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32281 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 989.15 (Matthew Henry)
… different characters, though all related to God as their common Father. He had two sons, one of them a solid grave youth, reserved and austere, sober himself …
32282 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 990.29 (Matthew Henry)
… good character and good conduct, and every thing that could recommend him. A little thing would be a great kindness to him, and yet he took no cognizance of his …
32283 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 992.3 (Matthew Henry)
… bad character of the judge that was in a certain city. He neither feared God nor regarded man; he had no manner of concern either for his conscience or for his …
32284 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 992.16 (Matthew Henry)
… . The character Christ gave of the Pharisees, that all their works they did to be seen of men, gives us occasion for this suspicion. Note, Hypocrites keep up the …
32285 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 992.22 (Matthew Henry)
… other character than that of a sinner, a convicted criminal at God’s bar. (2.) He has no dependence but upon the mercy of God, that, and that only, he relies upon. The …
32286 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 993.7 (Matthew Henry)
… and character; for in them will best appear the truth of our repentance.
32287 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 995.7 (Matthew Henry)
… and character of the Messiah. Many pretended to be the deliverers of the Jewish church and nation from the Romans, and to fix the time when the deliverance …
32288 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 997.33 (Matthew Henry)
… of God, and having no sense at all of religion: Dost not thou fear God ? This implies that it was the fear of God which restrained him from following the multitude …
32289 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 997.46 (Matthew Henry)
… ; but God raised up one that had both, a man named Joseph, Luke 23:50. His character is that he was a good man and a just, a man of unspotted reputation for virtue and …
32290 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 998.19 (Matthew Henry)
… and character. The things they are full of are concerning Jesus of Nazareth (so he was commonly called), who was a prophet, a teacher come from God. He preached …
32291 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 999.25 (Matthew Henry)
… to God as a Father. It was in Christ that we were predestinated to the adoption; from him we receive both the character and the Spirit of adoption, and he is the …
32292 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 999.57 (Matthew Henry)
… John’s character, doctrine, and baptism, and observing that he appeared as one dropped from heaven, in the same part of the country from which Elijah was carried …
32293 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 999.105 (Matthew Henry)
… , whose character it was that he was a plain man, in opposition to Esau’s character of a cunning man. He was a genuine son of honest Jacob, not only of his seed, but …
32294 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1001.52 (Matthew Henry)
… honourable character John gave of him, and yet had very unworthily improved it to the prejudice of John. But Christ needed not John’s testimony, John 5:36. He …
32295 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1001.66 (Matthew Henry)
… the character of an ambassador, and treats with us as such; for, 1. He spoke the words of God, and nothing he said savoured of human infirmity; both substance and …
32296 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1001.71 (Matthew Henry)
… the character of every true Christian that he believes on the Son of God; not only believes him, that what he saith is true, but believes on him, consents to him …
32297 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1002.60 (Matthew Henry)
… , worship God in spirit and in truth. It is spoken of ( John 4:23 ) as their character, and ( John 4:24 ) as their duty. Note, It is required of all that worship God that they …
32298 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1002.76 (Matthew Henry)
… a character, should have the honour of the first discovery of the Messiah among the Samaritans, yet it pleased God to incline their hearts to take notice of …
32299 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1002.90 (Matthew Henry)
… his character. God’s prophets and ministers are welcome guests to all those who sincerely embrace the gospel; as to Lydia, Acts 16:15. [2.] That they might receive …
32300 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1003.63 (Matthew Henry)
… the character, which the Redeemer assumed, in pursuance of the counsels of love; to this low estate he stooped, and submitted to all the mortifications attending …