brethren, and their sin; for they did unto thee evil: and now, we pray thee, forgive the trespass of the servants of the (note:)Meaning, that they who have one God should be joined in most sure love.(:note) God of thy father. And Joseph wept when they spake unto him.

geneva@Genesis:50:19 @ And Joseph said unto them, Fear not: for [am] I in the place of (note:)Who by the good success seems to remit it, and therefore it should not be revenged by me.(:note) God?

geneva@Exodus:2:23 @ And it came to pass in process of time, that the king of Egypt died: and the children of Israel sighed by reason of the bondage, and they (note:)God humbles his by afflictions, that they should cry to him, and receive the fruit of his promise.(:note) cried, and their cry came up unto God by reason of the bondage.

geneva@Exodus:3:11 @ And Moses said unto God, Who [am] (note:)He does not fully disobey God, but acknowledges his own weakness.(:note) I, that I should go unto Pharaoh, and that I should bring forth the children of Israel out of Egypt?

geneva@Exodus:4:9 @ And it shall come to pass, if they will not believe also these two signs, neither hearken unto thy voice, that thou shalt take of the (note:)Because these three signs should be sufficient witnesses to prove that Moses should deliver God's people.(:note) water of the river, and pour [it] upon the dry [land]: and the water which thou takest out of the river shall become blood upon the dry [land].

geneva@Exodus:5:2 @ And Pharaoh saide, Who is the Lorde, that I should heare his voyce, & let Israel go? I knowe not the Lord, neither will I let Israel goe.

geneva@Exodus:10:26 @ Our cattle also shall go with us; there shall not an (note:)The ministers of God should not yield one iota to the wicked, in regards to their mission.(:note) hoof be left behind; for thereof must we take to serve the LORD our God; and we know not That is, with what beasts, or how many. with what we must serve the LORD, until we come thither.

geneva@Exodus:14:12 @ [Is] not this the word that we did tell thee in Egypt, saying, Let (note:)Such is the impatience of the flesh, that it cannot wait for God's appointed time.(:note) us alone, that we may serve the Egyptians? For [it had been] better for us to serve the Egyptians, than that we should die in the wilderness.

geneva@Exodus:15:20 @ And Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand; and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with (note:)Signifying their great joy: a custom the Jews observed in certain situations, (Jdg_11:34) but it should not be used as a means to justify our wanton dances.(:note) dances.

geneva@Exodus:16:4 @ Then said the LORD unto Moses, Behold, I will rain bread from heaven for you; and the people shall go out and gather a certain rate every (note:)To signify that they should patiently depend on God's providence from day to day.(:note) day, that I may prove them, whether they will walk in my law, or no.

geneva@Exodus:18:2 @ Then Jethro, Moses' father in law, took Zipporah, Moses' wife, after he had (note:)It may seem that he sent her back for a time to her father for her impatience, lest she should be a hinderance to his calling, which was so dangerous, (Exo_4:25).(:note) sent her back,

geneva@Exodus:18:24 @ So Moses (note:)Godly counsel should always be obeyed, even if it comes from our inferiors, for to such God often gives wisdom to humble those that are exalted, and to declare that one member has need of another.(:note) hearkened to the voice of his father in law, and did all that he had said.

geneva@Exodus:21:7 @ And if a man (note:)Forced either by poverty, or else with the intent that the master should marry her.(:note) sell his daughter to be a maidservant, she shall not go out as the menservants do.

geneva@Exodus:21:13 @ And if a man lie not in wait, but (note:)Though a man be killed unawares, yet it is God's providence that it should so be.(:note) God deliver [him] into his hand; then I will appoint thee a place whither he shall flee.

geneva@Exodus:21:14 @ But if a man come presumptuously upon his neighbour, to slay him with guile; thou shalt take him from mine (note:)The holiness of the place should not defend the murderer.(:note) altar, that he may die.

geneva@Exodus:22:3 @ If the sun be risen upon him, [there shall be] (note:)He shall be put to death that kills him.(:note) blood [shed] for him; [for] he should make full restitution; if he have nothing, then he shall be sold for his theft.

geneva@Exodus:23:19 @ The first of the firstfruits of thy land thou shalt bring into the house of the LORD thy God. Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his (note:)Meaning, that no fruit should be taken before just time: and by this all cruel and wanton appetites are controlled.(:note) mother's milk.

geneva@Exodus:26:7 @ And thou shalt make curtains [of] goats' [hair] to be a (note:)Lest rain and weather should mar it.(:note) covering upon the tabernacle: eleven curtains shalt thou make.

geneva@Exodus:26:9 @ And thou shalt couple five curtains by themselves, and six curtains by themselves, and shalt double the (note:)That is, five on the one side, and five on the other, and the sixth should hang over the door of the tabernacle.(:note) sixth curtain in the forefront of the tabernacle.

geneva@Exodus:26:24 @ And they shall be coupled together beneath, and they shall be (note:)The Hebrew word signifies twins declaring that they should be as perfect and well joined as possible.(:note) coupled together above the head of it unto one ring: thus shall it be for them both; they shall be for the two corners.

geneva@Exodus:28:10 @ Six of their names on one stone, and [the other] six names of the rest on the other stone, according to (note:)As they were in age, so should they be graven in order.(:note) their birth.

geneva@Exodus:30:15 @ The rich shall not give more, and the poor shall not give less than half a shekel, when [they] give an offering unto the LORD, (note:)That God should be merciful to you.(:note) to make an atonement for your souls.

geneva@Exodus:34:28 @ And he was there with the LORD (note:)This miracle was to confirm the authority of the law, and should not be followed any more than other miracles.(:note) forty days and forty nights; he did neither eat bread, nor drink water. And he wrote upon the tables the words of the covenant, the ten commandments.

geneva@Exodus:35:1 @ Then Moses assembled all the Congregation of the children of Israel, and sayd vnto them, These are the wordes which the Lord hath commanded, that ye should do them:

geneva@Exodus:37:16 @ Also he made the instruments for the Table of pure golde: dishes for it, and incense cuppes for it, and goblets for it, & couerings for it, wherewith it should be couered.

geneva@Exodus:39:21 @ Then they fastened the brest plate by his rings vnto the rings of the Ephod, with a lace of blewe silke, that it might bee fast vpon the broydered garde of the Ephod, and that the brest plate should not be loosed fro the Ephod, as the Lorde had commanded Moses.

geneva@Exodus:39:23 @ And (note:)Where he could put his head through.(:note) [there was] an hole in the midst of the robe, as the hole of an habergeon, [with] a band round about the hole, that it should not rend.

geneva@Exodus:40:15 @ And thou shalt anoint them, as thou didst anoint their father, that they may minister unto me in the priest's office: for their anointing (note:)Till both the priesthood and the ceremonies should end, which is at Christ's coming.(:note) shall surely be an everlasting priesthood throughout their generations.

geneva@Leviticus:1:1 @ And the (note:)By this Moses declares that he taught nothing to the people but that which he received from God.(:note) LORD called unto Moses, and spake unto him out of the tabernacle of the congregation, saying, The Argument - As God daily by most singular benefits declared himself mindful of his Church: he did not want them to have opportunity to trust either in themselves, or to depend on others, either for lack of physical things, or anything that belonged to his divine service and religion. Therefore he ordained various kinds of duties and sacrifices, to assure them of forgiveness for their offences (if they offered them in true faith and obedience.) Also he appointed the priests and levites, their apparel, offices, conversation and portion; he showed what feasts they should observe, and when. Moreover, he declares by these sacrifices and ceremonies that the reward of sin is death, and that without the blood of Christ the innocent Lamb, there can be no forgiveness of sins. Because they should not give priority to their own inventions (which God detested, as appears by the terrible example of Nadab and Abihu) he prescribed even to the least things, what they should do, what beasts they should offer and eat, what diseases were contagious and to be avoided, how they should purge all types of filthiness and pollution, whose company they should flee, what marriages were lawful, and what customs were profitable. After declaring these things, he promised favour and blessing to those who keep his laws, and threatened his curse to those who transgressed them.

geneva@Leviticus:4:13 @ And if the (note:)The multitude does not excuse the sin, but if all have sinned, they must all be punished.(:note) whole congregation of Israel sin through ignorance, and the thing be hid from the eyes of the assembly, and they have done [somewhat against] any of the commandments of the LORD [concerning things] which should not be done, and are guilty;

geneva@Leviticus:4:22 @ When a ruler shal sinne, and do through ignorance against any of the commaundementes of the Lorde his God, which should not be done, and shall offend,

geneva@Leviticus:4:27 @ Likewise if any of the people of ye lande shall sinne through ignoraunce in doing against any of the commandements of the Lord, which should not be done, and shall offend,

geneva@Leviticus:4:33 @ And he shall lay his (note:)Meaning that the punishment of his sin should be laid on the beast, or, that he had received all things from God, and offered this willingly.(:note) hand upon the head of the sin offering, and slay it for a sin offering in the place where they kill the burnt offering.

geneva@Leviticus:7:30 @ His own (note:)And should not send it by another.(:note) hands shall bring the offerings of the LORD made by fire, the fat with the breast, it shall he bring, that the breast may be waved [for] a wave offering before the LORD.

geneva@Leviticus:9:6 @ (For Moses had sayde, This is the thing, which the Lord commaunded that ye should do, and the glory of the Lord shal appeare vnto you)

geneva@Leviticus:10:18 @ Beholde, the blood of it was not brought within the holy place: ye should haue eaten it in the holy place, as I commaunded.

geneva@Leviticus:10:19 @ And Aaron said unto Moses, Behold, this day (note:)That is, Nadab and Abihu.(:note) have they offered their sin offering and their burnt offering before the LORD; and such things have befallen me: and [if] I had eaten the sin offering to day, should it have been accepted in the sight of the LORD?

geneva@Leviticus:11:8 @ Of their (note:)God would that by this for a time they should be discerned as his people from the Gentiles.(:note) flesh shall ye not eat, and their carcase shall ye not touch; they [are] unclean to you.

geneva@Leviticus:11:45 @ For I am the Lorde that brought you out of the lande of Egypt, to be your God, and that you should be holy, for I am holy.

geneva@Leviticus:15:24 @ And if any man lie with her at all, and her flowers (note:)If any of her uncleanness touched him in the bed: for else the man that companied with such a woman should die, (Lev_20:18).(:note) be upon him, he shall be unclean seven days; and all the bed whereon he lieth shall be unclean.

geneva@Leviticus:17:2 @ Speak unto Aaron, and unto his sons, and unto all the children of Israel, and say unto them; This [is] the thing which the LORD hath (note:)Lest they should practice the idolatry they had learned among the Egyptians.(:note) commanded, saying,

geneva@Leviticus:21:12 @ Neither shall he go out of the (note:)To go to the dead.(:note) sanctuary, nor profane the sanctuary of his God; for the For by his anointing he was preferred above the other priests and therefore could not lament the dead, least he should have polluted his holy anointing. crown of the anointing oil of his God [is] upon him: I [am] the LORD.

geneva@Leviticus:23:17 @ Ye shall bring out of your habitations two wave loaves of two tenth deals: they shall be of fine flour; they shall be baken with (note:)Because the priest should eat them, as in (Lev_7:13), and they should not be offered to the Lord on the altar.(:note) leaven; [they are] the firstfruits unto the LORD.

geneva@Leviticus:23:20 @ And the priest shall wave them with the bread of the firstfruits [for] a wave offering before the LORD, with the two lambs: they shall be holy to the LORD for the (note:)That is, offered to the Lord, and the rest should be for the priest.(:note) priest.

geneva@Leviticus:24:23 @ And (note:)Because the punishment was not yet appointed by the law for the blasphemer, Moses consulted with the Lord, and told the people what God commanded.(:note) Moses spake to the children of Israel, that they should bring forth him that had cursed out of the camp, and stone him with stones. And the children of Israel did as the LORD commanded Moses.

geneva@Leviticus:25:10 @ And ye shall hallow the fiftieth year, and proclaim liberty throughout [all] the land unto all the (note:)Which were in bondage.(:note) inhabitants thereof: it shall be a jubile unto you; and ye shall return every man unto his Because the tribes should neither have their possessions diminished nor confounded. possession, and ye shall return every man unto his family.

geneva@Leviticus:26:13 @ I [am] the LORD your God, which brought you forth out of the land of Egypt, that ye should not be their bondmen; and I have broken the (note:)I have set you at full liberty, while before you were as beasts tied in bands.(:note) bands of your yoke, and made you go upright.

geneva@Leviticus:27:26 @ Only the firstling of the beasts, which should be the LORD'S firstling, no man shall sanctify it; whether [it be] ox, or sheep: it [is] the (note:)It was the Lord's already.(:note) LORD'S.

geneva@Numbers:3:38 @ But those that encamp before the tabernacle toward the east, [even] before the tabernacle of the congregation eastward, [shall be] Moses, and Aaron and his sons, keeping the charge of the sanctuary (note:)That no one should enter into the tabernacle contrary to God's appointment.(:note) for the charge of the children of Israel; and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death.

geneva@Numbers:3:41 @ And thou shalt take the Levites for me (I [am] the LORD) (note:)So that now the Levites should satisfy the Lord for the first born of Israel, excepting the 273 which were more than the Levites for whom they paid money.(:note) instead of all the firstborn among the children of Israel; and the cattle of the Levites instead of all the firstlings among the cattle of the children of Israel.

geneva@Numbers:7:9 @ But unto the sons of Kohath he gave none: (note:)The holy thing of the sanctuary must be carried on their shoulders and not drawn with oxen, (Num_4:15).(:note) because the service of the sanctuary belonging unto them [was that] they should bear upon their shoulders.

geneva@Numbers:8:19 @ And I have given the Levites [as] a gift to Aaron and to his sons from among the children of Israel, to do the service of the (note:)Which the Israelites should do.(:note) children of Israel in the tabernacle of the congregation, and to make an atonement for the children of Israel: that there be no plague among the children of Israel, when the children of Israel come nigh unto the Because the levites go into the sanctuary in their name. sanctuary.

geneva@Numbers:11:13 @ Where should I haue flesh to giue vnto al this people? For they weepe vnto me, saying, Giue vs flesh that we may eate.

geneva@Numbers:12:14 @ And the LORD said unto Moses, If her father had but (note:)In his displeasure.(:note) spit in her face, should she not be ashamed seven days? let her be shut out from the camp seven days, and after that let her be received in [again].

geneva@Numbers:14:3 @ And wherefore hath the LORD brought us unto this land, to fall by the sword, that our wives and our children should be (note:)To our enemies the Canaanites.(:note) a prey? were it not better for us to return into Egypt?

geneva@Numbers:15:34 @ And they put him warde: for it was not declared what should be done vnto him.

geneva@Numbers:16:3 @ And they gathered themselves together against Moses and against Aaron, and said unto them, (note:)Or let it suffice you: meaning, to have abused them this long.(:note) [Ye take] too much upon you, seeing all the congregation [are] holy, All are equally holy: therefore no one should be preferred above other: thus the wicked reason against God's ordinance. every one of them, and the LORD [is] among them: wherefore then lift ye up yourselves above the congregation of the LORD?

geneva@Numbers:17:10 @ And the LORD said unto Moses, Bring Aaron's rod again before the testimony, to be kept for a token against the rebels; and thou shalt quite take away their (note:)Grudging that Aaron should be high priest.(:note) murmurings from me, that they die not.

geneva@Numbers:18:9 @ This shall be thine of the most holy things, [reserved] from the (note:)That which was not burned should be the priests.(:note) fire: every oblation of theirs, every meat offering of theirs, and every sin offering of theirs, and every trespass offering of theirs, which they shall render unto me, [shall be] most holy for thee and for thy sons.

geneva@Numbers:19:13 @ Whosoever toucheth the dead body of any man that is dead, and purifieth not himself, defileth the tabernacle of the LORD; and that soul shall be (note:)So that he should not be esteemed to be of the holy people, but as a polluted and excommunicated person.(:note) cut off from Israel: because the water of separation was not sprinkled upon him, he shall be unclean; his uncleanness [is] yet upon him.

geneva@Numbers:20:4 @ Why haue ye thus brought the Congregation of the Lorde vnto his wildernesse, that both we, and our cattell should die there?

geneva@Numbers:20:12 @ And the LORD spake unto Moses and Aaron, Because ye believed me not, to (note:)That the children of Israel should believe and acknowledge my power and so honour me.(:note) sanctify me in the eyes of the children of Israel, therefore ye shall not bring this congregation into the land which I have given them.

geneva@Numbers:22:12 @ And God (note:)He warned him by a dream, that he should not consent to the kings wicked request.(:note) said unto Balaam, Thou shalt not go with them; thou shalt not curse the people: for they [are] blessed.

geneva@Numbers:22:35 @ And the angel of the LORD said unto Balaam, Go with the men: but only the (note:)Because his heart was evil, his charge was renewed, that he should not pretend ignorance.(:note) word that I shall speak unto thee, that thou shalt speak. So Balaam went with the princes of Balak.

geneva@Numbers:26:10 @ And the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up together with Korah, when that company died, what time the fire devoured two hundred and fifty men: and they (note:)That is, as an example that others should not complain and rebel against God's ministers.(:note) became a sign.

geneva@Numbers:27:4 @ Wherefore should the name of our father be taken away from among his familie, because he hath no sonne? giue vs a possession among the brethren of our father.

geneva@Numbers:27:5 @ And Moses brought their (note:)That is, their matter to be judged, to know what he should determine, as he did all hard matters.(:note) cause before the LORD.

geneva@Numbers:27:23 @ And he laid his hands upon him, and gave him a (note:)How he should govern himself in his office.(:note) charge, as the LORD commanded by the hand of Moses.

geneva@Numbers:31:15 @ And Moses said unto them, Have ye saved all the (note:)As though he said, you should have spared none.(:note) women alive?

geneva@Numbers:34:29 @ These [are they] whom the LORD commanded to (note:)And be judges over every piece of ground that should fall to any by lot, to the intent that all things might be done orderly and without contention.(:note) divide the inheritance unto the children of Israel in the land of Canaan.

geneva@Numbers:35:28 @ Because he should haue remained in the citie of his refuge, vntill the death of the hie Priest: and after the death of the hie Priest, the slayer shal returne vnto the land of his possession.

geneva@Numbers:35:32 @ Also ye shall take no recompense for him that is fled to the citie of his refuge, that he should come againe, and dwell in the lande, before the death of the hie Priest.

geneva@Numbers:36:5 @ And Moses commanded the children of Israel according to the word of the LORD, saying, The tribe of the sons of Joseph hath said (note:)For the tribe could not have continued, if the inheritance which was the maintenance of it should have been alienated to others.(:note) well.

geneva@Deuteronomy:1:18 @ Also I commaunded you the same time all the things which ye should doe.

geneva@Deuteronomy:1:39 @ Moreover your (note:)Who were under twenty years of age, (Num_14:31).(:note) little ones, which ye said should be a prey, and your children, which in that day had no knowledge between good and evil, they shall go in thither, and unto them will I give it, and they shall possess it.

geneva@Deuteronomy:3:25 @ I pray thee, let me go over, and see the good land that [is] beyond Jordan, that goodly (note:)He means Zion, where the Temple should be built, and God honoured.(:note) mountain, and Lebanon.

geneva@Deuteronomy:4:5 @ Behold, I haue taught you ordinances, and lawes, as the Lord my God commanded me, that ye should doe euen so within the land whither ye goe to possesse it.

geneva@Deuteronomy:4:14 @ And the Lord commanded me that same time, that I should teach you ordinances & lawes, which ye should obserue in the lande, whither ye goe, to possesse it.

geneva@Deuteronomy:4:21 @ And the Lord was angrie with me for your words, and sware that I should not goe ouer Iorden, and that I should not goe in vnto that good land, which the Lord thy God giueth thee for an inheritance.

geneva@Deuteronomy:4:42 @ That the slayer should flee thither, which had killed his neighbour at vnwares, and hated him not in time past, might flee, I say, vnto one of those cities, and liue:

geneva@Deuteronomy:5:13 @ Six days (note:)Meaning, since God permits six days for our labours, we should willingly dedicate the seventh to serve him wholly.(:note) thou shalt labour, and do all thy work:

geneva@Deuteronomy:5:21 @ Neither shalt (note:)He not only speaks of that resolute will, but that there should be no motion or affection.(:note) thou desire thy neighbour's wife, neither shalt thou covet thy neighbour's house, his field, or his male servant, or his female servant, his ox, or his donkey, or any [thing] that [is] thy neighbour's.

geneva@Deuteronomy:5:25 @ Now therefore, why should we dye? for this great fire wil consume vs: if we heare ye voyce of the Lord our God any more, we shall dye.

geneva@Deuteronomy:6:23 @ And he (note:)Nothing should move us more to true obedience than the great benefits which we have received from God.(:note) brought us out from thence, that he might bring us in, to give us the land which he sware unto our fathers.

geneva@Deuteronomy:7:16 @ And thou shalt consume all the people which the LORD thy God shall deliver thee; (note:)We should not be merciful when God commands severity.(:note) thine eye shall have no pity upon them: neither shalt thou serve their gods; for that [will be] a snare unto thee.

geneva@Deuteronomy:11:2 @ And (note:)You who have seen God's graces with your eyes should be moved, rather than your children who have only heard of them.(:note) know ye this day: for [I speak] not with your children which have not known, and which have not seen the chastisement of the LORD your God, his greatness, his mighty hand, and his stretched out arm,

geneva@Deuteronomy:14:2 @ For thou [art] an holy people unto the LORD thy God, and the LORD hath chosen thee to be a (note:)Therefore you should not follow the superstition of the Gentiles.(:note) peculiar people unto himself, above all the nations that [are] upon the earth.

geneva@Deuteronomy:17:16 @ But he shall not multiply horses to himself, nor cause the people to return to (note:)To avenge their injuries and to take their best horses from them; (1Ki_10:28).(:note) Egypt, to the end that he should multiply horses: forasmuch as the LORD hath said unto you, Ye shall henceforth return no more that way.

geneva@Deuteronomy:17:20 @ That his heart be not lifted up above his (note:)By which is meant that kings should love their subjects as nature causes one brother to love another.(:note) brethren, and that he turn not aside from the commandment, [to] the right hand, or [to] the left: to the end that he may prolong [his] days in his kingdom, he, and his children, in the midst of Israel.

geneva@Deuteronomy:20:18 @ That they teache you not to doe after all their abominations, which they haue done vnto their gods, & so ye should sinne against the Lorde your God.

geneva@Deuteronomy:23:13 @ And thou shalt have a paddle upon thy weapon; and it shall be, when thou wilt ease thyself abroad, thou shalt dig therewith, and shalt turn back and (note:)Meaning by this that his people should be pure both in body and soul.(:note) cover that which cometh from thee:

geneva@Deuteronomy:23:18 @ Thou shalt not bring the (note:)Forbidding that any income gained from evil things should be applied to the service of God, (Mic_2:7).(:note) hire of a whore, or the price of a dog, into the house of the LORD thy God for any vow: for even both these [are] abomination unto the LORD thy God.

geneva@Deuteronomy:23:21 @ When thou shalt vowe a vowe vnto the Lord thy God, thou shalt not be slacke to paye it: for the Lorde thy God will surely require it of thee, and so it should be sinne vnto thee.

geneva@Deuteronomy:25:1 @ If there be a controversy between men, and they come unto judgment, (note:)Whether there is a plaintiff or not, the magistrates should try our faults, and punish according to the crime.(:note) that [the judges] may judge them; then they shall justify the righteous, and condemn the wicked.

geneva@Deuteronomy:25:5 @ If brethren dwell together, and one of them die, and have no child, the wife of the dead shall not marry without unto a stranger: her (note:)Because the Hebrew word does not signify the natural brother, and the word that signifies a brother, is taken also for a kinsman: it seems that it does not mean that the natural brother should marry his brothers wife, but some other kindred that was in the degree that might marry.(:note) husband's brother shall go in unto her, and take her to him to wife, and perform the duty of an husband's brother unto her.

geneva@Deuteronomy:27:5 @ And there shalt thou build an altar unto the LORD thy God, an altar of stones: thou shalt not lift up [any] (note:)The altar should not be curiously wrought, because it would continue but for a time: for God would have only one altar in Judah.(:note) iron [tool] upon them.

geneva@Deuteronomy:29:18 @ Lest there should be among you man, or woman, or family, or tribe, whose heart turneth away this day from the LORD our God, to go [and] serve the gods of these nations; lest there should be among you (note:)Such sin, as the bitter fruit of it might choke and destroy you.(:note) a root that beareth gall and wormwood;

geneva@Deuteronomy:32:27 @ Were it not that I feared the wrath of the enemy, lest their adversaries should (note:)Rejoicing to see the godly afflicted, and attributing to themselves that which is wrought by God's hand.(:note) behave themselves strangely, [and] lest they should say, Our hand [is] high, and the LORD hath not done all this.

geneva@Deuteronomy:32:30 @ How should one chase a thousand, & two put ten thousande to flight, except their strong God had sold the, & the Lord had shut them vp?

geneva@Joshua:1:1 @ Now after the (note:)The beginning of this book depends on the last chapter of Deuteronomy which was written by Joshua as a preparation to his history.(:note) death of Moses the servant of the LORD it came to pass, that the LORD spake unto Joshua the son of Nun, Moses' minister, saying, The Argument - In this book the Holy Spirit sets most lively before us the accomplishment of God's promise, who as he promised by the mouth of Moses, that a prophet would be raised up to the people like him, whom he wills to obey, (Deu_18:15): so he shows himself true to his promise, as at all other times, and after the death of Moses his faithful servant, he raises up Joshua to be ruler and governor over his people, that they should neither be discouraged for lack of a captain, nor have reason to distrust God's promises later. So that Joshua might be confirmed in his calling, and the people also might have no opportunity to grudge, as though he were not approved by God: he is adorned with most excellent gifts and graces from God, both to govern the people with counsel, and to defend them with strength, that he lacks nothing which either belongs to a valiant captain, or a faithful minister. So he overcomes all difficulties, and brings them into the land of Canaan: which according to God's ordinance he divides among the people and appoints their borders: he established laws and ordinances, and put them in remembrance of God's revealed benefits, assuring them of his grace and favour if they obey God, and of his plagues and vengeance if they disobey him. This history represents Jesus Christ the true Joshua, who leads us into eternal happiness, signified to us by this land of Canaan. From the beginning of Genesis to the end of this book is 2567 years. For from Adam to the flood are 1656, from the flood to the departure of Abraham out of Chaldea 423, and from then to the death of Joseph 290. So that Genesis contains 2369, Exodus 140, the other three books of Moses 40, Joshua 27. So the whole makes 2576 years.

geneva@Joshua:2:20 @ And if thou utter this our (note:)So that others should think to escape by the same means.(:note) business, then we will be quit of thine oath which thou hast made us to swear.

geneva@Joshua:8:18 @ And the LORD said unto Joshua, (note:)Or, lift up the banner to signify when they should invade the city.(:note) Stretch out the spear that [is] in thy hand toward Ai; for I will give it into thine hand. And Joshua stretched out the spear that [he had] in his hand toward the city.

geneva@Joshua:8:29 @ And the king of Ai he hanged on a tree until eventide: and as soon as the sun was down, Joshua commanded (note:)According as it was commanded, (Deu_21:23).(:note) that they should take his carcase down from the tree, and cast it at the entering of the gate of the city, and raise thereon a great heap of stones, [that remaineth] unto this day.

geneva@Joshua:8:33 @ And all Israel (and their Elders, and officers and their iudges stoode on this side of the Arke, and on that side, before the Priestes of the Leuites, which bare the Arke of the couenant of the Lorde) as well the stranger, as he that is borne in the countrey: halfe of them were ouer against mount Gerizim, and halfe of them ouer against mount Ebal, as Moses the seruant of the Lorde had commaunded before, that they should blesse the people of Israel.

geneva@Joshua:9:27 @ And Joshua made them that day hewers of wood and drawers of water for the congregation, and for the (note:)That is, for the service of the temple, as in (Jos_9:23).(:note) altar of the LORD, even unto this day, in the place which he should choose.

geneva@Joshua:10:8 @ And the LORD said unto Joshua, (note:)Lest Joshua should have thought that God had sent this great power against him for his unlawful league with the Gibeonites, the Lord here strengthens him.(:note) Fear them not: for I have delivered them into thine hand; there shall not a man of them stand before thee.

geneva@Joshua:10:27 @ And at the going downe of the sunne, Ioshua gaue commaundement, that they should take them downe off the trees, and cast them into the caue (wherein they had bene hid) and they layde great stones vpon the caues mouth, which remaine vntill this day.

geneva@Joshua:11:6 @ And the LORD said unto Joshua, Be not afraid because of them: for to morrow about this time will I deliver them up all slain before Israel: thou shalt (note:)That neither they should serve to the use of war, nor the Israelites should put their trust in them.(:note) hough their horses, and burn their chariots with fire.

geneva@Joshua:11:20 @ For it was of the LORD to (note:)That is, to give them over to themselves: and therefore they could not but rebel against God and seek their own destruction.(:note) harden their hearts, that they should come against Israel in battle, that he might destroy them utterly, [and] that they might have no favour, but that he might destroy them, as the LORD commanded Moses.

geneva@Joshua:14:6 @ Then the children of Judah came unto Joshua in Gilgal: and Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenezite said unto him, Thou knowest the thing that the LORD said unto Moses the man of God concerning me and (note:)Which was that only those two should enter into the land, (Num_14:24).(:note) thee in Kadeshbarnea.

geneva@Joshua:18:10 @ And Joshua (note:)That everyone should be content with God's appointment.(:note) cast lots for them in Shiloh before the LORD: and there Joshua divided the land unto the children of Israel according to their divisions.

geneva@Joshua:22:20 @ Did not Achan the son of Zerah commit a trespass in the accursed thing, and wrath fell on all the congregation of Israel? and that man (note:)Signifying, that if many suffered for one man's sin, for the fault of many, all should suffer.(:note) perished not alone in his iniquity.

geneva@Joshua:22:27 @ But it shall be a witnesse betweene vs and you, and betweene our generations after vs, to execute the seruice of the Lorde before him in our burnt offerings, and in our sacrifices, and in our peace offerings, and that your children should not say to our children in time to come, Ye haue no part in the Lord.

geneva@Joshua:22:28 @ Therefore said we, that it shall be, when they should [so] say to us or to our (note:)They signify a wonderful care that they bore toward their posterity, that they might live in the true service of God.(:note) generations in time to come, that we may say [again], Behold the pattern of the altar of the LORD, which our fathers made, not for burnt offerings, nor for sacrifices; but it [is] a witness between us and you.

geneva@Joshua:22:29 @ God forbid, that we should rebell against the Lord, and turne this day away from the Lorde to builde an altar for burnt offering, or for meate offering, or for sacrifice, saue the altar of the Lord our God, that is before his Tabernacle.

geneva@Joshua:24:27 @ And Joshua said unto all the people, Behold, this stone shall be a witness unto us; for it (note:)So that man's deception should not go unpunished, the dumb creatures will cry for vengeance.(:note) hath heard all the words of the LORD which he spake unto us: it shall be therefore a witness unto you, lest ye deny your God.

geneva@Judges:8:6 @ And the princes of Succoth said, [Are] the (note:)Because you have overcome a handful, do you think to have overcome the whole?(:note) hands of Zebah and Zalmunna now in thine hand, that we should give bread unto thine army?

geneva@Judges:8:15 @ And he came vnto the men of Succoth, & sayd, Behold Zebah and Zalmunna, by whome ye vpbrayded me, saying, Are the hands of Zebah & Zalmunna already in thine hands, that we should giue bread vnto thy weary men?

geneva@Judges:9:9 @...tree said vnto them, Should I...& man, & go to aduance me aboue ye trees?

geneva@Judges:9:11 @...fig tree answered them, Should I...

geneva@Judges:9:13 @...Vine sayde vnto them, Should I...

geneva@Judges:9:28 @ Then Gaal the sonne of Ebed sayde, Who is Abimelech? and who is Shechem, that wee should serue him? Is he not the sonne of Ierubbaal? and Zebul is his officer? Serue rather the men of Hamor the father of Shechem: for why should we serue him?

geneva@Judges:9:38 @ Then sayd Zebul vnto him, Where is now thy mouth, that said, Who is Abimelech, that we should serue him? Is not this the people that thou hast despised? Go out now, I pray thee, and fight with them.

geneva@Judges:9:41 @ And Abimelech dwelt at Arumah: & Zebul thrust out Gaal and his brethren that they should not dwell in Shechem.

geneva@Judges:9:45 @ And Abimelech fought against the city all that day; and he took the city, and slew the people that [was] therein, and beat down the city, and sowed it with (note:)That it should be unfruitful and never serve to any use.(:note) salt.

geneva@Judges:11:24 @ Wilt not thou possess that which Chemosh thy god giveth thee to possess? So whomsoever the (note:)For we should believe and obey God more than you your idols.(:note) LORD our God shall drive out from before us, them will we possess.

geneva@Judges:13:5 @ For, lo, thou shalt conceive, and bear a son; and no razor shall come on his head: for the child shall be a (note:)Meaning he should be separate from the world, and dedicated to God.(:note) Nazarite unto God from the womb: and he shall begin to deliver Israel out of the hand of the Philistines.

geneva@Judges:16:17 @ That he told her all his (note:)Thus his immoderate affections toward a wicked woman caused him to lose God's excellent gifts, and become a slave to those whom he should have ruled.(:note) heart, and said unto her, There hath not come a razor upon mine head; for I [have been] a Nazarite unto God from my mother's womb: if I be shaven, then my strength will go from me, and I shall become weak, and be like any [other] man.

geneva@Judges:19:8 @ And he arose early in the morning on the fifth day to depart: and the damsel's father said, (note:)Meaning, that he should refresh himself with food, as in (Jdg_19:5).(:note) Comfort thine heart, I pray thee. And they tarried until afternoon, and they did eat both of them.

geneva@Judges:20:38 @ Also the men of Israel had appoynted a certaine time with the ambushmentes, that they should make a great flame and smoke rise vp out of the citie.

geneva@Judges:21:3 @ And sayde, O Lorde God of Israel, why is this come to passe in Israel, that this day one tribe of Israel should want?

geneva@Judges:21:22 @ And it shall be, (note:)Though they attempted to convince man that they had kept their oath, before God it was broken.(:note) when their fathers or their brethren come unto us to complain, that we will say unto them, Be favourable unto them for our sakes: because we reserved not to each man his wife in the war: for ye did not give unto them at this time, [that] ye should be guilty.

geneva@Ruth:1:12 @ Turne againe, my daughters: go your way: for I am too olde to haue an husband. If I should say, I haue hope, and if I had an husbad this night: yea, if I had borne sonnes,

geneva@1Samuel:2:30 @ Wherefore the LORD God of Israel saith, I said indeed [that] thy house, and the house of thy father, should walk before me for ever: but now the LORD saith, (note:)God's promises are only effective to those he gives faith to fear and obey him.(:note) Be it far from me; for them that honour me I will honour, and they that despise me shall be lightly esteemed.

geneva@1Samuel:4:13 @ And when he came, lo, Eli sat upon a seat by the wayside watching: for his heart (note:)Lest it should be taken by the enemy.(:note) trembled for the ark of God. And when the man came into the city, and told [it], all the city cried out.

geneva@1Samuel:6:6 @ Wherefore then should ye harden your hearts, as the Egyptians and Pharaoh hardened their hearts? when he wrought wonderfully among them, did they not let them goe, and they departed?

geneva@1Samuel:7:8 @ And the children of Israel said to Samuel, Cease not to (note:)Signifying that in the prayers of the godly, there should be a vehement zeal.(:note) cry unto the LORD our God for us, that he will save us out of the hand of the Philistines.

geneva@1Samuel:8:7 @ And the Lord said vnto Samuel, Heare the voyce of the people in all that they shall say vnto thee: for they haue not cast thee away, but they haue cast me away, that I should not reigne ouer the.

geneva@1Samuel:10:22 @ Therefore they enquired of the LORD further, if the man should yet come thither. And the LORD answered, Behold, he (note:)As though he were unworthy and unwilling.(:note) hath hid himself among the stuff.

geneva@1Samuel:12:23 @ Moreouer God forbid, that I should sinne against the Lord, and cease praying for you, but I will shewe you the good and right way.

geneva@1Samuel:13:3 @ And Jonathan smote the garrison of the Philistines that [was] in (note:)Of Kirjath-jearim, where the ark was, (1Sa_10:5).(:note) Geba, and the Philistines heard [of it]. And Saul blew the That everyone should prepare themselves to fight. trumpet throughout all the land, saying, Let the Hebrews hear.

geneva@1Samuel:15:29 @ And also the (note:)Meaning God, who maintains and prefers his own.(:note) Strength of Israel will not lie nor repent: for he [is] not a man, that he should repent.

