1 Corinthians 1-2
1Co_1:1 Paul, called to be an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, and Sosthenes our brother,
Sosthenes - who is this?
Act_18:17 Then all the Greeks took Sosthenes, the chief ruler of the synagogue, and beat him before the judgment seat. And Gallio cared for none of those things.
Is it the same?
Gill: and Sosthenes our brother. This seems to be the same man, who was the chief ruler of the synagogue of the Jews at Corinth; and was converted to the Christian faith by the Apostle Paul whilst there, as appears from his favouring the cause of the apostle, for which the Jews beat him before the judgment seat, and yet Gallio the Roman deputy took no notice of it, Act_18:17, in the Syriac dictionary (a) mention is made of one Sosthenes, governor of a city, one of the seventy disciples, who was educated at Pontus, and cast into the sea by the order of Nouna; and is also said to be bishop of Colophon in Ionia; see Gill on Luk_10:1; but without any reason. This person the apostle joins with him, not as in equal office with him, but as a brother in Christ, and very probably a ministering brother, and a companion of his; and the rather, because he might be well known to the Corinthians, and respected by them; wherefore he chose to join him with him, to show their agreement in doctrine and discipline, and in advice to them, which might have the greater weight with them; see Act_18:17.
Genesis 32-35
Gen 32:14 Two hundred she goats, and twenty he goats, two hundred ewes, and twenty rams,
Gen 32:15 Thirty milch camels with their colts, forty kine, and ten bulls, twenty she asses, and ten foals.
9 droves?
She Goats ~ He Goats ~ Ewes ~ Rams ~ Camels ~ Kine ~ Bulls ~ Asses ~ Foals
The she goats and ewes to their male counterparts is 10/1 - the camels, no males? Kine 4/1. Donkeys (Asses) no males either?
Gill on the droves (verse 16): every drove by themselves; there seems to have been three droves, see Gen_32:19; very probably the two hundred and twenty goats, male and female, were in the first drove; and the two hundred and twenty sheep, ewes, and rams, were in the second drove; and the thirty camels, with their colts, and the fifty cows and bulls, with the twenty she asses and ten foals, which made in all one hundred and forty, were in the third drove: though Aben Ezra thinks there were five droves; nor is it improbable, the goats in one drove, the sheep in another, the camels and colts in a third, and the kine and bulls might make a fourth, and the asses with their foals a fifth:
Jamieson, Fossett and Brown:
every drove by themselves — There was great prudence in this arrangement; for the present would thus have a more imposing appearance; Esau’s passion would have time to cool as he passed each successive company; and if the first was refused, the others would hasten back to convey a timely warning.
Judges 17-21
Jdg 17:5 And the man Micah had an house of gods, and made an ephod, and teraphim, and consecrated (H4390) (H853) (H3027) one of his sons, who became his priest.
Jdg 17:12 And Micah consecrated (H4390) (H853) (H3027) the Levite; and the young man became his priest, and was in the house of Micah.
H4390 - A primitive root, to fill or (intransitively) be full of, in a wide application (literally and figuratively).
H853 - Apparently contracted from H226 in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely).
H3027 - A primitive word; a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.), in distinction from H3709, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great variety of applications, both literally and figuratively, both proximate and remote.
Jdg 21:25 In those days there was no king in Israel: every man did that which was right in his own eyes.
Isn't that where civilization stands right now? Everyone doing what they 'think' is right. Even so, come Lord Jesus!
Psalms 24-26
Job 17-18
Job 18:21 Surely such are the dwellings of the wicked, and this is the place of him that knoweth not God.
Interesting reflection back on what was previously written - though Bildad's assessment of Job being wicked was completely off mark.
Isaiah 45-50
Isa 48:5 I have even from the beginning declared it to thee; before it came to pass I shewed it thee: lest thou shouldest say, Mine idol hath done them, and my graven image, and my molten image, hath commanded them.
I have no idea why I tagged this verse...and with a note to cross reference...which my Bible has none. Idols? Maybe because of the passage above where Micah had a house of gods?
Matthew 23-25
Jesus calls the scribes and Pharisees, blind, fools and hypocrites, not to mention listing out woes against them in Chapter 23.
woe - G3759 - A primary excamation of grief; “woe”: - alas, woe.
hypocrites - G5273 - From G5271; an actor under an assumed character (stage player), that is, (figuratively) a dissembler (“hypocrite”): - hypocrite.
- G5271 - Middle voice from G5259 and G2919; to decide (speak or act) under a false part, that is, (figuratively) dissemble (pretend): - feign.
blind - G5185 - From G5187; opaque (as if smoky), that is, (by analogy) blind (physically or mentally): - blind.
- G5187 - From a derivative of G5188; to envelop with smoke, that is, (figuratively) to inflate with self conceit: - high-minded, be lifted up with pride, be proud.
fools - Probably form the base of G3466; dull or stupid (as if shut up), that is, heedless, (morally) blockhead, (apparently) absurd: - fool (-ish, X -ishness). Noted - that the Greek word is 'moros' - wonder if that is the root of our English word moron?
- G3466 - From a derivative of μύω muō (to shut the mouth); a secret or “mystery” (through the idea of silence imposed by initiation into religious rites): - mystery.
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