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Author Alex Domenech’s new book, “THE DOMENECH BIBLE INTERPRETATIONS”, presents readers with Mr. Domenech’s authentic, unique, and original study of the Bible – an interpretation undertaken from a position of no predisposition and/or bias.
Mr. Domenech takes a progressive approach to biblical study with the purpose of presenting the Sacred Scriptures as a source of current, relevant, and practical information, rather than just a literal and historical document. He spent seven years studying, analyzing, and researching the Bible, in order to reach the interpretations presented in his book. Thus, bridging the gap between specific biblical content, and present environmental issues.
“Humanity and its need for energy consumption, especially of Fossil Fuels and their by-product Carbon Dioxide Emissions, is approaching a catastrophic effect to the environment, society, and the animal kingdom” Mr. Domenech says.
Example
Apocalypse 8:11. And the name of the star is called Wormwood. And the third part of the waters became wormwood. And many men died of the waters, because they were made bitter. Interpretation = Ocean Acidification.
About the Author
Alex Domenech has a Bachelor of Arts in education from the University of Puerto Rico and a Master of Science in education from the University of New Mexico. He attended graduate studies at the InterAmerican University of Puerto Rico, and post-baccalaureate studies at the University of Houston. He has experience as a professor, teacher and substitute teacher, and is self taught in Bible interpretation.
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5. TABLE OF CONTENTS
Introduction...............................................................................................vii
PART I:............................................................................................................1
A) ORIGIN...................................................................................................1
Time, Times, and a Half Time.............................................................2
The Key of Seven...................................................................................3
Elias and Seven.....................................................................................4
Eliseus and Seven.................................................................................5
The NET..................................................................................................6
Solomon and Ten..................................................................................7
Ten and Solomon..................................................................................8
The Pillars..............................................................................................9
Booz......................................................................................................11
Jachin....................................................................................................12
Iscariot.................................................................................................13
B) FILTER..................................................................................................14
Edom.....................................................................................................15
The Operational Words......................................................................16
The Correction of the Lord...............................................................17
The Removal of the Veil.....................................................................19
Twelve.................................................................................................. 20
C) THE STRATOSPHERE........................................................................21
The Chariot..........................................................................................22
THE Lost Code.....................................................................................23
Daniel....................................................................................................25
7. vii
INTRODUCTION
Exegesis is a critical explanation or interpretation of a text,
particulary a religious text, traditionally the term was used primarily
for the work with the Bible; however, in modern usage Biblical Exegesis
is used for greater specificity to distinguish it from any other broader
critical text explanation (28). Biblical hermeneutics is the study of the
principles of interpretation concerning the books of the Bible (10).
Analogy is a cognitive process of transferring information
or meaning, from a particular subject to another, or a linguistic
expression to such a process; it is an inference or an argument from
one particular to another, as opposed to deduction or induction,
where at least one of the premises or the conclusion is general (4). In
statistics, an association is any relationship between two measured
quantities that renders them statistically dependent, and the term
“association” is closely related to the term “correlation”, both terms
imply that two or more variables vary according to some pattern;
however,itisimportanttonotethatneitherassociationnorcorrelation
establish causality (6). An anagram is a type of word play, the results
of rearranging the letters of a word or phrase to produce a new word
or phrase, using the original letters exactly only once, the goal of a
serious or skilled anagrammamist is to produce anagrams that in
some way reflect or comment on the subject (3).
As wisely described, by the publishers, of the 1899 Douay-Rheims
Version of the Bible, Saint Jerome (Eusebius Hieronymus, 342-420)
was a man truly raised up by God, to translate Our Lord’s Holy
Scriptures; it is so, because his translation to the Latin Vulgate from
the original languages is simply a Gift from God to humanity, for the
perpetual consecration of his creation (22). In my theory, one of the
first things that I discovered when studying and interpreting The
Sacred Scriptures was that we must utilize the entire Bible, including
the Annotations and the Historical Index.
The origin of my Bible Interpretation and Theory = Specific
Alternate Meaning is Supplemental, began when, while reading the
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Bible I noticed a tendency of repetition of some verses of the Sacred
Scriptures; thus, the initial discovery that the number of verses under
a specific topic was Seven. The concept of my manuscript in the design
anddevelopmentofthemethodologyofmyTheoryincludes,Repetition
(Verses Words), Pronunciation (English / Spanish), Syllable Division,
Biblical Names, Anagrams, Analogies, and Associations, with emphasis
on relevancy (2016) and specificity (Please refer to references for
definitions).
10. 2
TIME, TIMES, AND A HALF TIME(7)
1) Daniel 7:25 And he shall speak words against the High One, and
he shall think to himself able to change times and laws, and they
shall be delivered into his hand until a time, and times, and half
a time.
2) Daniel 12:7 And I heard the man that was clothed in linen, that
stood upon the waters of the river: when he had lifted up his right
hand and his left to heaven, and had sworn, by him that liveth
forever, that it should be into a time and times, and half a time.
And when the scattering of the band of the holy people shall be
accomplished, all things shall be finished.
3) St. Mathews 13:8 And others fell upon the ground and they
brought fruit, some a hundredfold, some sixtyfold and some
thirtyfold.
4) St. Matthew 13:23 But he that receiveth the seed upon good
ground, is he that heareth the word, and understandeth, and
beareth fruit, and yieldeth one hundredfold, and another sixty,
and another thirty.
5) St. Mark 4:8 And some fell upon good ground; brought forth fruit
that grew up, and increased and yielded, one thirty, another
sixty, and another a hundred.
6) St. Mark 4:20 And these are they who are sown upon the good
ground, who hear the word and receive it, and, yield fruit, the one
thirty, another sixty, and another a hundred.
7) Apocalypse 12:14 And there given to the woman two wings of a
great eagle, that she might fly into the desert into her place, where
she nourished for a time and times, and half a time, for the face
of the serpent.
The first key to interpret,
THE SPECIFIC ALTERNATE MEANING THEORY
SEVEN VERSES.
11. 3
THE KEY OF SEVEN(7)
1) Genesis 2:2 And on the seventh day God ended his work which
he had made: and he rested on the seventh day from all his work
which he had done.
2) Ezequiel 45:20 And so shalt thou do in the seventh day of the
month, for every one that be ignorant, and have been deceived by
error, and thou shalt make expiation for the house.
3) Daniel 9:25 Know thou therefore, and take notice: that from the
going forth of the word, to build up Jerusalem again, unto Christ
the prince, there shall be seven weeks, and sixty-two weeks: and
the street shall be built again, and the walls in straightness of
times.
4) Apocalypse 1:4 John of the seven churches which are in Asia.
Grace be unto you and peace from him that is, and that was, and
that is to come, and from the seven spirits which are before his
throne.
5) Apocalypse 1:13 And in the midst of the seven golden
candlesticks, one like the Son of Man, clothed with a garmet down
to the feet, and girt about paps with a golden girdle.
6) Apocalypse 1:18 And I am alive, and was dead, and behold I am
living for ever, and have the keys of death.
7) Apocalypse 15:1 And I saw another sign in heaven, great and
wonderful: seven angels having the seven last plagues. For in
them is filled the wrath of God.
IN ORDER TO STUDY AND INTERPRET
THE SPECIFIC ALTERNATE MEANING THEORY
WE MUST USE THE ENTIRE VULGATE BIBLE.
12. 4
ELIAS AND SEVEN(7)
1) 3 Kings 17:21 And he stretched, and measured upon the child
three times, and cried to the Lord, and said: O Lord my God, let the
soul of this child, I beseech thee, return into his body.
2) 3 kings 18:43 And he said to his servant: Go up, and look toward
the sea. And he went up, and looked, and said: There is nothing.
And again he said to him: Return seven times.
3) 3 Kings 18:44 And at the seventh time, behold, a little cloud arose
out of the sea like a man’s foot. And he said: Go up and say to Achab:
Prepare thy chariot and o down, lest the rain prevent thee.
4) 3 Kings 18:45 And while he turned himself this way and that way,
behold the heavens grew dark, with clouds, and wind, and there
fell a great rain. And Achab getting up went up to Jezarel.
5) 3 Kings 19:18 And I will leave me seven thousand men in Israel,
whose knees have not been bowed before Baal, and every mouth
that hath not worshipped him kissing his hand.
6) 4 Kings 2:11. And as they went on, walking and talking together,
behold, a fiery chariot and fiery horses parted them both
asunder: and Elias went up by a whirlwind into heaven.
7) Ecclesiasticus 48:9. Who wast taken up in a whirlwind of fire, in
a chariot of fiery horses.
“THE PRECURSOR”
JOHN THE BAPTIST
Because as Our Lord Jesus Christ indicated:
1) MALACHIAS 4:5 Behold, I will send you Elias the prophet, before
the coming of the great and dreadful day of the Lord.
2) ST. MATHEW 11:14 And if you will receive it, he is Elias that is
to come.
3) ST. MARK 9:11 Who answering, said to then: Elias, when he shall
come first, shall restore all things; and as it is written of the Son
of man that he must suffer many things and be despised.
4) ST.MARK 9:12 But I say to you that Elias also is come (and they
have done to him whatsoever they would), as it is written of him.
5) ST. LUKE 1:17 And he shall go before him in the spirit and power of
Elias: that he may turn the hearts of the fathers unto the children
and the incredulous to the wisdom of the just, to prepare unto the
Lord a perfect people.