geneva@1Samuel:16:1 @ And the LORD said unto Samuel, How long wilt thou mourn for Saul, (note:)Signifying that we should not show ourselves more pitiful than God, nor to lament those whom he casts out.(:note) seeing I have rejected him from reigning over Israel? fill thine horn with oil, and go, I will send thee to Jesse the Bethlehemite: for I have provided me a king among his sons.

geneva@1Samuel:17:26 @ And David spake to the men that stood by him, saying, What shall be done to the man that killeth this Philistine, and taketh away the (note:)This dishonour that he does to Israel.(:note) reproach from Israel? for who [is] this uncircumcised Philistine, that he should defy the armies of the living God?

geneva@1Samuel:18:18 @ And Dauid answered Saul, What am I? and what is my life, or the family of my father in Israel, that I should be sonne in law to the King?

geneva@1Samuel:18:19 @ But it came to pass at the time when Merab Saul's daughter should have been given to David, that (note:)By whom he had five sons who David put to death at the request of the Gibeonites, (2Sa_21:8).(:note) she was given unto Adriel the Meholathite to wife.

geneva@1Samuel:19:1 @ And Saul spake to Jonathan his son, and to all his servants, that they should (note:)Before Saul sought David's life secretly, but now his hypocrisy grows to open cruelty.(:note) kill David.

geneva@1Samuel:20:2 @ And he sayde vnto him, God forbid, thou shalt not die: beholde, my father will do nothing great nor small, but he will shewe it me: and why should my father hide this thing from me? He will not doe it.

geneva@1Samuel:20:5 @ And David said unto Jonathan, Behold, to morrow [is] the (note:)At what time there would be a solemn sacrifice, (Num_28:11), to which they added peace offerings and feasts.(:note) new moon, and I should not fail to sit with the king at meat: but let me go, that I may hide myself in the field unto the third [day] at even.

geneva@1Samuel:20:38 @ And Jonathan cried after the lad, (note:)By these words be admonished David what he should do.(:note) Make speed, haste, stay not. And Jonathan's lad gathered up the arrows, and came to his master.

geneva@1Samuel:20:41 @ [And] as soon as the lad was gone, David arose out of [a place] toward the (note:)It seems that he shot on the north side of the stone, least the boy should have seen David.(:note) south, and fell on his face to the ground, and bowed himself three times: and they kissed one another, and wept one with another, until David exceeded.

geneva@1Samuel:22:13 @ Then Saul sayde vnto him, Why haue yee conspired against me, thou & the sonne of Ishai, in that thou hast giuen him vitaile, and a sworde, and hast asked counsell of God for him, that he should rise against me, and lye in wayte as appeareth this day?

geneva@1Samuel:22:17 @ And the king said unto the footmen that stood about him, Turn, and slay the priests of the LORD; because their hand also [is] with David, and because they knew when he fled, and did not shew it to me. But the servants of the king (note:)For they knew that they should not obey the wicked commandment of the king in slaying the innocent.(:note) would not put forth their hand to fall upon the priests of the LORD.

geneva@1Samuel:25:26 @ Now therefore, my lord, [as] the LORD liveth, and [as] thy soul liveth, seeing the LORD hath withholden thee from coming to [shed] blood, and from avenging thyself with thine own (note:)That is, that you should not be revenged by your enemy.(:note) hand, now let thine enemies, and they that seek evil to my lord, be as Nabal.

geneva@1Samuel:27:1 @ And David said in his heart, I shall now (note:)David distrusts God's protection and therefore flees to the idolaters, who were enemies to God's people.(:note) perish one day by the hand of Saul: [there is] nothing better for me than that I should speedily escape into the land of the Philistines; and Saul shall despair of me, to seek me any more in any coast of Israel: so shall I escape out of his hand.

geneva@1Samuel:27:5 @ And David said unto Achish, If I have now found grace in thine eyes, (note:)Let your officers appoint me a place.(:note) let them give me a place in some town in the country, that I may dwell there: for why should thy servant dwell in the royal city with thee?

geneva@1Samuel:27:11 @ And Dauid saued neither man nor woman aliue, to bring them to Gath, saying, Lest they should tel on vs, and say, So did Dauid, and so will be his maner all the while that he dwelleth in the countrey of the Philistims.

geneva@1Samuel:29:4 @ And the princes of the Philistines were wroth with him; and the princes of the Philistines said unto him, Make this fellow return, that he may go again to his place which thou hast appointed him, and let him not go down with us to battle, lest in the battle he be an adversary to us: for wherewith should he reconcile himself unto his master? [should it] not [be] with the (note:)Would not Saul receive him to favour, if he would betray us?(:note) heads of these men?

geneva@2Samuel:2:22 @ And Abner said again to Asahel, Turn thee aside from following me: (note:)Why do you provoke me to kill you?(:note) wherefore should I smite thee to the ground? how then should I hold up my face to Joab thy brother?

geneva@2Samuel:3:12 @ Then Abner sent messengers to Dauid on his behalfe, saying, Whose is the lande? who should also say, Make couenant with me, and beholde, mine hande shalbe with thee, to bring all Israel vnto thee.

geneva@2Samuel:5:6 @ And the king and his men went to Jerusalem unto the Jebusites, the inhabitants of the land: which spake unto David, saying, Except thou take away the (note:)The children of God called idols blind and lame guides: therefore the Jebusites meant that they should prove that their gods were neither blind nor lame.(:note) blind and the lame, thou shalt not come in hither: thinking, David cannot come in hither.

geneva@2Samuel:5:8 @ And David said on that day, Whosoever getteth up to the gutter, and smiteth the Jebusites, and the lame and the blind, [that are] hated of David's soul, [he shall be chief and captain]. Wherefore they said, The blind and the lame shall not (note:)The idols should no longer enter into that place.(:note) come into the house.

geneva@2Samuel:7:5 @ Go and tell my servant David, Thus saith the LORD, (note:)Meaning, he should not: yet Nathan speaking according to man's judgment and not by the spirit of prophecy permitted him.(:note) Shalt thou build me an house for me to dwell in?

geneva@2Samuel:7:7 @ In all [the places] wherein I have walked with all the children of Israel spake I a (note:)Concerning building a house: meaning without God's express word, nothing should be attempted.(:note) word with any of the tribes of Israel, whom I commanded to feed my people Israel, saying, Why build ye not me an house of cedar?

geneva@2Samuel:10:12 @ Be of good courage, and let us play the men for (note:)Here it is declared why war should be undertaken: for the defence of true religion and God's people.(:note) our people, and for the cities of our God: and the LORD do that which seemeth him good.

geneva@2Samuel:12:20 @ Then David (note:)Showing that our lamentations should not be excessive, but moderate: and that we must praise God in all his doings.(:note) arose from the earth, and washed, and anointed [himself], and changed his apparel, and came into the house of the LORD, and worshipped: then he came to his own house; and when he required, they set bread before him, and he did eat.

geneva@2Samuel:12:23 @ But now he is dead, wherefore should I fast? (note:)By this consideration he appeased his sorrow.(:note) can I bring him back again? I shall go to him, but he shall not return to me.

geneva@2Samuel:13:26 @ Then said Absalom, If not, I pray thee, let my brother (note:)Pretending to the king that Amnon was most dear to him.(:note) Amnon go with us. And the king said unto him, Why should he go with thee?

geneva@2Samuel:14:3 @ And come to the King, and speake on this maner vnto him, (for Ioab taught her what she should say).

geneva@2Samuel:15:20 @ Whereas thou camest [but] yesterday, should I this day make thee go up and down with us? seeing I go whither I may, return thou, and take back thy (note:)Meaning, those of his family.(:note) brethren: mercy and God require of you your friendship and fidelity. truth [be] with thee.

geneva@2Samuel:18:12 @ Then the man saide vnto Ioab, Though I should receiue a thousande shekels of siluer in mine hande, yet woulde I not lay mine hande vpon the Kings sonne: for in our hearing the King charged thee, and Abishai, and Ittai, saying, Beware, least any touche the yong man Absalom.

geneva@2Samuel:19:9 @ And all the people were at (note:)Everyone blamed another and strove who should first bring him home.(:note) strife throughout all the tribes of Israel, saying, The king saved us out of the hand of our enemies, and he delivered us out of the hand of the Philistines; and now he is fled out of the land for Absalom.

geneva@2Samuel:19:11 @ And king David sent to Zadok and to Abiathar the (note:)That they should reprove the negligence of the elders, seeing the people were so forward.(:note) priests, saying, Speak unto the elders of Judah, saying, Why are ye the last to bring the king back to his house? seeing the speech of all Israel is come to the king, [even] to his house.

geneva@2Samuel:19:19 @ And said unto the king, Let not my lord impute iniquity unto me, neither do thou remember that which thy servant did (note:)For in his adversity he was his most cruel enemy, and now in his prosperity, seeks by flattery to creep into favour.(:note) perversely the day that my lord the king went out of Jerusalem, that the king should take it to his heart.

geneva@2Samuel:19:22 @ And Dauid saide, What haue I to do with you, ye sonnes of Zeruiah, that this day ye should be aduersaries vnto me? Shall there any man die this day in Israel? For doe not I know that I am this day King ouer Israel?

geneva@2Samuel:19:34 @ And Barzillai said vnto the king, Howe long haue I to liue, that I should goe vp with the king to Ierusalem?

geneva@2Samuel:19:35 @ I [am] this day fourscore years old: [and] can I discern between good and evil? can thy servant taste what I eat or what I drink? can I hear any more the voice of singing men and singing women? wherefore then should thy servant be yet a (note:)He thought it was not fitting to receive benefits from him to whom he was not able to do service again.(:note) burden unto my lord the king?

geneva@2Samuel:19:43 @ And the men of Israel answered the men of Iudah, and saide, Wee haue ten partes in the King, and haue also more right to Dauid then ye: Why then did ye despise vs, that our aduise should not bee first had in restoring our King? And the wordes of the men of Iudah were fiercer then the wordes of the men of Israel.

geneva@2Samuel:20:20 @ And Ioab answered, & said, God forbid, God forbid it me, that I should deuoure, or destroy it.

geneva@2Samuel:23:17 @ And said, O Lord, be it farre from me, that I should doe this. Is not this the blood of the men that went in ieopardie of their liues? Therefore he woulde not drinke it. These things did these three mightie men.

geneva@2Samuel:24:13 @ So Gad came to David, and told him, and said unto him, Shall (note:)Three years of famine were past for the Gibeonites and this was the fourth year to which should have been added another three more years, (1Ch_21:12).(:note) seven years of famine come unto thee in thy land? or wilt thou flee three months before thine enemies, while they pursue thee? or that there be three days' pestilence in thy land? now advise, and see what answer I shall return to him that sent me.

geneva@1Kings:1:1 @ Now king David was (note:)He was about 70 years old, (2Sa_5:4).(:note) old [and] stricken in years; and they covered him with clothes, but he gat no For his natural heat was worn away with travels. heat. The Argument - Because the children of God should expect no continual rest and quietness in this world, the Holy Spirit sets before our eyes in this book the variety and change of things, which came to the people of Israel from the death of David, Solomon, and the rest of the kings, to the death of Ahab. Declaring that flourishing kingdoms, unless they are preserved by God's protection, (who then favours them when his word is truly set forth, virtue esteemed, vice punished, and concord maintained) fall to decay and come to nothing as appears by the dividing of the kingdom under Rehoboam and Jeroboam, who were one people before and now by the just punishment of God were made two. Judah and Benjamin were under Rehoboam, and this was called the kingdom of Judah. The other ten tribes held with Jeroboam, and this was called the kingdom of Israel. The king of Judah had his throne in Jerusalem, and the king of Israel in Samaria, after it was built by Omri Ahab's father. Because our Saviour Christ according to the flesh, comes from the stock of David, the genealogy of the kings of Judah is here described, from Solomon to Joram the son of Jehoshaphat, who reigned over Judah in Jerusalem as Ahab did over Israel in Samaria.

geneva@1Kings:1:27 @ Is this thing done by my lord the king, and thou hast not shewed [it] unto thy (note:)Meaning, that in such affairs he should undertake nothing unless he had consulted with the Lord.(:note) servant, who should sit on the throne of my lord the king after him?

geneva@1Kings:2:1 @ Then the dayes of Dauid drewe neere that he should die, and hee charged Salomon his sonne, saying,

geneva@1Kings:2:15 @ And he said, Thou knowest that the kingdom was mine, and [that] all Israel (note:)In sign of their favour and consent.(:note) set their faces on me, that I should reign: howbeit the kingdom is turned about, and is become my brother's: for it was his from the LORD.

geneva@1Kings:6:6 @ The nethermost chamber [was] five cubits broad, and the middle [was] six cubits broad, and the third [was] seven cubits broad: for without [in the wall] of the house he made narrowed (note:)Which were certain stones coming out of the wall, as stays for the beams to rest upon.(:note) rests round about, that [the beams] should not be fastened in the walls of the house.

geneva@1Kings:8:41 @ Moreover concerning a (note:)He means such as should be turned from their idolatry to serve the true God.(:note) stranger, that [is] not of thy people Israel, but cometh out of a far country for thy name's sake;

geneva@1Kings:11:10 @ And had giuen him a charge concerning this thing, that he should not follow other gods: but he kept not that, which the Lorde had commaunded him.

geneva@1Kings:12:27 @ If this people go up to do sacrifice in the house of the LORD (note:)He feared least his people should have by this means been enticed to rebel against him.(:note) at Jerusalem, then shall the heart of this people turn again unto their lord, [even] unto Rehoboam king of Judah, and they shall kill me, and go again to Rehoboam king of Judah.

geneva@1Kings:13:9 @ For so was it charged me by the word of the LORD, saying, (note:)Seeing he had the express word of God, he should not have declined from it, neither for the persuasion of man nor angel.(:note) Eat no bread, nor drink water, nor turn again by the same way that thou camest.

geneva@1Kings:14:2 @ And Jeroboam said to his wife, Arise, I pray thee, (note:)His own conscience bore witness to him that the prophet of God would not satisfy his desires, who was a wicked man.(:note) and disguise thyself, that thou be not known to be the wife of Jeroboam; and get thee to Shiloh: behold, there [is] Ahijah the prophet, which told me that [I should be] king over this people.

geneva@1Kings:15:13 @ And also Maachah his mother, even her he (note:)Neither kindred nor authority should be regarded when they blaspheme God and become idolaters, but must be punished.(:note) removed from [being] queen, because she had made an idol in a grove; and Asa destroyed her idol, and burnt [it] by the brook Kidron.

geneva@1Kings:15:17 @ And Baasha king of Israel went up against Judah, and built (note:)For the same reason that Jeroboam did, because the people should not go up to Jerusalem, least they follow Asa.(:note) Ramah, that he might not suffer any to go out or come in to Asa king of Judah.

geneva@1Kings:18:12 @ And it shall come to pass, [as soon as] I am gone from thee, that the Spirit of the LORD shall carry thee whither I know not; and [so] when I come and tell Ahab, and he cannot find thee, he shall slay me: but I thy servant (note:)I am not of the wicked persecutors that you should procure to me such displeasure, but serve God and favour his children.(:note) fear the LORD from my youth.

geneva@1Kings:18:18 @ And he answered, I have not troubled Israel; but (note:)The true ministers of God should not only not permit falsehoods, but should boldly reprove the wicked slanderers without respect of persons.(:note) thou, and thy father's house, in that ye have forsaken the commandments of the LORD, and thou hast followed Baalim.

geneva@1Kings:18:35 @ And the water ran round about the altar; and he (note:)By this he declared the excellent power of God, who contrary to nature could make the fire burn even in the water, so that they should have no opportunity to doubt that he is the only God.(:note) filled the trench also with water.

geneva@1Kings:18:36 @ And when they should offer the euening sacrifice, Eliiah the Prophet came, and sayd, Lord God of Abraham, Izhak and of Israel, let it be knowen this day, that thou art the God of Israel, and that I am thy seruant, and that I haue done all these things at thy commandement.

geneva@1Kings:18:40 @ And Elijah said unto them, Take the prophets of Baal; let not (note:)He commanded them that as they were truly persuaded to confess the only God: so they should serve him with all their power, and destroy the idolaters his enemies.(:note) one of them escape. And they took them: and Elijah brought them down to the brook Kishon, and slew them there.

geneva@1Kings:19:14 @ And he said, I have been very jealous for the LORD God of hosts: (note:)So should not depend on the multitude in maintaining God's glory, but because our duty requires us to do it.(:note) because the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thine altars, and slain thy prophets with the sword; and I, [even] I only, am left; and they seek my life, to take it away.

geneva@1Kings:19:20 @ And he left the oxen, and ran after Elijah, and said, (note:)Though this natural affection is not to be contemned, yet it should not move us when God calls us to serve him.(:note) Let me, I pray thee, kiss my father and my mother, and [then] I will follow thee. And he said unto him, Go back again: for what have I done to thee?

geneva@1Kings:21:15 @ And it came to pass, when Jezebel heard that Naboth was stoned, and was dead, that Jezebel said to Ahab, (note:)This example of monstrous cruelty the Holy Spirit leaves to us, to the intent that we should abhor all tyranny, and especially in those whom nature and kind should move to be pitiful and inclined to mercy.(:note) Arise, take possession of the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite, which he refused to give thee for money: for Naboth is not alive, but dead.

geneva@1Kings:22:13 @ And the messenger that was gone to call Micaiah spake unto him, saying, Behold now, the words of the prophets [declare] good unto the king with (note:)This is the common argument of the wicked, who think that no one should speak against anything if the majority approves of it, be they ever so ungodly.(:note) one mouth: let thy word, I pray thee, be like the word of one of them, and speak [that which is] good.

geneva@1Kings:22:15 @ So he came to the king. And the king said unto him, Micaiah, shall we go against Ramothgilead to battle, or shall we forbear? And he answered him, (note:)He speaks this in derision, because the king attributed so much to the false prophets, meaning that by experience he should discern that they were liars.(:note) Go, and prosper: for the LORD shall deliver [it] into the hand of the king.

geneva@2Kings:3:27 @ Then he took his eldest son that should have reigned in his stead, and (note:)Some refer it to the king of Edom's son, whom they say he had taken in that skirmish: but rather it seemed to be his own son, whom he offered to his gods to pacify them: which barbarous cruelty moved the Israelites hearts of pity to depart.(:note) offered him [for] a burnt offering upon the wall. And there was great indignation against Israel: and they departed from him, and returned to [their own] land.

geneva@2Kings:4:7 @ Then she came and told the man of God. And he said, Go, sell the oil, and pay thy debt, and live thou and thy children of the (note:)God here not only provided for his servant, that his debts should be paid and so kept his doctrine and profession without slander, but also for his wife and children.(:note) rest.

geneva@2Kings:4:14 @ And he said, What then [is] to be done for her? And Gehazi answered, Verily she hath (note:)Which was shameful and therefore he would that his master should pray to God for her that she might be fruitful.(:note) no child, and her husband is old.

geneva@2Kings:4:34 @ And he went up, and (note:)Elijah did the same to the widow's son at Zarephath (1Ki_17:21) and Paul in (Act_20:10) signifying the care that should be in them, who bear the word of God and are distributors of spiritual life.(:note) lay upon the child, and put his mouth upon his mouth, and his eyes upon his eyes, and his hands upon his hands: and he stretched himself upon the child; and the flesh of the child waxed warm.

geneva@2Kings:4:43 @ And his servitor said, What, should I set this before an hundred men? He said again, Give the people, that they may eat: for thus saith the LORD, They shall eat, and (note:)It is not the quantity of bread that satisfies, but the blessing that God gives.(:note) shall leave [thereof].

geneva@2Kings:5:7 @ And when the King of Israel had read the letter, he rent his clothes, and sayde, Am I God, to kil and to giue life, that hee doth send to mee, that I should heale a man from his leprosie? wherfore consider, I pray you, and see howe he seeketh a quarel against me.

geneva@2Kings:5:13 @ And his servants came near, and spake unto him, and said, (note:)This declares that servants should reverence and love their masters as children their fathers, and likewise masters toward their servants, must be affectioned as toward their children.(:note) My father, [if] the prophet had bid thee [do some] great thing, wouldest thou not have done [it]? how much rather then, when he saith to thee, Wash, and be clean?

geneva@2Kings:5:16 @ But he said, [As] the LORD liveth, before whom I stand, I will receive none. And he urged him to take [it]; (note:)So the Lord commands that they that receive freely, should also give freely.(:note) but he refused.

geneva@2Kings:6:33 @ And while he yet talked with them, behold, the messenger came down unto him: and he said, Behold, this evil [is] of the LORD; what (note:)So the wicked fall into a rage and desperation, if they do not find a quick remedy for their afflictions.(:note) should I wait for the LORD any longer?

geneva@2Kings:7:3 @ And there were four leprous men at the (note:)For it was commanded in the law that they should dwell apart, and not among their brethren, (Lev_13:46).(:note) entering in of the gate: and they said one to another, Why sit we here until we die?

geneva@2Kings:8:13 @ And Hazael said, But what, [is] thy servant (note:)That I should be without all humanity and pity.(:note) a dog, that he should do this great thing? And Elisha answered, The LORD hath shewed me that thou [shalt be] king over Syria.

geneva@2Kings:9:11 @ Then Jehu came forth to the (note:)That is, the rest of the army, whom he called his brethren before, (2Ki_9:2).(:note) servants of his lord: and [one] said unto him, [Is] all well? wherefore came this The world always holds the ministers of God is this estimation and has always slandered the children of God (they called the Son of God a deceiver, and said he had the devil) therefore they should not be discouraged. mad [fellow] to thee? And he said unto them, Ye know the man, and his communication.

geneva@2Kings:11:5 @ And he commanded them, saying, This [is] the thing that ye shall do; A third part of (note:)Of the Levites, who had charge of the keeping of the temple, and kept watch by course.(:note) you that enter in on the sabbath shall That no one should come on them, while they were crowning the king. even be keepers of the watch of the king's house;

geneva@2Kings:11:9 @ And the captains over the hundreds did according to all [things] that Jehoiada the priest commanded: and they took every man his men that were to come in on the sabbath, with them that should go out on the (note:)Read (2Ki_11:5, 2Ki_11:7).(:note) sabbath, and came to Jehoiada the priest.

geneva@2Kings:11:17 @ And Jehoiada made a (note:)That both the king and the people should maintain the true worship of God and destroy all idolatry.(:note) covenant between the LORD and the king and the people, that they should be the LORD'S people; between the That he should govern and they obey in the fear of God. king also and the people.

geneva@2Kings:14:24 @ And he did [that which was] evil in the sight of the LORD: he departed not from all the (note:)Because this idolatry was so vile and almost incredible, that men should forsake the living God, to worship calves, the work of man's hands, therefore the Scripture often repeats it in the reproach of all idolaters.(:note) sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin.

geneva@2Kings:16:18 @ And the (note:)Or tent, in which they lay on the sabbath, who had served their week in the temple and so departed home.(:note) covert for the sabbath that they had built in the house, and the king's entry without, turned he from the house of the LORD Either to flatter the king of Assyria, when he should thus see him change the ordinance of God or else that the temple might be a refuge for him if the king should suddenly assault his house. for the king of Assyria.

geneva@2Kings:17:15 @ And they refused his statutes and his couenant, that he made with their fathers, & his testimonies (wherewith he witnessed vnto them) and they followed vanitie, and became vaine, and followed the heathen that were round about them: concerning whome the Lord had charged them, that they should not do like them.

geneva@2Kings:17:25 @ And [so] it was at the beginning of their dwelling there, [that] they (note:)That is, they served him not: therefore, lest they should blaspheme him, as though there were no God, because he chastised the Israelites, he shows his mighty power among them by this strange punishment.(:note) feared not the LORD: therefore the LORD sent lions among them, which slew [some] of them.

geneva@2Kings:18:14 @ And Hezekiah king of Judah sent to the king of Assyria to Lachish, saying, (note:)As his zeal was before praised, so his weakness is here set forth, that no one should glory in himself.(:note) I have offended; return from me: that which thou puttest on me will I bear. And the king of Assyria appointed unto Hezekiah king of Judah three hundred talents of silver and thirty talents of gold.

geneva@2Kings:18:35 @ Who [are] they among all the gods of the countries, that have delivered their country out of mine hand, that the (note:)This is an execrable blasphemy against the true God, to make him equal with the idols of other nations: therefore God sharply punished him.(:note) LORD should deliver Jerusalem out of mine hand?

geneva@2Kings:19:37 @ And it came to pass, as he was worshipping in the house of Nisroch his god, that Adrammelech and Sharezer his sons (note:)This was the just judgment of God for his blasphemy, that he would be slain before the idol that he preferred to the living God, and by those who should by nature have needed his defence.(:note) smote him with the sword: and they escaped into the land of Armenia. And Esarhaddon his son reigned in his stead.

geneva@2Kings:22:5 @ And let (note:)From the time of Joash for the space of 244 years, the temple remained without repairs through the negligence of the priests. This shows that they who have a charge and do not execute it should have it taken from them.(:note) them deliver it into the hand of the doers of the work, that have the oversight of the house of the LORD: and let them give it to the doers of the work which [is] in the house of the LORD, to repair the breaches of the house,

geneva@2Kings:22:19 @ Because thine heart was (note:)Meaning, that he repented as they that do not repent are said to harden their heart, (Psa_95:8).(:note) tender, and thou hast humbled thyself before the LORD, when thou heardest what I spake against this place, and against the inhabitants thereof, that they should become a desolation and a curse, and hast rent thy clothes, and wept before me; I also have heard [thee], saith the LORD.

geneva@2Kings:23:10 @ And he defiled (note:)Which was a valley near to Jerusalem, and signifies a tabret because they smote on the tabret while their children were burning, that their cry should not be heard, (Lev_18:21), after which Josiah commanded trash to be cast in contempt of it.(:note) Topheth, which [is] in the valley of the children of Hinnom, that no man might make his son or his daughter to pass through the fire to Molech.

geneva@1Chronicles:2:42 @ Now the sons of Caleb the brother of Jerahmeel [were], Mesha his firstborn, which was the (note:)That is, the chief governor or prince of the Ziphims, because the prince should have a fatherly care and affection for his people.(:note) father of Ziph; and the sons of Mareshah the father of Hebron.

geneva@1Chronicles:9:19 @ And Shallum the son of Kore, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah, and his brethren, of the house of his father, the Korahites, [were] over the work of the service, keepers of the gates of the (note:)Their charge was that no one should enter those places, which were only appointed for the priests to minister in.(:note) tabernacle: and their fathers, [being] over the host of the LORD, [were] keepers of the entry.

geneva@1Chronicles:11:19 @ And said, My God forbid it me, that I should do this thing: shall I drink the (note:)That is, this water, for which they risked their lives.(:note) blood of these men that have put their lives in jeopardy? for with [the jeopardy of] their lives they brought it. Therefore he would not drink it. These things did these three mightiest.

geneva@1Chronicles:16:7 @ Then on that day David (note:)David gave them this Psalm to praise the Lord, signifying that in all our enterprises the Name of God should be praised and called upon.(:note) delivered first [this psalm] to thank the LORD into the hand of Asaph and his brethren.

geneva@1Chronicles:16:43 @ And all the people departed every man to his house: and David returned to (note:)Declaring that after our duty to God we are chiefly bound to our own house, for which as for all other things we should pray to God, and instruct our families to praise his Name.(:note) bless his house.

geneva@1Chronicles:17:16 @ And David the king (note:)He went into the tent where the Ark was, showing what we should do when we receive any benefits from the Lord.(:note) came and sat before the LORD, and said, Who [am] I, O LORD God, and what [is] mine house, that thou hast brought me Meaning to this kingly estate. hitherto?

geneva@1Chronicles:19:4 @ Wherefore Hanun took David's servants, and (note:)They shaved off half of their beards, (2Sa_10:4).(:note) shaved them, and cut off their To put them to shame and villany, while the ambassadors should have been honoured: and because the Jews used to wear side garments and beards, they thus disfigured them, to make them odious to others. garments in the midst hard by their buttocks, and sent them away.

geneva@1Chronicles:19:13 @ Be of good courage, and let us behave ourselves valiantly for our (note:)He declares that where the cause is evil, the courage cannot be valiant, and that in good causes men should be courageous, and commit the success to God.(:note) people, and for the cities of our God: and let the LORD do [that which is] good in his sight.

geneva@1Chronicles:21:17 @ And David said unto God, [Is it] not I [that] commanded the people to be numbered? even I it is that have sinned and done evil indeed; but [as for] these sheep, what have they done? let thine hand, I pray thee, O LORD my God, be on me, and on my father's house; but not on (note:)Thus he both shows a true repentance and a fatherly care toward his people, who desire God to spare them, and to punish him and his.(:note) thy people, that they should be plagued.

geneva@1Chronicles:21:18 @ Then the Angel of the Lord commanded Gad to say to Dauid, that Dauid should goe vp, and set vp an altar vnto the Lord in the thresshing floore of Ornan the Iebusite.

geneva@1Chronicles:23:13 @ The sons of Amram; Aaron and Moses: and Aaron was separated, that he should (note:)That is, to serve in the most holy place, and to consecrate the holy things.(:note) sanctify the most holy things, he and his sons for ever, to burn incense before the LORD, to minister unto him, and to bless in his name for ever.

geneva@1Chronicles:23:32 @ And that they should keepe the charge of the Tabernacle of the Congregation, and the charge of ye holy place, & the charge of ye sonnes of Aaron their brethren in the seruice of ye house of the Lord.

geneva@1Chronicles:25:1 @ Moreover David and the captains of the host (note:)The singers were divided into 24 courses, so that every course or order contained twelve, and in all there were 288, as in (1Ch_25:7).(:note) separated to the service of the sons of Asaph, and of Heman, and of Jeduthun, who should prophesy with harps, with psalteries, and with cymbals: and the number of the workmen according to their service was:

geneva@1Chronicles:25:8 @ And they cast lots, (note:)Who should be in every company and course.(:note) ward against [ward], as well the Without respect to age or cunning. small as the great, the teacher as the scholar.

geneva@1Chronicles:29:1 @ Furthermore David the king said unto all the congregation, Solomon my son, whom alone God hath chosen, [is yet] young and tender, and the work [is] great: for the palace [is] not for man, but for the (note:)Therefore it should be excellent in all points.(:note) LORD God.

geneva@1Chronicles:29:14 @ But who [am] I, and what [is] my people, that we should be able to offer so willingly after this sort? for all things (note:)We gave you nothing of our own, but that which we have received from you: for whether the gifts are corporal or spiritual, we receive them all from God, and therefore must give him the glory.(:note) [come] of thee, and of thine own have we given thee.

geneva@2Chronicles:1:2 @ Then Solomon (note:)That is, he proclaimed a solemn sacrifice and commanded that all should attend.(:note) spake unto all Israel, to the captains of thousands and of hundreds, and to the judges, and to every governor in all Israel, the chief of the fathers.

geneva@2Chronicles:2:6 @ But who is able to build him an house, seeing the heaven and heaven of heavens cannot contain him? who [am] I then, that I should build him an house, save only to burn (note:)That is, to do the service which he has commanded, signifying that no one is able to honour and serve God in the perfection his majesty deserves.(:note) sacrifice before him?

geneva@2Chronicles:4:7 @ And he made ten candlesticks of gold according to (note:)Even as they should be made.(:note) their form, and set [them] in the temple, five on the right hand, and five on the left.

geneva@2Chronicles:6:34 @ If thy people go out to war against their enemies by the way that (note:)Meaning, that no one should enterprise any war, but at the Lord's command, that is, which is lawful by his word.(:note) thou shalt send them, and they pray unto thee toward this city which thou hast chosen, and the house which I have built for thy name;

geneva@2Chronicles:15:13 @ That (note:)These were the words of their covenant, which commanded all idolaters be put to death, according to the law of God, (Deu_13:5, Deu_13:9, Deu_13:15).(:note) whosoever would not seek the LORD God of Israel should be put to death, whether small or great, whether man or woman.

geneva@2Chronicles:15:16 @ And also [concerning] Maachah the (note:)Or grandmother, and in this he showed that he lacked zeal, for she should have died both by the covenant, as (2Ch_15:13) and by the law of God, but he gave place to foolish pity and would also seem after a sort to satisfy the law.(:note) mother of Asa the king, he removed her from [being] queen, because she had made an idol in a grove: and Asa cut down her idol, and stamped [it], and burnt [it] at the brook Kidron.

geneva@2Chronicles:18:7 @ And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, [There is] yet one man, by whom we may enquire of the LORD: but I (note:)Yet the true ministers of God should not cease to do their duty, even though the wicked magistrates cannot abide them speaking the truth.(:note) hate him; for he never prophesied good unto me, but always evil: the same [is] Micaiah the son of Imla. And Jehoshaphat said, Let not the king say Meaning, that he should not refuse to hear any that was from God. so.

geneva@2Chronicles:19:8 @ Moreover in Jerusalem did Jehoshaphat set of the Levites, and [of] the priests, and of the chief of the fathers of Israel, for the judgment of the LORD, and for controversies, when they (note:)The priests and Levites who should judge matters according to the word of the Lord.(:note) returned to Jerusalem.

geneva@2Chronicles:20:21 @ And when he had consulted with the people, he appointed singers unto the LORD, and that should praise the beauty of holiness, as they went out before the army, and to say, (note:)This was a psalm of thanksgiving which they used commonly to sing when they praised the Lord for his benefits, and was made by David, (Psa. strkjv@136:1-26).(:note) Praise the LORD; for his mercy [endureth] for ever.

geneva@2Chronicles:21:6 @ And he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, like as did the house of Ahab: for he had the daughter of Ahab to (note:)So that we see how it cannot be that we should join with the wicked and serve God.(:note) wife: and he wrought [that which was] evil in the eyes of the LORD.

geneva@2Chronicles:23:16 @ And Jehoiada made a (note:)That they would only serve him and renounce all idolatry.(:note) covenant between him, and between all the people, and between the king, that they should be the LORD'S people.

geneva@2Chronicles:23:19 @ And he set porters by the gates of ye house of the Lord, that none that was vncleane in any thing, should enter in.

geneva@2Chronicles:25:13 @ But the soldiers of the (note:)That is, the 100,000 of Israel.(:note) army which Amaziah sent back, that they should not go with him to battle, fell upon the cities of Judah, from Samaria even unto Bethhoron, and smote three thousand of them, and took much spoil.

geneva@2Chronicles:25:14 @ Now it came to pass, after that Amaziah was come from the slaughter of the Edomites, that he brought the gods of the children of Seir, and set them up [to be] his gods, and (note:)That where he should have praised God for his benefits and great victory, he fell from God and most vilely dishonoured him.(:note) bowed down himself before them, and burned incense unto them.

geneva@2Chronicles:30:1 @ And Hezekiah sent to all Israel and Judah, and wrote letters also to (note:)Meaning, all Israel, whom Tiglath Pilesar had not taken away into captivity, (2Ki_15:29).(:note) Ephraim and Manasseh, that they should come to the house of the LORD at Jerusalem, to keep the passover unto the LORD God of Israel.

geneva@2Chronicles:30:2 @ For the king had taken counsel, and his princes, and all the congregation in Jerusalem, to keep the passover in the (note:)Though they should have done it in the first month, as in (Exo_12:18; Num_9:3), yet if any were not clean or else had a long journey, they could delay it to the second month, as in (Num_9:10-11).(:note) second month.

geneva@2Chronicles:30:5 @ So they established a decree to make proclamation throughout all Israel, from (note:)From one end of the land to the other, north and south.(:note) Beersheba even to Dan, that they should come to keep the passover unto the LORD God of Israel at Jerusalem: for they had not done [it] of a long [time in such sort] In such sort and perfection as God had appointed. as it was written.

geneva@2Chronicles:30:15 @ Then they killed the passover on the fourteenth [day] of the second month: and the priests and the Levites were (note:)Seeing their own negligence (who should have been most prompt) and the readiness of the people, (2Ch_29:36).(:note) ashamed, and sanctified themselves, and brought in the burnt offerings into the house of the LORD.

geneva@2Chronicles:30:24 @ For Hezekiah king of Judah did give to the congregation a (note:)This great liberality declares how kings, princes and all they to whom God has given, should be ready to bestow it in the setting forth of God's glory.(:note) thousand bullocks and seven thousand sheep; and the princes gave to the congregation a thousand bullocks and ten thousand sheep: and a great number of priests sanctified themselves.

geneva@2Chronicles:30:27 @ Then the priests the Levites arose and (note:)According to that which is written in (Num_6:23) when they should dismiss the people.(:note) blessed the people: and their voice was heard, and their prayer came [up] to his holy dwelling place, [even] unto heaven.

geneva@2Chronicles:32:4 @ So many of the people assembled themselues, and stopt all the fountaines, and the riuer that ranne through the middes of the countrey, saying, Why should the Kings of Asshur come, and finde much water?

geneva@2Chronicles:32:8 @ With him [is] an (note:)That is, the power of man.(:note) arm of flesh; but with us [is] the This declares that Hezekiah always put his trust in God, and yet made himself strong and used lawful means, lest he should seem to tempt God. LORD our God to help us, and to fight our battles. And the people rested themselves upon the words of Hezekiah king of Judah.

