From Reformation to Reformation

The names of the book.Samuel,θεόκλητος, asked of God, 1. Was the author of the book, Samuel, David, Jeremiah, Ezra, or some other? 2. The...

HOLY FATHERS: Bede, Isidore, Theodoret. REFORMED: Borrhaus, Burman, Cuperus, Drusius, Gwalther,[1] Lavater,[2] Mercerus,[3] Wolf....

The two Parts of the book are: I. Ruth’s wretched state, chapters 1, 2: in which are: 1. The sojourning of Elimelech, and the fidelity of...

5. Two parts are exhibited. I. Ruth’s condition, poor and wretched (Ruth 1, 2). II. Her condition, happier and more joyful (Ruth 3, 4). A...

4. The chronology of the same. The history falls in the time of Ehud or Shamgar, about one hundred and twenty-eight years after the...

5. The argument of the same. It is a part of the Gospel. That is, this book relates the beginning of the Church of the New Testament, or...

3. The argument and uses of the book. The argument of the book is plainly comic.[1] That is, it is a narration of the grievous trials and...

4. It is uncertain whether he wrote the book at the behest of Paul. The scope of the book. Whether Saint Luke wrote Acts at the behest of...

2. The author of this appears to be the same as of the Book of Judges. That the author of this book is Samuel, the Jews approve: but...

3. The writer of the book was Luke. That the author of the book is Luke the Evangelist, the same who also wrote the Gospel, is today...

1. Ruth is an appendix to Judges. The name of the book. It is the Second of the Megilloth. The Book of Ruth is to a certain extent an...

2. The acts of the Holy Apostles, especially of Peter and Paul, of whom Luke was a follower, are contained in this book. They are called...

Ruth is an appendix to Judges. The name of the book. It is the Second of the Megilloth, 1. The author of this appears to be the same as...

1. Inscription. This Book is inscribed πράξεις τῶν ἁγίων Ἀποστόλων, the Acts, or Deeds, of the Holy Apostles. The Syriac and the Arabic...

Inscription, 1. The acts of the Holy Apostles, but especially of Peter and Paul, of whom Luke was a follower, are contained in this book,...

HOLY FATHERS: Bede, Isidore, Theodoret, Origen,[1] Procopius of Gaza, Quæstiones of Augustine. REFORMED: Borrhaus, Bucer,[2] Burman,...

The parts of the book are: I. The history of the Elders, and of those things that happened with them deceased, chapters 1:1-3:7: in which...

7. The division of the book. Its three parts are established. I. The History of the government of the Elders after the death of Joshua...

There are six parts: I. The history preceding the ministry of Christ, in which are: 1. A description of the person and office of Christ....

6. The chronology is elicited. With respect to the reckoning of the time, from the quiet given to the land by the help of Othniel, the...