13. 5
ELISEUS AND SEVEN(7)
1) 4 Kings 3:9 So the King of Israel, and the King of Juda, and the King
of Edom (Three) went, and they fetched a compass of seven days
journey, and there was no water for the army, and for the beasts,
that followed them.
2) 4 Kings 4:35 Then he returned and walked in the house once to
and fro: and he went up, and lay upon him: and the child gaped
seven times, and open his eyes.
3) 4 Kings 5:10 And Eliseus sent a messenger to him, saying: Go, and
wash seven times in the Jordan, and thy shall recover health, and
thou shalt be clean.
4) 4 Kings 5:14 Then he went down, and washed in the Jordan seven
times: according to the word of the man of God, and his flesh was
restored, like the flesh of the little child, and he was made clean.
5) 4 Kings 8:1 And Eliseus spoke to the woman, whose son he has
restored to life, saying: arise and go thou and the household, and
sojourn wheresoever thou canst find: for the Lord hath called a
famine, and it shall come upon the land seven years.
6) 4 Kings8:3 And when the seven years ended, the woman returned
out of the land of the Philistines, and she went forth to speak to
the king for her house, and for her land.
7) Ezechiel 3:1. And he said to me: Son of man, eat all that thou
shalt find: eat this book, and go speak to the children of Israel.
JOSEPH OF ARI/MATH/EA =
ARITHMETIC
ANNOTATION
A) EZECHIEL 3:1 Eat this book, and go speak to the children of
Israel. . . By this eating of the book was signified the diligent
attention and affection with which we are to receive, and
embrace the word of God; and to let it, as it were, sink into
our interior by devout meditation.
14. 6
THE NET(10)
1) ST. LUKE 5:1. And it came to pass, that when the multitudes
pressed upon him to hear the word of God, he stood by the
lake of Genesareth,
2) ST. LUKE 5:2. And saw two ships standing by the lake: but
the fishermen were gone out of them and were washing their
NETS.
3) ST. LUKE 5:3. And going into one of the ships that was Simon’s,
he desired him to draw back a little from the land. And sitting,
he taught the multitudes out of the ship.
4) ST. LUKE 5:4. Now when he had ceased to speak, he said to
Simon: Launch out into the deep and let down your NETS for
a draught.
5) ST. LUKE 5:5. And Simon answering said to him: Master, we
have laboured all the night and have taken nothing: but at thy
word I will let down the NET.
6) ST. LUKE 5:6. And when they had done this, they enclosed a
very great multitude of fishes: and their NET broke.
7) ST. LUKE 5:7. And they beckoned to their partners that were in
the other ship, that they should come and help them. And they
came and filled both the ships, so that they were almost sinking.
8) ST. LUKE 5:8. Which when Simon Peter saw, he fell down at
Jesus’ knees, saying: Depart from me, for I am a sinful man,
O Lord.
9) ST. LUKE 5:9. For he was wholly astonished, and all that were
with him, at the draught of the fishes which they had taken.
10) ST. LUKE 5:10. And so were also James and John, the sons of
Zebedee, who were Simon’s partners. And Jesus saith to Simon:
Fear not: from henceforth thou shalt catch men.
THE CONVERSION OF NET
TO TEN (Anagram #1),
WAS THE SECOND ORIGINAL KEY,
THAT ALLOWED ME TO INTERPRET =
THE SPECIFIC ALTERNATE MEANING THEORY.
15. 7
SOLOMON AND TEN(7)
1) 3 Kings 6:3 Andtherewasaporchbeforethetempleoftwentycubits
in length, according to the measure of the breadth of the temple:
and it was ten cubits in breadth before the face of the temple.
2) 3 Kings 6:23 And he made in the oracle two cherubins of olive tree
of ten cubits in height.
3) 3 Kings 6:24 One wing of the cherubs was five cubits, and the
other wing of the cherub was five cubits: that is, in all ten cubits,
from the extremity of one wing to the extremity of the other wing.
4) 3 Kings 6:25 The second cherub also was ten cubits: and the
measure, and work was the same in both cherubins:
5) 3 Kings 6:26 That is to say, one cherub was ten cubits high, and
like the manner of the other cherub.
6) 3 kings 11:13 And he (Ahias) said to Solomon; Take to the ten
pieces: for thus said the Lord the God of Israel: Behold I will rend the
Kingdom out of the hand of Solomon, and will give thee ten tribes.
7) 3 Kings 10:14 And the weight of the gold that was brought to
Solomon every year, was Six hundred and sixty-six talents of gold.
ANNOTATIONS
2 Thessalonians 2:3. Let no man deceive you by any means: for
unless there come a revolt first, and the man of sin be revealed,
the son of perdition
A REVOLT. . .This revolt, or falling off, is generally understood,
by the ancient fathers, of a revolt from the Roman empire, which
was first to be destroyed, before the coming of Antichrist. It may,
perhaps, be understood also of a revolt of many nations from the
Catholic Church; which has, in part, happened already, by means
of Mahomet, Luther, c., and it may be supposed, will be more
general in the days of the Antichrist. The man of sin. . .Here must
be meant some particular man, as is evident from the frequent
repetition of the Greek article: o`, ‘the’ man of sin, ‘the’ son of
perdition, ‘the’ adversary or opposer. It agrees to the wicked and
great Antichrist, who will come before the end of the world.
A REVOLT = THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
16. 8
TEN AND SOLOMON(7)
1) 2 Paralipomenon 4:1 He made also an altar of brass twenty cubits
long, and twenty cubits broad, and ten cubits high.
2) 2 Paralipomenon 4:2Also a molten sea of ten cubits from brim to
brim, round in compass: it was five cubits high, and a line of thirty
cubits compassed round about.
3) 2 Paralipomenon 4:3 And under it there was a likeness of oxen,
and certain engravings on the outside of ten cubits compassed the
belly of the sea, as it were two rows.
4) 2 Paralipomenon 4:6 He made also ten lavers: and he set five
on the right hand, and five on the left, to wash in them all such
things as they were to offer for holocausts: but the sea was for the
priests to wash in.
5) 2 Paralipomenon 4:7 And he made also ten golden candlesticks,
according to the form which they were commanded to be made:
and he set them in the temple, five on the right hand and five on
the left.
6) 2 Paralipomenon 4:8 Moreover also ten tables: and he set them
in the temple, five on the right, and five on he left. Also a hundred
bowls of gold.
7) 2 Paralipomenon 9:13 And the weight of the gold, that was
brought to Solomon every year, was Six hundred and sixty-six
talents of gold.
PARALIPOMENON
“THE BOOK OF WHAT IT WAS OMITTED”.
PROLEGOMENON
“INTERPRETATION OF AN EXTENDED WORK”
17. 9
THE PILLARS(7)
1) JUDGES 13:24 And she bore a son, and called his name SAMSON.
And the child grew, and the Lord blessed him.
2) JUDGES 16:25. And rejoicing in their feasts, when they had now
taken their good cheer, they commanded that Samson should
be called, and should play before them. And being brought out
of prison, he played before them; and they made him stand
between TWO PILLARS.
3) JUDGES 16:26. And he said to the lad that guided his steps:
Suffer me to touch THE PILLARS which support the whole
house, and let me lean upon them, and rest a little.
4) JUDGES 16:27. Now the house was full of men and women,
and all the princes of the Philistines were there. Moreover
about three thousand persons of both sexes, from the roof
and the higher part of the house, were beholding SAMSON’S
play.
5) JUDGES 16:28. But he called upon the Lord, saying: O Lord God
remember me, and restore to me now my former STRENGTH,
O my God, that I may revenge myself on my enemies, and for
the loss of my two eyes I may take one revenge.
6) JUDGES 16:29. And laying hold on both THE PILLARS on which
the house rested, and holding the one with his right hand, and
the other with his left,
7) JUDGES 16:30. He said: Let me die with the Philistines. And
when he had strongly shook THE PILLARS, the house fell upon
all the princes, and the rest of the multitude, that was there:
and he killed many more at his death, than he had killed
before in his life.
PILLARS =
THE POLES =
GEOGRAPHY
18. 10
Ozone Depletion
Image of the largest Antarctic ozone hole ever recorded
(September 2006), over the Southern Pole.
From September 21-30, 2006 the average area of the ozone hole
was the largest ever observed, at 10.6 million square miles (27.5
million square kilometres). This image, from September 24, the
Antarctic ozone hole was equal to the record single-day largest
area of 11.4 million square miles (29.5 million square kilometres),
reached on Sept. 9, 2000.
19. 11
BOOZ (10)
1) Ruth 4:21 Salmon begot Booz, Booz begot Obed.
2) 3 Kings 7:21 And he set up the two pillars in the porch of the
Temple: and when he had set up the pillar on the right hand,
he called the name thereof Jachin: in like manner he set up the
second pillar, and called thereof Booz.
3) 2 Paralipomenon 3:17 These pillars he put at the entrance of
the temple, one on the right hand, and the other on the left: that
which was on the right hand, he called Jachin: and that of the left
hand Booz.
4) Jeremias 52:20 And the TWO PILLARS, and ONE SEA, and twelve
oxen of brass that were under the bases, which Solomon made in
the house of the Lord: there was no weight of the brass of all these
vessels.