geneva@2Chronicles:32:14 @ Who [was there] among all the (note:)This is his blasphemy that he will compare the living God to vile idols.(:note) gods of those nations that my fathers utterly destroyed, that could deliver his people out of mine hand, that your God should be able to deliver you out of mine hand?

geneva@2Chronicles:34:33 @ And Josiah took away all the abominations out of all the countries that [pertained] to the children of Israel, and made all (note:)Because he had charge over all, and must answer for everyone that perished: he thought it his duty to see that all should make profession to receive the word of God.(:note) that were present in Israel to serve, [even] to serve the LORD their God. [And] all his days they departed not from following the LORD, the God of their fathers.

geneva@Ezra:1:1 @ Now in the (note:)After he and Darius had won Babylon.(:note) first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the LORD by the Who promised deliverance to them after 70 years were past, (Jer_25:12). mouth of Jeremiah might be fulfilled, the LORD stirred up the That is, moved him and gave him heart. spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and [put it] also in writing, saying, The Argument - As the Lord is always merciful to his Church, and does not punish them, but so that they should see their own miseries, and be exercised under the cross, that they might contemn the world, and aspire to the heavens: so after he had visited the Jews, and kept them in bondage 70 years in a strange country among infidels and idolaters, he remembered his tender mercies and their infirmities, and therefore for his own sake raised up a deliverer, and moved both the heart of the chief ruler to pity them, and also by him punished those who had kept them in slavery. Nonetheless, lest they should grow into a contempt of God's great benefits, he keeps them still in exercise, and raises domestic enemies, who try as much as they can to hinder their worthy enterprises: yet by the exhortation of the prophet they went forward little by little till their work was finished. The author of this book was Ezra, who was a priest and scribe of the Law, as in (Ezr_7:6). He returned to Jerusalem the sixth year of Darius, who succeeded Cyrus, that is, about fifty years after the first return under Zerubbabel, when the temple was built. He brought with him a great company and much treasure, with letters to the king's officers for all things needed for the temple: and at his coming he fixed that which was amiss, and set things in order.

geneva@Ezra:1:4 @ And whosoever remaineth in any place where he sojourneth, (note:)If any through poverty were not able to return, the king's commission was that he should be furnished with all he needed.(:note) let the men of his place help him with silver, and with gold, and with goods, and with beasts, Which they themselves should send for the repairing of the temple. beside the freewill offering for the house of God that [is] in Jerusalem.

geneva@Ezra:2:63 @ And the (note:)This is a Chaldee name, and signifies him who has authority over others.(:note) Tirshatha said unto them, that they should not eat of the most holy things, till there stood up a priest with Read (Exo_28:30). Urim and with Thummim.

geneva@Ezra:4:22 @ Take heede nowe that ye fayle not to doe this: why should domage grow to hurt the King?

geneva@Ezra:7:23 @ Whatsoever is commanded by the God of heaven, let it be diligently done for the house of the God of heaven: for why should there be wrath (note:)This declares that the fear of God's judgment causes him to use this liberality, and not the love that he bore for God's glory or affection for his people.(:note) against the realm of the king and his sons?

geneva@Ezra:8:17 @ And I sent them with commandment unto Iddo the (note:)He was the chief teacher of the law to the Levites.(:note) chief at the place Casiphia, and I told them what they should say unto Iddo, [and] to his brethren the Nethinims, at the place Casiphia, that they should bring unto us ministers for the house of our God.

geneva@Ezra:9:14 @ Should we returne to breake thy commadements, and ioyne in affinitie with the people of such abominations? wouldest not thou be angrie towarde vs till thou haddest consumed vs, so that there should be no remnant nor any escaping?

geneva@Ezra:10:7 @ And they caused a proclamation to goe throughout Iudah and Ierusalem, vnto all them of the captiuitie, that they should assemble themselues vnto Ierusalem.

geneva@Ezra:10:8 @ And whosoeuer woulde not come within three dayes according to the counsel of the Princes & Elders, all his substance should be forfait, & he should be separate from the Congregation of them of the captiuitie.

geneva@Nehemiah:2:3 @ And I said to the King, God saue the King for euer: why should not my countenance be sad, when the citie & house of the sepulchres of my fathers lieth waste, and the gates thereof are deuoured with fire?

geneva@Nehemiah:4:14 @ And I looked, and rose up, and said unto the nobles, and to the rulers, and to the rest of the people, Be not ye afraid of them: (note:)Who is always on hand to deliver his out of danger: and therefore seeing they should fight for the maintenance of God's glory, and for the preservation of their own lives and of theirs, he encourages them to play the valiant men.(:note) remember the Lord, [which is] great and terrible, and fight for your brethren, your sons, and your daughters, your wives, and your houses.

geneva@Nehemiah:5:7 @ Then I consulted with myself, and I rebuked the nobles, and the rulers, and said unto them, Ye (note:)You press them with usury, and seek to bring all thing into your hands.(:note) exact usury, every one of his brother. And I set a great Both because they should be moved with pity seeing how many were oppressed by them, and also hear the judgment of others, who should be witnesses of their dealings with their brethren. assembly against them.

geneva@Nehemiah:6:3 @ And I sent messengers unto them, saying, I [am] doing a great work, so that I cannot come down: (note:)Meaning, that if he obeyed their request, the work God had appointed would cease: showing by this that we should not commit ourselves to the hands of the wicked.(:note) why should the work cease, whilst I leave it, and come down to you?

geneva@Nehemiah:6:11 @ And I said, (note:)He did not doubt that God was able to preserve him and knew that if he had obeyed this counsel he would have discouraged all the people: thus God gives power to his to resist false prophecies, though they seem to have great probability.(:note) Should such a man as I flee? and who [is there], that, [being] as I [am], would go into the temple to save his life? I will not go in.

geneva@Nehemiah:7:65 @ And (note:)Meaning, Nehemiah: for Tirshatha in the Chaldee tongue means a butler.(:note) the Tirshatha said unto them, that they should not eat of the most holy things, till there stood [up] a priest with Urim and Thummim.

geneva@Nehemiah:8:14 @ And they found written in the Law, (that the Lorde had commanded by Moses) that the children of Israel should dwel in boothes in the feast of the seuenth moneth,

geneva@Nehemiah:9:19 @ Yet thou for thy great mercies forsookest them not in the wildernesse: the pillar of the cloude departed not from them by day to leade them the way, neither the pillar of fire by night, to shew them light, and the way whereby they should goe.

geneva@Nehemiah:9:23 @ And thou diddest multiplie their children, like the starres of the heauen, and broughtest them into the lande, whereof thou haddest spoken vnto their fathers, that they should goe, and possesse it.

geneva@Nehemiah:10:37 @ And [that] we should bring the firstfruits of our dough, and our offerings, and the fruit of all manner of trees, of wine and of oil, unto the priests, to the chambers of the house of our God; and the tithes of our ground unto the Levites, that the same Levites might have the tithes in all the cities of our (note:)Wherever we laboured or worked, there the tithes were due to the Lord both by the law, and according to the oath and covenant that we made.(:note) tillage.

geneva@Nehemiah:13:1 @ And on that day did they reade in the booke of Moses, in the audience of the people, and it was found written therein, that the Ammonite, & the Moabite should not enter into the Congregation of God,

geneva@Nehemiah:13:2 @ Because they met not the children of Israel with bread and with water, but hired Balaam against them, that he should curse them: and our God turned the curse into a blessing.

geneva@Nehemiah:13:19 @ And it came to pass, that when the gates of Jerusalem began to be (note:)About the time that the sun went down, for the sabbath lasted from the sun setting one day, to the sun setting the next day.(:note) dark before the sabbath, I commanded that the gates should be shut, and charged that they should not be opened till after the sabbath: and [some] of my servants set I at the gates, [that] there should no burden be brought in on the sabbath day.

geneva@Nehemiah:13:22 @ And I commanded the Levites that they should cleanse themselves, and [that] they should come [and] (note:)Meaning, of the temple that none that was unclean should enter.(:note) keep the gates, to sanctify the sabbath day. Remember me, O my God, [concerning] this also, and spare me according to the greatness of thy mercy.

geneva@Esther:1:8 @ And the drinking [was] according to the law; none did (note:)No one was forced to drink more than it pleased him.(:note) compel: for so the king had appointed to all the officers of his house, that they should do according to every man's pleasure.

geneva@Esther:1:22 @ For he sent letters into all the king's provinces, into every province according to the writing thereof, and to every people after their language, that every man should (note:)That is, that the wife should be subject to the husband and at his commandment.(:note) bear rule in his own house, and that [it] should be published according to the language of every people.

geneva@Esther:2:10 @ But Ester shewed not her people and her kinred: for Mordecai had charged her, that shee should not tell it.

geneva@Esther:2:11 @ And Mordecai walked (note:)For though she was taken away by a cruel law, yet he did not cease to have a fatherly care for her, and therefore often sought to hear of her.(:note) every day before the court of the women's house, to know how Esther did, and what should become of her.

geneva@Esther:3:13 @ And the letters were sent by postes into all the Kings prouinces, to roote out, to kill and to destroy all the Iewes, both yong & olde, children and women, in one day vpon the thirteenth day of the twelft moneth, (which is the moneth Adar) and to spoyle them as a pray. {\cf2 (13:1) The copie of the letters was this, The great King Artaxerxes writeth these thinges to the princes and gouernours that are vnder him from India vnto Ethiopia in an hundreth and seuen and twentie prouinces. (13:2) When I was made Lord ouer many people, and had subdued the whole earth vnto my dominion, I would not exalt my selfe by the reason of my power, but purposed with equitie alway and gentlenesse to gouerne my subiects, and wholy to set them in a peaceable life, and thereby to bring my kingdome vnto tranquilitie, that men might safely goe thorow on euery side, and to renewe peace againe, which all men desire. (13:3) Now when I asked my counsellers how these things might be brought to passe, one that was conuersant with vs, of excellent wisdome, and constant in good wil, and shewed him selfe to be of sure fidelitie, which had the second place in the kingdome, euen Aman, (13:4) Declared vnto vs, that in all nations there was scattered abroad a rebellious people, that had lawes contrary to all people, and haue alway despised the commandements of Kings, and so that this generall empire, that we haue begunne, cannot be gouerned without offence. (13:5) Seeing nowe wee perceiue, that this people alone are altogether contrary vnto euery man, vsing strange and other maner of lawes, and hauing an euill opinion of our doings, and goe about to stablish wicked matters, that our kingdome should not come to good estate, (13:6) Therefore haue we comaunded, that all they that are appointed in writing vnto you by Aman (which is ordeined ouer ye affaires, & is as our second father) shall all with their wiues and children be destroyed & rooted out with ye sword of their enemies without all mercy, and that none be spared the fourtenth day of the twelfth moneth Adar of this yeere, (13:7) That they which of olde, and nowe also haue euer bene rebellious, may in one day with violence be thrust downe into the hell, to the intent that after this time our affaires may bee without troubles, and well gouerned in all pointes.}

geneva@Esther:3:14 @ The contents of the writing was, that there shoulde be giuen a commandement in all prouinces, and published vnto all people, that they should be ready against the same day.

geneva@Esther:4:8 @ Also he gaue him the copy of the writing and commission that was giuen at Shushan, to destroy them, that he might shewe it vnto Ester and declare it vnto her, and to charge her that she should goe in to the King, and make petition and supplication before him for her people.

geneva@Esther:4:13 @ And Mordecai saide, that they should answere Ester thus, Thinke not with thy selfe that thou shalt escape in the Kings house, more then all the Iewes.

geneva@Esther:4:14 @ For if thou altogether holdest thy peace at this time, [then] shall there enlargement and deliverance (note:)Thus Mordecai spoke in the confidence of that faith which all God's children should have; which is that God will deliver them, though all worldly means fail.(:note) arise to the Jews from another place; but thou and thy father's house shall be destroyed: and who knoweth whether thou art come to the kingdom for To deliver God's Church out of these present dangers. [such] a time as this?

geneva@Esther:6:8 @ Let the royal apparel be brought which the king [useth] to wear, and the (note:)Meaning by this that the king should make him next to himself as Joseph was known to be next to Pharaoh in (Gen_41:43).(:note) horse that the king rideth upon, and the crown royal which is set upon his head:

geneva@Esther:8:3 @ And Esther spake yet again before the king, and fell down at his feet, and besought him with tears to put away the (note:)Meaning, that he should abolish the wicked decrees, which he had made for the destruction of the Jews.(:note) mischief of Haman the Agagite, and his device that he had devised against the Jews.

geneva@Esther:8:13 @ The copy of the writing for a commandment to be given in every province [was] published unto all people, and that the Jews should be ready against that day to (note:)The king gave them permission to kill all who oppressed them.(:note) avenge themselves on their enemies.

geneva@Esther:9:22 @ As the days wherein the Jews rested from their enemies, and the month which was turned unto them from sorrow to joy, and from mourning into a good day: that they should make them days of feasting and joy, and of (note:)He sets before our eyes the use of this feast which was for the remembrance of God's deliverance, the maintenance of mutual friendship and relief of the poor.(:note) sending portions one to another, and gifts to the poor.

geneva@Esther:9:25 @ But when (note:)That is, Esther.(:note) [Esther] came before the king, he commanded by letters that his wicked These are the words of the kings commandment to disannul Haman's wicked enterprise. device, which he devised against the Jews, should return upon his own head, and that he and his sons should be hanged on the gallows.

geneva@Esther:9:27 @ The Jews ordained, and took upon them, and upon their seed, and upon all such as joined themselves unto them, so as it should not fail, that they would keep these two (note:)Meaning, the fourteenth and fifteenth days of the month of Adar.(:note) days according to their writing, and according to their [appointed] time every year;

geneva@Esther:9:28 @ And that these dayes shoulde be remembred, and kept throughout euery generation and euery familie, and euery prouince, and euery citie: euen these daies of Purim should not faile among the Iewes, and the memoriall of them should not perish from their seede.

geneva@Job:1:1 @ There was a man in the land of (note:)That is, of the country of Idumea, (Lam_4:21), or bordering on it: for the land was called by the name of Uz, the son of Dishan, the son of Seir (Gen_36:28).(:note) Uz, whose name [was] Job; and that man was perfect and Since he was a Gentile and not a Jew and yet is pronounced upright and without hypocrisy, it declares that among the heathen God revealed himself. upright, and By this it is declared what is meant by an upright and just man. one that feared God, and eschewed evil. The Argument - In this history the example of patience is set before our eyes. This holy man Job was not only extremely afflicted in outward things and in his body, but also in his mind and conscience, by the sharp temptation of his wife and friends: who by their vehement words and subtle disputations brought him almost to despair. They set forth God as a sincere judge, and mortal enemy to him who had cast him off, therefore in vain he should seek him for help. These friends came to him under pretence of consolation, and yet they tormented him more than all his afflictions did. Even so, he constantly resisted them, and eventually succeeded. In this story we must note that Job maintains a good cause, but handles it badly. His adversaries have an evil matter, but they defend it craftily. Job held that God did not always punish men according to their sins, but that he had secret judgments, of which man knew not the cause, and therefore man could not reason against God in it, but he should be convicted. Moreover, he was assured that God had not rejected him, yet through his great torments and afflictions he speaks many inconveniences and shows himself as a desperate man in many things, and as one that would resist God, and this is his good cause which he handles well. Again the adversaries maintain with many good arguments that God punishes continually according to the trespass, grounding on God's providence, his justice and man's sins, yet their intention is evil; for they labour to bring Job into despair, and so they maintain an evil cause. Ezekiel commends Job as a just man, (Eze_14:14) and James sets out his patience for an example, (Jam_5:11).

geneva@Job:1:5 @ And it was so, when the days of [their] feasting were gone about, that Job sent and (note:)That is, commanded them to be sanctified: meaning, that they should consider the faults that they had committed, and reconcile themselves for the same.(:note) sanctified them, and rose up early in the morning, and That is, he offered for each of his children an offering of reconciliation, which declared his religion toward God, and the care that he had for his children. offered burnt offerings [according] to the number of them all: for Job said, It may be that my sons have sinned, and In Hebrew it is, «blessed God», which is sometimes taken for blaspheming and cursing, as it is here and in (1Ki_21:10, 1Ki_21:13). cursed God in their hearts. Thus did Job While the feast lasted. continually.

geneva@Job:3:3 @ Let the day (note:)Men should not be weary of their life and curse it, because of the infinities that it is subject to, but because they are given to sin and rebellion against God.(:note) perish wherein I was born, and the night [in which] it was said, There is a man child conceived.

geneva@Job:3:13 @ For now should I have (note:)The vehemency of his afflictions made him utter these words as though death was the end of all miseries, and as if there were no life after this, which he speaks not as though it were so, but the infirmities of his flesh caused him to break out in this error of the wicked.(:note) lain still and been quiet, I should have slept: then had I been at rest,

geneva@Job:6:10 @ Then should I yet have comfort; yea, I would harden myself in sorrow: let him not spare; (note:)That is, let me die at once before I come to distrust God's promise through my impatience.(:note) for I have not concealed the words of the Holy One.

geneva@Job:6:11 @ What [is] my strength, that I should hope? and what [is] mine (note:)He fears lest he should be brought to inconveniences, if his sorrows should continue.(:note) end, that I should prolong my life?

geneva@Job:8:4 @ If thy children have sinned against him, and he have cast them away for their (note:)That is, has rewarded them according to their iniquity, meaning that Job should be warned by the example of his children, that he not offend God.(:note) transgression;

geneva@Job:8:7 @ Though thy beginning (note:)Though the beginning is not as pleasant as you would like, yet in the end you will have sufficient opportunity to please yourself.(:note) was small, yet thy latter end should greatly increase.

geneva@Job:9:2 @ I know [it is] so of a truth: but how should man be (note:)Job here answers Eliphaz and Bildad's oration, touching the justice of God, and his innocency, confessing God to be infinite in justice and man to be nothing in respect.(:note) just with God?

geneva@Job:9:14 @ How much less shall I answer him, [and] choose out (note:)How should I be able to answer him by eloquence? By which he notes his friends, who although they were eloquent in talk, did not believe in their hearts, that which they spoke.(:note) my words [to reason] with him?

geneva@Job:10:8 @ Thine (note:)In these eight verses following he describes the mercy of God, in the wonderful creation of man: and on it grounds that God should not show himself rigorous against him.(:note) hands have made me and fashioned me together round about; yet thou dost destroy me.

geneva@Job:11:2 @ Should not the multitude of words be answered? and should a man (note:)Should he persuade by his great talk that he is just?(:note) full of talk be justified?

geneva@Job:11:3 @ Should men holde their peace at thy lyes? & when thou mockest others, shall none make thee ashamed?

geneva@Job:11:4 @ For thou hast said, (note:)He charges Job with this, that he should say, that the thing which he spoke was true, and that he was without sin in the sight of God.(:note) My doctrine [is] pure, and I am clean in thine eyes.

geneva@Job:11:10 @ If he cut off, and (note:)If God should turn the state of things and establish a new order in nature, who could control him?(:note) shut up, or gather together, then who can hinder him?

geneva@Job:13:14 @ Wherefore do I (note:)Is not this a revealed sign of my affliction and that I do not complain without cause, seeing that I am thus tormented as though I should tear my own flesh, and put my life in danger?(:note) take my flesh in my teeth, and put my life in mine hand?

geneva@Job:14:3 @ And dost thou open thine eyes upon such an (note:)His meaning is, that seeing that man is so frail a creature, God should not handle him so extremely, in which Job shows the wickedness of the flesh, when it is not subject to the Spirit.(:note) one, and bringest me into judgment with thee?

geneva@Job:15:2 @ Should a wise man utter (note:)That is, vain words, and without consolation?(:note) vain knowledge, and fill his belly Meaning, with matters that are of no importance, which are forgotten as soon as they are uttered, as the East wind dries up moisture as soon as it falls. with the east wind?

geneva@Job:15:14 @ What [is] man, that he should be clean? and [he which is] born of a woman, that he should (note:)His purpose is to prove that Job, as an unjust man and a hypocrite, is punished for his sins, as he did before, (Job_4:8).(:note) be righteous?

geneva@Job:16:5 @ [But] I would strengthen you (note:)If this were in my power, yet I would comfort you and not do as you do to me.(:note) with my mouth, and the moving of my lips should asswage [your grief].

geneva@Job:17:13 @ If I wait, (note:)Though I should hope to come from adversity to prosperity, as your discourse pretends.(:note) the grave [is] mine house: I have made my bed in the darkness.

geneva@Job:18:12 @ His strength shall be (note:)That which should nourish him will be consumed by famine.(:note) hungerbitten, and destruction [shall be] ready at his side.

geneva@Job:19:21 @ Have pity upon me, have (note:)Seeing I have these just causes to complain, condemn me not as a hypocrite, especially you who should comfort me.(:note) pity upon me, O ye my friends; for the hand of God hath touched me.

geneva@Job:19:28 @ But ye should say, Why persecute we him, seeing the root of the (note:)Though his friends thought that he was only persecuted by God for his sins, yet he declares that there was a deeper consideration that is, the trial of his faith and patience, and so to be an example for others.(:note) matter is found in me?

geneva@Job:21:4 @ As for me, [is] my complaint to man? and if [it (note:)As though he would say, I do not talk with man but with God, who will not answer me, and therefore my mind must be troubled.(:note) were so], why should not my spirit be troubled?

geneva@Job:21:14 @ Therefore they say unto God, Depart from us; for we desire not the (note:)They desire nothing more than to be exempt from all subjection that they should bear to God, thus Job shows his adversaries, that if they reason only by that which is seen by common experience the wicked who hate God are better dealt withal than they who love him.(:note) knowledge of thy ways.

geneva@Job:21:15 @ Who is the Almightie, that we should serue him? and what profit should we haue, if we should pray vnto him?

geneva@Job:22:4 @ Will he reprove thee for fear (note:)Lest you should reprove or hurt him?(:note) of thee? will he enter with thee into judgment?

geneva@Job:23:16 @ For (note:)That I should not be without fear.(:note) God maketh my heart soft, and the Almighty troubleth me:

geneva@Job:27:5 @ God forbid that I should (note:)Which condemns me as a wicked man, because the hand of God is on me.(:note) justify you: till I die I will not remove mine I will not confess that God does thus punish me for my sins. integrity from me.

geneva@Job:31:1 @ I made a covenant with mine (note:)I kept my eyes from all wanton looks.(:note) eyes; why then should I think upon Would not God then have punished me? a maid?

geneva@Job:31:2 @ For what portion should I haue of God from aboue? and what inheritance of the Almightie from on hie?

geneva@Job:31:28 @ This also [were] an iniquity [to be punished by] the judge: for I should have denied the God [that is] (note:)By putting confidence in anything but in him alone.(:note) above.

geneva@Job:32:7 @ I said, Days (note:)Meaning, the ancient, who have experience.(:note) should speak, and multitude of years should teach wisdom.

geneva@Job:32:13 @ Lest ye should say, We have (note:)Flatter yourselves as though you had overcome him.(:note) found out wisdom: God thrusteth him down, not man.

geneva@Job:33:4 @ The (note:)I confess the power of God, and am one of his, therefore you should hear me.(:note) Spirit of God hath made me, and the breath of the Almighty hath given me life.

geneva@Job:33:14 @ For God speaketh (note:)Though God by various examples of his judgments speak to man, yet the reason for it is not known, yea and though God should speak yet is he not understood.(:note) once, yea twice, [yet man] perceiveth it not.

geneva@Job:33:18 @ And keepe backe his soule from the pit, & that his life should not passe by the sword.

geneva@Job:34:6 @ Should I lie against my (note:)Should I say, I am wicked, being an innocent?(:note) right? my wound [is] I am more punished, than my sin deserves. incurable without transgression.

geneva@Job:34:9 @ For he hath said, (note:)He wrests Job's words who said that God's children are often punished in this world, and the wicked go free.(:note) It profiteth a man nothing that he should That is, live godly, (Gen_5:22). delight himself with God.

geneva@Job:34:10 @ Therefore hearken vnto me, ye men of wisedome, God forbid that wickednesse should be in God, and iniquitie in the Almightie.

geneva@Job:34:18 @ [Is it fit] to say to a king, [Thou art] (note:)If man by nature fears to speak evil of such as have power, then they should be much more afraid to speak evil of God.(:note) wicked? [and] to princes, [Ye are] ungodly?

geneva@Job:34:23 @ For he will not lay upon man more [than right]; that he should (note:)God does not afflict man above measure so that he should have opportunity to contend with him.(:note) enter into judgment with God.

geneva@Job:34:33 @ [Should it be] according to (note:)Will God use your counsel in doing his works?(:note) thy mind? he will recompense Thus he speaks in the person of God, as though Job should chose and refuse affliction at his pleasure. it, whether thou refuse, or whether thou choose; and not I: therefore speak what thou knowest.

geneva@Job:36:16 @ Even so would he have removed thee out of the strait [into] a broad place, where [there is] no straitness; and (note:)If you had been obedient to God, he would have brought you to freedom and wealth.(:note) that which should be set on thy table [should be] full of fatness.

geneva@Job:37:17 @ How thy garments [are] (note:)Why your clothes should keep you warm when the south wind blows rather than when any other wind blows?(:note) warm, when he quieteth the earth by the south [wind]?

geneva@Job:37:20 @ Shall it be (note:)Has God need that any should tell him when man murmurs against him?(:note) told him that I speak? if a man speak, surely he shall be swallowed up.

geneva@Job:39:9 @ Will the unicorn be willing to (note:)Is it possible to make the unicorn tame? signifying that if man cannot rule a creature, that it is much more impossible that he should appoint the wisdom of God, by which he governs all the world.(:note) serve thee, or abide by thy crib?

geneva@Job:39:16 @ She is hardened against her young ones, as though [they were] not hers: her labour is (note:)If he should take care of them.(:note) in vain without fear;

geneva@Job:41:2 @ Canst thou put an hook into his nose? or (note:)Because he fears lest you should take him.(:note) bore his jaw through with a thorn?

geneva@Job:41:11 @ Who hath prevented me, that I should (note:)Who has taught me to accomplish my work?(:note) repay [him? whatsoever is] under the whole heaven is mine.

geneva@Psalms:1:1 @ Blessed [is] the man that walketh not in the (note:)When a man has once given place to evil counsel, or to his own sin nature, he begins to forget himself in his sin, and so falls into contempt of God, which is called the seat of the scorners.(:note) counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful. The Argument - This book of psalms is given to us by the Holy Spirit, to be esteemed as a precious treasure in which all things are contained that bring to true happiness in this present life as well as in the life to come. For the riches of true knowledge and heavenly wisdom, are here set open for us, to take of it most abundantly. If we would know the great and high majesty of God, here we may see the brightness of it shine clearly. If we would seek his incomprehensible wisdom, here is the school of the same profession. If we would comprehend his inestimable bounty, and approach near to it, and fill our hands with that treasure, here we may have a most lively and comfortable taste of it. If we would know where our salvation lies and how to attain to everlasting life, here is Christ our Redeemer, and Mediator most evidently described. The rich man may learn the true use of his riches. The poor man may find full contentment. He who will rejoice will know true joy, and how to keep measure in it. They who are afflicted and oppressed will see what their comfort exists in, and how they should praise God when he sends them deliverance. The wicked and the persecutors of the children of God will see how the hand of God is always against them: and though he permits them to prosper for a while, yet he bridles them, so much so that they cannot touch a hair of ones head unless he permits them, and how in the end their destruction is most miserable. Briefly here we have most present remedies against all temptations and troubles of mind and conscience, so that being well practised in this, we may be assured against all dangers in this life, live in the true fear and love of God, and at length attain the incorruptible crown of glory, which is laid up for all who love the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.

geneva@Psalms:4:8 @ I will both lay me down in peace, and sleep: for thou, LORD, (note:)This word in Hebrew may be referred to God, as it is here translated, or to David, signifying that he should dwell as joyfully alone, as if he had many about him, because the Lord is with him.(:note) only makest me dwell in safety.

geneva@Psalms:6:5 @ For in (note:)He laments that opportunity should be taken from him to praise God in the congregation.(:note) death [there is] no remembrance of thee: in the grave who shall give thee thanks?

geneva@Psalms:10:1 @ Why standest thou afar off, O LORD? [why] hidest thou [thyself] in (note:)As soon as we enter into affliction, we think God should help us, but that is not always his due time.(:note) times of trouble?

geneva@Psalms:19:7 @ The (note:)Though the creatures cannot serve, yet this should be sufficient to lead us to him.(:note) law of the LORD [is] perfect, converting the soul: the testimony of the LORD [is] sure, making wise the simple.

geneva@Psalms:27:3 @ Though an host should encamp against me, my heart shall not fear: though war should rise against me, in (note:)That God will deliver me and give my faith the victory.(:note) this [will] I [be] confident.

geneva@Psalms:29:3 @ The (note:)The thunder claps that are heard out of the clouds should make the wicked tremble for fear of God's anger.(:note) voice of the LORD [is] upon the waters: the God of glory thundereth: the LORD [is] upon many waters.

geneva@Psalms:30:3 @ O LORD, thou hast brought up my (note:)Meaning, that he escaped death most narrowly.(:note) soul from the grave: thou hast kept me alive, that I should not go down to the pit.

geneva@Psalms:30:12 @ To the end that [my] (note:)Because you have preserved me that my tongue should praise you, I will not be unmindful of my duty.(:note) glory may sing praise to thee, and not be silent. O LORD my God, I will give thanks unto thee for ever.

geneva@Psalms:31:6 @ I have hated them that regard lying vanities: but I (note:)This affection should be in all God's children to hate whatever is not grounded on a sure trust in God, as deceitful and vain.(:note) trust in the LORD.

geneva@Psalms:38:16 @ For I said, [Hear me], lest [otherwise] they should rejoice over me: (note:)That is, if they see that you do not help me in time, they will mock and triumph as though you had forsaken me.(:note) when my foot slippeth, they magnify [themselves] against me.

geneva@Psalms:47:1 @ «To the chief Musician, A Psalm for the sons of Korah.» O (note:)Here is figured Christ to whom all his should give willing obedience, and who would show himself terrible to the wicked.(:note) clap your hands, all ye people; shout unto God with the voice of triumph.

geneva@Psalms:49:5 @ Wherefore should I (note:)Though wickedness reigns and enemies rage, seeing God will execute his judgments against the wicked at a suitable time.(:note) fear in the days of evil, [when] the iniquity of my heels shall compass me about?

geneva@Psalms:50:5 @ Gather my (note:)God in respect to his elect calls the whole body holy, saints and his people.(:note) saints together unto me; those that have made a covenant with me by Who should know that sacrifices are sealed by the covenant between God and his people, and not set religion in it. sacrifice.

geneva@Psalms:55:6 @ And I said, Oh that I had wings like a dove! [for then] would I (note:)Fear had driven him to so great distress, that he wished to be hid in some wilderness, and to be banished from that kingdom which God had promised that he should enjoy.(:note) fly away, and be at rest.

geneva@Psalms:57:3 @ He shall send from (note:)He would rather deliver me by a miracle, than that I should be overcome.(:note) heaven, and save me [from] the reproach of him that would swallow me up. Selah. God shall send forth his mercy and his truth.

geneva@Psalms:69:22 @ Let their (note:)He desires God to execute his judgments against the reprobate, which cannot by any means be turned, (Rom_11:9).(:note) table become a snare before them: and [that which should have been] for [their] welfare, [let it become] a trap.

geneva@Psalms:73:15 @ If I say, (note:)If I give place to this wicked thought, I offend against your providence, seeing you do all things most wisely and preserve your children in their greatest dangers.(:note) I will speak thus; behold, I should offend [against] the generation of thy children.

geneva@Psalms:78:5 @ For he established a (note:)By the testimony and law, he means your law written, which they were commanded to teach their children, (Deu_6:7).(:note) testimony in Jacob, and appointed a law in Israel, which he commanded our fathers, that they should make them known to their children:

geneva@Psalms:78:6 @ That the (note:)He shows how the children would be like their father's: that is, in maintaining God's pure religion.(:note) generation to come might know [them, even] the children [which] should be born; [who] should arise and declare [them] to their children:

geneva@Psalms:78:8 @ And might not be as their (note:)Though these fathers were the seed of Abraham and the chosen people, yet he shows by their rebellion, provocation, falsehood, and hypocrisy, that the children should not follow their examples.(:note) fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation; a generation [that] set not their heart aright, and whose spirit was not stedfast with God.

geneva@Psalms:79:10 @ Wherefore should the heathen say, Where is their God? let him be knowen among the heathen in our sight by the vengeance of the blood of thy seruants that is shed.

geneva@Psalms:80:17 @ Let thy hand be upon the (note:)That is, on this vine or people, whom you have planted with your right hand, that they should be as one man or one body(:note) man of thy right hand, upon the son of man [whom] thou madest strong for thyself.

geneva@Psalms:81:14 @ I should soon have subdued their enemies, and turned my hand (note:)If their sins had not.(:note) against their adversaries.

geneva@Psalms:81:15 @ The haters of the LORD should have submitted themselves unto him: but their time (note:)If the Israelites had not broken covenant with God, he would have given them victory against their enemies.(:note) should have endured for ever.

geneva@Psalms:81:16 @ He should have fed them also with the (note:)That is, with most fine wheat and abundance of honey.(:note) finest of the wheat: and with honey out of the rock should I have satisfied thee.

geneva@Psalms:89:17 @ For thou [art] the (note:)In that they are preserved and continue, they should give the praise and glory to you alone.(:note) glory of their strength: and in thy favour our horn shall be exalted.

geneva@Psalms:94:9 @ He that (note:)He shows that it is impossible, but God should hear, see, and understand their wickedness.(:note) planted the ear, shall he not hear? he that formed the eye, shall he not see?

geneva@Psalms:94:12 @ Blessed [is] the man whom thou (note:)God has care over his, and chastised them for their own good, that they should not perish for ever with the wicked.(:note) chastenest, O LORD, and teachest him out of thy law;

geneva@Psalms:95:11 @ Unto whom I sware in my wrath that they should not enter into (note:)That is, into the land of Canaan, where he promised them rest.(:note) my rest.

geneva@Psalms:96:4 @ For the LORD [is] (note:)Seeing he will reveal himself to all nations contrary to their own expectation, they should all worship him contrary to their own imaginations, and only as he has appointed.(:note) great, and greatly to be praised: he [is] to be feared above all gods.

geneva@Psalms:100:5 @ For the LORD [is] good; his mercy [is] (note:)He declares that we should never be weary in praising him, seeing his mercies toward us last forever.(:note) everlasting; and his truth [endureth] to all generations.

geneva@Psalms:102:3 @ For my days are (note:)These excessive kinds of speech show how much the affliction of the Church should wound the hearts of the godly.(:note) consumed like smoke, and my bones are burned as an hearth.

geneva@Psalms:102:14 @ For thy servants take pleasure in her (note:)The more the Church is in misery and desolation, the more the faithful should love and pity it.(:note) stones, and favour the dust thereof.

geneva@Psalms:105:45 @ That they might (note:)This is the reason why God preserves his Church, because they should worship and call on him in this world.(:note) observe his statutes, and keep his laws. Praise ye the LORD.

geneva@Psalms:106:23 @ Therefore he said that he would destroy them, had (note:)If Moses, by his intercession, had not obtained God's favour against their rebellion.(:note) not Moses his chosen stood before him in the breach, to turn away his wrath, lest he should destroy [them].

geneva@Psalms:107:32 @ Let them exalt him also in the (note:)This great benefit should not only be considered particularly, but magnified in all places and assemblies.(:note) congregation of the people, and praise him in the assembly of the elders.

geneva@Psalms:113:4 @ The LORD [is] high above all (note:)If God's glory shines through all the world, and therefore of all ought to be praised, what great condemnation were it to his people, among whom chiefly it shines, if they should not earnestly extol his Name?(:note) nations, [and] his glory above the heavens.

geneva@Psalms:115:2 @ Wherefore should the heathen say, (note:)When the wicked see that God does not always accomplish his promise as they imagined, they think there is no God.(:note) Where [is] now their God?

geneva@Psalms:115:4 @ Their idols [are] (note:)Seeing that neither the matter nor the form can commend their idols it follows that there is no reason that they should be esteemed.(:note) silver and gold, the work of men's hands.

geneva@Psalms:119:6 @ Then should I not be confounded, when I haue respect vnto all thy commandements.

geneva@Psalms:119:17 @ GIMEL. Deal bountifully with thy servant, [that] I may (note:)He shows that we should not desire to live but to serve God, and that we can not serve him correctly unless he opens our eyes and minds.(:note) live, and keep thy word.

geneva@Psalms:119:19 @ I [am] a (note:)Seeing man's life in this world is only a passage, what should become of him, if your word were not his guide?(:note) stranger in the earth: hide not thy commandments from me.

