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2221 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1019.15 (Matthew Henry)
… God dispenses his gifts. Some excel, as Peter and John; are very eminent in gifts and graces, and are thereby distinguished from their brethren; others are but …
2222 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1020.15 (Matthew Henry)
… in dispensing the means of grace, but it his prerogative to give the Spirit of grace. He shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost, shall teach you by his Spirit, and …
2223 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1021.6 (Matthew Henry)
… that dispensation. And Christ went up to heaven in a cloud, to intimate how much we are kept in the dark concerning the upper world. But the Holy Ghost did not …
2224 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1021.11 (Matthew Henry)
… the dispensation of the Spirit is given to every man to profit withal. [2.] These tongues were cloven, to signify that God would hereby divide unto all nations …
2225 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1021.26 (Matthew Henry)
… the dispensation of God’s kingdom among men, which the gospel sets up, is the last dispensation of divine grace, and we are to look for no other than the continuation …
2226 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1021.52 (Matthew Henry)
… new dispensation of this covenant, to ask, “What must be done with my children? Must they be thrown out, or taken in with me?” “Taken in” (says Peter) “by all means; for the …
2227 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1022.14 (Matthew Henry)
… present dispensation. Two things he asks them:—1. Why they were so surprised at the miracle itself: Why marvel you at this ? It was indeed marvellous, and they justly …
2228 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1022.26 (Matthew Henry)
… another dispensation, another gospel, but the continuance and completion of this; you must not expect another prophet like unto Jesus, as Moses bade you expect …
2229 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1023.26 (Matthew Henry)
… to dispense it; now whom must we obey, God or you?” Here they appeal to one of the communes notitiae—to a settled and acknowledged maxim in the law of nature, that …
2230 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1023.33 (Matthew Henry)
… present dispensations of Providence, by reflecting upon those scriptures in the Old Testament which foretold that the kingdom of the Messiah would meet …
2231 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1023.48 (Matthew Henry)
… in dispensing charity, as well as in administering justice, ut parium par sit ratio—that those who are equally needy and equally deserving should be equally …
2232 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1024.12 (Matthew Henry)
… this dispensation. Simon Magus afterwards was not thus punished, nor Elymas; but Ananias was made an example now at first, that, with the sensible proofs given …
2233 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1024.20 (Matthew Henry)
… this dispensation of the Spirit which they were now under. It was not a damp or check to their holy joy, but it taught them to be serious in it, and to rejoice with …
2234 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1026.37 (Matthew Henry)
… God dispensed with their offering them to him. This is also a check to their zeal for the customs that Moses delivered to them, and their fear of having them …
2235 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1027.26 (Matthew Henry)
… present dispensation, for the greater honour of the gospel. We have reason to think that Philip had received these gifts of the Holy Ghost himself, but had …
2236 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1029.15 (Matthew Henry)
… -Testament dispensation, restrained the Jews from eating such and such meats, to which, while that dispensation lasted, they were obliged in conscience to …
2237 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1029.20 (Matthew Henry)
… to dispense, so Cornelius had called together, not only his own family, but kinsmen and near friends, to partake with him of the heavenly instructions he expected …
2238 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1031.11 (Matthew Henry)
… dark dispensation, and the glory of angels was then veiled. But in the New Testament, when mention is made of the appearing of the angels, notice is taken of the …
2239 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1032.7 (Matthew Henry)
… the dispensing of the oracles of Christ committed to them should, for the benefit of posterity, commit the same to faithful men, who shall be able also to teach …
2240 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1032.48 (Matthew Henry)
… the dispensing of them has risen to die no more; so that he ever lives to see his own will executed, and the blessings he hath purchased for us given out to us. As …