5) Isaias 30:17 A thousand men shall flee for fear of one: and for fear
of five shall you flee, till you be left as the mast of the ship on the
top of a mountain, and as an ensign upon a hill.
6) Isaias 36:2 And the king of the Assyrians, sent Rabsaces from
Lachis to Jerusalem, to king Ezechias, that Senna/cherib with a
great army, and he stood by the upper pool in the way of the
fuller’s field.
7) Ezequiel 17:22 Thus saith the Lord God: I myself will take of the
marrow of the high cedar, and will set it: I will crop off a tender
twig from the top of the branches thereof, I will plant it on a
mountain high and eminent.
8) Ezechiel 20:29 And I said to them: What meaneth the high place
to which you go? And the name thereof was called High-place
even to this day.
9) Ezechiel 21:26 Thus saith the Lord God: Remove the diadem, take
off the crown: is it not this that hath exalted the low one, and
brought down him that was high?
10) Ezechiel 27:25 THE SHIPS OF THE SEA, were thy chief in the
merchandise: and thou wast replenished, and glorified exceedingly
in the heart of the sea.
THE NORTH POLE =
OZONE DEPLETION =
GLOBAL WARMING #1
20. 12
JACHIN (10)
1) Genesis 46:10 The sons of Simeon: Jamuel and Jamin and Ahod,
and Jachin and Sohar, and Saul the son of a woman of Chanaan.
2) Exodus 6:15 These are the kindreds of Ruben. The sons of Simeon:
Jamuel, and Jamin, and Ahod, and Jachin, and Soar, and Saul the
son of a Chanaanites: these are the families of Simeon.
3) Numbers 26:12 The sons of Simeon by their kindreds: Namuel, of
him is the family of the Namuelites: Jamin, of him is the family of
the Jaminites: Jachin of him is the family of the Jachinites.
4) 3 Kings 7:21 And he set up the two pillars in the porch of the
Temple: and when he had set up the pillar on the right hand,
he called the name thereof Jachin: in like manner he set up the
second pillar, and called thereof Booz.
5) 2 Paralipomenon 3:17 These pillars he put at the entrance of
the temple, one on the right hand, and the other on the left: that
Jachin: and that of the left hand Booz.
6) Isaias 22:9 And you shall see the branches of the city of David, that
they are many: and you have gathered together the waters of the
waters of the lower pool.
7) Isaias 22:11 And you made a ditch between two walls for the water
of the old pool: and you have not looked up to the Maker thereof,
nor regarded him even at a distance, that wrought it long ago.
8) Jeremias52:21Andconcerningthepillar,ONE PILLARwaseighteen
cubits high: and a cord of twelve cubits compassed it about: but the
thickness thereof was four fingers, and it was hollow within.
9) Ezechiel 20:46 Son of man, set thy face against the way of THE
SOUTH, and drop towards the THE SOUTH FIELD and prophesy
against the forest of THE SOUTH FIELD.
10) Ezechiel 20:47 And say to the south forest: Hear the word of the
Lord: Thus saith the Lord God:
THE SOUTH POLE =
OZONE DEPLETION =
GLOBAL WARMIMG #2
21. 13
ISCARIOT (7)
1) ST. MATTHEW 26:47. As he yet spoke, behold Judas, one of the
twelve, came, and with him a great multitude with swords
and clubs, sent from the chief priests and the ancients of the
people.
2) ST. MATTEW 26:48. And he that betrayed him gave them a
sign, saying: Whomsoever I shall kiss, that is he. Hold him fast.
3) ST. MARK 14:43. And while he was yet speaking, cometh Judas
Iscariot, one of the twelve: and with him a great multitude with
swords and staves, from the chief priests and the scribes and
the ancients.
4) ST. MARK 14:44. And he that betrayed him had given them a
sign, saying: Whomsoever I shall kiss, that is he. Lay hold on
him: and lead him away carefully.
5) ST. LUKE 22:47. As he was yet speaking, behold a multitude;
and he that was called Judas, one of the twelve, went before
them and drew near to Jesus, for to kiss him.
6) ST. JOHN 18:3. Judas therefore having received a band of
soldiers and servants from the chief priests and the Pharisees,
cometh thither with lanterns and torches and weapons.
7) ST. JOHN 18:5. They answered him: Jesus of Nazareth. Jesus saith
to them: I am he. And Judas also, who betrayed him, stood
with them.
JUDAS ISCARIOT =
IS CHARIOT
23. 15
EDOM (7)
1) Genesis 25:30 Said: Give me of this red pottage, for I am exceeding
faint. For which reason his name was called E/dom.
2) Numbers 34:3 The south side shall begin from the wilderness of
Sin, which is by E/dom: and shall have the most salt sea for its
furthest limits eastward.
3) Josue 15:1 NowtheLotofthechildrenofJudabytheirkindredswas
this: From the frontier of E/dom, to the desert of Sin southward,
and the uttermost part of the south coast.
4) Judges 5:4 O Lord, when thou wentest out of Seir, and passedst
by the regions of E/dom, the earth trembled, and the heavens
dropped water.
5) 3 Kings 9:26 And King Solomon made a fleet in Asionsaber, which
is by Ailath on the shore of the Red Sea in the land of E/dom.
6) 3 Kings 11:15 For when David was in E/dom, and Joab the general
of the army was gone up to bury them that were slain, and had
killed every male in E/dom.
7) 4 Kings 14:7 He slew of E/dom in the valley of the saltpits ten
thousand men, and took the rock by war, and called the name
thereof Jectehel, until this day.
EDOM = DOME (Anagram #2) =
THE OZONE LAYER
24. 16
THE OPERATIONAL WORDS(7)
1) JOB 37:20. Who shall tell him the things I speak? even if a man
shall speak, he shall be SWALLOWED up.
2) PROVERBS 30:1. The words of Gatherer the son of VOMITER.
The vision which the man spoke, with whom God is, and who
being strengthened by God, abiding with him, said:
3) JONAS 2:1 Now the Lord prepared a great fish to SWALLOW
up Jonas: and Jonas was in the belly of the fish for three days
and three nights.
4) JONAS 2:11 And the Lord spoke to the fish: and it VOMITED out
Jonas upon the dry land.
5) 1 CORINTHIANS 15:54 And when this mortal hath put on
immortality, then shall come to pass the saying that is written:
Death is SWALLOWED up in victory.
6) 2 CORINTHIANS 5:4 For we also, who are in this tabernacle, do
groan, being burthened; because we would not be unclothed,
butclothedupon,thatthatwhichismortalmaybeSWALLOWED
up by life.
7) APOCALYPSE 3:16 But because thou art lukewarm and neither
cold nor hot, I will begin to VOMIT thee out of my mouth.
SWALLOWED + VOMITER
= OCEANS ACIDIFICATION
ANNOTATIONS
A) Job 37:20 He shall be swallowed up. . . All that man can say
when he speaks of God, is so little and inconsiderable in
comparison with the subject, that man is lost, and as it were
SWALLOWED UP IN SO IMMENCE AN OCEAN.
25. 17
THE CORRECTION OF THE LORD(9)
1) PROVERBS 3:11. My son, reject not the correction of the Lord: and
do not faint when thou art chastised by him:
2) PROVERBS 12:1. He that loveth correction, loveth knowledge:
but he that hateth reproof, is foolish.
3) PROVERBS 12:18. There is that promiseth, and is pricked as
it were with a sword of conscience: but the tongue of the wise
is health.
4) PROVERBS 16:1. It is the part of man to prepare the soul: and
of the Lord to govern the tongue.
5) PROVERBS 25:16. Thou hast found honey, eat what is sufficient
for thee, lest being glutted therewith thou vomit it up.
6) PROVERBS 25:27. As it is not good for a man to eat much
honey, so he that is a searcher of majesty shall be overwhelmed
by glory.
7) PROVERBS 30:32. There is that hath appeared a fool after he
was lifted up on high: for if he had understood, he would have
laid his hand upon his mouth.
8) PROVERBS 30:33. And he that strongly squeezeth the paps
to bring out milk, straineth out butter: and he that violently
bloweth his nose, bringeth out blood: and he that provoketh
wrath, bringeth forth strife.
9) HEBREWS 12:5. And you have forgotten the consolation which
speaketh to you, as unto children, saying: My son, neglect not
the discipline of the Lord: neither be thou wearied whilst thou
art rebuked by him.
NOE = ONE (Anagram #3)
OUSIA
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Global Warming
The map shows the 10-year average (2000–2009) global
mean temperature anomaly relative to the 1951–1980 mean.
The largest temperature increases are in the Arctic and the
Antarctic Peninsula. Source: NASA Earth Observatory.
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THE REMOVAL OF THE VEIL(8)
1) EXODUS 20:19. Saying to Moses: Speak thou to us, and we will
hear: let not the Lord speak to us, lest we die.
2) EXODUS 34:33. And having done speaking, he put a veil upon
his face.
3) EXODUS 34:34. But when he went in to the Lord, and spoke with
him, he took it away until he came forth, and then he spoke to
the children of Israel all things that had been commanded him.
4) EXODUS 34:35. And they saw that the face of Moses when he
came out was horned, but he covered his face again, if at any
time he spoke to them.