geneva@Psalms:119:46 @ I will speak of thy testimonies also before (note:)He shows that the children of God should not permit their fathers glory to be obscured by the vain pomp of princes.(:note) kings, and will not be ashamed.

geneva@Psalms:119:89 @ LAMED. For ever, O LORD, thy word is settled in (note:)Because no one should esteem God's word according to the changes of things in this world, he shows that it abides in heaven, and therefore is immutable.(:note) heaven.

geneva@Psalms:119:92 @ Except thy Lawe had bene my delite, I should now haue perished in mine affliction.

geneva@Psalms:119:136 @ Rivers of waters (note:)He shows what should be the zeal of God's children when they see his word contemned.(:note) run down mine eyes, because they keep not thy law.

geneva@Psalms:120:1 @ «A Song of (note:)That is, of lifting up the tune and rising in singing.(:note) degrees.» In my Even though the children of God should rejoice when they suffer for righteousness sake, yet it is a great grief to the flesh to hear evil for well doing. distress I cried unto the LORD, and he heard me.

geneva@Psalms:125:3 @ For the (note:)Though God permits his to be under the cross lest they embrace wickedness, yet this cross will not so rest on them, that it should drive them from hope.(:note) rod of the wicked shall not rest upon the lot of the righteous; lest the righteous put forth their hands unto iniquity.

geneva@Psalms:126:2 @ Then was our mouth (note:)He shows how the godly should rejoice when God gathers his Church or delivers it.(:note) filled with laughter, and our tongue with singing: then said they among the If the infidels confess God's wonderful work, the faithful can never show themselves sufficiently thankful. heathen, The LORD hath done great things for them.

geneva@Psalms:129:1 @ «A Song of degrees.» Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth, may (note:)The Church now afflicted should remember how her condition has always been such from the beginning to be molested most grievously by the wicked, yet in time it has always been delivered.(:note) Israel now say:

geneva@Psalms:132:6 @ Lo, we heard of it at (note:)The common instinct was that the ark should remain in Ephratah, that is, in Bethlehem a plentiful place: but later we perceived that you would place it in Jerusalem, which was barren as a forest and compassed about only with hills.(:note) Ephratah: we found it in the fields of the wood.

geneva@Psalms:135:6 @ Whatsoever the LORD pleased, [that] (note:)He joined God's power with his will, to the intent that we should not separate them and by this he wills God's people to depend on his power which he confirms by examples.(:note) did he in heaven, and in earth, in the seas, and all deep places.

geneva@Psalms:137:3 @ For there they that carried us away captive (note:)The Babylonians speak thus in mocking us, as though by our silence we should signify that we hoped no more in God.(:note) required of us a song; and they that wasted us [required of us] mirth, [saying], Sing us [one] of the songs of Zion.

geneva@Psalms:139:17 @ How (note:)How should we esteem the excellent declaration of your wisdom in the creation of man?(:note) precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God! how great is the sum of them!

geneva@Psalms:139:18 @ [If] I should count them, they are more in number than the sand: when I awake, (note:)I continually see new opportunity to meditate in your wisdom, and to praise you.(:note) I am still with thee.

geneva@Psalms:143:8 @ Cause me to hear thy lovingkindness in the (note:)That is, speedily and in due season.(:note) morning; for in thee do I trust: Let your Holy Spirit counsel me how to come forth from these great cares and troubles. cause me to know the way wherein I should walk; for I lift up my soul unto thee.

geneva@Psalms:144:7 @ Send thine hand from above; rid me, and deliver me out of great (note:)That is, deliver me from the tumults of they who should be my people but are corrupt in their judgment and enterprises, as though they were strangers.(:note) waters, from the hand of strange children;

geneva@Psalms:145:14 @ The LORD upholdeth all that (note:)Who being in misery and affliction would faint and fall away if God did not uphold them, and therefore they should revere him who reigns in heaven and suffer themselves to be governed by him.(:note) fall, and raiseth up all [those that be] bowed down.

geneva@Psalms:147:4 @ He (note:)Though it seems incredible to man, that God should assemble his Church, being so dispersed, yet nothing can be too hard to him that can number and name all the stars.(:note) telleth the number of the stars; he calleth them all by [their] names.

geneva@Psalms:149:5 @ Let the saints be joyful in glory: let them sing aloud upon their (note:)He alludes to that continual rest and quietness which they should have if they would suffer God to rule them.(:note) beds.

geneva@Psalms:149:8 @ To bind (note:)Not only the people, but the kings who were their enemies should be destroyed.(:note) their kings with chains, and their nobles with fetters of iron;

geneva@Proverbs:7:2 @ Keep my commandments, and live; and my law as the (note:)By this diversity of words, he means that nothing should be so dear to us as the word of God, nor that we look on anything more nor mind anything so much.(:note) apple of thy eye.

geneva@Proverbs:9:8 @ Reprove not a (note:)Meaning them who are incorrigible, which Christ calls dogs and swine: or he speaks this in comparison, not that the wicked should not be rebuked, but he shows their malice, and the small hope of the profit.(:note) scorner, lest he shall hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee.

geneva@Proverbs:22:6 @ Train up a child (note:)Bring him up virtuously and he will continue so.(:note) in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.

geneva@Proverbs:22:11 @ He that loveth pureness of heart, [for] the grace of his lips the (note:)He shows that princes should use their familiarity, whose conscience is good, and their talk wise and godly.(:note) king [shall be] his friend.

geneva@Proverbs:22:27 @ If thou hast nothing to paye, why causest thou that he should take thy bed from vnder thee?

geneva@Proverbs:24:7 @ Wisdom [is] too high for a fool: he openeth not his mouth in the (note:)In the place where wisdom should be shown.(:note) gate.

geneva@Ecclesiastes:1:1 @ The words of the (note:)Solomon is here called a preacher, or one who assembles the people, because he teaches the true knowledge of God, and how men ought to pass their life in this transitory world.(:note) Preacher, the son of David, king of Jerusalem. The Argument - Solomon as a preacher and one that desired to instruct all in the way of salvation, describes the deceivable vanities of this world: that man should not be addicted to anything under the sun, but rather inflamed with the desire of the heavenly life: therefore he confutes their opinions, which set their happiness either in knowledge or in pleasures, or in dignity and riches, wishing that man's true happiness consists in that he is united with God and will enjoy his presence: so that all other things must be rejected, save in as much as they further us to attain to this heavenly treasure, which is sure and permanent, and cannot be found in any other save in God alone.

geneva@Ecclesiastes:2:3 @ I sought in my heart to give myself to wine, yet acquainting my heart with (note:)Even though I gave myself to pleasures, yet I thought to keep wisdom and the fear of God in my heart, and govern my affairs by the same.(:note) wisdom; and to lay hold on folly, till I might see what [was] that good for the sons of men, which they should do under the heaven all the days of their life.

geneva@Ecclesiastes:2:24 @ [There is] nothing better for a man, [than] that he should eat and drink, and [that] he should (note:)When man has all laboured, he can get no more than food and refreshing, yet he confesses also that this comes from God's blessing, as in (Ecc_3:13).(:note) make his soul enjoy good in his labour. This also I saw, that it [was] from the hand of God.

geneva@Ecclesiastes:3:13 @ And also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy the good of all his labour, it [is] the (note:)Read (Ecc_2:24) and these places declare that we should do all things with sobriety and in the fear of God, as he gives not his gifts to the intent that they should be abused.(:note) gift of God.

geneva@Ecclesiastes:3:14 @ I know that, whatever God doeth, it shall be for (note:)That is, man will never be able to prevent God's work, but as he has determined so it will come to pass.(:note) ever: nothing can be added to it, nor any thing taken from it: and God doeth [it], that [men] should fear before him.

geneva@Ecclesiastes:3:22 @ Wherefore I perceive that [there is] nothing better, than that a man should (note:)By the often repetition of this sentence as in (Ecc_2:24, Ecc_3:12, Ecc_3:22, Ecc_5:17, Ecc_8:15) he declares that man by reason can comprehend nothing better in this life than to use the gifts of God soberly and comfortably: for to know further, is a special gift of God revealed by his Spirit.(:note) rejoice in his own works; for that [is] his portion: for who shall bring him to see what shall be after him?

geneva@Ecclesiastes:4:11 @ Also if two sleepe together, then shall they haue heate: but to one how should there be heate?

geneva@Ecclesiastes:4:12 @ And if one prevaileth against him, two shall withstand him; and a threefold (note:)By this proverb he declares how necessary it is, that men should live in society.(:note) cord is not quickly broken.

geneva@Ecclesiastes:5:2 @ Be not (note:)Either in vowing or in praying, meaning, that we should use all reverence toward God.(:note) rash with thy mouth, and let not thy heart be hasty to utter [any] thing before God: for God [is] in heaven, and thou upon earth: therefore let thy words be He hears you not for the sake of your many words or often repetitions, but considers your faith and servant's mind. few.

geneva@Ecclesiastes:5:6 @ Allow not thy mouth to cause thy (note:)Do not cause yourself to sin by vowing rashly as they do who make a vow to live unmarried and such like.(:note) flesh to sin; neither say thou before the That is, before God's messenger when he will examine your doing, as though your ignorance should be a just excuse. angel, that it [was] an error: why should God be angry at thy voice, and destroy the work of thy hands?

geneva@Ecclesiastes:7:5 @ {\cf2 (7:7)} Better it is to heare ye rebuke of a wise man, then that a man should heare the song of fooles.

geneva@Ecclesiastes:7:14 @ In the day of prosperity be joyful, but in the day of adversity (note:)Consider why God sends it and what may comfort you.(:note) consider: God also hath appointed the one as well as the other, to the end that man should find That man should be able to control nothing in his works. nothing after him.

geneva@Ecclesiastes:8:5 @ He who keepeth the commandment shall feel no evil thing: and a wise man's heart discerneth both (note:)That is, when time is to obey, and how far he should obey.(:note) time and judgment.

geneva@Ecclesiastes:8:6 @ Because to every purpose there is time and judgment, therefore the (note:)Man by himself is miserable, and therefore should do nothing to increase the same, but to work all things by wisdom and counsel.(:note) misery of man [is] great upon him.

geneva@Ecclesiastes:12:5 @ Also [when] they shall be afraid of [that which is] (note:)To climb high because of their weakness, or they stoop down as though they were afraid lest anything should hide them.(:note) high, and fears [shall be] in the They will tremble as they go, as though they were afraid. way, and the almond tree shall Their head will be as white as the blossoms of an almond tree. flourish, and the They will be able to bear nothing. grasshopper shall be a burden, and desire shall fail: because man goeth to his long home, and the mourners go about the streets:

geneva@Songs:1:6 @ Look not upon me, because I [am] (note:)Consider not the Church by the outward appearance.(:note) black, because the The corruption of nature through sin and afflictions. sun hath looked upon me: My own brethren who should have most favoured me. my mother's children were angry with me; they made me the keeper of the vineyards; [but] my own vineyard have I not She confesses her own negligence. kept.

geneva@Songs:1:7 @ Tell me, (note:)The spouse feeling her fault flees to her husband only for comfort.(:note) O thou whom my soul loveth, where thou feedest, where thou makest [thy flock] to rest at noon: for why should I be as one that turneth aside by the flocks of Whom you have called to the dignity of pastors, and they set forth their own dreams instead of your doctrine. thy companions?

geneva@Songs:5:5 @ I rose up to open to my beloved; and my hands flowed [with] myrrh, and my (note:)The spouse who should be anointed by Christ will not find him if she thinks to anoint him with her good works.(:note) fingers [with] sweet smelling myrrh, upon the handles of the lock.

geneva@Songs:5:8 @ I charge you, (note:)She asks of them who are godly (as the law and salvation should come out of Zion and Jerusalem) that they would direct her to Christ.(:note) O daughters of Jerusalem, if ye find my beloved, that ye tell him, that I [am] sick with love.

geneva@Songs:8:1 @ O (note:)The Church called of the Gentiles speaks thus to the Church of Jerusalem.(:note) that thou [wert] as my brother, that was nourished at the breasts of my mother! [when] I should find thee outside, I would kiss thee; yea, I should not be despised.

geneva@Songs:8:7 @ Much water can not quench loue, neither can the floods drowne it: If a man should giue all the substance of his house for loue, they would greatly contemne it.

geneva@Isaiah:1:5 @ Why should ye be (note:)What good is it to seek to mend you by punishment, seeing that the more I correct you, the more you rebel?(:note) stricken any more? ye will revolt more and more: the whole By naming the chief parts of the body, he signifies that there was no part of the whole body of the Jews free from his rods. head is sick, and the whole heart faint.

geneva@Isaiah:1:9 @ Except the LORD of hosts (note:)Because he will always have a Church to call on his Name.(:note) had left to us a very small remnant, we should have been That is, all destroyed. as Sodom, we should have been like Gomorrah.

geneva@Isaiah:1:17 @ Learn to (note:)This kind of reasoning by the second table, the scriptures use in many places against the hypocrites who pretend holiness and religion in word, but when charity and love for their brethren should appear they declare that they have neither faith nor religion.(:note) do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.

geneva@Isaiah:1:18 @ Come now, (note:)To know if I accuse you without cause.(:note) and let us reason together, saith the LORD: though your sins are as scarlet, they shall be Lest sinners should pretend any rigour on God's part, he only wills them to be pure in heart, and he will forgive all their sins, no matter how many or great. white as snow; though they are red like crimson, they shall be as wool.

geneva@Isaiah:1:25 @ And I will turn my hand upon thee, and thoroughly purge away thy dross, (note:)Lest the faithful among them should be overcome with his threatening he adds this consolation.(:note) and take away all thy tin:

geneva@Isaiah:2:4 @ And (note:)The Lord, who is Christ, will have all power given to him.(:note) he shall judge among the nations, and shall That they may acknowledge their sins, and turn to him. rebuke many people: and they shall He shows the fruit of the peace which the gospel should bring, that is, that men should do good to one another, while before they were enemies. beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn He speaks not against the use of weapons and lawful war, but shows how the hearts of the godly will be affected one toward another, which peace and love begin and grow in this life, but will be perfected when we are joined with our head Jesus Christ. war any more.

geneva@Isaiah:3:1 @ For, behold, the Lord, the LORD of hosts, doth take away from Jerusalem and from Judah the rod (note:)Because they trusted in their abundance and prosperity he shows that they should be taken from them.(:note) and the staff, the whole support of bread, and the whole support of water,

geneva@Isaiah:4:2 @ In that day shall the (note:)He comforts the Church in this desolation which will spring up like a bud signifying that God's graces should be as plentiful toward the faithful as though they sprang out of the earth, as in (Isa_45:8). Some by the bud of the Lord mean Christ.(:note) branch of the LORD be beautiful and glorious, and the fruit of the earth [shall be] the pride and glory of them that have escaped of Israel.

geneva@Isaiah:4:5 @ And the LORD will create upon every dwelling place of mount Zion, and upon her assemblies, (note:)He alludes to the pillar of the cloud, (Exo_13:21), meaning that God's favour and protection should appear in every place.(:note) a cloud and smoke by day, and the shining of a flaming fire by night: for upon all the The faithful are called the glory of God because his image and tokens of his grace shine in them. glory [shall be] a defence.

geneva@Isaiah:5:2 @ And he dug it, and removed its stones, and planted it with the choicest vine, (note:)He spared no diligence or cost.(:note) and built a tower in the midst of it, and also made a winepress in it: and he expected that it should bring forth grapes, and it brought forth In (Isa_5:7) he declares what they were. wild grapes.

geneva@Isaiah:5:4 @ What coulde I haue done any more to my vineyard that I haue not done vnto it? why haue I looked that it should bring foorth grapes, and it bringeth foorth wilde grapes?

geneva@Isaiah:6:3 @ And one cried to another, and said, (note:)This often repetition signifies that the angels cannot satisfy themselves in praising God, to teach us that in all our lives we should give ourselves to the continual praise of God.(:note) Holy, holy, holy, [is] the LORD of hosts: the whole His glory not only appears in the heavens but through all the world, and therefore all creatures are bound to praise him. earth [is] full of his glory.

geneva@Isaiah:8:11 @ For the LORD spoke thus to me (note:)To encourage me that I should not shrink for the infidelity of this people, and so neglect my office.(:note) with a strong hand, and instructed me that I should not walk in the way of this people, saying,

geneva@Isaiah:8:12 @ Say ye not, A (note:)Consent not you who are godly to the league and friendship that this people seek with strangers and idolaters.(:note) confederacy, to all [them to] whom this people shall say, A confederacy; neither fear ye Meaning, that they should not fear the thing that they who have no hope in God feared. their fear, nor be afraid.

geneva@Isaiah:8:19 @ And when they shall say to you, Seek to them that are mediums, and to wizards that peep, and that mutter: (note:)Answer the wicked thus, should not God's people seek comfort only from him?(:note) should not a people seek to their God? for the That is, will they refuse to be taught by the prophet, who is the mouth of God, and seek help from the dead, which is the illusion of Satan? living to the dead?

geneva@Isaiah:9:20 @ And he shall snatch on the right hand, and be hungry; and he shall eat on the left hand, and they shall not be satisfied: they shall eat every man the (note:)Their greediness will be insatiable, so that one brother will eat up another, as though he should eat his own flesh.(:note) flesh of his own arm:

geneva@Isaiah:10:15 @ Shall the (note:)Here we see that no creature is able to do anything, but as God appoints him, and that they are all his instruments to do his work though the intentions are diverse, as in (Isa_10:6).(:note) axe boast itself against him that heweth with it? [or] shall the saw magnify itself against him that moveth it? as if the rod should shake [itself] against them that lift it, [or] as if the staff should lift [itself, as if it were] no wood.

geneva@Isaiah:10:28 @ He is come to (note:)He describes by what way the Assyrians would come against Jerusalem, to confirm the faithful, when it would come to pass, that as their plague was come, so should they be delivered.(:note) Aiath, he is passed to Migron; at Michmash he hath attended to his carriages:

geneva@Isaiah:14:9 @ Hell from beneath is moved for thee to (note:)As though they feared, lest you should trouble the dead, as you did the living and here he derides the proud tyranny of the wicked, who know not that all creatures wish their destruction, that they may rejoice.(:note) meet [thee] at thy coming: it stirreth up the dead for thee, [even] all the chief ones of the earth; it hath raised up from their thrones all the kings of the nations.

geneva@Isaiah:18:2 @ That sendeth ambassadors by the sea, even in vessels of (note:)Which is those countries were great, so much so that they made ships from them for swiftness.(:note) bulrushes upon the waters, [saying], This may be taken that they sent others to comfort the Jews and to promise them help against their enemies, and so the Lord threatened to take away their strength, that the Jews should not trust in it: or that they solicited the Egyptians and promised them aid to go against Judah. Go, ye swift messengers, to a nation scattered and stripped, to a That is, the Jews who because of God's plague made all other nations afraid of the same, as God threatened in (Deu_28:37). people terrible from their beginning to this time; a nation measured by line and trodden down, whose land the Meaning the Assyrians, (Isa_8:7). rivers have laid waste!

geneva@Isaiah:22:11 @ Ye made also a ditch between the two walls for the (note:)To provide if need should be of water.(:note) water of the old pool: but ye have not looked to To God who made Jerusalem: that is, they trusted more in these worldly means than in God. its maker, neither had respect to him that fashioned it long ago.

geneva@Isaiah:22:25 @ In that day, saith the LORD of hosts, shall the (note:)He means Shebna, who in man's judgment should never have fallen.(:note) nail that is fastened in the sure place be removed, and be cut down, and fall; and the burden that [was] upon it shall be cut off: for the LORD hath spoken [it].

geneva@Isaiah:24:10 @ The city of (note:)Which as it was without order so now should it be brought to desolation and confusion: and this was not only meant of Jerusalem, but of all the other wicked cities.(:note) confusion is broken down: every house is shut up, that no man may enter.

geneva@Isaiah:26:1 @ In that day shall (note:)This song was made to comfort the faithful when their captivity would come, assuring them also of their deliverance, for which they should sing this song.(:note) this song be sung in the land of Judah; We have a strong city; God's protection and defence will be sufficient for us. salvation will [God] appoint [for] walls and bulwarks.

geneva@Isaiah:30:15 @ For thus saith the (note:)Often by his prophets he put you in remembrance of this, that you should only depend on him.(:note) Lord GOD, the Holy One of Israel; In returning and rest shall ye be saved; in quietness and in confidence shall be your strength: and ye would not.

geneva@Isaiah:31:1 @ Woe to them that (note:)There were two special reasons why the Israelites should not join with the Egyptians: first, because the Lord had commanded them never to return there, (Deu_17:16, Deu_28:68) lest they should forget the benefit of their redemption: and secondly, lest they should be corrupted with the superstition and idolatry of the Egyptians, and so forsake God, (Jer_2:18).(:note) go down to Egypt for help; and rely on horses, and trust in chariots, because [they are] many; and in horsemen, because they are very strong; but they look not to the Holy One of Israel, neither Meaning, that they forsake the Lord, if they put their trust in worldly things: for they cannot trust in both. seek the LORD!

geneva@Isaiah:32:1 @ Behold, (note:)This prophecy is of Hezekiah, who was a figure of Christ, and therefore it should chiefly be referred to him.(:note) a king shall reign in righteousness, and princes shall By judgment and justice is meant an upright government, both in policy and religion. rule in judgment.

geneva@Isaiah:32:10 @ Many days and years shall ye be troubled, (note:)Meaning that the affliction would continue long and when one year was past, yet they should look for new plagues.(:note) ye careless women: God will take from you the means and opportunities, which made you contemn him: that is, abundance of worldly goods. for the vintage shall fail, the gathering shall not come.

geneva@Isaiah:32:15 @ Until the (note:)That is, when the Church will be restored, thus the prophets after they have denounced God's judgments against the wicked, used to comfort the godly, lest they should faint.(:note) spirit shall be poured upon us from on high, and the wilderness shall be a fruitful field, and the The field which is now fruitful, will be but as a barren forest in comparison to what it will be then as in (Isa_29:17) which will be fulfilled in Christ's time, for then they who were before as the barren wilderness, being regenerate will be fruitful and they who had some beginning of godliness, will bring forth fruit in such abundance, that their former life will seem but as a wilderness where no fruit was. fruitful field shall be counted for a forest.

geneva@Isaiah:36:11 @ Then said Eliakim and Shebna and Joah to Rabshakeh, (note:)They were afraid, lest by his words, he should have stirred up the people against the king, and also pretended to grow to some appointment with him.(:note) Speak, I pray thee, to thy servants in the Syrian language; for we understand [it]: and speak not to us in the Jews' language, in the ears of the people that [are] on the wall.

geneva@Isaiah:36:20 @ Who is hee among all the gods of these lands, that hath deliuered their countrey out of mine hand, that the Lorde should deliuer Ierusalem out of mine hand?

geneva@Isaiah:40:21 @ Have ye not known? have ye not (note:)Do you not have the word of God, which plainly condemns idolatry?(:note) heard? hath it not been told you from the beginning? have ye not understood from the Can you not learn by the visible creatures whom God has made for your use, that you should not serve them or worship them? foundations of the earth?

geneva@Isaiah:40:25 @ To whom nowe will ye liken me, that I should be like him, saith the Holy one?

geneva@Isaiah:41:14 @ Fear not, thou (note:)Thus he calls them because they were contemned of all the world, and that they considering their own poor estate should seek him for help.(:note) worm Jacob, [and] ye men of Israel; I will help thee, saith the LORD, and thy redeemer, the Holy One of Israel.

geneva@Isaiah:41:18 @ I will open rivers in high places, and fountains in the midst of the valleys: I will make the wilderness a pool of water, and the dry (note:)God would rather change the order of nature than that they should want anything, who cry to him by true faith in their miseries: declaring to them by this that they will lack nothing by the way, when they return from Babylon.(:note) land springs of water.

geneva@Isaiah:43:4 @ Since thou hast been precious in my sight, thou hast been honourable, and I have loved thee: therefore will I give (note:)I will not spare any man, rather than you should perish, for God values one of his faithful more than all the wicked in the world.(:note) men for thee, and people for thy life.

geneva@Isaiah:44:7 @ And who, as I, shall (note:)And appoint them that will deliver the Church.(:note) call, and shall declare it, and set That is, tell me how I should proceed in this. it in order for me, since I appointed the God calls the Israelites ancient, because he preferred them to all others in his eternal election. ancient people? and the things that are coming, and shall come, let Meaning, their idols. them show to them.

geneva@Isaiah:48:5 @ I have even from the beginning declared [it] to thee; before it came to pass I showed (note:)How you should be delivered out of Babylon.(:note) [it] thee: lest thou shouldest say, My idol hath done them, and my graven image, and my molten image, hath commanded them.

geneva@Isaiah:48:7 @ They are created now, and not from the beginning; even before the day when thou heardest them not; lest thou shouldest say, Behold, I (note:)Showing that man's arrogancy is the reason God does not declare all things at once, lest they should attribute this knowledge to their own wisdom.(:note) knew them.

geneva@Isaiah:48:11 @ For my own sake, [even] for my own sake, will I do [it]: for how should [my name] (note:)God joins the salvation of his with his own honour: so that they cannot perish, but his glory would be diminished, as in (Deu_32:27).(:note) be profaned? Read (Isa_42:8). and I will not give my glory to another.

geneva@Isaiah:48:19 @ Thy seed also had been as the sand, and the offspring of thy body like its gravel; his (note:)That is, the prosperous estate of Israel.(:note) name should not have been cut off nor destroyed from before me.

geneva@Isaiah:48:22 @ [There is] no (note:)Thus he speaks that the wicked hypocrites should not abuse God's promise, in whom was neither faith nor repentance, as in (Isa_57:21)(:note) peace, saith the LORD, to the wicked.

geneva@Isaiah:49:1 @ Listen, to me O isles; and hearken, ye people, from far; The LORD hath called (note:)This is spoken in the person of Christ, to assure the faithful that these promises should come to pass: for they were all made in him and in him would be performed.(:note) me from This is meant of the time that Christ would be manifested to the world, as in (Psa_2:7). the womb; from the body of my mother hath he made mention of my name.

geneva@Isaiah:49:15 @ Can a woman forget her childe, & not haue compassion on the sonne of her wombe? Though they should forget, yet wil I not forget thee.

geneva@Isaiah:50:4 @ The Lord GOD hath given (note:)The prophet represents here the person and charge of them that are justly called to the ministry by God's word.(:note) me the tongue of the learned, that I should know how to speak a word in season to [him that is] To him that is oppressed by affliction and misery. weary: he awakeneth morning by morning, he awakeneth my ear to hear As they who are taught, and made meet by him. as the learned.

geneva@Isaiah:51:14 @ The captive exile (note:)He comforts them by the short time of their banishment: for in seventy years they were restored and the greatest empire of the world destroyed.(:note) hasteneth that he may be loosed, and that he should not die in the pit, nor that his bread should fail.

geneva@Isaiah:53:2 @ For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a (note:)The beginning of Christ's kingdom will be small and contemptible in the sight of man, but it will grow wonderfully and flourish before God.(:note) root out of a dry Read (Isa_11:1). ground: he hath no form nor comeliness; and when we shall see him, [there is] no beauty that we should desire him.

geneva@Isaiah:57:6 @ Among the smooth [stones] (note:)Meaning every place was polluted with their idolatry: or every fair stone they found they made into an idol.(:note) of the stream [is] thy portion; they, they [are]...offered a meat offering. Should I...In the sacrifices which you offering before these idols thought you served God. these?

geneva@Isaiah:57:16 @ For I will not contend for ever, neither will I be always angry: (note:)I will not use my power against frail man, whose life is but a blast.(:note) for the spirit should fail before me, and the souls [which] I have made.

geneva@Isaiah:58:5 @ Is it such a fast that I haue chosen, that a man should afflict his soule for a day, and to bowe downe his head, as a bull rush, and to lie downe in sackecloth and ashes? wilt thou call this a fasting, or an acceptable day to the Lord?

geneva@Isaiah:63:8 @ For he said, Surely they [are] my (note:)For I chose them to be mine, that they should be holy, and not deceive my expectation.(:note) people, children [that] will not lie: so he was their Saviour.

geneva@Isaiah:63:13 @ That led them through the deep, as an (note:)Peaceably and gentle, as a horse is led to his pasture.(:note) horse in the wilderness, [that] they should not stumble?

geneva@Jeremiah:1:1 @ The (note:)That is, the sermons and prophecies.(:note) words of Jeremiah the son of Who is thought to be he that found the book of the law under king Josiah, (2Ki_22:8). Hilkiah, of the priests that [were] in This was a city about three miles from Jerusalem and belonged to the priests, the sons of Aaron, (Jos_21:18). Anathoth in the land of Benjamin: The Argument - The prophet Jeremiah born in the city of Anathoth in the country of Benjamin, was the son of Hilkiah, whom some think to be he that found the book of the law and gave it to Josiah. This prophet had excellent gifts from God, and most evident revelations of prophecy, so that by the commandment of the Lord he began very young to prophecy, that is, in the thirteenth year of Josiah, and continued eighteen years under the king, three months under Jehoahaz and under Jehoiakim eleven years, three months under Jehoiachin, and under Zedekiah eleven years to the time that they were carried away into Babylon. So that this time amounts to above forty years, besides the time that he prophesied after the captivity. In this book he declares with tears and lamentations, the destruction of Jerusalem and the captivity of the people, for their idolatry, covetousness, deceit, cruelty, excess, rebellion and contempt of God's word, and for the consolation of the Church reveals the just time of their deliverance. Here chiefly are to be considered three things. First the rebellion of the wicked, who wax more stubborn and obstinate, when the prophets admonish them most plainly of their destruction. Next how the prophets and ministers of God should not be discouraged in their vocation, though they are persecuted and rigorously handled by the wicked, for God's cause. Thirdly though God shows his just judgment against the wicked, yet will he ever show himself a preserver of his Church, and when all means seem to men's judgment to be abolished, then will he declare himself victorious in preserving his.

geneva@Jeremiah:2:25 @ Withhold thy foot from (note:)By this he warns them that they should not go into strange countries to seek help: for they should but spend their labour, and hurt themselves, which is here meant by the bare foot and thirst, (Isa_57:10).(:note) being unshod, and thy throat from thirst: but thou saidst, There is no hope: no; for I have loved strangers, and after them will I go.

geneva@Jeremiah:6:1 @ O ye children of (note:)He speaks to them chiefly because they should take heed by the example of their brethren the other half of their tribe, who were now carried away prisoners.(:note) Benjamin, gather yourselves to flee out of the midst of Jerusalem, and blow the trumpet in Which was a city in Judah, six miles from Bethlehem, (2Ch_11:6). Tekoa, and set up a sign of fire in Read (Neh_3:14). Bethhaccerem: for evil appeareth out of the north, and great destruction.

geneva@Jeremiah:7:22 @ For (note:)Showing that it was not his chief purpose and intent, that they should offer sacrifices, but that they should regard, why they were ordained: that is, to be joined to the word as seals and confirmations of remissions of sins in Christ: for without the word they were vain and unprofitable.(:note) I spoke not to your fathers, nor commanded them in the day that I brought them out of the land of Egypt, concerning burnt offerings or sacrifices:

geneva@Jeremiah:7:27 @ Therefore thou shalt speak all these words to them; but they (note:)By which he shows that the pastors should not leave their flocks in their obstinacy, for the Lord will use the means of his servants to make the wicked more faulty and to prove his.(:note) will not hearken to thee: thou shalt also call to them; but they will not answer thee.

geneva@Jeremiah:15:17 @ I sat not in the assembly of the mockers, nor rejoiced; I sat alone (note:)I had nothing to do with the wicked contemners of your word, but lamented bitterly for your plagues: showing what the faithful should do when they see tokens of God's anger.(:note) because of thy hand: for thou hast filled me with indignation.

geneva@Jeremiah:16:6 @ Both the great and the small shall die in this land: they shall not be buried, neither shall [men] lament for them, (note:)That is, should not tear their clothes in sign of mourning.(:note) nor cut themselves, nor make themselves bald for them:

geneva@Jeremiah:18:14 @ Will [a man] leave the snow of Lebanon [which cometh] from the rock of the field? (note:)As no man that has thirst refuses fresh waters which he has at home, to go and seek waters abroad to quench his thirst: so they should not seek help and comfort from strangers and leave God who was present with them.(:note) [or] shall the cold flowing waters that come from another place be forsaken?

geneva@Jeremiah:22:19 @ He shall be (note:)Not honourably among his fathers, but as carrion are cast in a hole, because their stink should not infect, read (1Ki_14:10). Josephus writes that the enemy slew him in the city and commanded him to be cast before the walls unburied, see (Jer_36:30).(:note) buried with the burial of a donkey, drawn and cast forth beyond the gates of Jerusalem.

geneva@Jeremiah:23:3 @ And I will gather the (note:)Thus the prophets always used to mix the promises with the threatenings lest the godly should be too much beaten down and therefore he shows how God will gather his Church after this dispersion.(:note) remnant of my flock from all countries where I have driven them, and will bring them again to their folds; and they shall be fruitful and increase.

geneva@Jeremiah:23:14 @ I have seen also in the prophets of Jerusalem (note:)They who should have profited by my rods against Samaria, are become worse than they.(:note) an horrible thing: they commit adultery, and walk in lies: they strengthen also the hands of evildoers, that none doth return from his wickedness: they are all of them Though to the world they seem holy fathers, yet I detest them as I did these abominable cities. to me as Sodom, and the inhabitants of it as Gomorrah.

geneva@Jeremiah:23:22 @ But if they had stood in my counsel, and (note:)He shows the difference between the true prophets and the false, between the hireling and the true minister.(:note) had caused my people to hear my words, then they should have turned them from their evil way, and from the evil of their doings.

geneva@Jeremiah:25:29 @ For, lo, (note:)That is Jerusalem, read (Jer_25:12).(:note) I begin to bring evil on the city which is called by my name, and should ye be utterly unpunished? Ye shall not be unpunished: for I will call for a sword upon all the inhabitants of the earth, saith the LORD of hosts.

geneva@Jeremiah:26:2 @ Thus saith the LORD; Stand in the (note:)That is, in that place of the temple to which the people resort out of all Judah to sacrifice.(:note) court of the LORD'S house, and speak to all the cities of Judah, which come to worship in the LORD'S house, all the words that I command thee to speak to them; diminish not a word: To the intent that they should pretend no ignorance, as in (Act_20:27).

geneva@Jeremiah:26:12 @ Then Jeremiah spoke to all the princes and to all the people, saying, The LORD (note:)He both shows the cause of his doings plainly and also threatens them that nothing would help, though they should put him to death, but heap greater vengeance on their heads.(:note) sent me to prophesy against this house and against this city all the words that ye have heard.

geneva@Jeremiah:26:24 @ Nevertheless the hand of Ahikam (note:)Which declares that nothing could have appeased their fury if God had not moved this noble man to stand valiantly in his defense.(:note) the son of Shaphan was with Jeremiah, that they should not give him into the hand of the people to put him to death.

geneva@Jeremiah:27:1 @ In the beginning of the reign of (note:)Concerning the disposition of these prophecies, they who gathered them into a book, did not altogether observe the order of times, but saw some before, which should be after, and contrary wise which if the reader mark well it will avoid many doubts and make the reading much easier.(:note) Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah came this word to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying,

geneva@Jeremiah:27:10 @ For they prophecie a lie vnto you to cause you to goe farre from your lande, and that I should cast you out, and you should perish.

geneva@Jeremiah:29:7 @ And seek the peace of the city where I have caused you to be carried away captives, and (note:)The prophet does not speak this for the affection that he bore to the tyrant, but that they should pray for the common rest and quietness that their troubles might not be increased, and that they might with more patience and less grief wait for the time of their deliverance, which God had appointed most certain: for not only the Israelites but all the world yea and the insensible creatures would rejoice when these tyrants would be destroyed, as in (Isa_24:4).(:note) pray to the LORD for it: for in the peace of it ye shall have peace.

geneva@Jeremiah:29:26 @ The LORD hath made thee priest in the stead of (note:)Shemaiah the false prophet flatters Zephaniah the chief priest as though God had given him the spirit and zeal of Jehoiada to punish whoever trespassed against the word of God, of that he would have made Jeremiah one, calling him a raver and a false prophet.(:note) Jehoiada the priest, that ye should be officers in the house of the LORD, for every man [that is] mad, and maketh himself a prophet, that thou shouldest put him in prison, and in the stocks.

geneva@Jeremiah:30:23 @ Behold, (note:)Lest the wicked hypocrites should flatter themselves with these promises the prophet shows what will be their portion.(:note) the whirlwind of the LORD goeth forth with fury, a continuing whirlwind: it shall fall with pain upon the head of the wicked.

