From Reformation to Reformation

1. The names of the book. Samuel, θεόκλητος/theokletos, asked of God. The two books of שמואל/Samuel, or θεοκλήτου/theokletou, asked of...

Verse 10:[1] Therefore they sent the ark of God to Ekron. And it came to pass, as the ark of God came to Ekron, that the Ekronites cried...

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....

Verse 7:[1] And when the men of Ashdod saw that it was so, they said, The ark of the God of Israel shall not abide with us: for his hand...

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...

Verse 2:[1] And I saw, and behold (Zech. 6:3; Rev. 19:11) a white horse: (Psalm 45:4, 5 in the Septuagint[2]) and he that sat on him had...

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...

Verse 6:[1] But (1 Sam. 5:7, 11; Ex. 9:3; Ps. 32:4; Acts 13:11) the hand of the LORD was heavy upon them of Ashdod, and he (1 Sam. 6:5)...

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...

Verse 1:[1] And (Rev. 5:5-7) I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seals, and I heard, as it were the noise of thunder, (Rev. 4:7) one of...

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...

The opening of six of the seals in order, and what followed thereupon. We are now come to the prophetical, and therefore the most...

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...