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381 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 311.9 (Matthew Henry)
… of Elias, he would speak by a still small voice, the dread of which should not make us afraid; see Hebrews 12:18-12:24
382 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 315.9 (Matthew Henry)
… , the Elias of the New Testament, herein resembled him, for his clothes were made of hair cloth, and he was girt with a leathern girdle, Matthew 3:4. He that was clothed …
383 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 315.12 (Matthew Henry)
… where Elias did this act of justice upon provoking Israelites, and would needs, in like manner, call for fire upon those provoking Samaritans. “No,” says Christ …
384 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 522.5 (Matthew Henry)
… and Elias his forerunner: these have come, in answer to the prayers of the Old Testament; but we are still to pray for God’s light and truth, the Spirit of light …
385 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 548.8 (Matthew Henry)
… for Elias. (2.) The persons that reproached him, Psalms 69:12. [1.] Even the gravest and the most honourable, from whom better was expected: Those that sit in the gate …
386 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 842.16 (Matthew Henry)
… , “when Elias comes he will explain it.” Many commentators, both ancient and modern, have owned themselves at a loss what to make of it and what use to make of it. But …
387 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 863.22 (Matthew Henry)
… , When Elias comes he will tell us all things. “They are closed up and sealed, that is, the discovery designed to be made by them is now fully settled and completed …
388 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 896.12 (Matthew Henry)
… is Elias, and their King the Messiah, the Son of David; and he thinks we may apply it to Christ and his forerunner John the Baptist. John was the breaker; he broke …
389 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 926.1 (Matthew Henry)
… ) till Elias comes; whether it refer to the whole period of time from the prophet’s days to the days of the Messiah, or to some particular events in that time, or …
390 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 930.12 (Matthew Henry)
… of Elias ,” Luke 1:17. The law and the prophets were until John ( Luke 16:16 ); they continued to be the only lights of the church till that morning-star appeared. Note …
391 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 930.13 (Matthew Henry)
… thou Elias, or that prophet that should bear his name?” John 1:19-1:21. But we Christians know very well that John Baptist was the Elias that was to come, Matthew …
392 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 933.14 (Matthew Henry)
… the Elias promised; for particular notice is taken of Elias, that he was a hairy man (which, some think, is meant of the hairy garments he wore), and that he was girt …
393 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 933.29 (Matthew Henry)
… of Elias, Christ has more; though John was truly great, great in the sight of the Lord (not a greater was born of woman), yet he thinks himself unworthy to be in the …
394 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 934.10 (Matthew Henry)
… of Elias, the great reformer, of the Old Testament. John Baptist came as Elias, in those things that were moral, but not in such things as were miraculous ( John …
395 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 934.20 (Matthew Henry)
… and Elias without bread, and Christ himself just now for forty days; he sustained Israel with bread from heaven, angels’ food; Elijah with bread sent miraculously …
396 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 934.47 (Matthew Henry)
… , like Elias, is fed by an angel in the wilderness, 1 Kings 19:4, 19:7. Note, Though God may suffer his people to be brought into wants and straits, yet he will take effectual …
397 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 941.31 (Matthew Henry)
… the Elias of the New Testament; not Elias in propria persona—in his own person, as the carnal Jews expected; he denied that ( John 1:21 ), but one that should come in …
398 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 941.32 (Matthew Henry)
… the Elias prophesied of, then certainly here is a great revolution on foot, the Messiah’s kingdom is at the door, and the world will shortly be surprised into …
399 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 944.28 (Matthew Henry)
… , that Elias, of the new Testament, fall a sacrifice to the resentments of an imperious, whorish woman. Thus did he, who was great in the sight of the Lord, die as a …
400 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 945.66 (Matthew Henry)
… , as Elias to Sarepta, a city of Sidon ( Luke 4:26 ); thither he went to look after this poor woman, whom he had mercy in reserve for. While he went about doing good, he was …