geneva@Jeremiah:31:9 @ They shall come with (note:)That is, lamenting their sins which had not given ear to the prophets and therefore it follows that God received them to mercy, (Jer_50:4). Some take it that they should weep for joy.(:note) weeping, and with supplications will I lead them: I will cause them to walk by the rivers of Where they found no impediments, but abundance of all things. waters in a straight way, in which they shall not stumble: for I am a father to Israel, and Ephraim [is] That is, my dearly beloved as the first child is to the father. my firstborn.

geneva@Jeremiah:32:11 @ So I took the deed of the purchase, [both] that which was sealed (note:)According to the custom the instrument or evidence was sealed up with the common seal and a copy of it remained which contained the same in effect but was left open to be seen if anything should be called into doubt.(:note) [according] to the law and custom, and that which was open:

geneva@Jeremiah:32:31 @ Therefore this citie hath bene vnto me as a prouocation of mine anger, and of my wrath, from the day, that they built it, euen vnto this day, that I should remoue it out of my sight,

geneva@Jeremiah:32:35 @ And they built the high (note:)That is, the altars which were made to offer sacrifices to their idols on.(:note) places of Baal, which [are] in the valley of the Read (Jer_7:31; 2Ki_21:4, 2Ki_21:6). son of Hinnom, to cause their sons and their daughters to Read (2Ki_16:3). pass through [the fire] to Molech; which I commanded them not, neither came it into my mind, that they should do this abomination, to cause Judah to sin.

geneva@Jeremiah:33:20 @ Thus saith the LORD; If ye can break my covenant of the (note:)Read (Jer_31:35).(:note) day, and my covenant of the night, so that there should not be day and night in their season;

geneva@Jeremiah:33:21 @ Then may my couenant be broken with Dauid my seruant, that he should not haue a sonne to reigne vpon his throne, and with the Leuites, and Priests my ministers.

geneva@Jeremiah:33:24 @ Considerest thou not what (note:)Meaning, the Chaldeans and other infidels who thought God had utterly cast off Judah and Israel or Benjamin, because he corrected them for a time for their amendment.(:note) this people have spoken, saying, The two families which the LORD hath chosen, he hath even cast them off? thus they have despised my people, that they should be no more a nation before them.

geneva@Jeremiah:34:9 @ That every man should release his male (note:)According to the law, (Exo_21:2; Deu_15:12).(:note) servant, and every man his female servant, [being] a Hebrew man or woman; that none should retain them in service, [that is], a Jew his brother.

geneva@Jeremiah:34:10 @ Now when all the princes, and all the people which had agreed to the couenant, heard that euery one should let his seruant go free, & euery one his handmaide, and that none should serue them selues of them any more, they obeyed and let them go.

geneva@Jeremiah:34:18 @ And I will give the men that have transgressed my covenant, who have not performed the words of the covenant which they had made before me, when they (note:)Concerning the manner of solemn covenant which the ancients used by passing between the two parts of a beast, to signify that the transgressor of the same covenant should be so divided in pieces, read (Gen_15:10).(:note) cut the calf in two, and passed between the parts of it,

geneva@Jeremiah:37:10 @ For though ye had smitten the whole hoste of the Caldeans that fight against you, and there remained but wounded men among them, yet should euery man rise vp in his tent, and burne this citie with fire.

geneva@Jeremiah:37:21 @ Then Zedekiah the king commanded that they should commit Jeremiah into the court of the prison, and that they should give him daily a piece of bread out of the baker's street, until all the (note:)That is, so long as there was any bread in the city: thus God provides for his, that he will cause their enemies to preserve them to that end to which he has appointed them.(:note) bread in the city should be consumed. Thus Jeremiah remained in the court of the prison.

geneva@Jeremiah:39:14 @ Even they sent, and took Jeremiah out of the court of the prison, and committed him to (note:)Whom the king of Babel had now appointed governor over the rest of the Jews that he left behind.(:note) Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan, that he should carry him home: so he dwelt among the people.

geneva@Jeremiah:40:15 @ Then Iohanan the sonne of Kareah spake to Gedaliah in Mizpah secretly, saying, Let me goe, I pray thee, and I will slay Ishmael the sonne of Nethaniah, and no man shall know it. Wherefore should he kill thee, that all the Iewes, which are gathered vnto thee, shoulde be scattered, and the remnant in Iudah perish?

geneva@Jeremiah:42:3 @ That the LORD thy God may show us the way in which we may walk, and the thing that we may (note:)This declares the nature of hypocrites who would know of God's word what they should do, but will not follow it, unless it agrees with that thing which they have purposed to do.(:note) do.

geneva@Jeremiah:44:14 @ So that none of the remnant of Judah, who have gone into the land of Egypt to sojourn there, shall escape or remain, that they should return into the land of Judah, to which they have a desire to return to dwell there: for none shall return but (note:)Meaning but a few.(:note) such as shall escape.

geneva@Jeremiah:47:7 @ How can it be (note:)Meaning, that it is not profitable that the wicked should by any means escape or hinder the Lord when he will take vengeance.(:note) quiet, seeing the LORD hath given it a charge against Ashkelon, and against the sea shore? there hath he appointed it.

geneva@Jeremiah:49:12 @ For thus saith the LORD; (note:)I have not spared my own people and how should I pity you?(:note) Behold, they whose judgment [was] not to drink of the cup have assuredly drank; and [art] thou he [that] shall altogether go unpunished? thou shalt not go unpunished, but thou shalt surely drink [of it].

geneva@Jeremiah:51:46 @ And lest your heart should faint, and ye should fear for the rumour that shall be heard in the land; a rumour shall both come [one] (note:)Meaning that Babylon would not be destroyed all at once but little by little would be brought to nothing for the first year came the tidings, the next year the siege and in the third year it was taken: yet this is not that horrible destruction which the prophets threatened in many places: for that was after this when they rebelled and Darius over came them by the policy of Zopyrus, and hanged three thousand gentlemen beside the common people.(:note) year, and after that in [another] year [shall come] a rumour, and violence in the land, ruler against ruler.

geneva@Jeremiah:51:53 @ Though Babylon should mount up to (note:)For the walls were two hundred feet high.(:note) heaven, and though she should fortify the height of her strength, [yet] from me shall spoilers come to her, saith the LORD.

geneva@Jeremiah:51:60 @ So Ieremiah wrote in a booke all the euill that should come vpo Babel: euen al these things, that are written against Babel.

geneva@Jeremiah:51:62 @ Then shalt thou say, O Lord, thou hast spoken against this place, to destroy it, that none should remaine in it, neither man nor beast, but that it should be desolate for euer.

geneva@Lamentations:1:10 @ The adversary hath spread out his hand upon all her pleasant things: for she hath seen [that] the nations entered into her sanctuary, whom (note:)God forbids the Ammonites and Moabites to enter into the congregation of the Lord, and under them he comprehends all enemies, (Deu_23:3).(:note) thou didst command [that] they should not enter into thy congregation.

geneva@Lamentations:1:13 @ From above hath (note:)This declares that we should acknowledge God to be the author of all our afflictions to the intent that we might seek him for remedy.(:note) he sent fire into my bones, and it prevaileth against them: he hath spread a net for my feet, he hath turned me back: he hath made me desolate [and] faint all the day.

geneva@Lamentations:1:16 @ For these things I weepe: mine eye, euen mine eye casteth out water, because the comforter that should refresh my soule, is farre from me: my children are desolate, because the enemie preuailed.

geneva@Lamentations:3:27 @ [It is] good for a man that he should bear the yoke in his (note:)He shows that we can never begin too soon to be exercised under the cross, that when the afflictions grow greater, our patience also by experience may be stronger.(:note) youth.

geneva@Lamentations:3:44 @ Thou hast couered thy selfe with a cloude, that our prayer should not passe through.

geneva@Lamentations:4:12 @ The Kings of the earth, and all the inhabitants of the world would not haue beleeued that the aduersarie and the enemie should haue entred into the gates of Ierusalem:

geneva@Ezekiel:3:6 @ Not to many people of an vnknowen tongue, or of an harde language, whose wordes thou canst not vnderstand: yet if I should sende thee to them, they would obey thee.

geneva@Ezekiel:8:6 @ He said furthermore to me, Son of man, seest thou what they do? [even] the great abominations that the house of Israel committeth here, that I should withdraw from (note:)For God will not be where the idols are.(:note) my sanctuary? but turn thee yet again, [and] thou shalt see greater abominations.

geneva@Ezekiel:13:19 @ And will ye profane me among my people for handfuls of (note:)Will you make my word serve your bellies?(:note) barley and for pieces of bread, to slay the souls that should not die, and These sorcerers made the people believe that they could preserve life or destroy it and that it would come to everyone according as they prophesied. to save the souls alive that should not live, by your lying to my people that hear [your] lies?

geneva@Ezekiel:13:20 @ Wherefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I [am] against your [magic] charms, with which ye there hunt the (note:)That is, to cause them to perish, and that they should depart from the body.(:note) souls to make [them] fly, and I will tear them from your arms, and will let the souls go, [even] the souls that ye hunt to make [them] fly.

geneva@Ezekiel:13:22 @ Because with lies ye have made the heart of the (note:)By threatening them that were godly, and upholding the wicked.(:note) righteous sad, whom I have not made sad; and strengthened the hands of the wicked, that he should not return from his wicked way, by promising him life:

geneva@Ezekiel:14:3 @ Son of man, these men have set up their idols in their (note:)They are not only idolaters in heart, but also worship their filthy idols openly which lead them in blindness, and cause them to stumble, so that he will not hear them when they call to him. {{See Isa_1:15}}(:note) heart, and put the stumblingblock of their iniquity before their face: should I be enquired of at all by them?

geneva@Ezekiel:14:14 @ Though these three men, (note:)Though Noah and Job were now alive, which in their time were most godly men (for at this time Daniel was in captivity with Ezekiel) and so these three together would pray for this wicked people, yet I would not hear them, read (Jer_15:1).(:note) Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it, they should deliver their own souls only by their Meaning, that a very few (which he calls the remnant, (Eze_14:22)) would escape these plagues, whom God has sanctified and made righteous, so that this righteousness is a sign that they are the Church of God, whom he would preserve for his own sake. righteousness, saith the Lord GOD.

geneva@Ezekiel:16:8 @ Now when I passed by thee, and looked upon thee, behold, thy time [was] the time of love; and I spread my skirt over thee, and covered (note:)These words as blood, pollution, nakedness and filthiness are often repeated to beat down their pride, and to cause them to consider what they were before God received them to mercy, favoured them and covered their shame.(:note) thy nakedness: yea, I swore to thee, and entered into a covenant with That you should be a chaste wife to me, and that I should maintain you and endue you with all graces. thee, saith the Lord GOD, and thou becamest mine.

geneva@Ezekiel:19:9 @ And they put him in prison and in chaines, and brought him to the King of Babel, and they put him in holdes, that his voyce should no more be heard vpon the mountaines of Israel.

geneva@Ezekiel:20:9 @ But I wrought for my (note:)God had ever this respect to his glory, that he would not have evil spoken of his Name among the Gentiles for the punishment that his people deserved, in confidence of which the godly ever prayed, as in (Exo_32:12; Num_14:13).(:note) name's sake, that it should not be profaned before the nations, among whom they [were], in whose sight I made myself known to them, in bringing them forth from the land of Egypt.

geneva@Ezekiel:20:14 @ But I wrought for my name's sake, that it should not be profaned before the (note:)Who might by it take an opportunity to blaspheme my Name and to accuse me of lack of ability, or else that I had sought a means to destroy them more conveniently.(:note) nations, in whose sight I brought them out.

geneva@Ezekiel:20:22 @ Neuerthelesse I withdrew mine hand & had respect to my Name that it should not be polluted before the heathen, in whose sight I brought them foorth.

geneva@Ezekiel:20:25 @ Wherefore I gave (note:)Because they would not obey my laws, I gave them up to themselves that they should obey their own fantasies, as in (Eze_20:39; Rom_1:21, Rom_1:24).(:note) them also statutes [that were] not good, and judgments by which they should not live;

geneva@Ezekiel:20:29 @ Then I said to them, What [is] the high place to which ye go? And its name is called (note:)Which signifies a high place, declaring that they vaunted themselves of their idolatry and were not ashamed of it, though God had commanded them expressly that they should have no altar lifted on high by stairs, (Exo_20:26).(:note) Bamah to this day.

geneva@Ezekiel:20:31 @ For when ye offer your gifts, when ye make your sons to pass through the fire, ye pollute yourselves with all your idols, even to this day: and shall I be enquired of by you, O house of Israel? [As] I live, saith the Lord GOD, (note:)He shows that the ingratitude of the people deserves that God should cut them off, and that they should not have the comfort of his word.(:note) I will not be enquired of by you.

geneva@Ezekiel:21:10 @ It is sharpened to make a grievous slaughter; it is polished that it may (note:)And so cause fear.(:note) glitter: should we then make mirth? it despiseth the Meaning, the sceptre showing that it will not spare the king, who would be as the son of God, and in his place. rod of my son, That is, the rest of the people. [as] every tree.

geneva@Ezekiel:22:30 @ And I sought for a man among them, that should (note:)Who would show himself zealous in my cause by resisting vice, (Isa_59:16) also pray to me to withhold my plagues, (Psa_106:23).(:note) make up the hedge, and stand in the gap before me for the land, that I should not destroy it: but I found none.

geneva@Ezekiel:24:6 @ Wherefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Woe to the bloody city, to the pot (note:)Whose iniquities and wicked citizens there yet remain.(:note) whose scum [is] in it, and whose scum is not gone out of it! bring it out Signifying that they should not be destroyed all at once, but little by little. piece by piece; let no Spare no estate or condition. lot fall upon it.

geneva@Ezekiel:24:8 @ That it might cause wrath to arise, & take vengeance: euen I haue set her blood vpon an high rocke that it should not be couered.

geneva@Ezekiel:25:9 @ Therefore, behold, I will open the side of Moab from the cities, (note:)So that no power or strength should be able to resist the Babylonians.(:note) from his cities [which are] on his frontiers, the glory of the country, Bethjeshimoth, Baalmeon, and Kiriathaim,

geneva@Ezekiel:28:25 @ Thus saith the Lord GOD; When I shall have gathered the house of Israel from the people among whom they are scattered, and shall be (note:)He shows why God will assemble his Church and preserve it, though he destroy his enemies: that is, that they should praise him, and give thanks for his great mercies.(:note) sanctified in them in the sight of the nations, then shall they dwell in their land that I have given to my servant Jacob.

geneva@Ezekiel:29:16 @ And it shall be no more the confidence of the house of Israel, which bringeth [their] (note:)Lest I should by this means punish their sins.(:note) iniquity to remembrance, when they shall look after them: but they shall know that I [am] the Lord GOD.

geneva@Ezekiel:33:10 @ Therefore, O thou son of man, speak to the house of Israel; Thus ye speak, saying, If our transgressions and our sins [are] upon us, and we pine away in them, (note:)Thus the wicked when they hear God's judgments for their sins, despair of his mercies and murmur.(:note) how should we then live?

geneva@Ezekiel:33:11 @ Say to them, [As] I live, saith the Lord GOD, (note:){{See Eze_18:23}}(:note) I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked; but that the wicked should turn from his way and live: turn ye, turn ye from your evil ways; for why will ye die, O house of Israel?

geneva@Ezekiel:33:31 @ And they come to thee as the people come, and they sit before thee [as] my people, and they hear thy words, but they will not do them: for with their mouth they (note:)This declares that we ought to hear God's word with such zeal and affection that we should in all points obey it, else we abuse the word to our own condemnation and make of its ministers as though they were jesters to serve men's foolish fantasies.(:note) show much love, [but] their heart goeth after their covetousness.

geneva@Ezekiel:34:2 @ Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel, prophesy, and say to them, Thus saith the Lord GOD to the shepherds; Woe [be] to the (note:)By the shepherds he means the king, the magistrates, priests and prophets.(:note) shepherds of Israel that do feed themselves! should not the shepherds feed the flocks?

geneva@Ezekiel:35:10 @ Because thou hast said, (note:)Meaning, Israel and Judah.(:note) These two nations and these two countries shall be mine, and we will possess it; though the LORD was And so by fighting against God's people they should go about to put him out of his own possession. there:

geneva@Ezekiel:39:14 @ And they shall set apart men for [the] continual task of passing through the (note:)Partly that the holy land should not be polluted and partly for the compassion that the children of God have even on their enemies.(:note) land to bury with the travellers those that remain upon the face of the land, to cleanse it: after the end of seven months shall they search.

geneva@Ezekiel:46:20 @ Then said he to me, This [is] the place where the priests shall boil the trespass offering and the sin offering, where they shall bake the meat offering; that they bear [them] not out into the outer court, (note:)That the people should not have to do with those things which belong to the Lord, and think it lawful for them to eat them.(:note) to sanctify the people.

geneva@Daniel:1:3 @ And the king spake unto (note:)Who was as master of the guards.(:note) Ashpenaz the master of his He calls them «eunuchs» whom the King nourished and brought up to be rulers of other countries afterwards. eunuchs, that he should bring [certain] of the children of Israel, and of the His purpose was to keep them as hostages, and so that he might show himself victorious, and also by their good entreaty and learning of his religion, they might favour him rather than the Jews, and so to be able to serve him as governors in their land. Moreover by this means the Jews might be better kept in subjection, fearing otherwise to bring hurt upon these noble men. king's seed, and of the princes;

geneva@Daniel:1:4 @ Children in whom [was] no blemish, but well (note:)The King required three things: that they should be of noble birth, that they should be intelligent and learned, and that they should be of a strong and handsome nature, so that they might do him better service. This he did for his own benefit, therefore it is not to praise his liberality: yet in this he is worthy of praise, that he esteemed learning, and knew that it was a necessary means to govern by.(:note) favoured, and skilful in all wisdom, and cunning in knowledge, and understanding science, and such as [had] ability in them to stand in the king's palace, and whom they might teach the That they might forget their own religion and country fashions to serve him the better to his purpose: yet it is not to be thought that Daniel learned any knowledge that was not godly. In all points he refused the abuse of things and superstition, insomuch that he would not eat the meat which the King appointed him, but was content to learn the knowledge of natural things. learning and the tongue of the Chaldeans.

geneva@Daniel:1:8 @ But Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not (note:)Not that he thought any religion to be in the meat or drink (for afterwards he did eat), but because the king should not entice him by this sweet poison to forget his religion and accustomed sobriety, and that in his meat and drink he might daily remember of what people he was from. And Daniel brings this in to show how God from the beginning assisted him with his Spirit, and at length called him to be a Prophet.(:note) defile himself with the portion of the king's meat, nor with the wine which he drank: therefore he requested of the prince of the eunuchs that he might not defile himself.

geneva@Daniel:1:10 @ And the prince of the eunuchs said unto Daniel, (note:)He supposed they did this for their religion, which was contrary to the Babylonians, and therefore in this he represents those who are of no religion: for neither would he condemn theirs, nor maintain his own.(:note) I fear my lord the king, who hath appointed your meat and your drink: for why should he see your faces worse liking than the children which [are] of your sort? then shall ye make [me] endanger my head to the king.

geneva@Daniel:1:16 @ Thus Melzar tooke away the portion of their meat, and the wine that they should drinke, and gaue them pulse.

geneva@Daniel:1:18 @ Now at the (note:)Of the three years mentioned above as in (Dan_1:5).(:note) end of the days that the king had said he should bring them in, then the prince of the eunuchs brought them in before Nebuchadnezzar.

geneva@Daniel:2:5 @ The king answered and said to the Chaldeans, The thing is gone from me: if ye will not make known unto me the dream, with the interpretation thereof, ye (note:)This is a just reward of their arrogance (who boasted of themselves that they had knowledge of all things), that they should be proved fools, and that to their perpetual shame and confusion.(:note) shall be cut in pieces, and your houses shall be made a dunghill.

geneva@Daniel:2:13 @ And the decree went forth that the wise [men] should be slain; and they (note:)Which declares that God would not have his servant united in the company of these sorcerers and astrologers, whose arts were wicked, and therefore justly ought to die, even though the king did it upon a rage and not from zeal.(:note) sought Daniel and his fellows to be slain.

geneva@Daniel:2:18 @ That they should beseech the God of heauen for grace in this secrete, that Daniel and his fellowes should not perish with the rest of ye wise men of Babel.

geneva@Daniel:2:29 @ O King, when thou wast in thy bedde, thoughts came into thy mind, what should come to passe hereafter, and he that reueyleth secretes, telleth thee, what shall come.

geneva@Daniel:2:32 @ This image's head [was] of fine (note:)By gold, silver, brass, and iron are meant the Chaldean, Persian, Macedonian, and Roman kingdoms, which would successively rule all the world until Christ (who is here called the stone) himself comes, and destroys the last. And this was to assure the Jews that their affliction would not end with the empire of the Chaldeans, but that they should patiently await the coming of the Messiah, who would be at the end of this fourth monarchy.(:note) gold, his breast and his arms of silver, his belly and his thighs of brass,

geneva@Daniel:2:46 @ Then the king Nebuchadnezzar fell upon his face, and (note:)Though this humbling of the king seemed to deserve commendation, yet because he united God's honour with the Prophets, it is to be reproved, and Daniel would have erred, if he allowed it: but it is to his credit that Daniel admonished him of his fault, and did not allow it.(:note) worshipped Daniel, and commanded that they should offer an oblation and sweet odours unto him.

geneva@Daniel:2:48 @ Then the king made Daniel a great man, and gave him many great (note:)Not that the Prophet was desirous of gifts or honour, but because by this means he might relieve his poor brethren, who were grievously oppressed in this their captivity, and he also received them, lest he should offend this cruel king, who willingly gave them.(:note) gifts, and made him ruler over the whole province of Babylon, and chief of the governors over all the wise [men] of Babylon.

geneva@Daniel:3:1 @ Nebuchadnezzar the king made (note:)Under pretence of religion, and holiness in making an image to his idol Bel, he sought his own ambition and vain glory: and this declares that he was not touched with the true fear of God before, but that he confessed him on a sudden motion, as the wicked when they are overcome with the greatness of his works. The Greek interpreters write that this was done eighteen years after the dream, and as may appear, the King feared lest the Jews by their religion should have altered the state of his commonwealth: therefore he meant to bring all to one type of religion, and so rather sought his own peace than God's glory.(:note) an image of gold, whose height [was] threescore cubits, [and] the breadth thereof six cubits: he set it up in the plain of Dura, in the province of Babylon.

geneva@Daniel:3:11 @ And whosoeuer falleth not downe, and worshippeth, that he should be cast into the mids of an hote fierie fornace.

geneva@Daniel:3:13 @ Then Nebuchad-nezzar in his anger and wrath commaunded that they should bring Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego: so these men were brought before the King.

geneva@Daniel:3:19 @ Then was Nebuchadnezzar full of fury, and the form of his visage was changed against Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego: [therefore] he spake, and commanded that they should heat the furnace one seven (note:)This declares that the more that tyrants rage, and the more crafty they show themselves in inventing strange and cruel punishments, the more is God glorified by his servants, to whom he gives patience and constancy to abide the cruelty of their punishment. For either he delvers them from death, or else for this life gives them better.(:note) times more than it was wont to be heated.

geneva@Daniel:3:22 @ Therefore, because the Kings commaundement was straite, that the fornace should be exceeding hote, the flame of the fire slew those men that brought foorth Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego.

geneva@Daniel:4:6 @ {\cf2 (4:3)} Therefore made I a decree, that they should bring all the wise men of Babel before mee, that they might declare vnto me the interpretation of the dreame.

geneva@Daniel:4:26 @ {\cf2 (4:23)} Where as they sayd, that one should leaue the stumpe of the tree rootes, thy kingdome shall remaine vnto thee: after that, thou shalt knowe, that the heauens haue the rule.

geneva@Daniel:5:15 @ Now therefore, wisemen and astrologians haue bene brought before me, that they should reade this writing, and shewe me the interpretation thereof: but they could not declare the interpretation of the thing.

geneva@Daniel:5:29 @ Then at the commaundement of Belshazzar they clothed Daniel with purple, and put a chaine of golde about his necke, and made a proclamation concerning him that he should be the third ruler in the kingdome.

geneva@Daniel:6:1 @ It pleased Darius to set over the kingdom (note:)Read (Est_1:1).(:note) an hundred and twenty princes, which should be over the whole kingdom;

geneva@Daniel:6:2 @ And ouer these, three rulers (of whome Daniel was one) that the gouernours might giue accompts vnto them, and the King should haue no domage.

geneva@Daniel:6:10 @ Now when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went into his house; and his (note:)Because he would not by his silence show that he consented to this wicked decree, he set open his windows toward Jerusalem when he prayed: both to stir up himself with the remembrance of God's promises to his people, when they should pray toward that temple, and also that others might see that he would neither consent in heart nor deed for these few days to anything that was contrary to God's glory.(:note) windows being open in his chamber toward Jerusalem, he kneeled upon his knees three times a day, and prayed, and gave thanks before his God, as he did aforetime.

geneva@Daniel:6:23 @ Then was the king exceeding glad for him, and commanded that they should take Daniel up out of the den. So Daniel was taken up out of the den, and no manner of hurt was found upon him, because he (note:)Because he committed himself wholly to God whose cause he defended, he was assured that nothing but good could come to him: and in this we see the power of faith, as in (Heb_11:33).(:note) believed in his God.

geneva@Daniel:7:8 @ I considered the horns, and, behold, there came up among them another little (note:)Which is meant of Julius Caesar, Augustus, Tiberius, Caligula, Claudius, and Nero, etc., who were as kings in effect, but because they could not rule, except by the consent of the senate, their power is compared to a little horn. For Muhammad did not come from the Roman Empire, and the pope has no vocation of government: therefore this cannot be applied to them, and also in this prophecy the Prophet's purpose is chiefly to comfort the Jews until the revelation of Christ. Some take it for the whole body of antichrist.(:note) horn, before whom there were Meaning a certain portion of the ten horns: that is, a part from the whole estate was taken away. For Augustus took from the senate the liberty of choosing the deputies to send into the provinces, and took the governing of certain countries to himself. three of the first horns plucked up by the roots: and, behold, in this horn [were] These Roman emperors at the first used a certain humanity and gentleness, and were content that others, as the consuls, and senate, should bear the names of dignity, so that they might have the profit. And therefore in election and counsels they would behave themselves according as did other senators: yet against their enemies and those that would resist them, they were fierce and cruel, which is here meant by the proud mouth. eyes like the eyes of man, and a mouth speaking great things.

geneva@Daniel:7:14 @ And there was given him (note:)This is meant of the beginning of Christ's kingdom, when God the Father gave unto him all dominion, as the the Mediator, with the intent that he would continually govern his Church which is here on earth, until the time that he brought them to eternal life.(:note) dominion, and glory, and a kingdom, that all people, nations, and languages, should serve him: his dominion [is] an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdom [that] which shall not be destroyed.

geneva@Daniel:7:18 @ But the saints of the (note:)That is, of the most high things, because God has chosen them out of this world, that they should look up to the heavens, upon which all their hope depends.(:note) most High shall take the Because Abraham was appointed heir of all the world, (Rom_4:13), and in him all the faithful, therefore the kingdom of him is theirs by right, which these four beasts or tyrants would invade, and usurp until the world were restored by Christ. And this was to strengthen and encourage those that were in troubles, that their afflictions would eventually have an end. kingdom, and possess the kingdom for ever, even for ever and ever.

geneva@Daniel:8:9 @ And out of one of them came forth a (note:)Which was Antiochus Epiphanes, who was of a servile and flattering nature, and also there were others between him and the kingdom: and therefore he is here called the little horn, because neither princely conditions, nor any other thing was in him, why he should obtain this kingdom.(:note) little horn, which waxed exceeding great, toward the That is, towards Egypt. south, and toward the By which he means Ptolemais. east, and toward the That is, Judea. pleasant [land].

geneva@Daniel:9:3 @ And I set my face unto the Lord God, to (note:)He does not speak of that ordinary prayer, which he used in his house three times a day, but of a rare and vehement prayer, lest their sins should cause God to delay the time of their deliverance prophesied by Jeremiah.(:note) seek by prayer and supplications, with fasting, and sackcloth, and ashes:

geneva@Daniel:9:7 @ O Lord, (note:)He shows that whenever God punishes, he does it for just cause: and thus the godly never accuse him of rigour as the wicked do, but acknowledge that in themselves there is just cause why he should so treat them.(:note) righteousness [belongeth] unto thee, but unto us confusion of faces, as at this day; to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and unto all Israel, [that are] near, and [that are] far off, through all the countries whither thou hast driven them, because of their trespass that they have trespassed against thee.

geneva@Daniel:10:1 @ In the (note:)He notes this third year, because at this time the building of the temple began to be hindered by Cambyses, Cyrus's son, when the father made war in Asia minor against the Scythians, which was discouraging to the godly, and fearful to Daniel.(:note) third year of Cyrus king of Persia a thing was revealed unto Daniel, whose name was called Belteshazzar; and the thing [was] true, but the time appointed [was] Which is to declare that the godly should not hasten too much, but patiently abide the fulfilment of God's promise. long: and he understood the thing, and had understanding of the vision.

geneva@Daniel:11:33 @ And they that understand among the (note:)Those that remain constant among the people will teach others by their example, and edify many in the true religion.(:note) people shall instruct many: By which he exhorts the godly to constancy, even though they should perish a thousand times, and even though their miseries endure ever so long. yet they shall fall by the sword, and by flame, by captivity, and by spoil, [many] days.

geneva@Daniel:11:39 @ Thus shall he do in (note:)Even though in their hearts they had no religion, yet they did acknowledge the gods, and worshipped them in their temples, lest they should have been despised as atheists. But this was to increase their fame and riches, and when they gained any country, they made others the rulers of it in such a way that the profit always came to the Romans.(:note) the most strong holds with a strange god, whom he shall acknowledge [and] increase with glory: and he shall cause them to rule over many, and shall divide the land for gain.

geneva@Daniel:11:41 @ He shall enter also into the (note:)The angel forewarns the Jews that when they should see the Romans invade them, and that the wicked would escape their hands, that then they should think that all this was done by God's providence, seeing that he warned them of it so long before, and therefore he would still preserve them.(:note) glorious land, and many [countries] shall be overthrown: but these shall escape out of his hand, [even] Edom, and Moab, and the chief of the children of Ammon.

geneva@Daniel:12:2 @ And many (note:)Meaning all will rise at the general resurrection, which thing he here names because the faithful should always consider that: for in the earth there will be no sure comfort.(:note) of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame [and] everlasting contempt.

geneva@Daniel:12:13 @ But go (note:)The angel warns the Prophet patiently to wait, until the time appointed comes, signifying that he should depart this life, and rise again with the elect, when God had sufficiently humbled and purged his Church.(:note) thou thy way till the end [be]: for thou shalt rest, and stand in thy lot at the end of the days.

geneva@Hosea:1:1 @ The word of the LORD that came unto Hosea, the son of Beeri, in the days (note:)Also called Azariah, who being a leper was disposed from his kingdom.(:note) of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, [and] Hezekiah, So that it may be gathered by the reign of these four kings that he preached about eighty years. kings of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash, king of Israel. The Argument - After the ten tribes had fallen away from God by the wicked and subtle counsel of Jeroboam, the son of Neba, and instead of his true service commanded by his word, worshipped him according to their own imaginings and traditions of men, giving themselves to most vile idolatry and superstition, the Lord from time to time sent them Prophets to call them to repentance. But they grew even worse and worse, and still abused God's benefits. Therefore now when their prosperity was at the highest under Jeroboam, the son of Joash, God sent Hosea and Amos to the Israelites (as he did at the same time send Isaiah and Micah to those of Judah) to condemn them for their ingratitude. And whereas they thought themselves to be greatly in the favour of God, and to be his people, the Prophet calls them bastards and children born in adultery: and therefore shows them that God would take away their kingdom, and give them to the Assyrians to be led away captives. Thus Hosea faithfully executed his office for the space of seventy years, though they remained still in their vices and wickedness and derided the Prophets, and condemned God's judgments. And because they would neither be discouraged with threatening only, nor should they flatter themselves by the sweetness of God's promises, he sets before them the two principal parts of the Law, which are the promise of salvation, and the doctrine of life. For the first part he directs the faithful to the Messiah, by whom alone they would have true deliverance: and for the second, he uses threatenings and menaces to bring them from their wicked manners and vices: and this is the chief scope of all the Prophets, either by God's promises to allure them to be godly, or else by threatenings of his judgments to scare them from vice. And even though the whole Law contains these two points, yet the Prophets moreover note distinctly both the time of God's judgments and the manner.

geneva@Hosea:1:4 @ And the LORD said unto him, Call his name (note:)Meaning that they would no longer be called Israelites, which name they boasted because Israel did prevail with God: but that they were as bastards, and therefore should be called Jezreelites, that is, scattered people, alluding to Jezreel, which was the chief city of the ten tribes under Ahab, where Jehu shed so much blood; (1Ki_18:45).(:note) Jezreel; for yet a little [while], and I will avenge the blood of Jezreel upon the house of I will be avenged upon Jehu for the blood that he shed in Jezreel: for even though God stirred him up to execute his judgments, yet he did them for his own ambition, and not for the glory of God as the intended goal: for he built up that idolatry which he had destroyed. Jehu, and will cause to cease the kingdom of the house of Israel.

geneva@Hosea:6:6 @ For I desired (note:)He shows to what his doctrine was aimed at, that they should unite the obedience of God, and the love of their neighbour, with outward sacrifices.(:note) mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.

geneva@Hosea:9:1 @ Rejoice not, O Israel, for joy, (note:)For even though all other people should escape, yet you will be punished.(:note) as [other] people: for thou hast gone a whoring from thy God, thou hast loved You have committed idolatry in hope of reward, and to have your barns filled ((Jer_44:17)), as a harlot that had rather live by playing the whore, than to be provided for by her own husband. a reward upon every cornfloor.

geneva@Hosea:9:14 @ Give them, O LORD: what wilt thou give? give them a (note:)The Prophet seeing the great plagues of God toward Ephraim, prays to God to make them barren, rather than that this great slaughter should come upon their children.(:note) miscarrying womb and dry breasts.

geneva@Hosea:10:1 @ Israel [is] an (note:)Of which though the grapes were gathered, yet always as it gathered new strength it increased in new wickedness, so that the correction which should have brought them to obedience, only proclaimed their stubbornness.(:note) empty vine, he bringeth forth fruit unto himself: according to the multitude of his fruit he hath increased the altars; according to the As they were rich and had abundance. goodness of his land they have made goodly images.

geneva@Hosea:10:3 @ For now they shall say, We have no (note:)The day will come that God will take away their king, and then they will feel the fruit of their sins, and how they trusted in him in vain; (2Ki_17:6-7).(:note) king, because we feared not the LORD; what then should a king do to us?

geneva@Hosea:10:10 @ [It is] in my desire (note:)Because they are so desperate, I will delight to destroy them.(:note) that I should chastise them; and the people shall be gathered against them, when they shall bind themselves in their two That is, when they have gathered all their strength together. furrows.

geneva@Hosea:12:8 @ And Ephraim said, Yet I am become rich, I have found me out substance: [in] all my labours they shall find none iniquity in me (note:)Thus way the wicked measure God's favour by outward prosperity, and like hypocrites cannot endure that any should reprove their doings.(:note) that [were] sin.

geneva@Hosea:13:13 @ The sorrows of a travailing woman shall come upon him: he [is] an unwise son; for he should not stay long in [the place of] the (note:)But would come out of the womb, that is out of these dangers in which he is, and not wait to be suppressed.(:note) breaking forth of children.

geneva@Joel:2:17 @ Let the Priestes, the ministers of the Lord weepe betweene the porch and the altar, and let them say, Spare thy people, O Lord, and giue not thine heritage into reproche that the heathen should rule ouer them. Wherefore should they say among the people, Where is their God?

geneva@Joel:2:30 @ And I will shew (note:)He warns the faithful what terrible things would come, with the intent that they should not look for continual quietness in this world: and yet in all these troubles he would preserve them.(:note) wonders in the heavens and in the earth, blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke.

geneva@Amos:2:4 @ Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Judah, and for four, (note:)Seeing that the Gentiles who did have as much knowledge were punished in this way, Judah which was so fully instructed by the Lord's will, should not think that they would escape.(:note) I will not turn away [the punishment] thereof; because they have despised the law of the LORD, and have not kept his commandments, and their lies caused them to err, after the which their fathers have walked:

geneva@Amos:2:9 @ Yet destroyed I the (note:)The destruction of their enemies and his mercy toward them, should have caused their hearts to melt because of love toward him.(:note) Amorite before them, whose height [was] like the height of the cedars, and he [was] strong as the oaks; yet I destroyed his fruit from above, and his roots from beneath.

geneva@Amos:5:11 @ Forasmuch therefore as your treading [is] upon the poor, and (note:)You take both his money and also his food, with which he should live.(:note) ye take from him burdens of wheat: ye have built houses of hewn stone, but ye shall not dwell in them; ye have planted pleasant vineyards, but ye shall not drink wine of them.