5) EXODUS 5:24. Behold the Lord our God hath shewn us his
majesty and his greatness, we have heard his voice out of the
midst of the fire, and have proved this day that God speaking
with man, man hath lived.
6) EXODUS 5:27. Approach thou rather: and hear all things that the
Lord our God shall say to thee, and thou shalt speak to us, and
we will hear and will do them.
7) 3 KINGS 19:13. And when Elias heard it, he covered his face with
his mantle, and coming forth, stood in the entering in of the
cave, and behold a voice unto him, saying: What dost thou
here, Elias? And he answered:
8) 2 PETER 1:20. Understanding this first: That no prophecy of
scripture is made by private interpretation.
PRACTICAL + RELEVANT + SPECIFIC
ANNOTATIONS
2 Peter 1:20 No prophecy of scripture is made by private
interpretation. . . This shows plainly that the scriptures are not
to be expounded by any one’s private judgment or private spirit,
because every part of the holy scriptures were written by men
inspired by the Holy Ghost, and declared as such by the Church;
therefore they are not to be interpreted but by the Spirit of God,
which he hath left, and promised to remain with his Church to
guide her in all truth to the end of the world. Some may tell us,
that many of our divines interpret the scriptures: they may do
so, but they do it always with a submission to the judgment of the
Church, and not otherwise.
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TWELVE (12)
1) EXODUS 13:21. And the Lord went before them to shew the way,
by day in a pillar of a cloud, and by night in a pillar of fire; that
he might be the guide of their journey at both times.
2) EXODUS 13:22. There never failed the pillar of the cloud by day,
nor the pillar of fire by night, before the people.
3) EXODUS 14:20. Stood behind, between the Egyptians’ camp and
the camp of Israel: and it was a dark cloud, and enlightening the
night, so that they could not come at one another all the night.
4) EXODUS 14:24. And now the morning watch was come, and
behold the Lord looking upon the Egyptian army through the
pillar of fire and of the cloud, slew their host.
5) EXODUS 40:34. If at any time the cloud removed from the
tabernacle, the children of Israel went forward by their troops:
6) EXODUS 40:35. If it hung over, they remained in the same place.
7) EXODUS 9:21. If the cloud tarried from evening until morning,
and immediately at break of day left the tabernacle, they
marched forward: and if it departed after a day and a night,
they took down their tents.
8) EXODUS 9:22. But if it remained over the tabernacle for two days
or a month or a longer time, the children of Israel remained
in the same place, and marched not: but immediately as soon
as it departed, they removed the camp.
9) EXODUS 9:23. By the word of the Lord they pitched their tents,
and by his word they marched: and kept the watches of the
Lord according to his commandment by the hand of Moses.
10) EXODUS 14:14. And the inhabitants of this land, (who have heard
that thou, O Lord, art among this people, and art seen face to
face, and thy cloud protecteth them, and thou goest before
them in a pillar of a cloud by day, and in a pillar of fire by night,)
11) 2 ESDRAS 9:12. And in a pillar of a cloud thou wast their leader
by day, and in a pillar of fire by night, that they might see the
way by which they went.
12) 2 ESDRAS 9:19. Yet thou, in thy many mercies, didst not leave
them in the desert: the pillar of the cloud departed not from
them by day to lead them in the way, and the pillar of fire by
night to shew them the way by which they should go.
TWELVE = DOCE = CODE (Anagram #4)
(Sp.) + (Eng)
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THE CHARIOT(9)
1) EXODUS 14:6. So he made ready his chariot, and took all his
people with him.
2) EXODUS 14:7. And he took six hundred chosen chariots, and
all the chariots that were in Egypt: and the captains of the
whole army.
3) EXODUS14:9. And when the Egyptians followed the steps of
them who were gone before, they found them encamped at the
sea side: all Pharao’s horse and chariots and the whole army
were in Phihahiroth, before Beelsephon.
4) EXODUS 14:17. And I will harden the heart of the Egyptians
to pursue you: and I will be glorified in Pharao, and in all his
host, and in his chariots and in his horsemen.
5) EXODUS 14:18: And the Egyptians shall know that I am the
Lord, when I shall be glorified in Pharao, and in his chariots,
and in his horsemen.
6) EXODUS 14:23. And the Egyptians pursuing went in after them,
and all Pharao’s horses, his chariots and horsemen, through
the midst of the sea.
7) EXODUS 14:25. And overthrew the wheels of the chariots, and
they were carried into the deep. And the Egyptians said: Let
us flee from Israel; for the Lord fighteth for them against us.
8) EXODUS 14:26. And the Lord said to Moses: Stretch forth thy
hand over the sea, that the waters may come again upon the
Egyptians, upon their chariots and horsemen.
9) EXODUS 14:28. And the waters returned, and covered the
chariots and the horsemen of all the army of Pharao, who had
come into the sea after them, neither did there so much as
one of them remain.
CHARIOTS = ALL VEHICLES (LAND + AIR + WATER) =
EMISSION + POLLUTION + CONTAMINATION =
GLOBAL WARMING (#3)
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THE LOST CODE(15)
1) GENESIS 4:19 Who took two wives: the name of one was Ada,
and the name of the other SELLA.
2) GENESIS 4:22 SELLA also brought Tubalcain, who was a
hammerer and artificer in every work of brass and iron. And
the sister of Tubalcain was Noema.
3) GENESIS 20:1 Abraham removed from thence to the south
country, and dwelt in Cades and SUR, and sojourned in Gerara.
4) GENESIS 22:24 And his concubine, named ROMA, bore Tabee,
and Gaham, and Tahas, and Maacha.
5) GENESIS 35:25 The sons of BALA, Rachel’s handmaid: Dan and
Nephthali.
6) GENESIS 46:25 These are the sons of BALA, whom Laban gave
to Rachel his daughter: and these she bore to Jacob: all the
souls, seven.
7) JUDGES 19:13 And when I shall come thither, we will lodge
there, or at least in the city of RAMA.
8) 3 KINGS 11:23 God also raised up against him an adversary,
RAZON the son of Eliada, who had fled from his master
Adarezer the king of Soba.
9) 1 PARALIPOMENON 2:55 And the families of the scribes that
dwell in Jabes, singing and making melody, and abiding in
tents. These are the Cinites, who came of CALOR (Chamath)
father of the house of Rechab.
10) 1 ESDRAS 2:5 The children of AREA, seven hundred seventy-five.
11) ESTHER 3:1. After these things, king Assuerus advanced
AMAN, the son of Amadathi, who was of the race of Agag: and
he set his throne above all the princes that were with him.
12) EZECHIEL 19:13 “For thus saith the Lord: You were sold GRATIS,
and you shall be redeemed without money”.
13) DANIEL 29:39 “And he shall do this to fortify Maozism with a
strange god, whom he hath acknowledge, and he shall increase
glory and shall divide the land GRATIS.
14) SOPHONIAS 1:12 And it shall come to pass at that time, that I
will search Jerusalem with lamps, and will visit upon the men
that are settled on their LEES: that say in their hearts: The
Lord will not do good, nor will he do evil.
15) 1 MALACHIAS 1:10 Who is there among you, that will shut the
doors, and will kindle the fire on my altar GRATIS? I have no
pleasure in you, saith the Lord of hosts: and I will not receive
a gift of your hand.
(THE SPANISH KEY)
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DANIEL (9)
1) DANIEL 2:1. In the second year of the reign of Nabuchodonosor,
Nabuchodonosor had a dream, and his spirit was terrified, and
his dream went out of his mind.
2) DANIEL 3:19 Then Nabuchodonosor filled with fury: and the
countenance of his face changed against Sidrach, Misach, and
Abdenago, and he commanded that the furnace should be heated
seven times more than it had been accustomed to.
3) DANIEL 5:6 Then was the king’s countenance changed, and his
thoughts troubled him: and the joints of his loins were loosed, and
his knees struck one against the other.
4) DANIEL 5:9 Wherewith king Baltasar was much troubled, and his
countenance was changed: and his nobles also were troubled.
5) DANIEL 5:10 Then the queen, on occasion of what had happened
to the king, and his nobles, came into the banquet house: and she
spoke and said: O king, live forever: let not thy thoughts trouble
thee, neither let thy countenance be changed.
6) DANIEL 7:28 Hitherto is the end of the word. I Daniel was troubled
with my thoughts, and my countenance was changed in me: but
I kept the word in my heart.
7) DANIEL 10:8 And I being left alone saw this great vision: and there
remainednostrengthinme,andtheappearanceofmycountenance
changed in me, and I fainted, and retained no strength.
8) DANIEL 14:1. And Daniel was the king’s guest, and was honoured
above all his friends.
9) DANIEL 14:30 14:30. And they cast him into the den of lions, and
he was there six days.
ANNOTATIONS
A) Daniel 14:30 The den of lions. . . Daniel was twice cast into the den
of lions; one under Darius the Mede, because he had transgressed
the king’s edict, by praying three times a day: and another time
under EVIL/MERO/DA/CH by sedition of the people. This time he
remained six days in the lions’ den; the other time only one night.
1) EVIL + MERO (Sp.)= ( FISH) + REMO (OAR) + DA
(= Provides, Sp.) + CH (Chariot) = (Anagram #5)
2) VEHICLES = WATER POLLUTION
3) EMISSIONS = GLOBAL WARMING (#4).
