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2169 Matthew Henry’s Concise Bible Commentary, p. 236.2 (Matthew Henry)
… , a legal claim upon Boaz. It was customary for widows to assert this claim, Deuteronomy 25:5-10. But this is not recorded for imitation in other times, and is not …
2170 Matthew Henry’s Concise Bible Commentary, p. 237.2 (Matthew Henry)
… and legal manner. This kinsman, when he heard the conditions of the bargain, refused it. In like manner many are shy of the great redemption; they are not willing …
2171 Matthew Henry’s Concise Bible Commentary, p. 307.2 (Matthew Henry)
… , one legal, the other by the gospel. Legal is, when men do all things required in the law, and that by themselves. None ever thus fulfilled the law but Christ, and …
2172 Matthew Henry’s Concise Bible Commentary, p. 313.3 (Matthew Henry)
… of legal process. Let us, from this sad story, be amazed at the wickedness of the wicked, and the power of Satan in the children of disobedience. Let us commit the …
2173 Matthew Henry’s Concise Bible Commentary, p. 933.3 (Matthew Henry)
… their legal ceremonies. Others of them were detestable hypocrites, making their pretences to holiness a cloak for iniquity. The Sadducees ran into the opposite …
2174 Matthew Henry’s Concise Bible Commentary, p. 1082.2 (Matthew Henry)
… the legal dispensation. But even the New Testament will be a killing letter, if shown as a mere system or form, and without dependence on God the Holy Spirit …
2175 Matthew Henry’s Concise Bible Commentary, p. 1096.1 (Matthew Henry)
… to legal observances for justification. (1-7) The happy change made in the Gentile believers. (8-11) The apostle reasons against following false teachers. (12 …
2176 Matthew Henry’s Concise Bible Commentary, p. 1096.7 (Matthew Henry)
… , and legal and evangelical professors, are shadowed forth. Works and fruits brought forth in a man’s own strength, are legal. But if arising from faith in Christ …
2177 Matthew Henry’s Concise Bible Commentary, p. 1110.1 (Matthew Henry)
… against legal ordinances. (18-23)
2178 Matthew Henry’s Concise Bible Commentary, p. 1141.4 (Matthew Henry)
… the legal dispensation under which the church so long remained. The better covenant brought the church and every believer into clearer light, more perfect …
2179 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 80.12 (Matthew Henry)
… the legal dispensation (as the learned bishop Patrick notes); for the sins of the priests themselves could not be taken away by those sacrifices, but they must …
2180 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 99.10 (Matthew Henry)
… the legal sacrifices, which, because they could not take away sin, were often repeated ( Hebrews 10:1, 10:2 ), but were here repeated seven times (a number of perfection …