geneva@Amos:6:1 @ Woe to (note:)The Prophet threatens the wealthy, who did not regard God's plagues, nor threatenings by his Prophets.(:note) them [that are] at ease in Zion, and trust in the mountain of Samaria, These two cities were famous from their first inhabitants the Canaanites: and seeing that before they did not avail those that were born here, why should you think that they should save you who were brought in to dwell in other men's possessions? [which are] named chief of the nations, to whom the house of Israel came!

geneva@Obadiah:1:11 @ In the day that thou stoodest (note:)When Nebuchadnezzar came against Jerusalem, you joined with him, and had part of the spoil, and so rejoiced when my people (that is, your brother), were afflicted, whereas you should have pitied and helped your brother.(:note) on the other side, in the day that the strangers carried away captive his forces, and foreigners entered into his gates, and cast lots upon Jerusalem, even thou [wast] as one of them.

geneva@Jonah:1:1 @ Now the word of the LORD came (note:)After he had preached a long time in Israel: and so Ezekiel, after he had prophesied in Judah for a time, had visions in Babylon; (Eze_1:1).(:note) unto Jonah the son of Amittai, saying, The Argument - When Jonah had long prophesied in Israel and had little profited, God gave him specific charge to go and denounce his judgments against Nineveh, the chief city of the Assyrians, because he had appointed that those who were of the heathen, should convert by the mighty power of his word. And this was so that within three day's preaching, Israel might see how horribly they had provoked God's wrath, who for the space of so many years, had not converted to the Lord, for so many prophets and such diligent preaching. He prophesied under Jonah, and Jeroboam; (2Ki_14:25).

geneva@Jonah:3:8 @ But let man and beast be covered with sackcloth, and (note:)He exhorted that the men should earnestly call to God for mercy.(:note) cry mightily unto God: yea, let them turn every one from his evil way, and from the violence that [is] in their hands.

geneva@Jonah:4:11 @ And should (note:)Thus God mercifully reproves him who would pity himself and this gourd, and yet would keep God from showing his compassion to so many thousand people.(:note) not I spare Nineveh, that great city, wherein are more than sixscore thousand persons that Meaning that they were children and infants. cannot discern between their right hand and their left hand; and [also] much cattle?

geneva@Micah:1:5 @ For the transgression of Jacob [is] all this, and for the sins of the house of Israel. What [is] the transgression of Jacob? [is it] not (note:)Samaria, which should have been an example to all Israel of true religion and justice, was the dirty pool and the tank that all idolatry and corruption was kept alive in, and who prided themselves in their father Jacob, and boasted of him.(:note) Samaria? and what [are] the high That is, the idolatry and infection. places of Judah? [are they] not Jerusalem?

geneva@Micah:4:5 @ For all people will walk (note:)He shows that the people of God ought to remain constant in their religion, even if all the world should give themselves to their superstition and idolatry.(:note) every one in the name of his god, and we will walk in the name of the LORD our God for ever and ever.

geneva@Micah:6:16 @ For the (note:)You have received all the corruption and idolatry with which the ten tribes were infected under Omri and Ahab his son: and to excuse your doings, you allege the King's authority by his statutes, and also wisdom and policy in so doing, but you will not escape punishment. But as I have shown you great favour, and taken you for my people, so will your plagues be according as your sins; (Luk_12:47).(:note) statutes of Omri are kept, and all the works of the house of Ahab, and ye walk in their counsels; that I should make thee a desolation, and the inhabitants thereof an hissing: therefore ye shall bear the reproach of my people.

geneva@Micah:7:16 @ The nations shall see and be confounded at all their might: they shall (note:)They will be as dumb men, and dare brag no more.(:note) lay [their] hand upon [their] mouth, They will be astonished and afraid to hear men speak, lest they should hear of their destruction. their ears shall be deaf.

geneva@Nahum:1:7 @ The LORD [is] good, (note:)Lest the faithful should be discouraged by hearing the power of God, he shows them that his mercy appertains to them, and that he has care over them.(:note) a strong hold in the day of trouble; and he knoweth them that trust in him.

geneva@Nahum:2:3 @ The shield of his mighty men is made red, (note:)Both to put fear into the enemy, and also that they themselves should not so soon detect blood among one another, to discourage them.(:note) the valiant men [are] in scarlet: the chariots [shall be] with flaming torches in the day of his preparation, and Meaning their spears would shake and crash together. the fir trees shall be terribly shaken.

geneva@Habakkuk:1:1 @ The burden which Habakkuk the prophet saw. (note:)The Argument - The Prophet complains to God, considering the great felicity of the wicked, and the miserable oppression of the godly, who endure all types of affliction and cruelty, and yet can see no end. Therefore he had this revelation shown to him by God, that the Chaldeans would come and take them away as captives, so that they could look for no end of their troubles as yet, because of their stubbornness and rebellion against the Lord. And lest the godly should despair, seeing this horrible confusion, he comforts them by this, that God will punish the Chaldeans their enemies, when their pride and cruelty will be at height. And for this reason he exhorts the faithful to patience by his own example, and shows them a form of prayer, with which they should comfort themselves.(:note)

geneva@Habakkuk:1:4 @ Therefore the law is feeble, and judgment doth never go forth: for the wicked doth (note:)To suppress him, if any should show himself zealous of God's cause.(:note) surround the righteous; therefore judgment goeth forth Because the judges who should remedy this excess, are as evil as the rest. perverted

geneva@Zephaniah:1:1 @ The word of the LORD which came unto Zephaniah the son of Cushi, the son of Gedaliah, the son of Amariah, the son of Hizkiah, in the days of Josiah the son of Amon, king of Judah. (note:)The Argument - Seeing the great rebellion of the people, and that there was now no hope of amendment, he gives notice of the great judgment of God, which was at hand, showing that their country would be utterly destroyed, and they would be carried away captives by the Babylonians. Yet for the comfort of the faithful he prophesied of God's vengeance against their enemies, such as the Philistines, Moabites, Assyrians, and others, to assure them that God had a continual care over them. And as the wicked would be punished for their sins and transgressions, so he exhorts the godly to patience, and to trust to find mercy by reason of the free promise of God made to Abraham: and therefore quietly to wait until God shows them the effect of that grace, by which in the end they should be gathered to him, and counted as his people and children.(:note)

geneva@Zephaniah:2:15 @ This [is] the (note:)Meaning, Nineveh, which rejoicing so much of her strength and prosperity, should be thus made waste, and God's people delivered.(:note) rejoicing city that dwelt carelessly, that said in her heart, I [am], and [there is] none beside me: how is she become a desolation, a place for beasts to lie down in! every one that passeth by her shall hiss, [and] wag his hand.

geneva@Zephaniah:3:6 @ I have (note:)By the destruction of other nations he shows that the Jews should have learned to fear God.(:note) cut off the nations: their towers are desolate; I made their streets waste, that none passeth by: their cities are destroyed, so that there is no man, that there is none inhabitant.

geneva@Zephaniah:3:7 @ I said, Surely thou wilt fear me, thou wilt receive instruction; so their dwelling should not be cut off, howsoever I punished them: but (note:)They were most earnest and ready to do wickedly.(:note) they rose early, [and] corrupted all their doings.

geneva@Zephaniah:3:9 @ For (note:)Lest any should then think that God's glory should have perished when Judah was destroyed, he shows that he will proclaim his grace through all the world.(:note) then will I turn to the people a pure language, that they may all call upon the name of the LORD, to serve him with one consent.

geneva@Haggai:1:2 @ Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, saying, This people say, The time is not come, the time (note:)Not that they condemned the building of it, but they preferred policy and personal profit to religion, being content with small beginnings.(:note) that the LORD'S house should be built.

geneva@Haggai:1:8 @ Go (note:)Meaning, that they should leave their own benefits, and go forward in the building of God's temple, and in the setting forth of his religion.(:note) up to the mountain, and bring wood, and build the house; and That is, I will hear your prayers according to my promise; (1Ki_8:22, 1Ki_8:29). I will take pleasure in it, and I will That is, my glory will be set forth by you. be glorified, saith the LORD.

geneva@Haggai:2:3 @ Who [is] left among you that saw this (note:)For the people according as had been prophesied in (Isa_2:2) and (Eze. strkjv@41:1-26), thought this temple should have been more excellent than Solomon's temple, which was destroyed by the Babylonians, but the Prophets meant the spiritual Temple, the Church of Christ.(:note) house in her first glory? and how do ye see it now? [is it] not in your eyes in comparison of it as nothing?

geneva@Haggai:2:6 @ For thus saith the LORD of hosts; (note:)He exhorts them to patience though they do not see as yet this temple so glorious as the Prophets had declared: for this should be accomplished in Christ, by whom all things should be renewed.(:note) Yet once, it [is] a little while, and I will shake the heavens, and the earth, and the sea, and the dry [land];

geneva@Zechariah:1:1 @ In the eighth month, in the second year of (note:)Who was the son of Histaspis.(:note) Darius, came the word of the LORD unto This was not the Zechariah, of which mention is made in (2Ch_24:20), but he had the same name, and is called the son of Berechiah, as he was, because he came of those progenitors, as of Joiada or Berechiah, and Iddo. Zechariah, the son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo the prophet, saying, The Argument - Two months after Haggai had begun to prophesy, Zechariah was also sent of the Lord to help him in the labour, and to confirm the same doctrine. First therefore, he puts them in remembrance for what reason God had so severely punished their fathers: and yet comforts them if they will truly repent, and not abuse this great benefit of God in their deliverance which was a figure of that true deliverance, that all the faithful should have from death and sin, by Christ. But because they remained still in their wickedness, and lack of desire to set forth God's glory, and were not yet made better by their long banishment, he rebukes them most sharply: yet for the comfort of the repentant, he ever mixes the promise of grace, that they might by this means be prepared to receive Christ, in whom all should be sanctified to the Lord.

geneva@Zechariah:1:2 @ The LORD hath been (note:)He speaks this to make them afraid of God's judgments, so that they should not provoke him as their fathers had done, whom he so grievously punished.(:note) sore displeased with your fathers.

geneva@Zechariah:3:8 @ Hear now, O Joshua the high priest, thou, and thy fellows that sit before thee: for they (note:)Because they follow my word, they are condemned in the world, and esteemed as monsters. {{See Isa_8:18}}(:note) [are] men wondered at: for, behold, I will bring forth my servant the That is, Christ, who did so humble himself, that he not only became the servant of God, but also the servant of men: and therefore in him they should have comfort, even though in the world they are condemned; (Isa_11:1) (Jer_23:5; Jer_33:14-15). BRANCH.

geneva@Zechariah:7:3 @ [And] to speak to the priests who [were]...to the prophets, saying, Should I...(note:)By weeping and mourning are shown what exercises they used in their fasting.(:note) weep in the fifth month, That is, prepare myself with all devotion to his fast. separating myself, as I have done these so many Which had been since the time the temple was destroyed. years?

geneva@Zechariah:7:9 @ Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, saying, (note:)He shows that they did not fast with a sincere heart, but because of hypocrisy, and that it was not done from a pure religion, because they lacked these offices of charity which should have declared that they were godly; (Mat_23:23).(:note) Execute true judgment, and show mercy and compassions every man to his brother:

geneva@Zechariah:7:11 @ But they refused to hearken, and (note:)And would not carry the Lord's burden, which was sweet and easy, but would bear their own, which was heavy and grievous to the flesh, thinking to gain merit by it: which metaphor is taken from oxen, which shrink at the yoke; (Neh_9:29).(:note) withdrew the shoulder, and stopped their ears, that they should not hear.

geneva@Zechariah:7:12 @ Yea, they made their hearts [as] an adamant stone, lest they should hear the law, and the words which the LORD of hosts hath sent in his (note:)Which declares that they did not only rebel against the Prophets, but against the Spirit of God that spoke in them.(:note) spirit by the former prophets: therefore came a great wrath from the LORD of hosts.

geneva@Zechariah:8:2 @ Thus saith the LORD of hosts; I was (note:)I loved my city with a singular love, so that I could not endure that any should do her any injury.(:note) jealous for Zion with great jealousy, and I was jealous for her with great fury.

geneva@Zechariah:8:6 @ Thus saith the LORD of hosts; If it is (note:)He shows in what our faith consists, that is, to believe that God can perform that which he has promised, though it seem ever so impossible to man; (Gen_13:14; Rom_4:20).(:note) marvellous in the eyes of the remnant of this people in these days, should it also be marvellous in my eyes? saith the LORD of hosts.

geneva@Zechariah:9:9 @ Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter of Jerusalem: behold, thy King cometh to thee: (note:)That is, he has righteousness and salvation in himself for the use and benefit of his Church.(:note) he [is] just, and having salvation; lowly, and riding upon a Which declares that they should not look for such a king as would be glorious in the eyes of man, but should be poor, and yet in himself have all power to deliver his own: and this is meant of Christ, as in (Mat_21:5). donkey, and upon a colt the foal of a donkey.

geneva@Zechariah:11:15 @ And the LORD said to me, Take to thee yet (note:)Signifying that they should have a certain type of regiment and outward show of government: but in effect it would be nothing, for they would be wolves, and devouring beasts instead of shepherds.(:note) the instruments of a foolish shepherd.

geneva@Malachi:1:1 @ The (note:){{See Isa_13:1}}(:note) burden of the word of the LORD to Israel by Malachi. The Argument - This Prophet was one of the three who God raised up for the comfort of the Church after the captivity, and after him there was no one else until John the Baptist was sent, which was either a token of God's wrath, or an admonition that they should with more fervent desires look for the coming of the Messiah. He confirms the same doctrine, that the two former do: chiefly he reproves the priests for their covetousness, and because they served God after their own fantasies, and not according to the direction of his word. He also notes certain distinct sins, which were then among them, such as the marrying of idolatrous and many wives, murmurings against God, impatience, and things such as these. Nonetheless, for the comfort of the godly he declares that God would not forget his promise made to their fathers, but would send Christ his messenger, in whom the covenant would be accomplished, whose coming would be terrible to the wicked, and bring all consolation and joy to the godly.

geneva@Malachi:1:6 @ A son honoureth [his] father, and a servant his master: if then I [be] a father, where [is] mine honour? and if I [be] a master, where [is] my fear? saith the LORD of hosts unto you, (note:)Besides the rest of the people he mainly condemns the priests, because they should have reproved others for their hypocrisy, and for not yielding to God, and should not have hardened them by their example to do greater evils.(:note) O priests, that despise my name. And ye say, He notes their great hypocrisy, who would not see their faults, but most impudently covered them, and so were blind guides. Wherein have we despised thy name?

geneva@Malachi:1:11 @ For from the rising of the sun even unto the going down of the same my name [shall be] (note:)God shows that their ingratitude and neglect of his true service will be the cause of the calling of the Gentiles: and here the Prophet that was under the Law, used words that the people would understand, and by the altar and sacrifice he means the spiritual service of God, which should be under the Gospel, when an end would be made to all these legal ceremonies by Christ's sacrifice alone.(:note) great among the Gentiles; and in every place incense [shall be] offered unto my name, and a pure offering: for my name [shall be] great among the heathen, saith the LORD of hosts.

geneva@Malachi:1:13 @ Ye said also, Behold, what a (note:)The priests and people were both weary with serving God, and did not regard what manner of sacrifice and service they gave to God: for that which was least profitable, was thought good enough for the Lord.(:note) weariness [is it]! and ye have snuffed at it, saith the LORD of hosts; and ye brought [that which was] torn, and the lame, and the sick; thus ye brought an offering: should I accept this of your hand? saith the LORD.

geneva@Malachi:2:5 @ My (note:)He shows what were the two conditions of the covenant made with the tribe of Levi on God's part, that he would give them long life and felicity, and on their part, that they should faithfully serve him according to his word.(:note) covenant was with him of life and peace; and I I commanded Levi a certain law to serve me. gave them to him [for] the fear wherewith he feared me, and was afraid before He served me and set forth my glory with all humility and submission. my name.

geneva@Malachi:2:7 @ For the priest's (note:)He is as the treasure house of God's word, and ought to give to everyone according to their need, and not to reserve it for himself.(:note) lips should keep knowledge, and they should seek the law at his mouth: for he [is] the Showing that whoever does not declare God's will, is not his messenger, and priest. messenger of the LORD of hosts.

geneva@Malachi:2:15 @ And did not (note:)Did not God make man and woman as one flesh and not many?(:note) he make one? Yet had he the By his power and strength he could have made many women for one man. residue of the spirit. And wherefore one? That he might seek a godly Those who should be born in lawful and moderate marriage, in which is no excess of lusts. seed. Therefore take heed to your Contain yourselves within your bounds, and be sober in mind, and bridle your affections. spirit, and let none deal treacherously against the wife of his youth.

geneva@Malachi:3:8 @ Will a (note:)There are none of the heathen so barbarous, that will defraud their gods of their honour, or deal deceitfully with them.(:note) man rob God? Yet ye have robbed me. But ye say, Wherein have we robbed thee? In By which the service of God should have been maintained, and the priests and the poor relieved. tithes and offerings.

geneva@Matthew:2:4 @ And when he had gathered all the (note:)The chief priests, that is, such as were of Aaron's family, who were divided into twenty-four orders. (1Ch_24:5; 2Ch_36:14).(:note) chief priests and They that expound the law to the people, for the Hebrews take this word for another, which means as much as to expound and to declare. scribes of the people together, he demanded of them where Christ should be born.

geneva@Matthew:2:12 @ And being (note:)God warned and told them of it, even though they did not ask him.(:note) warned of God in a dream that they should not return to Herod, they departed into their own country another way.

geneva@Matthew:2:23 @ And went and dwelt in a citie called Nazareth, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the Prophets, which was, That hee should be called a Nazarite.

geneva@Matthew:5:29 @ And if thy (note:)He names the right eye and the right hand, because the parts of the right side of our bodies are the chiefest, and the most ready to commit any wickedness.(:note) right eye Literally, do cause you to offend: for sins are stumbling blocks as it were, that is to say, rocks which we are cast upon. offend thee, pluck it out, and cast [it] from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not [that] thy whole body should be cast into hell.

geneva@Matthew:5:30 @ Also if thy right hand make thee to offend, cut it off, and cast it from thee: for better it is for thee that one of thy members perish, then that thy whole body should be cast into hell.

geneva@Matthew:12:16 @ And charged them in threatning wise, that they should not make him knowen,

geneva@Matthew:13:15 @ For this peoples heart is waxed fat, & their eares are dull of hearing, and with their eyes they haue winked, lest they should see with their eyes, and heare with their eares, & should vnderstand with their hearts, & should returne, that I might heale them.

geneva@Matthew:15:33 @ And his disciples saide vnto him, Whence should we get so much bread in the wildernes, as should suffice so great a multitude!

geneva@Matthew:16:11 @ How is it that ye do not (note:)A demand or question joined with wonder.(:note) understand that I «Spake» for commanded. spake [it] not to you concerning bread, that ye should beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees?

geneva@Matthew:16:12 @ Then vnderstood they that he had not said that they should beware of the leauen of bread, but of the doctrine of the Pharises, and Sadduces.

geneva@Matthew:16:26 @ For what shall it profite a man though he should winne the whole worlde, if hee lose his owne soule? Or what shall a man giue for recompence of his soule?

geneva@Matthew:17:27 @ Notwithstanding, lest we should offend them, go thou to the sea, and cast an hook, and take up the fish that first cometh up; and when thou hast opened his mouth, thou shalt find a (note:)The word used here is «stater», which is in value four didrachmas; every drachma is about five pence.(:note) piece of money: that take, and give unto them for me and thee.

geneva@Matthew:18:14 @ So is it not ye wil of your Father which is in heauen, that one of these litle ones should perish.

geneva@Matthew:18:30 @ Yet he would not, but went and cast him into prison, till he should pay the dette.

geneva@Matthew:18:34 @ So his Lord was wroth, and deliuered him to the tormentours, till he should pay all that was due to him.

geneva@Matthew:20:10 @ Nowe when the first came, they supposed that they should receiue more, but they likewise receiued euery man a penie.

geneva@Matthew:20:31 @ And the multitude rebuked them, because they should holde their peace: but they cried the more, saying, O Lord, the Sonne of Dauid, haue mercie on vs.

geneva@Matthew:21:9 @ And the multitudes that went before, and that followed, cried, saying, (note:)This was an ancient kind of cry, which they voiced in the feast of Tabernacles, when they carried boughs according as God commanded; (Lev_23:40). And the word is corruptly made of two, for we should say, «Hoshiang-na», which is as much as to say, «Save I pray thee».(:note) Hosanna to the Son of David: Well is it to him that comes in the Name of the Lord, that is to say, whom the Lord has given us for our King. Blessed [is] he that cometh in the name of the Lord; Hosanna in the highest.

geneva@Matthew:21:31 @ Whether of them twain did the will of [his] father? They say unto him, The first. Jesus saith unto them, Verily I say unto you, That the publicans and the harlots (note:)They hurry to the kingdom of God and you go slowly, so that you should at least have followed their example. Mark then that this word, «go into», is improperly taken in this place because none of them followed Christ.(:note) go into the kingdom of God before you.

geneva@Matthew:22:24 @ Saying, Master, Moses said, If a man die, having no (note:)Daughters are also included by this word «children», but even though they were part of his family and bore his name, the man who had only daughters was in the same position as the man who had no children at all; this is because daughters were not at this time able to carry on the family name. Therefore, by «children» here, we should understand it to be referring to «sons».(:note) children, his brother shall marry his wife, and raise up seed unto his brother.

geneva@Matthew:23:33 @ O serpents, the generation of vipers, howe should ye escape the damnation of hell!

geneva@Matthew:24:22 @ And except (note:)Those things which befell the people of the Jews in the thirty-four years, when the whole land was wasted, and at length the city of Jerusalem was taken, and both it and their temple destroyed, are mixed with those things which will come to pass before the last coming of the Lord.(:note) those days should be shortened, there should no The whole nation would utterly be destroyed: and this word «flesh» is a figurative word for «man», as the Hebrews used to say. flesh be saved: but for the elect's sake those days shall be shortened.

geneva@Matthew:25:27 @ Thou oughtest therefore to have put my money to the (note:)Bankers who have their shops or tables set up abroad, where they lend money at interest. Usury or loaning money at interest is strictly forbidden by the Bible, (Exo_22:25-27; Deu_23:19-20). Even a rate as low as one per cent interest was disallowed, (Neh_5:11). This servant had already told two lies. First he said the master was an austere or harsh man. This is a lie for the Lord is merciful and gracious. Next he called his master a thief because he reaped where he did not sow. Finally the master said to him sarcastically why did you not add insult to injury and loan the money out at interest so you could call your master a «usurer» too! If the servant had done this, his master would have been responsible for his servant's actions and guilty of usury.(:note) exchangers, and [then] at my coming I should have received mine own with usury.

geneva@Matthew:26:33 @ But Peter aunswered, and sayde vnto him, Though that al men should be offended by thee, yet will I neuer be offended.

geneva@Matthew:26:35 @ Peter saide vnto him, Though I should die with thee, I will in no case denie thee. Likewise also sayd all the disciples.

geneva@Matthew:27:20 @ But the chiefe Priestes and the Elders had persuaded the people that they shoulde aske Barabbas, and should destroy Iesus.

geneva@Mark:3:1 @ And (note:)Thirdly, because they preferred the ceremonial law (which was but an addition to the moral law) before the moral law, whereas in reality they should have learned from this the true use of the ceremonial law.(:note) he entered again into the synagogue; and there was a man there which had a That is, unprofitable and dead. withered hand.

geneva@Mark:3:9 @ And he spake to his disciples, that a small ship should (note:)Should always be ready for him.(:note) wait on him because of the multitude, lest they should throng him.

geneva@Mark:3:12 @ And he sharply rebuked them, to the ende they should not vtter him.

geneva@Mark:4:12 @ That they seeing, may see, and not discerne: and they hearing, may heare, and not vnderstand, least at any time they should turne, and their sinnes should be forgiuen them.

geneva@Mark:4:13 @ Againe he said vnto them, Perceiue ye not this parable? howe then should ye vnderstand all other parables?

geneva@Mark:4:27 @ And (note:)That is, when he has finished sowing should wait both day and night not doubting that the seed should spring forth, which grows both by day and night.(:note) should sleep, and rise night and day, and the seed should spring and grow up, he It is the duty of the ministers to work the ground with all diligence, and accredit the success to God: for the mighty work of the seed coming to blade and ear is mysterious, and is only known by the fruit that comes. knoweth not how.

geneva@Mark:5:43 @ And he charged them straitly that no man should knowe of it, and commaunded to giue her meate.

geneva@Mark:6:9 @ But [be] shod with (note:)The word properly signifies women's shoes.(:note) sandals; and not put on That is they should take no change of garments with them, so that they might be lighter for this journey and travel more quickly. two coats.

geneva@Mark:6:12 @ And they went out, and preached, that men should amend their liues.

geneva@Mark:7:1 @ Then (note:)None resist the wisdom of God more than they that should be wisest, and they resist because of their zeal for their own traditions: for men please themselves in superstition more than in any other thing, that is to say, in a worship of God fondly devised by themselves.(:note) came together unto him the Pharisees, and certain of the scribes, which came from Jerusalem.

geneva@Mark:7:36 @ And he commanded them, that they should tell no man: but howe much soeuer hee forbad them, the more a great deale they published it,

geneva@Mark:9:10 @ And they (note:)Though just barely as it were.(:note) kept that saying with themselves, They did not question together concerning the general resurrection, which will be in the latter day, but they did not understand what he meant when he spoke of his own special resurrection. questioning one with another what the rising from the dead should mean.

geneva@Mark:9:18 @ And wheresoever he taketh him, he (note:)Vexes him inwardly, as the colic does.(:note) teareth him: and he foameth, and gnasheth with his teeth, and pineth away: and I spake to thy disciples that they should cast him out; and they could not.

geneva@Mark:9:30 @ And they departed thence, and (note:)He and his disciples together.(:note) passed through Galilee; and he would not that any man should know [it].

geneva@Mark:9:34 @ And they helde their peace: for by the way they reasoned among themselues, who should bee the chiefest.

geneva@Mark:10:36 @ And he sayd vnto them, What would ye I should doe for you?

geneva@Mark:10:48 @ And many rebuked him, because he should holde his peace: but hee cryed much more, O Sonne of Dauid, haue mercy on me.

geneva@Mark:11:16 @ And would not suffer that any man should carry [any] (note:)That is, any profane instrument (of which those men had many) that made the court of the temple a marketplace.(:note) vessel through the temple.

geneva@Mark:12:15 @ Should we giue it, or should we not giue it? But he knew their hypocrisie, and said vnto them, Why tempt ye me? Bring me a peny, that I may see it.

geneva@Mark:12:19 @ Master, Moses wrote vnto vs, If any mans brother die, and leaue his wife, and leaue no children, that his brother should take his wife, and rayse vp seede vnto his brother.

geneva@Mark:13:36 @ Least if he come suddenly, he should finde you sleeping.

geneva@Mark:14:1 @ After (note:)By the will of God, against the counsel of men, it came to pass that Christ should be put to death upon the solemn day of the passover, that in all respects the truth of his sacrifice might agree to the symbol of the passover.(:note) two days was [the feast of] the passover, and of unleavened bread: and the chief priests and the scribes sought how they might take him by craft, and put [him] to death.

geneva@Mark:14:31 @ But he spake the (note:)The doubling of words here sets out more plainly Peter's vehement affirmation.(:note) more vehemently, If I should die with thee, I will not deny thee in any wise. Likewise also said they all.

geneva@Mark:14:40 @ And he returned, & founde them a sleepe againe: for their eyes were heauie: neither knewe they what they should answere him.

geneva@Mark:14:49 @ I was daily with you teaching in the Temple, and yee tooke me not: but this is done that the Scriptures should be fulfilled.

geneva@Mark:15:47 @ And Marie Magdalene, and Marie Ioses mother, behelde where he should be layed.

geneva@Luke:1:5 @ There (note:)John, who was another Elias and appointed to be the herald of Christ, coming from the family of Aaron, and of two famous and blameless parents, has shown in his conception (which was against the course of nature) a double miracle, to the end that men should be more readily prepared for the hearing of his preaching, according to the forewarning of the prophets.(:note) was This is a Hebrew idiom which shows us how short and frail a thing the power of princes is. in the days of Herod the great. Herod, the king of Judaea, a certain priest named Zacharias, of the For the posterity of Aaron was divided into courses. course of Abia: and his wife [was] of the daughters of Aaron, and her name [was] Elisabeth.

geneva@Luke:1:29 @ And when she saw [him], she was (note:)Moved at the strangeness of the matter.(:note) troubled at his saying, and cast in her mind what manner of salutation this should be.

geneva@Luke:1:43 @ And whence commeth this to mee, that the mother of my Lord should come to me?

geneva@Luke:1:74 @ Which was, that he would graunt vnto vs, that we being deliuered out of the handes of our enemies, should serue him without feare,

geneva@Luke:1:80 @ And the childe grewe, and waxed strong in spirit, and was in the wildernesse, til the day came that he should shewe him selfe vnto Israel.

geneva@Luke:2:1 @ And (note:)Christ, the son of God, taking upon himself the form of a servant, and making himself of no reputation, is poorly born in a stable: and by the means of Augustus, the mightiest prince in the world, (thinking nothing of it) has his cradle prepared in Bethlehem, as the prophets foretold.(:note) it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus, that all the As far as the empire of the Romans stretched. world should be That is, the inhabitants of every city should have their names recorded, and their goods rated at a certain value, that the emperor might understand how rich every country, city, family, and house was. taxed.

geneva@Luke:4:18 @ The Spirit of the Lorde is vpon mee, because he hath anoynted me, that I should preach the Gospel to the poore: he hath sent mee, that I should heale the broken hearted, that I should preach deliuerance to the captiues, and recouering of sight to the blinde, that I should set at libertie them that are bruised:

geneva@Luke:4:19 @ And that I should preache the acceptable yeere of the Lord.

geneva@Luke:5:14 @ And he commaunded him that hee should tell it no man: but Go, sayth he, and shew thy selfe to the Priest, and offer for thy clensing, as Moses hath commanded, for a witnes vnto them.

geneva@Luke:6:1 @ And (note:)Christ shows against the superstitious, who dwell on every trifling matter, that the law of the very sabbath was not given to be kept without exception: much less that the salvation of man should consist in the outward keeping of it.(:note) it came to pass on the second sabbath after the first, that he went through the corn fields; and his disciples Epiphanius notes well in his treatise, where he refutes Ebion, that the time when the disciples plucked the ears of the corn was in the feast of unleavened bread. Now, in those feasts which were kept over a period of many days, as the feast of tabernacles and passover, their first day and the last were very solemn; see (Leviticus. strkjv@23:1-44). Luke then fitly calls the last day the second sabbath, though Theophylact understands it to be any of the sabbaths that followed the first. plucked the ears of corn, and did eat, rubbing [them] in [their] hands.

geneva@Luke:6:31 @ And as ye would that men should doe to you, so doe ye to them likewise.

geneva@Luke:7:4 @ So they came to Iesus, and besought him instantly, saying that hee was worthy that hee should doe this for him:

geneva@Luke:7:19 @ So Iohn called vnto him two certaine men of his disciples, and sent them to Iesus, saying, Art thou hee that should come, or shall we waite for another?

geneva@Luke:7:20 @ And when the men were come vnto him, they said, Iohn Baptist hath sent vs vnto thee, saying, Art thou hee that should come, or shall we waite for another?

geneva@Luke:8:12 @ And they that are beside the way, are they that heare: afterward commeth the deuill, and taketh away the worde out of their hearts, least they should beleeue, and be saued.

geneva@Luke:8:56 @ Then her parents were astonied: but hee commaunded them that they should tell no man what was done.

geneva@Luke:9:13 @ But he said unto them, Give ye them to eat. And they said, We have no more but five loaves and two fishes; (note:)This is said imperfectly, and therefore we must understand it to mean something like this: «We cannot give them to eat unless we go and buy, etc.».(:note) except we should go and buy meat for all this people.

geneva@Luke:9:21 @ And he warned and commaunded them, that they should tell that to no man,

geneva@Luke:9:31 @ Who appeared in glory, and spake of his (note:)What death he would die in Jerusalem.(:note) decease which he should accomplish at Jerusalem.

geneva@Luke:13:1 @ There (note:)We must not rejoice at the just punishment of others, but rather we should be instructed by it to repent.(:note) were present at that season some that told him of the Galilaeans, whose blood Pontius Pilate was governor of Judea almost ten years, and about the fourth year of his government, which might be about the fifteenth year of Tiberius' reign, Christ finished the work of our redemption by his death. Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices.

geneva@Luke:16:17 @ Nowe it is more easie that heauen and earth shoulde passe away, then that one title of the Lawe should fall.

geneva@Luke:17:2 @ It is better for him that a great milstone were hanged about his necke, and that he were cast into ye sea, then that he should offende one of these litle ones.

geneva@Luke:17:6 @ And the Lord said, If ye had faith as (note:)If you had no more faith, but the quantity of the grain of mustard seed.(:note) a grain of mustard seed, ye might say unto this sycamine tree, Be thou plucked up by the root, and be thou planted in the sea; and it should obey you.

geneva@Luke:19:3 @ And he sought to see Iesus, who hee should be, and coulde not for the preasse, because he was of a lowe stature.

geneva@Luke:19:4 @ Wherefore he ranne before, and climed vp into a wilde figge tree, that he might see him: for he should come that way.

geneva@Luke:19:27 @ Moreouer, those mine enemies, which would not that I should reigne ouer them, bring hither, and slay them before me.

geneva@Luke:19:40 @ But he answered, and sayd vnto them, I tell you, that if these should holde their peace, the stones would crie.

geneva@Luke:20:10 @ And at the time conuenient he sent a seruant to the husbandmen, that they should giue him of the fruite of the vineyard: but the husbandmen did beate him, & sent him away emptie.

geneva@Luke:20:28 @ Saying, Master, Moses wrote vnto vs, If any mans brother die hauing a wife, and hee die without children, that his brother should take his wife, and raise vp seede vnto his brother.

geneva@Luke:22:23 @ Then they began to enquire among themselues which of them it should be, that should do that.

geneva@Luke:23:24 @ So Pilate gaue sentence, that it should be as they required.

geneva@Luke:24:21 @ But we trusted that it had bene he that should haue deliuered Israel, and as touching all these things, to day is ye third day, that they were done.

geneva@Luke:24:47 @ And that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name among all nations, (note:)The apostles, who are the preachers of the gospel, beginning at Jerusalem.(:note) beginning at Jerusalem.

geneva@John:1:25 @ And they asked him, and said unto him, (note:)By this we may prove that the Jews knew there should be some change in religion under the Messiah.(:note) Why baptizest thou then, if thou be not that Christ, nor Elias, neither that prophet?

geneva@John:1:31 @ And (note:)I never knew him by face before.(:note) I knew him not: but that he should be made manifest to Israel, therefore am I come baptizing with water.

geneva@John:3:12 @ If when I tel you earthly things, ye beleeue not, howe should yee beleeue, if I shall tel you of heauenly things?

geneva@John:3:20 @ For euery man that euill doeth, hateth the light, neither commeth to light, least his deedes should be reprooued.

