Recent Commentaries

In the last half of this chapter Jerusalem shows extreme sorrow over her desolate Condition. (vv. 12- 19). “Is it nothing to you …? Is it not of concern to you? Do you not care?” These are statements of her pathetic appeal to passers-by to look on and consi …

Jesus asks a very important question of: Who is the Messiah (v. 35)? Then he quotes (Psa. 110:1) to show that David considered the Messiah to be his Lord, not just his son (v. 36). The religious leaders did not understand that the Messiah would be far more than a human descendant …

This passage gives us precise historical information about the secular leaders of that day and specifically brings before us the baptism of John the Baptist and his message of repentance (vv. 1- 6). Luke tells us exactly when John began his ministry. It was in the fifteenth …

This Psalm is a picture of how we as believers should praise God; individually, yet as a part of the great choir of believers worldwide. Although all of creation will be represented in this chorus, Israel the apple of God’s eye will be prominently featured in that chorus. We find in this Psalm an …

This chapter opens with a brief description of the new heaven and the new earth (v. 1). The Bible does not deal at length with the eternal state. Only a few references to it are made in Psalms, Isaiah, I Corinthians, Ephesians, II Peter and here in Revelation. This passage suggests a renovation of …

This passage concerns the return of the Lord to the earth to set up His kingdom (v. 1). The conquerors will divide the spoil in the midst of Jerusalem. Having given the effect, the prophet now gives the cause: “For I will gather all nations against Jerusalem to battle (v. 2) …

This chapter stresses both Christ’s divine appointment and His humility. One of the first things a Jew might have asked a Christian during the time of the early Church was, “How are your sins going to be pardoned when you have no one offering sacrifices and interceding …

Even though Habakkuk is deeply disturbed about the wicked conditions of God’s people and wants God to do something about it he is not ready for the way God is going to deal with it. He can’t believe that God is going to send the Babylonians like a pack of wolves to devour and punish them …

Paul gives his personal testimony of the appearance of the Lord to him on the road to Damascus (vv. 6-7). So far as we know he had never known Jesus in the flesh. His first glimpse of Him was a blinding vision from heaven, and this became the driving, motivating force of his life. When he …

Jezebel had not been on Mount Carmel and only heard what her husband reported to her (vv. 1-5). Elijah’s treatment of her prophets made her very angry, so she sent a message to him that she was going to kill him within 24 hours in retaliation for his slaughtering of the 4 …