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341 Matthew Henry's Concise Bible Commentary, p. 976.2 (Matthew Henry)

woman, and made under the law. The circumstances of his birth were very mean. Christ was born at an inn; he came into the world to sojourn here for awhile, as at an …

342 Matthew Henry's Concise Bible Commentary, p. 1002.3 (Matthew Henry)

the worship of an upright heart, in which God delights and is glorified. The woman was disposed to leave the matter undecided, till the coming of the Messiah …

343 Matthew Henry's Concise Bible Commentary, p. 1002.4 (Matthew Henry)

… affected the woman. The extent of his knowledge. Christ knows all the thoughts, words, and actions, of all the children of men. And the power of his word. He told …

344 Matthew Henry's Concise Bible Commentary, p. 1122.3 (Matthew Henry)

… , by the Messiah, who was born of a woman. And the especial sorrow to which the female sex is subject, should cause men to exercise their authority with much gentleness …

345 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 4.9 (Matthew Henry)

… eat.” The devil, as he is a liar, so he is a scoffer, from the beginning: and the scoffers of the last days are his children. [4.] That which he aimed at in the first onset …

346 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 4.29 (Matthew Henry)

the world. But this is not the worst of it. He not only lays the blame upon his wife, but expresses it so as tacitly to reflect on God himself: “It is the woman whom …

347 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 4.35 (Matthew Henry)

… be the seed of the woman, the seed of that woman; therefore his genealogy ( Luke 3:1-3:38 ) goes so high as to show him to be the son of Adam, but God does the woman the honour …

348 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 6.2 (Matthew Henry)

… to the woman. Being at first one by nature, and afterwards one by marriage, it was fit they should both have the same name, in token of their union. The woman is of …

349 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 12.22 (Matthew Henry)

… between the first and second Adam, making it clear concerning Christ that he was not only the Son of Abraham, but the Son of man, and the seed of woman. Observe …

350 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 22.17 (Matthew Henry)

… , I. The casting out of the bond-woman, and her son from the family of Abraham, Genesis 21:14. Abraham’s obedience to the divine command in this matter was speedy …

351 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 25.10 (Matthew Henry)

… so well qualified that in all respects she answered the characters he wished for in the woman that was to be his master’s wife, handsome and healthful, humble …

352 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 25.11 (Matthew Henry)

… suited the pitcher of water; but the ear-rings and bracelets she sometimes wore did not make her think herself above the labours of a virtuous woman ( Proverbs …

353 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 26.4 (Matthew Henry)

… included the promise of the land of Canaan, and the entail of the covenant. Or, God having already made him the heir of the promise, Abraham therefore made him …

354 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 29.8 (Matthew Henry)

… mend the matter? Why, truly, so as to make bad worse. (1.) He married a daughter of Ishmael, the son of the bond-woman, who was cast out, and was not to inherit with Isaac …

355 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 30.8 (Matthew Henry)

… of the two churches, the Jews under the law and the Gentiles under the gospel: the younger the more beautiful, and more in the thoughts of Christ when he came …

356 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 39.2 (Matthew Henry)

… in the sight of the Lord, that is, in defiance of God and his law; or, if perhaps he was not wicked in the sight of the world, he was so in the sight of God, to whom all men’s …

357 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 40.15 (Matthew Henry)

… virtuous woman; it is well that there is a day of discovery coming, in which all shall appear in their true characters. This was not the first time that Joseph’s …

358 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 52.8 (Matthew Henry)

… in the corrupt heart of man than one would imagine, Romans 3:15, 3:16. The enmity that is in the seed of the serpent against the seed of the woman divests men of humanity …

359 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 86.10 (Matthew Henry)

the pattern shown him in the mount. The furnishing of the tabernacle with the riches of Egypt was perhaps a good omen to the Gentiles, who, in the fulness …

360 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 104.3 (Matthew Henry)

the burning. 29 If a man or woman have a plague upon the head or the beard; 30 Then the priest shall see the plague: and, behold, if it be in sight deeper than the skin …