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:5:20 @ For the Father loueth the Sonne, & sheweth him all things, whatsoeuer he himselfe doeth, and he will shewe him greater workes then these, that ye should marueile.

geneva@John:6:14 @ Then the men, when they had seene the miracle that Iesus did, saide, This is of a trueth that Prophet that should come into the world.

geneva@John:6:39 @ And this is the Fathers will which hath sent mee, that of all which hee hath giuen mee, I should lose nothing, but shoulde raise it vp againe at the last day.

geneva@John:6:62 @ What then if yee should see that Sonne of man ascend vp where he was before?

geneva@John:7:23 @ If a man on the sabbath day receive circumcision, that the (note:)That is to say, if the law of circumcision which Moses gave matters so much to you that you do not hesitate to circumcise upon the sabbath, do you rightly reprove me for thoroughly healing a man?(:note) law of Moses should not be broken; are ye angry at me, because I have made a man every whit whole on the sabbath day?

geneva@John:7:39 @ (But this spake he of the Spirit, which they that believe on him should receive: for the (note:)What is meant by the Holy Spirit he expressed a little before, speaking of the Spirit which they that believed in him should receive. So that by the name of Holy Spirit are meant the powers and mighty workings of the Holy Spirit.(:note) Holy Ghost was not yet [given]; because that Jesus was not yet That is, those things were not yet seen and perceived which were to show and set forth the glory of the only begotten. glorified.)

geneva@John:8:5 @ Now Moses in our Law commanded, that such should be stoned: what sayest thou therefore?

geneva@John:8:14 @ Jesus answered and said unto them, (note:)That which he denied before in (Joh_5:31) must be understood as Christ granting their position in a way, for in that place he talked of himself somewhat in line with the opinions of his hearers, who acknowledged nothing in Christ but his humanity, and therefore he was content they should not regard his own witness, unless it were otherwise confirmed. But in this place he stands and affirms Godhead, and praises his Father, who is his witness, and agrees with him.(:note) Though I bear record of myself, [yet] my record is true: for I know whence I came, and whither I go; but ye cannot tell whence I come, and whither I go.

geneva@John:9:3 @ Jesus answered, (note:)Christ reasons here as his disciples thought, who presupposed that no diseases came except for the reason of sins: as a result of this he answers that there was another cause of this man's blindness, and that was in order that God's work might be seen.(:note) Neither hath this man sinned, nor his parents: but that the works of God should be made manifest in him.

geneva@John:9:22 @ These wordes spake his parents, because they feared the Iewes: for the Iewes had ordeined already, that if any man did confesse that he was Christ, he should be excommunicate out of the Synagogue.

geneva@John:9:41 @ Iesus sayd vnto them, If ye were blinde, ye should not haue sinne: but nowe ye say, We see: therefore your sinne remaineth.

geneva@John:11:27 @ She said vnto him, Yea, Lord, I beleeue that thou art that Christ that Sonne of God, which should come into the world.

geneva@John:11:37 @ And some of them saide, Coulde not he, which opened the eyes of the blinde, haue made also, that this man should not haue died?

geneva@John:11:52 @ And not for that nation only, but that also he should gather together in one the children of God that (note:)For they were not gathered together in one country, as the Jews were, but were to be gathered from all quarters, from the east to the west.(:note) were scattered abroad.

geneva@John:11:57 @ Nowe both the hie Priestes and the Pharises had giuen a commaundement, that if any man knew where he were, he should shewe it, that they might take him.

geneva@John:12:4 @ Then said one of his disciples, euen Iudas Iscariot Simons sonne, which should betray him:

geneva@John:12:12 @ On the morowe a great multitude that were come to the feast, when they heard that Iesus should come to Hierusalem,

geneva@John:12:33 @ Nowe this sayd he, signifying what death he should die.

geneva@John:12:40 @ He hath blinded their eyes, and hardned their heart, that they shoulde not see with their eyes, nor vnderstand with their heart, and should be conuerted, and I should heale them.

geneva@John:12:46 @ I am come a light into the world, that whosoeuer beleeueth in me, should not abide in darkenes.

geneva@John:12:49 @ For I haue not spoken of my selfe: but the Father which sent me, hee gaue me a commaundement what I should say, and what I should speake.

geneva@John:13:1 @ Now (note:)Christ is as sure of the victory as he is of the combat which was at hand, and by using the sign of washing the feet, gives by this an example in part of singular modesty, and his great love toward his apostles in this notable act, being likely to depart very shortly from them: and he partly witnesses unto them that it is he alone who washes away the filth of his people, and sanctifies them little by little in their time and season.(:note) before the feast of the passover, when Jesus knew that his hour was come that he should depart out of this world unto the Father, having loved his Those of his household, that is, his saints. own which were in the world, he loved them unto the end.

geneva@John:13:11 @ For hee knewe who should betray him: therefore sayd he, Ye are not all cleane.

geneva@John:13:15 @ For I haue giuen you an example, that ye should doe, euen as I haue done to you.

geneva@John:13:24 @ To him beckened therefore Simon Peter, that he should aske who it was of whom he spake.

geneva@John:13:29 @ For some of them thought because Iudas had the bag, that Iesus had sayd vnto him, Buy those things that we haue neede of against ye feast: or that he should giue some thing to the poore.

geneva@John:16:1 @ These (note:)The ministers of the gospel must expect all types of reproaches, not only by those who are open enemies, but even by those also who seem to be of the same household, and the very pillars of the Church.(:note) things have I spoken unto you, that ye should not be offended.

geneva@John:16:30 @ Nowe knowe wee that thou knowest all things, and needest not that any man should aske thee. By this we beleeue, that thou art come out from God.

geneva@John:17:2 @ As thou hast given him power over (note:)Over all men.(:note) all flesh, that he should give eternal life to as many as thou hast given him.

geneva@John:18:14 @ And Caiaphas was he, that gaue counsel to the Iewes, that it was expedient that one man should die for the people.

geneva@John:18:32 @ That the saying of Jesus might be fulfilled, which he spake, (note:)For Christ had foretold that he would be crucified.(:note) signifying what death he should die.

geneva@John:18:37 @ Pilate then said vnto him, Art thou a King then? Iesus answered, Thou sayest that I am a King: for this cause am I borne, and for this cause came I into the world, that I should beare witnes vnto the trueth: euery one that is of the trueth, heareth my voyce.

geneva@John:19:6 @ When the chief priests therefore and officers saw him, they cried out, saying, (note:)They will have him crucified whom, by an old custom of theirs, they should have stoned and hanged up as convicted of blasphemy: but they desire to have him crucified after the manner of the Romans.(:note) Crucify [him], crucify [him]. Pilate saith unto them, Take ye him, and crucify [him]: for I find no fault in him.

geneva@John:21:17 @ He saith unto him the (note:)It was appropriate that he that had denied him three times should confess him three times, so that Peter might neither doubt the forgiveness of his grievous sin, nor his being restored to the office of the apostleship.(:note) third time, Simon, [son] of Jonas, lovest thou me? Peter was grieved because he said unto him the third time, Lovest thou me? And he said unto him, Lord, thou knowest all things; thou knowest that I love thee. Jesus saith unto him, Feed my sheep.

geneva@John:21:19 @ This spake he, signifying by (note:)That is, that Peter would die by a violent death.(:note) what death he should glorify God. And when he had spoken this, he saith unto him, Follow me.

geneva@John:21:25 @ Nowe there are also many other things which Iesus did, the which if they should be written euery one, I suppose the world coulde not conteine the bookes that shoulde be written, Amen.

geneva@Acts:1:4 @ And, being (note:)They were dispersed here and there, but he gathers them together so that all of them might together be witnesses of his resurrection.(:note) assembled together with [them], commanded them that they should not depart from Jerusalem, but wait for the promise of the Father, which, [saith he], ye have heard of me.

geneva@Acts:2:25 @ For Dauid sayeth concerning him, I beheld the Lorde alwaies before me: for hee is at my right hand, that l should not be shaken.

geneva@Acts:2:47 @ Praysing God, and had fauour with all the people: and the Lorde added to the Church from day to day, such as should be saued.

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:4:18 @ So they called them, and commaunded them, that in no wise they should speake or teach in the Name of Iesus.

geneva@Acts:5:40 @ And to him they agreed, and called the Apostles: and when they had beaten them, they commaunded that they should not speake in the Name of Iesus, and let them goe.

geneva@Acts:7:6 @ And God spake on this wise, That his seed should sojourn in a strange land; and that they should bring them into bondage, and entreat [them] evil (note:)Four hundred years are counted from the beginning of Abraham's progeny, which was at the birth of Isaac: and four hundred and thirty years which are spoken of by Paul in (Gal_3:17), from the time that Abraham and his father departed together out of Ur of the Chaldeans.(:note) four hundred years.

geneva@Acts:7:25 @ For hee supposed his brethren would haue vnderstand, that God by his hande should giue them deliuerance: but they vnderstoode it not.

geneva@Acts:7:45 @ Which also our fathers that came after (note:)Delivered from hand to hand.(:note) brought in with Jesus into the This is said using the figure of speech metonymy, and refers to the countries which the Gentiles possessed. possession of the Gentiles, whom God drave out God drove them out that they should yield up the possession of those countries to our fathers when they entered into the land. before the face of our fathers, unto the days of David;

geneva@Acts:7:49 @ Heauen is my throne, and earth is my footestoole: what house wil ye build for me, saith the Lord? or what place is it that I should rest in?

geneva@Acts:7:58 @ And cast [him] out of the city, and stoned [him]: and the (note:)It was appointed by the Law that the witnesses should cast the first stones; (Deu_17:7).(:note) witnesses laid down their clothes at a young man's feet, whose name was Saul.

geneva@Acts:8:31 @ And he said, How can I, except some man should (note:)To show me the way to understand it.(:note) guide me? And he desired Philip that he would come up and sit with him.

geneva@Acts:9:21 @ So that all that heard him, were amased, and sayde, Is not this hee, that made hauocke of them which called on this Name in Hierusalem, and came hither for that intent, that hee should bring them bound vnto the hie Priests?

geneva@Acts:10:28 @ And he sayd vnto them, Ye know that it is an vnlawfull thing for a man that is a Iewe, to company, or come vnto one of another nation: but God hath shewed me, that I should not call any man polluted, or vncleane.

geneva@Acts:11:1 @ And (note:)Peter, being reprehended without reason by the unskilful and ignorant, does not object and say that he should not be judged by any, but openly gives an account of his actions.(:note) the apostles and brethren that were in Judaea heard that the Gentiles had also received the word of God.

geneva@Acts:11:12 @ And the Spirit saide vnto me, that I should go with them, without doubting: moreouer these sixe brethren came with me, and we entred into the mans house.

geneva@Acts:11:28 @ And there stoode vp one of them named Agabus, and signified by the Spirit, that there should be great famine throughout all the world, which also came to passe vnder Claudius Cesar.

geneva@Acts:13:48 @ And when the Gentiles heard this, they were glad, and glorified the word of the Lord: and as many as were (note:)Therefore either all were not appointed to everlasting life, or either all believed, but because all did not believe, it follows that certain ones were ordained: and therefore God did not only foreknow, but also foreordained, that neither faith nor the effects of faith should be the cause of his ordaining, or appointment, but his ordaining the cause of faith.(:note) ordained to eternal life believed.

geneva@Acts:14:1 @ And (note:)We should be no less constant in the preaching of the Gospel than the perversity of the wicked is obstinate in persecuting it.(:note) it came to pass in Iconium was a city of Lycaonia. Iconium, that they went both together into the synagogue of the Jews, and so spake, that a great multitude both of the Jews and also of the Greeks believed.

geneva@Acts:15:7 @ And when there had been much disputing, Peter rose up, and said unto them, (note:)God himself, in the calling of the Gentiles who are uncircumcised, taught that our salvation consists in faith, without the worship appointed by the Law.(:note) Men [and] brethren, ye know how that a Literally, «of old time», that is, even from the first time that we were commanded to preach the Gospel, and immediately after that the Holy Spirit came down upon us. good while ago God made choice among us, that the Gentiles by my mouth should hear the word of the gospel, and believe.

geneva@Acts:17:27 @ That they should seek the Lord, if haply they might (note:)For as blind men we could not seek out God except by groping, before the true light came and enlightened the world.(:note) feel after him, and find him, though he be not far from every one of us:

geneva@Acts:18:14 @ And when Paul was now about to open [his] mouth, Gallio said unto the Jews, If it were a matter of wrong or wicked lewdness, O [ye] Jews, (note:)As much as I rightly could.(:note) reason would that I should bear with you:

geneva@Acts:18:21 @ But bade them farewell, saying, I must by all means keep this feast that cometh in Jerusalem: but I will return again unto you, (note:)So we should promise nothing without this clause, for we do not know what the following day will bring forth.(:note) if God will. And he sailed from Ephesus.

geneva@Acts:19:4 @ Then saide Paul, Iohn verely baptized with the baptisme of repentance, saying vnto the people, that they shoulde beleeue in him, which should come after him, that is, in Christ Iesus.

geneva@Acts:19:27 @ So that not only (note:)As if he said, «If Paul goes on in this way as he has begun, to confuse the opinion which men have of Diana's image, all of our gain will come to nothing.»(:note) this our craft is in danger to be set at nought; but also that the temple of the great goddess Diana should be despised, and her magnificence should be destroyed, whom all Asia and the world worshippeth.

geneva@Acts:20:38 @ Being chiefly sorie for the words which he spake, That they should see his face no more; they accompanied him vnto the shippe.

geneva@Acts:21:4 @ And finding disciples, we tarried there seven days: who said to Paul through the (note:)They foretold through the Spirit what dangers were about to befall Paul, and this they did as prophets: but they misdirected him away from Jerusalem because of a fleshly affection.(:note) Spirit, that he should not go up to Jerusalem.

geneva@Acts:21:16 @ There went with vs also certaine of the disciples of Cesarea, and brought with them one Mnason of Cyprus, an olde disciple, with whome we should lodge.

geneva@Acts:21:26 @ Then Paul took the men, and the next day purifying himself with them entered into the temple, (note:)The priests were to be informed of the accomplishment of the days of the purification, because there were sacrifices to be offered the same day that their vow was ended.(:note) to signify the accomplishment of the days of purification, until that an offering should be offered for every one of them.

geneva@Acts:21:37 @ And as Paul should haue bene led into the castell, he sayd vnto the chiefe Captaine, May I speake vnto thee? Who sayd, Canst thou speake Greeke?

geneva@Acts:22:29 @ Then straightway they departed from him which should have examined him: and the chief captain also was afraid, after he knew that he was (note:)Not by nation, but by the law of his city of birth.(:note) a Roman, and because he had bound him.

geneva@Acts:23:15 @ Now therefore ye with the (note:)You and the senate ask that the same thing should be done, so that the tribune will not think that it was demanded of him because of an individual's private interests.(:note) council signify to the chief captain that he bring him down unto you to morrow, as though ye would enquire something more perfectly concerning him: and we, or ever he come near, are ready to kill him.

geneva@Acts:25:4 @ But Festus answered, that Paul should bee kept at Cæsarea, and that he himselfe would shortly depart thither.

geneva@Acts:26:20 @ But shewed first vnto them of Damascus, and at Hierusalem, & throughout all the coasts of Iudea, & then to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turne to God, and doe workes worthy amendement of life.

geneva@Acts:26:23 @ That Christ should (note:)That Christ would not be such a king as the Jews dreamed of, but one appointed to bear our miseries, and the punishment of our sins.(:note) suffer, [and] that he should be the The first of those who are raised from the dead. first that should rise from the dead, and should shew Life, yea and that a most blessed life which will be endless: and this is set against darkness, which almost in all languages sometimes signifies death, and sometimes misery and calamity. light unto the people, and to the Gentiles.

geneva@Acts:27:1 @ And (note:)Paul, with many other prisoners and through the midst of many deaths, is brought to Rome, but yet by God's own hand as it were, and set forth and commended to the world with many singular testimonies.(:note) when it was determined that we should sail into Italy, they delivered Paul and certain other prisoners unto [one] named Julius, a centurion of Augustus' band.

geneva@Acts:27:17 @ Which they tooke vp and vsed all helpe, vndergirding the ship, fearing least they should haue fallen into Syrtes, and they strake saile, and so were caried.

geneva@Acts:27:20 @ And when neither sunne nor starres in many dayes appeared, and no small tempest lay vpon vs, all hope that we should be saued, was then taken away.

geneva@Acts:27:29 @ Then fearing least they should haue fallen into some rough places, they cast foure ancres out of the sterne, and wished that the day were come.

geneva@Acts:28:6 @ Howbeit they looked when he should have (note:)The Greek word signifies to be inflamed or to swell: moreover, Dioscorides in his sixth book, chap. 38, witnesses that the biting of a viper causes a swelling of the body, and so says Nicander, in his remedies against poisons.(:note) swollen, or fallen down dead suddenly: There are none who are more changing in every way than they who are ignorant of true religion. but after they had looked a great while, and saw no harm come to him, they changed their minds, and said that he was a god.

geneva@Acts:28:27 @ For the heart of this people is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes have they (note:)They made as though they did not see that which they saw against their desires: yea, they did see, but they would not see.(:note) closed; lest they should see with [their] eyes, and hear with [their] ears, and understand with [their] heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them.

geneva@Romans:1:13 @ Now my brethren, I would that ye should not be ignorant, how that I haue oftentimes purposed to come vnto you (but haue bene let hitherto) that I might haue some fruite also among you, as I haue among the other Gentiles.

geneva@Romans:2:21 @ Thou therefore, which teachest another, teachest thou not thy selfe? thou that preachest, A man should not steale, doest thou steale?

geneva@Romans:2:22 @ Thou that saist, A man should not commit adulterie, doest thou commit adulterie? thou that abhorrest idoles, committest thou sacrilege?

geneva@Romans:6:4 @ Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead (note:)So that Christ himself, being released of his infirmity and weakness, might live in glory with God forever.(:note) by the glory of the Father, even so And we who are his members rise for this purpose, that being made partakers of the very same power, we should begin to lead a new life, as though we were already in heaven. we also should walk in newness of life.

geneva@Romans:6:6 @ Knowing this, that our (note:)Our entire nature, as we are conceived and born into this world with sin, is called «old», partly by comparing that old Adam with Christ, and partly also in respect of the deformed state of our corrupt nature, which we change with a new.(:note) old man is crucified with Our corrupt nature is regarded as belonging to Christ, not because of what he has done, but by imputation. [him], that the That wickedness which remains in us. body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not The end of sanctification which we aim at, and will at length come to, that is, when God will be all in all. serve sin.

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:8:20 @ For the creature was made subject to (note:)Is subject to a vanishing and disappearing state.(:note) vanity, not Not by their natural inclination. willingly, but by reason That they should obey the Creator's commandment, whom it pleased to show by their sickly state, how greatly he was displeased with man. of him who hath subjected [the same] in God would not make the world subject to be cursed forever because of the sin of man, but gave it hope that it would be restored. hope,

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:13:1 @ Let (note:)Now he distinctly shows what subjects owe to their magistrates, that is, obedience: from which he shows that no man is free: and the obedience we owe is such that it is not only due to the highest magistrate himself, but also even to the lowest, who has any office under him.(:note) every Indeed, though an apostle, though an evangelist, though a prophet; Chrysostom. Therefore the tyranny of the pope over all kingdoms must be thrown down to the ground. soul be subject unto the higher A reason taken from the nature of the thing itself: for to what purpose are they placed in higher degree, but in order that the inferiors should be subject to them? powers. Another argument of great force: because God is author of this order: so that those who are rebels ought to know that they make war with God himself: and because of this they purchase for themselves great misery and calamity. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are Be distributed: for some are greater, some smaller. ordained of God.

geneva@Romans:15:16 @ That I should be the minister of Jesus Christ to the Gentiles, ministering the gospel of God, that the (note:)By the offering up of the Gentiles, he means the Gentiles themselves, whom he offered to God as a sacrifice.(:note) offering up of the Gentiles might be acceptable, being sanctified by the Holy Ghost.

geneva@Romans:15:20 @ Yea, so I enforced my selfe to preach the Gospel, not where Christ was named, lest I should haue built on another mans foundation.

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:1:15 @ Lest any should say, that I had baptized into mine owne name.

geneva@1Corinthians:1:29 @ That no (note:)«Flesh» is often, as we see, taken for the whole man: and he uses this word «flesh» very well, to contrast the weak and miserable condition of man with the majesty of God.(:note) flesh should glory in his presence.

geneva@1Corinthians:2:12 @ Now we have received, not the (note:)The Spirit which we have received does not teach us things of this world, but lifts us up to God, and this verse teaches us the opposite of what the papists teach: what faith is, from where it comes, and from what power it originates.(:note) spirit of the world, but the spirit which is of God; That which he spoke generally, he confines now to those things which God has opened to us of our salvation in Christ: so that no man should separate the Spirit from the preaching of the word and Christ: or should think that those fanciful men are governed by the Spirit of God, who wandering besides the word, thrust upon us their vain imaginations for the secrets of God. that we might This word «know» is taken here in its proper sense for true knowledge, which the Spirit of God works in us. know the things that are freely given to us of God.

geneva@1Corinthians:5:1 @ It is (note:)They are greatly to be reprehended who by allowing wickedness, set forth the Church of God to be mocked and scorned by infidels.(:note) reported commonly [that there is] fornication among you, and such fornication as is not so much as named among the Gentiles, that one should have his father's wife.

geneva@1Corinthians:5:10 @ Yet not (note:)If you should utterly abstain from such men's company, you should go out of the world. Therefore I speak of those who are in the very bosom of the Church, who must be brought back into order by discipline, and not of those who are outside of the Church, with whom we must labour by all means possible, to bring them to Christ.(:note) altogether with the fornicators of this world, or with the covetous, or extortioners, or with idolaters; for then must ye needs go out of the world.

geneva@1Corinthians:9:10 @ Either saith hee it not altogether for our sakes? For our sakes no doubt it is written, that he which eareth, should eare in hope, & that he that thresheth in hope, should be partaker of his hope.

geneva@1Corinthians:9:14 @ Even so hath the Lord ordained that they which preach the gospel should live (note:)Because they preach the Gospel. It follows by this place, that Paul received no living, neither would have any other man receive, by a commodity of masses, or any other such superstitious nonsense.(:note) of the gospel.

geneva@1Corinthians:9:15 @ But I have used none of these things: (note:)He takes away occasion of suspicion by the way, that it might not be thought that he wrote this as though he was demanding his wages that were not payed him. On the contrary, he says, I had rather die, than not to continue in this purpose to preach the Gospel freely. For I am bound to preach the Gospel, seeing that the Lord has given and commanded me this office: but unless I do it willingly and for the love of God, nothing that I do is to be considered worthwhile. If I had rather that the Gospel should be evil spoken of, than that I should not require my wages, then would it appear that I took these pains not so much for the Gospel's sake, as for my gains and advantages. But I say, this would not be to use, but rather to abuse my right and liberty: therefore not only in this thing, but also in all others (as much as I could) I am made all things to all men, that I might win them to Christ, and might together with them be won to Christ.(:note) neither have I written these things, that it should be so done unto me: for [it were] better for me to die, than that any man should make my glorying void.

geneva@1Corinthians:9:27 @ But I keep under my (note:)The old man which strives against the Spirit.(:note) body, and bring [it] into subjection: lest that by any means, when I have preached to others, I myself should be Or, «reproved». And this word «reproved» is not contrasted with the word «elect», but with the word «approved», when we see someone who is experienced not to be such a one as he ought to be. a castaway.

geneva@1Corinthians:10:1 @ Moreover, (note:)He sets out that which he said, laying before them an example of the horrible judgment of God against those who had in effect the very same pledges of the same adoption and salvation that we have. And yet nonetheless when they gave themselves to idol's feasts, they perished in the wilderness, being horribly and manifoldly punished. Now, moreover and besides that these things are fitly spoken against those who frequented idol's feasts, the same also seems to be alleged to this end and purpose, because many men think that those things are not of such great weight that God will be angry with them if they use them. And so they frequent Christian assemblies and are baptized, and receive the communion, and confess Christ.(:note) brethren, I would not that ye should be ignorant, how that all our Paul says this in respect of the covenant, and not in respect of the persons, except generally. fathers were under the cloud, and all passed through the sea;

geneva@1Corinthians:10:20 @ But I [say], that the things which the Gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to devils, and not to God: and I would not that ye should have (note:)Have anything to do with the demons, or enter into that society which is begun in the demon's name.(:note) fellowship with devils.

geneva@1Corinthians:10:30 @ For if I by (note:)If I may through God's grace eat this meat or that meat, why should I through my fault cause that benefit of God to turn to my blame?(:note) grace be a partaker, why am I evil spoken of for that for which I give thanks?

geneva@1Corinthians:11:15 @ But if a woman have long hair, it is a glory to her: for [her] hair is given her for a (note:)To be a covering for her, and such a covering as should procure another.(:note) covering.

geneva@1Corinthians:11:31 @ For if we would (note:)Try and examine ourselves, by faith and repentance, separating ourselves from the wicked.(:note) judge ourselves, we should not be judged.

geneva@1Corinthians:11:32 @ But when we are iudged, we are chastened of the Lord, because we should not be condemned with the world.

geneva@1Corinthians:12:25 @ That there should be no schism in the body; but [that] the members should have the same (note:)Should bestow their operations and offices to the profit and preservation of the whole body.(:note) care one for another.

geneva@1Corinthians:15:17 @ And if Christ be not raised, your faith [is] vain; (note:)First, seeing death is the punishment of sin, in vain should we believe that our sins were forgiven us, if they remain: but they do remain, if Christ did not rise from death.(:note) ye are They are yet in their sins who are not sanctified, nor have obtained remission of their sins. yet in your sins.

geneva@2Corinthians:1:9 @ But we had the sentence of death in (note:)I was resolved within myself to die.(:note) ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves, but in God which raiseth the dead:

geneva@2Corinthians:2:3 @ And I wrote this same unto you, lest, when I came, I should have sorrow from them of whom I ought to rejoice; having (note:)For I trusted that you would immediately take that out of the way which you knew I was discontented with, considering how you are persuaded that my joy is your joy.(:note) confidence in you all, that my joy is [the joy] of you all.

geneva@2Corinthians:2:4 @ For in great affliction, & anguish of heart I wrote vnto you with many teares: not that yee should be made sorie, but that ye might perceiue the loue which I haue, specially vnto you.

geneva@2Corinthians:2:7 @ So that contrariwise ye [ought] rather to (note:)That whereas before you punished him sharply, you should now forgive him.(:note) forgive [him], and comfort [him], lest perhaps such a one should be swallowed up with overmuch sorrow.

geneva@2Corinthians:2:11 @ Lest Satan should get an advantage of us: for we are not ignorant of his (note:)Of his mischievous counsel and devilish will.(:note) devices.

geneva@2Corinthians:4:4 @ In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the (note:)The light of plain and enlightening preaching, which shows forth the glory of Christ.(:note) light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the In whom the Father sets himself forth to be seen and beheld. image of God, should shine unto them.

geneva@2Corinthians:4:6 @ For God, (note:)Who made with his word alone.(:note) who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to [give] the That being enlightened by God, we should in the same way give that light to others. light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.

geneva@2Corinthians:5:5 @ Now he that hath (note:)He means that first creation, to show us that our bodies were made to this end, that they should be clothed with heavenly immortality.(:note) wrought us for the selfsame thing [is] God, who also hath given unto us the earnest of the Spirit.

geneva@2Corinthians:5:15 @ And [that] he died for all, that they which live should not henceforth (note:)See {{See Romans strkjv@6:1-7:25}}(:note) live unto themselves, but unto him which died for them, and rose again.

geneva@2Corinthians:8:1 @ Moreover, (note:)The sixth part of this epistle containing different exhortations to stir up the Corinthians to liberality, with which the poverty of the church of Jerusalem might be helped at an appropriate time. And first of all he sets before them the example of the churches of Macedonia, which otherwise were brought by great misery to extreme poverty, so that the Corinthians should follow them.(:note) brethren, we do you to wit of the The benefit that God bestowed upon the Corinthians. grace of God bestowed on the churches of Macedonia;

geneva@2Corinthians:8:6 @ That we should exhort Titus, that as hee had begon, so he would also accomplish the same grace among you also.

geneva@2Corinthians:8:14 @ But by an (note:)That as now in your abundance you help others with a share of your goods, so should others in the same way bestow some of their goods upon you.(:note) equality, [that] now at this time your abundance [may be a supply] for their want, that their abundance also may be [a supply] for your want: that there may be equality:

geneva@2Corinthians:8:20 @ Avoiding this, that no man should blame us in this (note:)In this plentiful liberality of the churches, which is committed to our trust.(:note) abundance which is administered by us:

geneva@2Corinthians:9:4 @ Lest haply if they of Macedonia come with me, and find you unprepared, we (that we say not, ye) should be ashamed in this same (note:)The word which he uses signifies a mind so steady and established that it cannot be moved by any terror or fear.(:note) confident boasting.

geneva@2Corinthians:10:8 @ For though I shoulde boast somewhat more of our authoritie, which the Lorde hath giuen vs for edification, and not for your destruction, I should haue no shame.

geneva@2Corinthians:11:3 @ But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be (note:)This passage is to be noted against those who hate the plain and pure simplicity of the scriptures, in comparison of the elegance and fluency of man's eloquence.(:note) corrupted from the simplicity that is in Which is proper for those who are in Christ. Christ.

geneva@2Corinthians:12:6 @ For though I woulde reioyce, I should not be a foole, for I will say the trueth: but I refraine, lest any man should thinke of me aboue that hee seeth in me, or that he heareth of me.

geneva@2Corinthians:13:7 @ Now I pray to God that ye do no evil; not that we should appear approved, but that ye should do that which is honest, though we be as (note:)In men's judgment.(:note) reprobates.

geneva@2Corinthians:13:10 @ Therefore write I these thinges being absent, least when I am present, I should vse sharpenesse, according to the power which the Lorde hath giuen mee, to edification, and not to destruction.

geneva@Galatians:2:2 @ And I went up by revelation, and communicated unto them that gospel which I preach among the Gentiles, but privately to them which were of reputation, lest by any means I should run, or had run, (note:)Unfruitful, for as touching his doctrine, Paul does not doubt it, but because there were certain reports being spread about him, that he was of another opinion than the rest of the apostles were, which thing might have hindered the course of the Gospel. Therefore he labours to remedy this dangerous situation.(:note) in vain.

geneva@Galatians:2:10 @ Warning onely that we should remember the poore: which thing also I was diligent to doe.

geneva@Galatians:3:1 @ O (note:)The third reason or argument taken of those gifts of the Holy Spirit, with which they were endued from heaven after they had heard and believed the gospel by Paul's ministry. And seeing that they were so evident to all men's eyes, that they were as it were graphic images, in which they might behold the truth of the doctrine of the Gospel, just as much as if they had beheld with their eyes Christ himself crucified, in whose only death they ought to have their trust, he marvels how it could be that they could be so bewitched by the false apostles.(:note) foolish Galatians, who hath bewitched you, that ye should not obey the truth, Christ was laid before you so notably and so plainly that you had a graphic image of him as it were represented before your eyes, as if he had been crucified before you. before whose eyes Jesus Christ hath been evidently set forth, crucified among you?

geneva@Galatians:5:13 @ For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; (note:)The third part of this epistle, showing that the right use of Christian liberty consists of this, that being delivered and set at liberty from the slavery of sin and the flesh, and being obedient to the Spirit, we should through love help each other to mature in their salvation.(:note) only [use] not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another.

geneva@Galatians:5:23 @ Meekness, temperance: (note:)Lest that any man should object that Paul plays the deceiver, as one who urging the Spirit urges nothing but that which the Law commands, he shows that he requires not that literal and outward obedience, but spiritual, which proceeds not from the Law but from the Spirit of Christ, who gives us new birth, and must and ought to be the ruler and guider of our life.(:note) against such there is no law.

geneva@Galatians:6:12 @ As many as desire to make a (note:)He sets a fair show against the truth.(:note) fair shew in In the keeping of ceremonies. the flesh, they constrain you to be circumcised; only lest they should suffer persecution for the For the preaching of him that was crucified. cross of Christ.

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:3:6 @ That the Gentiles should be inheriters also, and of the same body, and partakers of his promise in Christ by the Gospel,

geneva@Ephesians:3:8 @ Euen vnto me the least of all Saints is this grace giuen, that I should preach among the Gentiles the vnsearchable riches of Christ,

geneva@Ephesians:5:27 @ That he might present it to himself a glorious church, (note:)The Church as it is considered in itself, will not be without wrinkle, before it come to the mark it aims at: for while it is in this life, it runs in a race. But if it is considered in Christ, it is clean and without wrinkle.(:note) not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish.

geneva@Philippians:2:10 @ That at the name of Jesus (note:)All creatures will at length be subject to Christ.(:note) every knee should bow, of [things] in heaven, and [things] in earth, and [things] under the earth;

geneva@Philippians:2:11 @ And [that] (note:)Every nation.(:note) every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ [is] Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

geneva@Philippians:2:16 @ Holding forth the (note:)The Gospel is called the word of life, because of the effects which it produces.(:note) word of life; Again he urges them forward, setting before them his true apostolic care that he had for them: in addition comforting them to the end that they should not be sorry for the greatness of his afflictions, no, not even if he should die to make perfect their sacrifice with his blood, as it were with a drink offering. that I may rejoice in the day of Christ, that I have not run in vain, neither laboured in vain.

geneva@Philippians:2:27 @ And no doubt he was sicke, very neere vnto death: but God had mercie on him, and not on him onely, but on me also, least I should haue sorowe vpon sorowe.

geneva@Colossians:1:19 @ For it pleased [the Father] that in him should (note:)Most plentiful abundance of all things pertaining to God.(:note) all fulness dwell;

geneva@1Thessalonians:3:3 @ That no man should be moved by these afflictions: (note:)The will of God, who calls his own on this condition, to bring them to glory by affliction, is a most sure remedy against all afflictions.(:note) for yourselves know that we are appointed thereunto.

geneva@1Thessalonians:3:4 @ For verily when we were with you, we told you before that we should suffer tribulations, euen as it came to passe, and ye knowe it.

geneva@2Thessalonians:2:11 @ And for this cause God shall send them (note:)A most mighty working to deceive them.(:note) strong delusion, that they should believe a lie:

geneva@2Thessalonians:3:10 @ For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, that if any would not work, (note:)What will we do then with those fat lazy monks, and sacrificing priests? A monk (says Socrates, book eight, of his Tripartite History) who does not work with hands, is like a thief.(:note) neither should he eat.

geneva@1Timothy:1:16 @ Notwithstanding, for this cause was I receiued to mercie, that Iesus Christ should first shewe on me all long suffering vnto the ensample of them, which shall in time to come beleeue in him vnto eternall life.

geneva@1Timothy:6:1 @ Let (note:)He adds also rules for the servant's duty towards their masters: upon which matter there were no doubt many questions asked by those who took occasion by the Gospel to trouble the normal manner of life. And this is the first rule: let servants that have come to the faith and have the unfaithful for their masters, serve them nonetheless with great faithfulness.(:note) as many servants as are under the yoke count their own masters worthy of all honour, The reason: lest God should seem by the doctrine of the Gospel to stir up men to rebellion and all wickedness. that the name of God and [his] doctrine be not blasphemed.

geneva@Titus:2:12 @ Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and (note:)Lusts of the flesh, which belong to the present state of this life and world.(:note) worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world;

geneva@Titus:3:7 @ That we, being iustified by his grace, should be made heires according to the hope of eternall life.

geneva@Philemon:1:14 @ But without thy mind would I do nothing; that thy benefit should not be as it were of (note:)That you might not seem to have lent me your servant on constraint, but willingly.(:note) necessity, but willingly.

geneva@Hebrews:2:1 @ Therefore (note:)Now pausing to show to what end and purpose all these things were spoken, that is, to understand by the excellency of Christ above all creatures, that his doctrine, majesty and priesthood, is most perfect, he uses an exhortation taken from a comparison.(:note) we ought to give the more earnest heed to the things which He makes himself a hearer. we have heard, lest at any time we They are said to let the word run out, who do not hold it securely and remember the word when they have heard it. should let [them] slip.

geneva@Hebrews:3:18 @ And to whom sware he that they should not enter into his rest, but vnto them that obeyed not?

geneva@Hebrews:4:1 @ Let vs feare therefore, least at any time by forsaking the promes of entring into his rest, any of you should seeme to be depriued.

geneva@Hebrews:5:1 @ For (note:)The first part of the first comparison of Christ's high priesthood with Aaron's: Other high priests are taken from among men, and are called after the order of men.(:note) every high priest taken from among men is ordained for men in things [pertaining] to God, The first part of the second comparison: Others though weak, are made high priests, to the end that feeling the same infirmity in themselves which is in all the rest of the people, they should in their own and the peoples name offer gifts and sacrifices, which are witnesses of common faith and repentance. that he may offer both Offering of things without life. gifts and Beasts which were killed, but especially in the sacrifices for sins and offences. sacrifices for sins:

geneva@Hebrews:6:18 @ That by two immutable things, wherein it is vnpossible that God should lye, we might haue strong consolation, which haue our refuge to lay holde vpon that hope that is set before vs,

geneva@Hebrews:7:27 @ Who needeth not daily, as those high priests, to offer up sacrifice, first for his own sins, and then for the people's: (note:)Another argument, which nonetheless he handles afterward: The Levitical priests offered sacrifice after sacrifice, first for themselves, and then for the people. Christ offered not for himself, but for others, not sacrifices, but himself, not repeatedly, but once. This should not seem strange, he says, for they are weak, but this man is consecrated as an everlasting Priest, and that by an oath.(:note) for That sacrifice which he offered. this he did It was done so that it need not be repeated or offered again any more. once, when he offered up himself.

geneva@Hebrews:9:23 @ [It was] therefore necessary that the (note:)The counterparts of heavenly things were earthly, and therefore they were to be set forth with earthly things, as with the blood of beasts, wool and hyssop. But under Christ all things are heavenly, and therefore they could not be sanctified with the offering of his living blood.(:note) patterns of things in the heavens should be purified with these; but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these.

geneva@Hebrews:10:1 @ For (note:)He prevents a private objection. Why then were those sacrifices offered? The apostle answers, first concerning the yearly sacrifice which was the solemnest of all, in which (he says) there was made every year a remembrance again of all former sins. Therefore that sacrifice had no power to sanctify: for to what purpose should those sins which are purged be repeated again, and why should new sins come to be repeated every year, if those sacrifices abolished sin?(:note) the law having a shadow of good things to Of things which are everlasting, which were promised to the fathers, and exhibited in Christ. come, [and] not the very image of the things, can never with those sacrifices which they offered year by year continually make the comers thereunto perfect.