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WORMWOOD (7)
1) APOCALYPSE 8:7. And the first angel sounded the trumpet:
and there followed hail and fire, mingled with blood: and it
was cast on the earth. And the third part of the earth was
burnt up: and the third part of the trees was burnt up: and all
green grass was burnt up.
2) APOCALYPSE 8:8. And the second angel sounded the trumpet:
and, as it were, a great mountain, burning with fire, was cast
into the sea. And the third part of the sea became blood.
3) APOCALYPSE 8:10. And the third angel sounded the trumpet:
and a great star fell from heaven, burning as it were a torch. And
it fell on the third part of the rivers and upon the fountains
of waters:
4) APOCALYPSE 8:11. And the name of the star is called Wormwood.
And the third part of the waters became wormwood. And
many men died of the waters, because they were made bitter.
5) APOCALYPSE 8:12. And the fourth angel sounded the trumpet:
and the third part of the sun was smitten, and the third part
of the moon, and the third part of the stars, so that the third
part of them was darkened. And the day did not shine for a third
part of it: and the night in like manner.
6) APOCALYPSE 9:2. And he opened the bottomless pit: and the
smoke of the pit arose, as the smoke of a great furnace. And
the sun and the air were darkened with the smoke of the pit.
7) APOCALYPSE 9:11. A king, the angel of the bottomless pit
(whose name in Hebrew is Abaddon and in Greek Apollyon, in
Latin Exterminans).
1) WORMWOOD =
2) FOSSIL FUELS =
3) POLLUTANTS =
4) EXTERMINANS =
5) OZONE DEPLETION =
6) GLOBAL WARMING =
7) CLIMATE CHANGE
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THE NAZARITE(8)
1) GENESIS 49:26. The blessings of thy father are strengthened
with the blessings of his fathers: until the desire of the
everlasting hills should come: may they be upon the head of
Joseph, and upon the crown of the Nazarite among his brethren.
2) DEUTERONOMY 31:7. And Moses called Josue, and said to him
before all Israel: Take courage, and be valiant: for thou shalt
bring this people into the land which the Lord swore he would
give to their fathers, and thou shalt divide it by lot.
3) DEUTERONOMY31:23.AndtheLordcommandedJosuethesonofNun,
andsaid:Takecourage,andbevaliant:forthoushaltbringthechildren
ofIsraelintothelandwhichIhavepromised,andIwillbewiththee.
4) DEUTERONOMY 33:16. And of the fruits of the earth, and of
the fulness thereof. The blessing of him that appeared in the
bush, come upon the head of Joseph, and upon the crown of
the Nazarite among his brethren.
5) DEUTERONOMY34:9.AndJosuethesonofNunwasfilledwiththespirit
of wisdom, because Moses had laid his hands upon him. And the
childrenofIsraelobeyedhim,anddidastheLordcommandedMoses.
6) JOSUE 1:6. Take courage, and be strong: for thou shalt divide by
lot to this people the land for which I swore to their fathers,
that I would deliver it to them.
7) JOSUE 1:7. Take courage therefore, and be very valiant: that thou
mayst observe and do all the law, which Moses my servant hath
commanded thee: turn not from it to the right hand or to the
left, that thou mayst understand all things which thou dost.
8) JOSUE 1:9. Behold I command thee, take courage, and be strong.
Fear not, and be not dismayed: because the Lord thy God is
with thee in all things whatsoever thou shalt go to.
ANNOTATIONS
A) GENESIS49:26Theblessingsofthyfather,etc. . .Thatis,thyfather’s
blessings are made more prevalent and effectual in thy regard,
by the additional strength they receive from his inheriting the
blessings of his progenitors Abraham and Isaac. The desire of the
everlastinghills,etc. . .Theseblessingsalllookedforwardtowards
Christ,calledthedesireoftheeverlastinghills,asbeinglongedfor,
as it were, by the whole creation. Mystically, the patriarchs and
prophetsarecalledtheeverlastinghills,byreasonoftheeminence
of their wisdom and holiness. The Nazarite. . . This word signifies
oneseparated;andagreestoJoseph,asbeingseparatedfrom,and
more eminent than, his brethren. As the ancient Nazariteswere so
called from their being set aside for God, and vowed to him.
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OSEE (7)
1) NUMBERS 13:17. These are the names of the men, whom Moses
sent to view the land: and he called Osee the son of NUN, Josue.
2) 4 KINGS 17:1. In the twelfth year of Achaz king of Juda, Osee
the son of Ela reigned in Samaria, over Israel, nine years.
3) 4 KINGS 17:6. And in the ninth year of Osee, the king of the
Assyrians took Samaria, and carried Israel away to Assyria:
and he placed them in Hala, and Habor, by the river of Gozan,
in the cities of the Medes.
4) 4 KINGS 18:9. In the fourth year of king Ezechias, which was the
seventh year of Osee, the son of Ela, king of Israel, Salmanasar,
king of the Assyrians, came up to Samaria, and besieged it,
5) 4 KINGS 1:1. The word of the Lord, that came to Osee, the son of
Beeri, in the days of Ozias, Joathan, Achaz, and Ezechias, kings of
Juda, and in the days of Jeroboam, the son of Joas, king of Israel.
6) 4 KINGS 1 :2. The beginning of the Lord’s speaking by Osee:
and the Lord said to Osee: Go, take thee a wife of fornications,
and have of her children of fornications: for the land by
fornication shall depart from the Lord.
7) ECCLESSIASTICUS 46:1. Valiant in war was Jesus the son of
NAVE, who was successor of Moses among the prophets, who
was great according to his name.
PREFACE
1) JOSUE THE SON OF NUN. The Greeks call him Jesus: for Josue
and Jesus in the Hebrew, are the same name, and have the same
signification, viz., a savior. And it was not without a mystery that
he who was to bring the people into the land of promise should
have his name changed from Osee (for so he was called before,
Num. 13.17,) to Josue or Jesus, to give us to understand, that Moses
byhislawcouldonlybringthepeoplewithinsightofthepromised
inheritance, but that our savior Jesus was to bring us into it.
ANNOTATIONS
2) JESUS THE SON OF NAVE. . . So Josue is named in the Greek
Bibles. For Josue and Jesus signify the same thing, viz., a saviour.
NAVE = VEHICLE =
(Sp.)
EMISSIONS = GLOBAL WARMING (#5)
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EMATH (7)
1) NUMBERS 13:22 And when they were gone up, they viewed the
land from the desert of Sin, unto Rohob as you enter into E/MATH.
2) NUMBERS 34:8 From which they shall come to E/MATH, as far as
the borders of Sedada.
3) 4 KINGS 18:34. Where is the god of E/MATH, and of Arphad? Where
is the god of Sepharvaim, of Ana, and of Ava? Have they delivered
Samaria out of my hand?
4) 4 KINGS 19:13. Where is the king of E/MATH, and the king of
Arphad, and the king of the city of Sepharvaim, and of Ana, and
of Ava?
5) 2 ESDRAS 12:38 And above the gate of Ephraim, and above the
old gate, and above the fish gate, and the tower of Hananeel, and
the tower of E/MATH, and even the flock gate: and they stood in
the watch gate.
6) EZECHIEL 48:1. And these are the names of the tribes from the
borders of the north, by the way of Hethalon, as they go to E/
MATH, the court of Enan the border of Damascus northward, by
the way off E/MATH. And from the east side thereof to the sea shall
be one portion for Dan.
7) ZACHARIAS 9:2. E/MATH also in the borders thereof, and Tyre,
and Sidon: for they have taken to themselves to be exceeding wise.
E/ = THE ENVIROMENTAL (MATH)
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The rationale regarding my Douay Rheims Bible Interpretation
of the Sacred Scriptures, came to me early in my studies (2009),
while pondering the meaning of the identification of “The SEVEN”
Verses, and the discovery of the meaning of NET (TEN), as they
provided me with an additional source of investigation. However, in
my analysis of The Scriptures others numbers came into play (8, 9,
12, 15), thus after further study, analysis and interpretation of the
Bible and relevant research, I reached the conclusions regarding my
Theory (2016). The verses that I selected and grouped together, mostly
contain and share common features, phrases and words, or on some
instances they were based on my intuition alone. The Systematic
Methodology that I utilized in order to perform my interpretations
was based on Repetition (Verses Words), Pronunciation (English /
Spanish), Syllable Division, Biblical Names, Anagrams, Analogies, and
Associations, with emphasis on Relevance and Specificity.
The application of any of these factors at different times, by
themselves or in combination with one or others, produced the final
results of my Bible Interpretations and Theory = Specific Alternate
Meaning is Supplemental. A process that took seven years of study and
analysis,andwhichincludedatleastasmuchasfourtimestheresearch
utilized in this book; a period in which the results, interpretations
and conclusions changed frequently and significantly. A fact that
could only be explained by the knowledge acquired by the author,
new research, and the non-traditional linguistic method utilized. It
must be noted that I firmly believe that we should use the entire
bible when attempting to interpret it, including the Annotations and
The Historical and Chronological Index. Finally, in order to achieve
a basic understanding of my interpretations, I recommend and refer
the reader to read and review, the References included at the end of
each part.
