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32261 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 949.77 (Matthew Henry)
… the characters of those that shall be saved, it concerns us to enquire whether we, through grace, answer those characters. Now Peter hopes that, as to the main …
32262 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 950.70 (Matthew Henry)
… and character; but he did not so; he made no figure, had no pompous train of state-servants to attend him, nor was he clad in robes of honour, for he took upon him the …
32263 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 951.80 (Matthew Henry)
… men’s characters.
32264 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 952.47 (Matthew Henry)
… of God; and a faithful Teacher, that would be sure to let us know it. See Proverbs 8:6-8:9. This is the character of a good teacher, to preach the truth, the whole truth …
32265 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 953.68 (Matthew Henry)
… their character. God is jealous for his honour in his laws and ordinances, and resents it if they be profaned and abused; but he has often expressed an equal …
32266 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 955.11 (Matthew Henry)
… of characters vastly different in the sight of God. Sincere Christians are the wise virgins, and hypocrites the foolish ones, as in another parable they are …
32267 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 955.25 (Matthew Henry)
… true character. But is it not well that they are brought to say, Give us of your oil ? It is so; but, 1. This request was extorted by sensible necessity. Note, Those will …
32268 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 955.55 (Matthew Henry)
… just characters, of good and faithful. 2. Their performances will be accepted; Well done. Christ will call those, and those only, good servants, that have done …
32269 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 955.76 (Matthew Henry)
… .) His character is that of an unprofitable servant. Note, Slothful servants will be reckoned with as unprofitable servants, who do nothing to the purpose of …
32270 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 957.106 (Matthew Henry)
… their character was this! Could any thing tend more to make them contemptible and base before the people? One would have thought, that, though they neither …
32271 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 957.108 (Matthew Henry)
… that character. Many people would like the King of Israel well enough, if he would but come down from the cross, if they could have his kingdom without the tribulation …
32272 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 959.36 (Matthew Henry)
… from God, and under that character he shone more bright than if he had appeared in all the external pomp and power which the Jews expected their Messiah to …
32273 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 969.15 (Matthew Henry)
… the character and state of the Jewish church; which, from henceforward, was a tree dried up from the roots; no longer fit for food, but for fuel only. The first establishment …
32274 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 973.35 (Matthew Henry)
… shining character put upon him; he was one that waited for the kingdom of God, the kingdom of grace on earth, and of glory in heaven, the kingdom of the Messiah …
32275 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 975.48 (Matthew Henry)
… and character of the house of David, though she was poor and low in the world; and she was enabled by God’s providence, and the care of the Jews, to preserve their …
32276 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 975.88 (Matthew Henry)
… public character, and is therefore immediately endued with another spirit, a more public spirit than before she had, and therefore looks abroad, looks about …
32277 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 980.40 (Matthew Henry)
… bad character. If the fruit be good, you may conclude that the tree is so; if the conversation be holy, heavenly, and regular, though you cannot infallibly know …
32278 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 984.40 (Matthew Henry)
… public character and station; nay, they were men of professed sanctity, whose offices obliged them to tenderness and compassion ( Hebrews 5:2 ), who ought to have …
32279 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 986.27 (Matthew Henry)
… .] The character he gave him: Thou fool, thou Nabal, alluding to the story of Nabal, that fool (Nabal is his name, and folly is with him) whose heart was struck dead as …
32280 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 987.51 (Matthew Henry)
… true character; for he was subtle as a fox, noted for his craft, and treachery, and baseness, and preying (as they say of a fox) furthest from his own den. And, though …