geneva@Hebrews:10:2 @ For would they not then haue ceased to haue bene offered, because that the offerers once purged, should haue had no more conscience of sinnes?

geneva@Hebrews:10:4 @ For it is vnpossible that the blood of bulles and goates should take away sinnes.

geneva@Hebrews:10:7 @ Then I sayd, Lo, I come (In the beginning of the booke it is written of me) that I should doe thy will, O God.

geneva@Hebrews:11:28 @ Through faith he ordeined the Passeouer and the effusion of blood, least he that destroyed the first borne, should touche them.

geneva@Hebrews:11:40 @ God having provided some better thing for us, that they (note:)For their salvation depended on Christ, who was exhibited in our days.(:note) without us should not be made perfect.

geneva@Hebrews:12:19 @ Neither vnto the sounde of a trumpet, and the voyce of wordes, which they that heard it, excused themselues, that the word should not be spoken to them any more,

geneva@James:2:4 @ Are ye not then partial in (note:)Have you not within yourselves judged one man to be preferred over another (which you should not do) by means of this?(:note) yourselves, and are become judges of evil thoughts?

geneva@1Peter:1:11 @ Searching when or what time the Spirite which testified before of Christ which was in them, shoulde declare the sufferings that should come vnto Christ, and the glorie that shoulde followe.

geneva@1Peter:2:5 @ Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, (note:)Continuing, he compares us now to priests, placed for this purpose in the spiritual temple, that we should serve him with a spiritual worship, that is, with holiness and righteousness: but as the temple, so is the priesthood built upon Christ, in who alone all our spiritual offerings are accepted.(:note) an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ.

geneva@1Peter:3:20 @ Which sometime were disobedient, when (note:)This word «once» shows that there was a furthermost day appointed, and if that were once past, there should be no more.(:note) once the longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was a preparing, wherein few, that is, eight Men. souls were saved by water.

geneva@1Peter:4:2 @ That he no longer should live the (note:)So much of this present life as remains yet to be passed over.(:note) rest of [his] time in the flesh to the lusts of men, but to the will of God.

geneva@2Peter:2:4 @ For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast [them] down to (note:)So the Greeks called the deep dungeons under the earth, which should be appointed to torment the souls of the wicked in.(:note) hell, and delivered [them] into Bound them with darkness as with chains: and by darkness he means that most miserable state of life that is full of horror. chains of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment;

geneva@2Peter:2:6 @ And turned the cities of Sodom and Gomorrhe into ashes, condemned them and ouerthrewe them, and made them an ensample vnto them that after should liue vngodly,

geneva@1John:3:1 @ Behold, (note:)He begins to declare this agreement of the Father and the Son, at the highest cause, that is, at that free love of God towards us, with which he so loves us, that also he adopts us to be his children.(:note)What a gift of how great love. what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be That we should be the sons of God, and so, that all the world may see that we are so. called the sons of God: Before he declares this adoption, he says two things: the one, that this so great a dignity, is not to be esteemed according to the judgment of the flesh, because it is unknown to the world, for the world knows not God the Father himself. therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not.

geneva@1John:4:3 @ And euery spirit that confesseth not that Iesus Christ is come in the flesh, is not of God: but this is the spirit of Antichrist, of whome ye haue heard, how that he should come, and nowe already he is in this world.

geneva@2John:1:6 @ And this is that loue, that we should walke after his commandements. This commandement is, that as ye haue heard from the beginning, ye should walke in it.

geneva@Jude:1:18 @ How that they told you that there should be mockers in ye last time, which should walke after their owne vngodly lustes.

geneva@Revelation:2:10 @ Fear none of those things which thou shalt suffer: behold, the devil shall cast [some] of you into prison, that ye may be tried; and ye shall have (note:)That is, of ten years. For so commonly both in this book and in Daniel, years are signified by days: that God by this might declare, that the space of time is appointed by him and the same very short. Now because John wrote this book in the end of Domitian the Emperor's reign, as Justinus and Ireneus do witness, it is altogether necessary that this should be referred to that persecution which was done by the authority of the emperor Trajan: who began to make havock of the Christian church in the tenth year of his reign, as the historians do write: and his bloody persecution continued until Adrian the emperor had succeeded in his stead: The space of which time is precisely ten years, which are here mentioned.(:note) tribulation ten days: be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life.

geneva@Revelation:6:4 @ And there went out an other horse, that was red, & power was giuen to him that sate thereon, to take peace fro the earth, & that they should kill one another, & there was giuen vnto him a great sword.

geneva@Revelation:6:11 @ And (note:)As before (Rev_3:4).(:note) white robes were given unto every one of them; and it was said unto them, that they should rest yet for a little season, until their fellowservants also and their brethren, that should be killed as they [were], should be Until their number is completed fulfilled.

geneva@Revelation:7:1 @ And (note:)The second part of this section is a preventing of danger, as we distinguished before in (Rev_6:1) that is, of the caution of God ahead of time to provide for his, after the example of the Israelites; (Exo_8:23) the faithful are exempted from the plagues of this wicked world. This section is a dialogue and bringing in for this whole chapter by occasion of the prediction and argument of the sixth seal. For first harm is withheld from the elect, (Rev_7:1-9). Then thanks are given by the elect for that cause (Rev_7:10-12). Lastly, the accomplishment of it is set forth to the end of the chapter. The first verse is a transition, speaking of the angels who keep the lesser parts from harm, until God commands. For, as in (Eze_10:19), their faces and their wings reach up, continually waiting on and watching the countenance of God for their direction and every one of them goes into that part that is right before his face: wherever the Spirit goes, they go, they do not step out of the way, not so much as a foot breadth from the path commanded to them by God.(:note) after these things I saw four angels standing on the On the four corners or coasts of the earth. four corners of the earth, holding the four winds of the earth, that the wind should not blow on the earth, nor on the sea, That is, neither into the air, into which the trees grow. nor on any tree.

geneva@Revelation:9:5 @ And to them was comanded that they should not kil them, but that they should be vexed fiue moneths, & that their paine should be as the paine that commeth of a scorpion, when he hath stung a man.

geneva@Revelation:9:14 @ Saying to the sixth angel which had the trumpet, (note:)As if he should have said, these till now have been bound by the power of God, that they could not freely run over all men as they lusted, but were held and restrained at that great river of Euphrates, that is, in their spiritual Babylon (or this is a paraphrase of the spiritual Babylon, by the limits of the visible Babylon long since overthrown) that they might not commit those horrible slaughters, which they long breathed after. Now go to it, let loose those four angels, that is, administers of the wrath of God, in that number that is convenient to the slaughtering of the four quarters of the world: stir them up and give them the bridle, that rushing out of that Babylon of theirs, which is the seat of the wicked ones, they may fly over all the world, therein to rage, and most licentiously to practise their tyranny, as God has ordained. This was done when Gregory the ninth by public authority established as Law, his own Decretals, by which he might freely lay traps for the life of simple men. For who is it that sees not that the laws of Decretal, most of them are snares to catch souls with? Since that time (O good God) how many great slaughters have there been? How many great massacres? All history is full of them: and this our age abounds with most horrible and monstrous examples of the these.(:note) Loose the four angels which are bound in the great river Euphrates.

geneva@Revelation:10:1 @ And (note:)Now John passes to the other prophetical history, which is of the Church of God, as I showed that this book should be distinguished (Rev_4:1). This story goes from here to (Rev_22:1). This whole chapter is a transition from the common history of the world to that which is particular of the Church. There are in this transition or passage, two preparatives as it were, to this Church story comprised in this whole chapter. One is the authority of Christ revealing his mysteries and calling his servant, to (Rev_10:7). The other is John, his calling proper to this place, and repeated from before to the end of this chapter. Authority is given to this revelation, by these things: first, by the appearing from heaven in this habit and countenance, strong, ready glorious surveying all things by his providence, and governing them by his omnipotence (Rev_10:1). Secondly, that he brought not by chance, but out of a book, this open revelation, set forth to the eye, to signify the same to the sea and land, as the Lord over all (Rev_10:2). Thirdly that he offered the same not whispering or muttering in a corner (as false prophets do) but crying out with a loud voice to those who sleep, and with a lionish and terrible noise roused the secure: the very thunders themselves giving testimony to it (Rev_10:3). Lastly, for that he confirmed all by another (Rev_10:5-7).(:note) I saw Christ Jesus, see (Rev_7:2) another mighty angel come down from heaven, clothed with a cloud: and a rainbow [was] upon his head, and his face [was] as it were the sun, and his feet as pillars of fire:

geneva@Revelation:10:6 @ And sware by him that liveth for ever and ever, who created heaven, and the things that therein are, and the earth, and the things that therein are, and the sea, and the things which are therein, (note:)Neither time itself, nor the things that are in time: but that the world to come is at hand, which is altogether of eternity, and beyond all times.(:note) that there should be There shall never be any more time. time no longer:

geneva@Revelation:10:7 @ But in the days of the (note:)See (Rev_11:15; Rev_16:17).(:note) voice of the seventh angel, when he shall begin to sound, the mystery of God should be finished, as he hath declared to his servants the prophets.

geneva@Revelation:11:8 @ And their dead bodies [shall lie] in the (note:)That is, openly at Rome: where at that time was a most great crowd of people, the year of Jubile being then first ordained by Boniface to the same end, in the year 1300, an example of which is read in chapter 1 «Extra, de poenitentys strkjv@066:011:008 And their corpses shall lie in the streetes of the great citie, which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, where our Lord also was crucified. amp; remissionibus.» So by one act he committed two wrongs against Christ, both abolishing his truth by restoring the type of the Jubile, and triumphing over his members by wicked superstition. O religious heart! Now that we should understand the things of Rome, John himself is the author, both after in the seventeenth chapter almost throughout, and also in the restriction now next following, when he says, it is that great city (as he calls it) (Rev_17:18) and is spiritually termed Sodom and Egypt: and that spiritually (for that must here again be repeated from before) Christ was there crucified. For the two first names signify spiritual wickednesses: the latter signifies the show and pretence of good, that is, of Christian and sound religion. Sodom signifies most licentious impiety and in the most confident glorying of that city, as it were in true religion, being yet full of falsehood and ungodliness. Now who is ignorant that these things do rather, and better fit Rome, than any other city? The commendations of the city of Rome for many years past, are publicly notorious, which are not for me to gather together. This only I will say, that he long since did very well see what Rome is, who upon leaving, used these verses: «Roma vale, vidi, Satis est vidisse: revertar, Quumleno, meretrix, scurra, cinadus ero.» «Now farewell Rome, I have seen thee, it was enough to see: I will return when as I mean, bawd, harlot knave to be»(:note) street of the great city, which After a more secret type of meaning and understanding. spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, Namely in his parts, as also he said to Saul in (Act_9:5) where also our Lord was crucified.

geneva@Revelation:13:14 @ And deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by [the means of] those miracles which he had power to do in the sight of the beast; saying to them that dwell on the earth, that they should make an (note:)That is, images, by «enallage» or change of the number: for the worship of them ever since the second Council of Nicea, has been ordained in the Church by public credit and authority, contrary to the Law of God.(:note) image to the In the Greek the word is in the Dative case, as much to say, as to the worship, honour and obeying of the beast: for by this maintenance of images, this pseudo-prophetical beast mightily profits the beast of Rome, of whom long ago he received them. Wherefore the same is hereafter fittingly called the image of the beast, for images have their beginning from the beast, and have their form or manner from the will of the beast, and have their end and use fixed in the profit and commodity of the beast. beast, which had the wound by a sword, and did live.

geneva@Revelation:19:1 @ And (note:)This chapter has in summary two parts, one transitory or of passage to the things that follow, to the tenth verse, (Rev_19:2-10), another historical of the victory of Christ over both the beasts, to the end of the chapter (Rev_19:11-21), which I said was the second history of this argument, (Rev_17:1). The transition has two places, one of praising God for the overthrow done to Babylon in (Rev_19:4): and another likewise of praise and prophecy, for the coming of Christ to his kingdom, and his most royal marriage with his Church, thence to the tenth verse (Rev_19:5-10). The former praise has three parts, distinguished after the ancient manner of those that sing: an invitation in (Rev_19:1-2), a response or answer in (Rev_19:3), and a close or joining together in harmony in (Rev_19:4), all which I thought good of purpose to distinguish in this place, lest any man should with Porphyrius, or other like dogs, object to John, or the heavenly Church, a childish and idle repetition of speech.(:note) after these things I heard a great voice of much people in heaven, saying, Praise the Lord.The proposition of praise with exhortation in this verse, and the cause of it in (Rev_19:2). Alleluia; Salvation, and glory, and honour, and power, unto the Lord our God:

geneva@Revelation:19:8 @ And to her was granted that she should be arrayed in (note:)As an ensign of kingly and priestly dignity, which Christ bestows on us in (Rev_1:6).(:note) fine linen, clean and white: for the fine This is a gift given by the husband for marriage sake, and a most choice ornament which Christ gave to us, as to his spouse. linen is the Good works which are lively testimonies of faith. righteousness of saints.

geneva@Revelation:20:3 @ And cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal upon him, that he should deceive the nations (note:)Namely, with that public and violent deceit which he attempted before in chapter 12 and which after a thousand years (alas for woe!) he most mightily achieved in the Christian world.(:note) no more, till the thousand years should be fulfilled: and after that he must be loosed Which being once expired, the second battle and victory shall be; (Rev_20:7-8). a little season.

geneva@Jdt:3:15 @ {\cf2 And that I haue neuer polluted my name, nor the name of my father in ye land of my captiuitie: I am ye only daughter of my father, neither hath he any manchild to be his heire, neither any neere kinseman or childe borne of him, to whome I may keepe my selfe for a wife: my seue husbands are now dead, & why should I liue? But if it please not thee that I should die, command to looke on me, and to pitie me that I do no more heare reproch.}

geneva@Jdt:6:12 @ {\cf2 And the mayde is faire and wise: nowe therefore heare me, & I wil speake to her father, that we may make the mariage when we are returned from Rages: for I know that Raguel can not marry her to another according to the lawe of Moyses: els he should deserue death, because the right doth rather apperteine to thee then to any other man.}

geneva@Jdt:8:6 @ {\cf2 Thou madest Adam, and gauest him Eua his wife for an helpe, and stay: of them came mankinde: thou hast sayde, It is not good, that a man should be alone: let vs make vnto him an ayde like vnto himselfe.}

geneva@Jdt:10:7 @ {\cf2 But she sayd, Holde thy peace, and deceiue me not: my sonne is dead: and she went out euery day by the way, which they went, neither did shee eate meate on the day time, and did consume whole nightes in bewayling her sonne Tobias vntill the foureteene dayes of ye wedding were expired, which Raguel had sworne, that he should tary there. Then Tobias sayde to Raguel, Let mee goe: for my father and my mother looke no more to see me.}

geneva@Wis:2:1 @ {\cf2 And in the eighteenth yeere, the two and twentieth day of the first moneth, there was talke in the house of Nabuchodonosor king of the Assyrians, that he should auenge himselfe on al ye earth, as he had spoken.}

geneva@Wis:3:8 @ {\cf2 Yet he brake downe all their borders, and cut downe their woods: for it was inioyned him to destroy al the gods of the land, that al nations should worship Nabuchodonosor only, & that all tongues and tribes should call vpon him as God.}

geneva@Wis:5:22 @ {\cf2 And when Achior had finished these sayings, all the people, standing round about the tent, murmured: and the chiefe men of Olofernes, and all that dwelt by the sea side and in Moab, spake that he should kill him.}

geneva@Wis:7:1 @ {\cf2 The next day, Olofernes commaunded all his armie and all his people, which were come to take his part, that they should remoue their camps against Bethulia, and that they shoulde take all the streites of the hill, and to make warre against the children of Israel.}

geneva@Wis:7:25 @ {\cf2 For now we haue no helper: but God hath sold vs into their hands, that we should be throwen downe before them with thirst & great destructio.}

geneva@Wis:9:2 @ {\cf2 O Lord God of my father Simeon, to whom thou gauest a sworde to take vengeance of ye strangers which opened the wombe of the maide, and defiled her, and discouered the thigh with shame, & polluted the wombe to reproche (for thou haddest commanded that it should not so be,}

geneva@Wis:10:4 @ {\cf2 And she put slippers on her feete, and put on bracelets, and sleeues, and rings, and earinges, and all her ornaments, and she decked her selfe brauely to allure the eyes of all men that should see her.}

geneva@Wis:11:14 @ {\cf2 Moreouer, they haue sent to Ierusalem, because they also that dwel there, haue done the like, such as should bring them licence from ye Senate)}

geneva@Wis:12:1 @ {\cf2 Then he commanded to bring her in where his treasures were layd, and bade that they should prepare for her of his owne meates, and that she should drinke of his owne wine.}

geneva@Wis:12:2 @ {\cf2 But Iudeth saide, I may not eate of them, least there should be an offence, but I can suffice my selfe with the things that I haue brought.}

geneva@Wis:12:3 @ {\cf2 Then Olofernes said vnto her, If the things that thou hast, should faile, howe should we giue thee the like? for there is none with vs of thy nation.}

geneva@Wis:12:14 @ {\cf2 The said Iudeth vnto him, Who am I now, that I should gainesay my lord? Surely whatsoeuer pleaseth him, I will doe speedily, and it shall be my ioy vnto the day of my death.}

geneva@Tob:9:2 @ {\cf2 And ordeined man through thy wisdome, that he should haue dominion ouer the creatures which thou hast made,}

geneva@Tob:11:15 @ {\cf2 Or furious beasts newly created, & vnknowen which should breathe out blastes of fire, & cast out smoke as a tempest, or shoote horrible sparkes like lightnings out of their eyes.}

geneva@Tob:11:20 @ {\cf2 But thou hast mercie vpon all for thou hast power of al things, & makest as though thou sawest not the sinnes of men, because they should amend.}

geneva@Tob:12:19 @ {\cf2 By such workes nowe hast thou taught thy people, that a man should be iust and louing, and hast made thy children to be of a good hope: for thou giuest repentance to sinners.}

geneva@Tob:12:25 @ {\cf2 Therefore hast thou sent this punishment that they should be in derisio as childre without reason.}

geneva@Tob:13:4 @ {\cf2 Or if they marueiled at the power, and operation of the, yet should they haue perceiued thereby, howe much he that made these things, is mightier.}

geneva@Tob:14:5 @ {\cf2 Neuerthelesse thou wouldest not, that the workes of thy wisdome should be vaine, & therfore doe men comit their liues to a small piece of wood, & passe ouer the stormie sea in a ship, and are saued.}

geneva@Tob:16:4 @ {\cf2 For it was requisite, that they which vsed tyrannie, should fall into extreeme pouertie, and that to these onely it should be shewed, howe their enemies were tormented.}

geneva@Tob:16:11 @ {\cf2 For they were pricked, because they should remember thy woordes, and were speedily healed, least they should fal into so deepe forgetfulnes, that they could not be called backe by thy benefite.}

geneva@Tob:16:18 @ {\cf2 For sometime was the fire so tame, that the beasts, which were sent against the vngodly, burnt not: and that, because they should see & know, that they were persecuted with the punishment of God.}

geneva@Tob:17:14 @ {\cf2 And sometimes were troubled with monstruous visions, and sometime they swooned, as though their owne soule should betraie them: for a sudden feare not looked for, came vpon them.}

geneva@Tob:18:4 @ {\cf2 But they were worthy to be depriued of the light, and to be kept in darkenesse, which had kept thy children shut vp, by whom the vncorrupt light of the Lawe should be giuen to the world.}

geneva@Tob:18:9 @ {\cf2 For the righteous children of the good men offred secretely, and made a Lawe of righteousnesse by one consent, that the Saintes shoulde receiue good and euill in like maner, and that the fathers should first sing praises.}

geneva@Tob:19:1 @ {\cf2 As for the vngodly, the wrath came vpon them without mercy vnto the ende: for hee knewe what should come vnto them,}

geneva@Sir:1:34 @ {\cf2 Be not an hypocrite that men should speake of thee, but take heede what thou speakest.}

geneva@Sir:14:3 @ {\cf2 Riches are not comely for a nigard, & what should an enuious man do with money?}

geneva@Sir:16:15 @ {\cf2 The Lorde hardened Pharao, that he should not know him, & that his works should be knowen vpon the earth vnder the heauen.}

geneva@Sir:17:8 @ {\cf2 And gaue them occasion to reioyce perpetually in his miracles, that they should prudently declare his works, and that the elect should prayse his holy Name together.}

geneva@Sir:22:14 @ {\cf2 What is heauier then leade? and what other name should a foole haue?}

geneva@Sir:24:28 @ {\cf2 Out of Dauid his seruant hee ordeyned to raise vp a most mightie King that should sitte in the throne of honour for euermore.}

geneva@Sir:28:3 @ {\cf2 Should a man beare hatred against man, and desire forgiuenesse of the Lord?}

geneva@Sir:29:5 @ {\cf2 Till they receiue, they kisse his handes, and for their neighbours good they huble their voyce: but when they should pay againe, they prolong the terme, and giue a careles answere, and make excuses by reason of the time.}

geneva@Sir:30:6 @ {\cf2 He left behinde him an auenger against his enemies, and one that should shew fauour vnto his friendes.}

geneva@Sir:33:20 @ {\cf2 For better it is that thy children should pray vnto thee, then that thou shouldest looke vp to the handes of thy children.}

geneva@Sir:42:9 @ {\cf2 The daughter maketh the father to watch secretly, and the carefulnesse that he hath for her, taketh away his sleepe in the youth, least shee should passe the flower of her age: and when shee hath an husband, least she should be hated:}

geneva@Sir:42:10 @ {\cf2 In her virginitie, least she should bee defiled, or gotten with childe in her fathers house, & when she is with her husband, least she misbehaue herselfe and when she is married, least she cotinue vnfruitful.}

geneva@Sir:42:17 @ {\cf2 Hath not the Lord appointed that his Saints should declare all his wonderous workes, which the almightie Lord hath stablished to cofirme all things by in his maiestie?}

geneva@Sir:43:6 @ {\cf2 The moone also hath hee made to appeare according to her season, that it should be a declaration of the time, and a signe for the world.}

geneva@Sir:44:18 @ {\cf2 An euerlasting couenant was made with him, that all flesh should perish no more by the flood.}

geneva@Sir:45:15 @ {\cf2 Moyses filled his hands, and anointed him with holy oyle: this was appointed vnto him by an euerlasting couenant, & to his seede, so long as the heauens should remaine, that hee should minister before him, and also to execute the office of the Priesthood, and blesse his people in his Name.}

geneva@Sir:45:16 @ {\cf2 Before all men liuing the Lorde chose him that he should present offerings before him, and a sweete sauour for a remembrance to make reconciliation for his people.}

geneva@Sir:45:17 @ {\cf2 He gaue him also his commandements and authoritie according to the Lawes appointed, that he should teach Iacob the testimonies, and giue light vnto Israel by his Lawe.}

geneva@Sir:45:24 @ {\cf2 Therefore was there a couenant of peace made with him, that he should be the chiefe of the Sanctuarie and of his people, and that hee and his posteritie shoulde haue the dignitie of the Priesthood for euer,}

geneva@Sir:45:25 @ {\cf2 And according to the couenant made with Dauid, that the inheritance of the kingdome should remaine to his sonne of the tribe of Iuda: so the heritage of Aaron should be to the onely sonne of his sonne, and to his seede. God giue vs wisdome in our heart to iudge his people in righteousnesse, that the good things that they haue, be not abolished, and that their glory may endure for their posteritie.}

geneva@Sir:46:20 @ {\cf2 After his sleepe also he told of ye Kings death, and from the earth lift he vp his voyce, & prophesied that the wickednesse of the people should perish.}

geneva@Sir:50:4 @ {\cf2 He tooke care for his people, that they should not fall, and fortified the citie against the siege.}

geneva@Bar:2:3 @ {\cf2 That some among vs should eat ye flesh of his owne sonne, & some the flesh of his owne daughter.}

geneva@Bar:2:24 @ {\cf2 But we woulde not hearken vnto thy voyce, to serue the King of Babylon: therefore hast thou performed the wordes that thou spakest by thy seruants the Prophets: namely, that the bones of our Kings, and the bones of our fathers should be caried out of their places.}

geneva@Bar:3:7 @ {\cf2 And for this cause hast thou put thy feare in our hearts, that we should call vpon thy Name, and prayse thee in our captiuitie: for we haue considered in our mindes all the wickednesse of our fathers, that sinned before thee.}

geneva@Bar:6:46 @ {\cf2 Yea, they that make them, are of no long cotinuance: how should then the things that are made of them, be gods?}

geneva@Bar:6:63 @ {\cf2 Wherefore men should not thinke, nor say that they be goddes, seeing they can neither giue sentence in iudgement, nor doe men good.}

geneva@1Macc:1:6 @ {\cf2 After these things he fell sicke, and knew that he should dye.}

geneva@1Macc:1:43 @ {\cf2 Also the King wrote vnto all his kingdome, that all the people should be as one, and that euery man should leaue his lawes.}

geneva@1Macc:1:46 @ {\cf2 So the King sent letters by the messengers vnto Ierusalem, and to the cities of Iuda, that they should follow the strange lawes of the countrey,}

geneva@1Macc:1:47 @ {\cf2 And that they should forbid the burnt offerings, & sacrifices, & the offrings in the Sanctuary,}

geneva@1Macc:1:60 @ {\cf2 Whosoeuer had a booke of the Testament founde by him, or whosoeuer consented vnto the Lawe, the Kings commaundement was, that they should put him to death by their authoritie.}

geneva@1Macc:2:49 @ {\cf2 Nowe when the time drewe neere, that Mattathias should die, he saide vnto his sonnes, Nowe is pride and persecution increased, and the time of destruction, and the wrath of indignation.}

geneva@1Macc:3:35 @ {\cf2 And concerning those which dwelt in Iuda and Ierusalem, that he should send an army against them, to destroy and roote out the power of Israel and the remnant of Ierusalem, and to put out their memoriall from that place,}

geneva@1Macc:4:46 @ {\cf2 And layde vp the stones vpon the mountaine of the Temple in a conuenient place, til there should come a Prophet, to shewe what shoulde be done with them.}

geneva@1Macc:4:59 @ {\cf2 So Iudas and his brethren with the whole congregation of Israel, ordeyned that the dayes of dedication of the altar should be kept in their season from veere to yere, by the space of eight dayes, from the fiue and twentieth day of the moneth Chaslu, with mirth and gladnesse.}

geneva@1Macc:4:60 @ {\cf2 And at the same time buylded they vp mout Sion with hie walles, & strong towres round about, lest the Gentiles should come, and tread it downe, as they had done afore.}

geneva@1Macc:5:49 @ {\cf2 Wherefore Iudas commaunded a proclamation to bee made throughout the hoste, that euery man should assault it according to his standing.}

geneva@1Macc:6:15 @ {\cf2 And gaue him the crowne, and his robe, and the ring, that he should instruct his sonne Antiochus, and bring him vp, till he might reigne himselfe.}

geneva@1Macc:6:43 @ {\cf2 Now when Eleazar, the sonne of Abaron, saw one of the elephants armed with royall harnes, and was more excellent then all the other beastes, he thought that the King should be vpon him.}

geneva@1Macc:7:26 @ {\cf2 Then the King sent Nicanor one of his chiefe princes, which hated Israel deadly, and commanded him, that he should destroy the people.}

geneva@1Macc:7:37 @ {\cf2 For so much as thou, O Lorde, hast chosen this House, that thy Name might be called vpon therein, and that it should be an house of prayer, and petition for thy people,}

geneva@1Macc:8:7 @ {\cf2 And howe they tooke him aliue, and ordeined him, with such as should reigne after him, to pay a great tribute, and to giue hostages, and a separate porcion,}

geneva@1Macc:9:10 @ {\cf2 Then Iudas said, God forbid, that we should doe this thing, to flie from them: if our time bee come, let vs die manfully for our brethren, and let vs not staine our honour.}

geneva@1Macc:9:54 @ {\cf2 Afterward in the hundreth, fiftie & three yere, in the second moneth, Alcimus commaunded, that the walles of the inner court of the Sanctuary should be destroyed, & he pulled downe the monuments of ye Prophetes, & began to destroy them.}

geneva@1Macc:9:70 @ {\cf2 Whereof when Ionathan had knowledge, he sent Ambassadours vnto him, to intreate of peace with him, & that the prisoners should be deliuered.}

geneva@1Macc:10:59 @ {\cf2 Then wrote King Alexander vnto Ionathan, that he should come and meete him.}

geneva@1Macc:10:62 @ {\cf2 And the King commanded that they should take off the garments of Ionathan, and clothe him in purple: and so they did: and the King appointed him to sit by him,}

geneva@1Macc:11:4 @ {\cf2 And when he came neere to Azotus, they shewed him the temple of Dagon that was burnt, and Azotus, and the suburbs thereof that were destroyed, and the bodies cast abroad, and them that hee had burnt in the battell: for they had made heapes of them by the way where he should passe.}

geneva@1Macc:11:11 @ {\cf2 Thus he slandered Alexander, as one that should desire his Realme.}

geneva@1Macc:11:22 @ {\cf2 So when he heard it, he was angry, and immediatly came vnto Ptolemais, and wrote vnto Ionathan, that he should lay no more siege vnto it, but that he should meete him and speake with him at Ptolemais in all haste.}

geneva@1Macc:11:31 @ {\cf2 We send you here a copy of the letter which we did write vnto our cousin Lasthenes concerning you, that ye should see it.}

geneva@1Macc:12:4 @ {\cf2 So the Romanes gaue them free pasports, that men should leade them home into the land of Iuda peaceably.}

geneva@1Macc:12:10 @ {\cf2 Neuerthelesse wee thought it good to sende vnto you, for the renuing of the brotherhoode and friendship, least we should be strange vnto you: for it is long since the time that ye sent vnto vs.}

geneva@1Macc:13:17 @ {\cf2 Neuertheles Simon knew that he dissembled in his wordes, yet commaunded he the money and children to be deliuered vnto him, least he should be in greater hatred of the people of Israel.}

geneva@1Macc:13:21 @ {\cf2 Now they that were in the castell, sent messengers vnto Tryphon, that hee should make haste to come by the wildernes, & to send them vittailes.}

geneva@1Macc:13:52 @ {\cf2 And he ordeined that the same day should be kept euery yeere with gladnes.}

geneva@1Macc:14:23 @ {\cf2 And it pleased the people, that the men should be honourably intreated, and that the copy of their ambassage should be registred in the publique records, that it might be for a memoriall vnto the people of Sparta: and a copy of the same was sent to Simon the chiefe Priest.}

geneva@1Macc:14:41 @ {\cf2 And that the Iewes, and Priests consented, that Simon should be their Prince, and hie Priest perpetually, till God raised vp the true Prophet,}

geneva@1Macc:14:42 @ {\cf2 And that he should be their captaine, and haue the charge of the Sanctuarie, and so set men ouer the workes, and ouer the countrey, and ouer the weapons, and ouer the fortresses, and that should make prouision for the holy things,}

geneva@1Macc:14:43 @ {\cf2 And that he should be obeyed of euery man, and that all the writings in the countrey shouldebe made in his name, and that he should be clothed in purple, and weare golde,}

geneva@1Macc:14:45 @ {\cf2 And if any did contrary to these thinges or brake any of them, he should be punished.}

geneva@1Macc:14:49 @ {\cf2 And that a copie of the same should be laide vp in the treasurie, that Simon and his sonnes might haue it.}

geneva@2Macc:2:2 @ {\cf2 Giuing them a lawe that they shoulde not forget the commaundements of the Lord, and that they should not erre in their minds, when they saw images of gold and siluer, with their ornaments.}

geneva@2Macc:4:47 @ {\cf2 In so much that hee discharged Menelaus from the accusations (notwithstanding he was the cause of all mischiefe) and codemned those poore men to death, which if they had tolde their cause, yea, before the Scythians, they should haue beene heard as innocent.}

geneva@2Macc:5:12 @ {\cf2 He commaunded his men of warre also, that they should kill and not spare such as they met, and to slaie such as went into their houses.}

geneva@2Macc:5:27 @ {\cf2 But Iudas Maccabeus, being as it were the tenth, fled into the wildernesse, and liued there in the mountaines with his companie among the beastes, and dwelling there, and eating grasse, least they should be partakers of the filthinesse.}

geneva@2Macc:6:8 @ {\cf2 Moreouer through the councell of Ptolemeus, there went out a commaundement vnto the next cities of the heathen against the Iewes, that the like custome, and banketting should be kept.}

geneva@2Macc:6:9 @ {\cf2 And who so would not coforme themselues to the maners of ye Gentiles, should be put to death: then might a man haue seene the present miserie.}

geneva@2Macc:6:15 @ {\cf2 But thus hee dealeth with vs, that our sinnes shoulde not be heaped vp to the full, so that afterward he should punish vs.}

geneva@2Macc:6:25 @ {\cf2 And so through mine hypocrisie (for a little time of a transitorie life) they might be deceiued by me, and I should procure malediction, and reproche to mine olde age.}

geneva@2Macc:7:25 @ {\cf2 But when the yong man woulde in no case hearken vnto him, the King called his mother, and exhorted that she should counsell the yong man to saue his life.}

geneva@2Macc:8:10 @ {\cf2 Nicanor ordeined also a tribute for the king of two thousand talents, which the Romans should haue, to be taken of ye Iewes that were taken prisoners.}

geneva@2Macc:8:11 @ {\cf2 Therefore immediately he sent to the cities on the sea coast, prouoking them to bye Iewes to bee their seruantes, promising to sell foure score and ten for one talent: but he considered not the vegeace of almighty God, that should come vpo him.}

geneva@2Macc:9:23 @ {\cf2 Therefore considering that when my father led an hoste against the high countreis, he appoynted who should succeede him:}

geneva@2Macc:10:8 @ {\cf2 They ordeined also by a common statute and decree, that euery yeere those dayes should be kept of the whole nation of the Iewes.}

geneva@2Macc:12:24 @ {\cf2 Timotheus also himselfe fell into the handes of Dositheus, and Sosipater, whome hee besought with much craft to let him go with his life, because he had many of the Iewes parents and the brethren of some of them, which, if they put him to death, should be despised.}

geneva@2Macc:12:42 @ {\cf2 And they gaue them selues to prayer, and besought him, that they should not, vtterly be destroyed for the fault comitted. Besides that, noble Iudas exhorted the people to keepe them selues from sinne, for so much as they sawe before their eyes the things which came to passe by the sinne of these that were slaine,}

geneva@2Macc:12:44 @ {\cf2 For if he had not hoped, that they which were slaine, should rise againe, it had bene superfluous, and vaine, to pray for the dead.}

geneva@2Macc:13:7 @ {\cf2 And so it came to passe that this wicked man should die such a death, and it was a most iust thing that Menelaus should want buriall,}

geneva@2Macc:13:10 @ {\cf2 Which things when Iudas perceiued, he comanded the people to call vpon the Lord night & day, that if euer he had holpen them, he would now helpe the, when they should be put from their law, from their countrey and from the holy Temple:}

geneva@2Macc:13:25 @ {\cf2 Neuertheles, when he came to Ptolemais, the people of the citie were not content with this agreement: & because they were grieued, they would that he should breake the couenants.}

geneva@2Macc:14:10 @ {\cf2 For as long as Iudas liueth, it is not possible that the matter should be well.}

geneva@2Macc:14:21 @ {\cf2 And they appointed a day when they should particularly come together: so when the day was come, they set for euery man his stoole.}

geneva@2Macc:14:22 @ {\cf2 Neuerthelesse Iudas commaunded certeine men of armes to waite in conuenient places, least there should suddenly arise any euil through the enemies: and so they communed together of the things whereupon they had agreed.}

geneva@2Macc:14:27 @ {\cf2 Then the King was displeased, and by the reportes of this wicked man, hee wrote to Nicanor, saying, that hee was very angry for the couenants, commanding him that hee should send Maccabeus in all haste prisoner vnto Antiochia.}

geneva@2Macc:14:28 @ {\cf2 When these things came to Nicanor, he was astonished and sore grieued, that hee should breake the things wherein they had agreed, seeing that that man had committed no wickednesse.}

geneva@2Macc:15:8 @ {\cf2 And exhorted his people not to be afraid at the coming of the heathen, but always to remember the helpe that had bene shewed vnto them from heauen, & to trust nowe also, that they should haue the victorie by the Almightie.}

geneva@2Macc:15:33 @ {\cf2 He caused the tongue also of wicked Nicanor to be cut in litle pieces, and to be cast vnto the foules, & that the rewardes of his madnesse should be hanged vp before the Temple.}

geneva@2Macc:15:37 @ {\cf2 And that the feast should be the thirteenth day of the twelfth moneth, which is called Adar in the Syrians language, the day before Mardocheus day.}


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