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METHODOLOGY of ALTERNATE MEANING THEORY
1) BIBLICAL NAMES
2) SYLLABLE DIVISION
3) PRONUNCIATION
4) REPETITION
5) ANALOGY
6) ASSOCIATION
7) ANAGRAM
METHODOLOGY of BIBLE INTERPRETATIONS
1) FAITH
2) CREATIVITY
3) LOGIC
4) ANALYSIS
5) DISCERNMENT
6) ALTERNATE MEANING
7) INTERPRETATIONS
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INTERPRETATIONS (15)
1) The identification of SEVEN + TEN Verses for the purpose of
my Bible Interpretation, proved to be correct (Eight and Nine
are extensions of Seven).
2) The Identification of TWELVE VERSES (DOCE = CODE), as
essential for the understanding of The Specific Alternate
Meaning Theory.
3) THE SELECTION OF GOD’S “NAZARITES” DIFFERS FROM THAT
OF MEN = VARIANCE (SPIRITUAL ATHLETES).
4) The Identification of the Original Operational Words for The
Specific Alternate Meaning Theory = SWALLOWED VOMITER.
5) APOCALYPSE = E/SPY (Eng.) LA COPA (Sp.) = (Anagram #6) of
VERSE 17:4, Apocalypse THE HARLOT (The Earth) = “HAVING A
GOLDEN CUP IN HER HAND” = Fossil Fuels.
6) Chapter TWELVE of the book of APOCALYPSE, Refers to “The
Assumption of The Virgin Mary” = A TIME AND TIMES, AND A
HALF TIME.
7) The Definition of CHARIOT = All Fossil Fuels energy based
vehicles (Land + Air + Water).
8) The Definition of E/MATH = E/NVIROMENTAL MATH.
9) THE LOST CODE = THE SPANISH KEY.
10) EVILMERODACH = EVIL/MERO/DA/CH.
11) JUDAS IS/CARIOT = JUDAS IS CHARIOT.
12) JOSUE THE SON OF NUN = JOSUE THE SON OF NAVE.
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13) JOSEPH ARI/MATH/EA = (ARITHMETIC).
14) MATH = 7 + 8 + 9 + 10 + 12 + 15 VERSES.
15) EDOM = DOME
INTERPRETATIONS
The Specific Alternate Meaning Theory and Methodology
(Supplemental) results indicate that, the meaning of the topic
“Chariot” (pp.22), is associated with Fossil Fuels based Vehicles
(Air, Land, and Water), as they relate to Carbon Dioxide Emissions,
Pollution, The Ozone Layer Depletion, The Melting of The Ice,
Global Warming, and Climate Change.
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PART II: SELECTED BIBLE STUDY VERSES
This Bible study method is based on the Douay Rheims Bible,
translated into the Latin Vulgate by St. Jerome (342-420) from the
original languages.
The Old Testament was first published by the English College
at Douay A.D. 1609 1610, The New Testament was first published
by the English College at Rheims A.D. 1582, and the whole
translation was revised (including the annotations) by Bishop
Richard Challoner A.D. 1749-1752 (1). It consists of my selection
and chronological placement of specific verses and corresponding
annotations (2), with the purpose of providing the reader with
inspiration and assistance in the understanding of my Bible
Interpretations. The reasoning for this specific selection is the
usefullness of the wisdom of the authors of the Vulgate, with
regards to all things considered Divine, and the knowledge that
they provided this author when interpreting the Bible.
GENESIS
1) Genesis 2:2. And on the seventh day God ended his work which
he had made: and he rested on the seventh day from all his
work which he had done.
He rested, etc. . . That is, he ceased to make or create any new
kinds of things. Though, as our Lord tells us, John 5.17, “He still
worketh”, viz., by conserving and governing all things, and
creating souls.
2) Genesis 7:2. Of all clean beasts take seven and seven, the male
and the female.
Of all clean. . . The distinction of clean and unclean beasts
appears to have been made before the law of Moses, which was
not promulgated till the year of the world 2514.
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3) Genesis 8:20. And NOE built an altar unto the Lord: and taking
of all cattle and fowls that were clean, offered holocausts upon
the altar.
Holocausts,. . . or whole burnt offerings. In which the whole victim
was consumed by fire upon God’s altar, and no part was reserved
for the use of priest or people.
4) Genesis 9:21. And drinking of the wine was made drunk, and
was uncovered in his tent.
Drunk. . . NOE by the judgment of the fathers was not guilty of sin,
in being overcome by wine: because he knew not the strength of it.
ECCLESIASTICUS
5) Ecclesiasticus 46:1. Valiant in war was Jesus the son of Nave,
who was successor of Moses among the prophets, who was
great according to his name,
JESUS THE SON OF NAVE. . . So Josue is named in the Greek Bibles.
For Josue and Jesus signify the same thing, viz., a saviour.
ISAIAS
6) Isaias 2:2. And in the last days the mountain of the house
of the Lord shall be prepared on the top of mountains, and
it shall be exalted above the hills, and all nations shall flow
unto it.
The last days. . . The whole time of the new law, from the coming
of Christ till the end of the world, is called in the scripture the
last days; because no other age or time shall come after it, but
only eternity.--Ibid. On the top of mountains, etc. . . This shews
the perpetual visibility of the church of Christ: for a mountain
upon the top of mountains cannot be hid.
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7) Isaias 4:2. In that day the bud of the Lord shall be in
magnificence and glory, and the fruit of the earth shall be
high, and a great joy to them that shall have escaped of Israel.
The bud of the Lord. . . That is, Christ.
8) Isaias 18:2. That sendeth ambassadors by the sea, and in
vessels of bulrushes upon the waters. Go, ye swift angels, to
a nation rent and torn in pieces: to a terrible people, after
which there is no other: to a nation expecting and trodden
underfoot, whose land the rivers have spoiled.
Angels. . . Or messengers.
9) Isaias 21:11. The burden of Duma calleth to me out of Seir:
Watchman, what of the night? watchman, what of the night?
Duma. . . That is, Idumea, or Edom.
10) Isaias 33:21. Because only there our Lord is magnificent:
a place of rivers, very broad and spacious streams: no ship
with oars shall pass by it, neither shall the great galley pass
through it.
Of rivers. . . He speaks of the rivers of endless joys that flow from
the throne of God to water the heavenly Jerusalem, where no
enemy’s ship can come, etc.
11) Isaias 34:5. For my sword is inebriated in heaven: behold it
shall come down upon Idumea, and upon the people of my
slaughter unto judgment.
Idumea. . . Under the name of Idumea, or Edom a people that were
enemies of the Jews, are here understood the wicked in general,
the enemies of God and his church.
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12) Isaias 63:1. Who is this that cometh from Edom, with dyed
garments from Bosra, this beautiful one in his robe, walking
in the greatness of his strength. I, that speak justice, and am
a defender to save.
Edom. . . Edom and Bosra (a strong city of Edom) are here taken in
a mystical sense for the enemies of Christ and his church.
JEREMIAS
13) Jeremias 10:23. I know, O Lord, that the way of a man is not his:
neither is it in a man to walk, and to direct his steps.
The way of a man is not his. . . The meaning is, that notwithstanding
man’s free will, yet he can do no good without God’s help, nor evil
without his permission. So that, in the present case, all the evils
which Nabuchodonosor was about to bring upon Jerusalem, could
not have come but by the will of God.
14) Jeremias 25:9. Behold I will send, and take all the kindreds
of the north, saith the Lord, and Nabuchodonosor the king
of Babylon my servant: and I will bring them against this
land, and against the inhabitants thereof, and against all the
nations that are round about it: and I will destroy them, and
make them an astonishment and a hissing, and perpetual
desolations.
My servant. . . So this wicked king is here called; because God
made him his instrument in punishing the sins of his people.
15) Jeremias 25:38. He hath forsaken his covert as the lion, for
the land is laid waste because of the wrath of the dove, and
because of the fierce anger of the Lord.
The dove. . . This is commonly understood of Nabuchodonosor,
whose military standard, it is said, was a dove. But the Hebrew
word Jonah, which is here rendered a dove, may also signify a
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waster or oppressor, which name better agrees to that unmerciful
prince; or by comparison, as a dove’s flight is the swiftest, so
would their destruction come upon them.
16) Jeremias 27:7. And all nations shall serve him, and his son, and
his son’s son: till the time come for his land and himself: and
many nations and great kings shall serve him. His son. . . Viz.,
Evilmerodach; and his son’s son, Nabonydus, or Nabonadius,
the Baltassar of Daniel, chap. 5., and the last of the Chaldean
kings.
17) Jeremias 46:25. The Lord of hosts the God of Israel hath said:
Behold I will visit upon the tumult of Alexandria, and upon
Pharao, and upon Egypt, and upon her gods, and upon her
kings, and upon Pharao, and upon them that trust in him.
Visit upon. . . That is, punish.--Ibid. Alexandria. . . In the Hebrew,
No, which was the ancient name of the city, to which Alexander
gave afterwards the name of Alexandria.
18) Jeremias 49:28. Against Cedar and against the kingdoms of
Asor, which Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon destroyed. Thus
saith the Lord: Arise, and go ye up to Cedar, and waste the
children of the east.
Cedar and Asor. . . Were parts of Arabia; which with Moab, Ammon,
Edom, etc., were all brought under the yoke of Nabuchodonosor.
19) Jeremias 50:2. Declare ye among the nations, and publish it,
lift up a standard: proclaim, and conceal it not: say: Babylon
is taken, Bel is confounded, Merodach is overthrown, their
graven things are confounded, their idols are overthrown.
Bel, etc. . . Bel and Merodach were worshipped for gods by the men
of Babylon.
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BARUCH
20) Baruch 3:22. It hath not been heard of in the land of Chanaan,
neither hath it been seen in Theman.
Theman. . . The capital city of Edom.
EZECHIEL
21) Ezechiel 1:5. And in the midst thereof the likeness of four
living creatures: and this was their appearance: there was the
likeness of a man in them.
Living creatures. . . Cherubims (as appears from Ecclesiasticus
49.10) represented to the prophet under these mysterious shapes,
as supporting the throne of God, and as it were drawing his chariot.
All this chapter appeared so obscure, and so full of mysteries to the
ancient Hebrews, that, as we learn from St. Jerome, (Ep. ad Paulin.,)
they suffered none to read it before they were thirty years old.
22) Ezechiel 3:1. And he said to me: Son of man, eat all that thou
shalt find: eat this book, and go speak to the children of Israel.
Eat this book, and go speak to the children of Israel. . . By this eating
of the book was signified the diligent attention and affection with
which we are to receive, and embrace the word of God; and to let
it, as it were, sink into our interior by devout meditation.
23) Ezechiel 11:10. You shall fall by the sword: I will judge you in
the borders of Israel, and you shall know that I am the Lord.
In the borders of Israel. . . They pretended that they should die
in peace in Jerusalem; God tells them it should not be so; but that
they should be judged and condemned, and fall by the sword in
the borders of Israel: viz., in Reblatha in the land of Emath, where
all their chief men were put to death by Nabuchodonosor. 4 Kings
25., and Jer. 52.10, 27.
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24) Ezechiel 12:13. And I will spread my net over him, and he shall
be taken in my net: and I will bring him into Babylon, into
the land of the Chaldeans, and he shall not see it, and there
he shall die.
He shall not see it. . . Because his eyes shall be put out by
Nabuchodonosor
25) Ezechiel 17:3. And say: Thus saith the Lord God; A large eagle
with great wings, long-limbed, full of feathers, and of variety,
came to Libanus, and took away the marrow of the cedar.
A large eagle. . . Nabuchodonosor, king of Babylon.--Ibid. Came to
Libanus. . . That is, to Jerusalem.--Ibid. Took away the marrow of
the cedar. . . King Jechonias.
26) Ezechiel 17:6. And it sprung up and grew into a spreading
vine of low stature, and the branches thereof looked towards
him: and the roots thereof were under him. So it became a
vine, and grew into branches, and shot forth sprigs.
Towards him. . . Nabuchodonosor, to whom Sedecias swore allegiance.
27) Ezechiel 30:14. And I will destroy the land of Phatures, and
will make a fire in Taphnis, and will execute judgments in
Alexandria.
Alexandria. . . In the Hebrew, No: which was the ancient name of
that city, which was afterwards rebuilt by Alexander the Great,
and from his name called Alexandria.
28) Ezechiel 31:11. I have delivered him into the hands of the
mighty one of the nations, he shall deal with him: I have cast
him out according to his wickedness.
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I have delivered. . . Here the time past is put for the future, i. e.,
I shall deliver.--Ibid. The mighty one, etc. . . Viz., Nabuchodonosor,
who conquered both the Assyrians and Egyptians.
29) Ezechiel 34:23. And I WILL SET UP ONE SHEPHERD OVER THEM,
and he shall feed them, even my servant David: he shall feed
them, and he shall be their shepherd.
David. . . Christ, who is of the house of David.
30) Ezechiel 47:1. And he brought me again to the gate of the
house, and behold waters issued out from under the threshold
of the house toward the east: for the forefront of the house
looked toward the east: but the waters came down to the right
side of the temple to the south part of the altar.
Waters. . . These waters are not to be understood literally (for there
were none such that flowed from the temple); but mystically, of
the baptism of Christ, and of his doctrine and his grace: the
trees that grow on the banks are Christian virtues: the fishes are
Christians, that spiritually live in and by these holy waters, the
fishermen are the apostles, and apostolic preachers: the fenny
places, where there is no health, are such as by being out of the
church are separated from these waters of life.
DANIEL
31) Daniel 2:1. In the second year of the reign of Nabuchodonosor,
Nabuchodonosor had a dream, and his spirit was terrified, and
his dream went out of his mind.
The second year. . . Viz., from the death of his father Nabopolassar;
for he had reigned before as partner with his father in the empire.
32) Daniel 3:24. And they walked in the midst of the flame,
praising God, and blessing the Lord.
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And they walked, etc. . . Here St. Jerome takes notice, that from
this verse, to ver. 91, was not in the Hebrew in his time. But as it
was in all the Greek Bibles, (which were originally translated from
the Hebrew,) it is more than probable that it had been formerly in
the Hebrew or rather in the Chaldaic, in which the book of Daniel
was written. But this is certain: that it is, and has been of old,
received by the church, and read as canonical scripture in her
liturgy, and divine offices.
33) Daniel 3:98. Nabuchodonosor, the king, to all peoples, nations,
and tongues, that dwell in all the earth, peace be multiplied
unto you.
Nabuchodonosor, etc. . . These last three verses are a kind of preface
to the following chapter, which is written in the style of an epistle
from the king.
34) Daniel 4:13. Let his heart be changed from man’s, and let a
beast’s heart be given him: and let seven times pass over him.
Let his heart be changed, etc. . . It does not appear by scripture
that Nabuchodonosor was changed from human shape; much less
that he was changed into an ox; but only that he lost his reason,
and became mad; and in this condition remained abroad in the
company of beasts, eating grass like an ox, till his hair grew in
such manner as to resemble the feathers of eagles, and his nails
to be like birds’ claws.
35) Daniel 4:34. Therefore I, Nabuchodonosor, do now praise, and
magnify, and glorify the King of heaven: because all his works
are true, and his ways judgments, and them that walk in pride
he is able to abase.
I,Nabuchodonosor,donow,etc. . .Fromthisplacesomecommentators
infer that this king became a true convert, and dying not long
after, was probably saved.
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36) Daniel 5:1. Baltasar, the king, made a great feast for a thousand
of his nobles: and every one drank according to his age.
Baltasar. . . He is believed to be the same as Nabonydus, the last
of the Chaldean kings, grandson to Nabuchodonosor. He is called
his son, ver. 2, 11, etc., according to the style of the scriptures,
because he was a descendant from him.
37) Daniel 5:2. And being now drunk, he commanded that
they should bring the vessels of gold and silver, which
Nabuchodonosor, his father, had brought away out of the temple,
that was in Jerusalem, that the king and his nobles, and his
wives, and his concubines, might drink
38) Daniel 14:1. And Daniel was the king’s guest, and was
honoured above all his friends.
The king’s guest. . . It seems most probable, that the king
here spoken of was Evilmerodach, the son and successor of
Nabuchodonosor, and a great favourer of the Jews.
39) Daniel 14:30. And they cast him into the den of lions, and he
was there six days.
The den of lions. . . Daniel was twice cast into the den of lions; one
under Darius the Mede, because he had transgressed the king’s
edict, by praying three times a day: and another time under
Evilmerodach by a sedition of the people. This time he remained
six days in the lions’ den; the other time only one night.
40) Daniel 14:30. And they cast him into the den of lions, and he
was there six days.
The den of lions. . . Daniel was twice cast into the den of lions; one
under Darius the Mede, because he had transgressed the king’s
edict, by praying three times a day: and another time under
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Evilmerodach by a sedition of the people. This time he remained
six days in the lions’ den; the other time only one night.
NAHUM
41) Nahum 3:8. Art thou better than the populous Alexandria,
that dwelleth among the rivers? waters are round about it: the
sea is its riches: the waters are its walls.
Populous Alexandria. . . No-Ammon. A populous city of Egypt
destroyed by the Chaldeans, and afterwards rebuilt by Alexander,
and called Alexandria. Others suppose No-Ammon to be the same
as Diospolis.
HABACUC
42) Habacuc 1:11. Then shall his spirit be changed, and he shall
pass, and fall: this is his strength of his god.
Then shall his spirit, etc. . . Viz., the spirit of the king of Babylon.
It alludes to the judgment of God upon Nabuchodonosor, recorded
Dan. 4., and to the speedy fall of the Chaldean empire.
ZACHARIAS
43) Zacharias 3:8. Hear, O Jesus thou high priest, thou and thy
friends that dwell before thee, for they are portending men:
for behold, I WILL BRING MY SERVANT THE ORIENT.
Portending men. . . That is, men, who by words and actions are
to foreshew wonders that are to come.--Ibid. My servant the
Orient. . . Christ, who according to his humanity is the servant of
God, is called the Orient from his rising like the sun in the east
to enlighten the world.
44) Zacharias 3:9. For behold the stone that I have laid before
Jesus: upon one stone there are seven eyes: behold I will grave
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the graving thereof, saith the Lord of hosts: and I will take
away the iniquity of that land in one day.
The stone. . . Another emblem of Christ, the rock, foundation,
and corner stone of his church.--Ibid. Seven eyes. . . The manifold
providence of Christ over his church, or the seven gifts of the
spirit of God.--Ibid. One day. . . Viz., the day of the passion of
Christ, the source of all our good: when this precious stone shall
be graved, that is, cut and pierced, with whips, thorns, nails, and
spear.
45) Zacharias 4:6. And he answered, and spoke to me, saying: This
is the word of the Lord to Zorobabel, saying: Not with an army,
nor by might, but by my spirit, saith the Lord of hosts.
To Zorobabel. . . This vision was in favour of Zorobabel: to assure
him of success in the building of the temple, which he had begun,
signified by the candlestick; the lamp of which, without any other
industry, was supplied with oil, dropping from the two olive trees,
and distributed by the seven funnels or pipes, to maintain the
seven lights.
46) Zacharias 9:16. And the Lord their God will save them in that
day, as the flock of his people: for holy stones shall be lifted
up over his land.
Holy stones. . . The apostles, who shall be as pillars and monuments
in the church.
1 MACHABEES
47) 1 Machabees 2:55. Jesus, whilst he fulfilled the word, was
made ruler in Israel.
Jesus. . . That is, Josue.
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MATTHEW
48) Matthew 1:25. And he knew her not till she brought forth her
first born son: and he called his name Jesus.
Till she brought forth her firstborn son. . . From these words
Helvidius and other heretics most impiously inferred that the
blessed Virgin Mary had other children besides Christ; but St.
Jerome shews, by divers examples, that this expression of the
Evangelist was a manner of speaking usual among the Hebrews,
to denote by the word until, only what is done, without any regard
to the future. Thus it is said, Genesis 8. 6 and 7, that Noe sent
forth a raven, which went forth, and did not return till the waters
were dried up on the earth. That is, did not return any more. Also
Isaias 46. 4, God says: I am till you grow old. Who dare infer that
God should then cease to be: Also in the first book of Machabees
5. 54, And they went up to mount Sion with joy and gladness, and
offered holocausts, because not one of them was slain till they had
returned in peace. That is, not one was slain before or after they
had returned. God saith to his divine Son: Sit on my right hand
till I make thy enemies thy footstool. Shall he sit no longer after
his enemies are subdued? Yea and for all eternity. St. Jerome also
proves by Scripture examples, that an only begotten son, was also
called firstborn, or first begotten: because according to the law,
the firstborn males were to be consecrated to God; Sanctify unto
me, saith the Lord, every firstborn that openeth the womb among
the children of Israel, etc. Ex. 13. 2.
49) Matthew 16:18. And I say to thee: That thou art Peter; and
upon this rock I will build my church, and the gates of hell
shall not prevail against it.
Thou art Peter, etc. . . As St. Peter, by divine revelation, here made
a solemn profession of his faith of the divinity of Christ; so in
recompense of this faith and profession, our Lord here declares to
him the dignity to which he is pleased to raise him: viz., that he to
whom he had already given the name of Peter, signifying a rock,
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St. John 1. 42, should be a rock indeed, of invincible strength,
for the support of the building of the church; in which building
he should be, next to Christ himself, the chief foundation stone,
in quality of chief pastor, ruler, and governor; and should have
accordingly all fulness of ecclesiastical power, signified by the
keys of the kingdom of heaven. Upon this rock, etc. . . The words
of Christ to Peter, spoken in the vulgar language of the Jews which
our Lord made use of, were the same as if he had said in English,
Thou art a Rock, and upon this rock I will build my church. So
that, by the plain course of the words, Peter is here declared to
be the rock, upon which the church was to be built: Christ himself
being both the principal foundation and founder of the same.
Where also note, that Christ, by building his house, that is, his
church, upon a rock, has thereby secured it against all storms
and floods, like the wise builder, St. Matt. 7. 24, 25. The gates of
hell, etc. . . That is, the powers of darkness, and whatever Satan
can do, either by himself, or his agents. For as the church is here
likened to a house, or fortress, built on a rock; so the adverse
powers are likened to a contrary house or fortress, the gates of
which, that is, the whole strength, and all the efforts it can make,
will never be able to prevail over the city or church of Christ. By
this promise we are fully assured, that neither idolatry, heresy,
nor any pernicious error whatsoever shall at any time prevail
over the church of Christ.
50) Matthew 19:12. For there are eunuchs, who were born so from
theirmotherswomb:andthereareeunuchs,whoweremadesoby
men: and there are eunuchs, who have made themselves eunuchs
for the kingdom of heaven. He that can take, let him take it.
There are eunuchs, who have made themselves eunuchs, for the
kingdom of heaven. . . This text is not to be taken in the literal
sense; but means, that there are such, who have taken a firm and
commendable resolution of leading a single and chaste life, in
order to serve God in a more perfect state than those who marry:
as St. Paul clearly shews. 1 Cor. 7. 37, 38.
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51) Matthew 23:9. And call none your father upon earth; for one
is your father, who is in heaven.
Call none your father--Neither be ye called masters, etc. . . The
meaning is that our Father in heaven is incomparably more to
be regarded, than any father upon earth: and no master to be
followed, who would lead us away from Christ. But this does not
hinder but that we are by the law of God to have a due respect
both for our parents and spiritual fathers, (1 Cor. 4. 23:15,) and
for our masters and teachers.
52) Matthew 24:28. Wheresoever the body shall be, there shall
the eagles also be gathered together.
Wheresoever, etc. . . The coming of Christ shall be sudden, and
manifest to all the world, like lightning: and wheresoever he shall
come, thither shall all mankind be gathered to him, as eagles are
gathered about a dead body.
53) Matthew 24:30. And then shall appear the sign of the Son of
man in heaven. And then shall all tribes of the earth mourn:
and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of
heaven with much power and majesty.
The sign, etc. . . The cross of Christ.
54) Matthew 28:18. And Jesus coming, spoke to them, saying: All
power is given to me in heaven and in earth.
All power, etc. . . See here the warrant and commission of the
apostles and their successors, the bishops and pastors of Christ’s
church. He received from his Father all power in heaven and in
earth: and in virtue of this power, he sends them (even as his
Father sent him, St. John 20. 21) to teach and disciple, not one, but
all nations; and instruct them in all truths: and that he may assist
them effectually in the execution of this commission, he promises
to be with them, not for three or four hundred years only, but all
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days, even to the consummation of the world. How then could the
Catholic Church ever go astray; having always with her pastors,
as is here promised, Christ himself, who is the way, the truth, and
the life. St. John 14.
MARK
55) Mark 16:2. And very early in the morning, the first day of the
week, they come to the sepulchre, the sun being now risen.
The sun being now risen. . . They set out before it was light, to go
to the sepulchre; but the sun was risen when they arrived there.
Or, figuratively, the sun here spoken of is the sun of justice, Christ
Jesus our Lord, who was risen before their coming.
LUKE
56) Luke 2:34. And Simeon blessed them and said to Mary his
mother: Behold this child is set for the fall and for the
resurrection of many in Israel and for a sign which shall be
contradicted.
For the fall, etc. . . Christ came for the salvation of all men; but
here Simeon prophesies what would come to pass, that many
through their own wilful blindness and obstinacy would not
believe in Christ, nor receive his doctrine, which therefore would
be ruin to them: but to others a resurrection, by their believing
in him, and obeying his commandments.
57) Luke 10:21. In that same hour, he rejoiced in the Holy Ghost
and said: I confess to thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth,
because thou hast hidden these things from the wise and
prudent and hast revealed them to little ones. Yea, Father, for
so it hath seemed good in thy sight.
He rejoiced in the Holy Ghost. . . That is, according to his humanity
he rejoiced in the Holy Ghost, and gave thanks to his eternal Father.
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58) Luke 15:10. So I say to you, there shall be joy before the angels
of God upon one sinner doing penance.
Before the angels. . . By this it is plain that the spirits in heaven
have a concern for us below, and a joy at our repentance and
consequently a knowledge of it.
59) Luke 24:49. And I send the promise of my Father upon you:
but stay you in the city till you be endued with power from
on high.
The promise of my Father. . . that is, the Holy Ghost, whom Christ had
promised that his Father and he would send, John 14. 26, and 17. 7.
JOHN
60) John 14:16. And I will ask the Father: and he shall give you
another Paraclete, that he may abide with you for ever:
Paraclete. . . That is, a comforter: or also an advocate; inasmuch
as by inspiring prayer, he prays, as it were, in us, and pleads for
us. For ever. . . Hence it is evident that this Spirit of Truth was
not only promised to the persons of the apostles, but also to their
successors through all generations.
61) John 14:26. But the Paraclete, the Holy Ghost, whom the Father
will send in my name, he will teach you all things and bring
all things to your mind, whatsoever I shall have said to you.
Teach you all things. . . Here the Holy Ghost is promised to the
apostles and their successors, particularly, in order to teach them
all truth, and to preserve them from error.
62) John 14:28. You have heard that I said to you: I go away, and
I come unto you. If you loved me you would indeed be glad,
because I go to the Father: for the Father is greater than I.
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For the Father is greater than I. . . It is evident, that Christ our Lord
speaks here of himself as he is made man: for as God he is equal to
theFather.(SeePhil.2.)Anydifficultyofunderstandingthemeaning
of these words will vanish, when the relative circumstances of the
text here are considered: for Christ being at this time shortly to
suffer death, signified to his apostles his human nature by these
very words: for as God he could not die. And therefore as he was
both God and man, it must follow that according to his humanity
he was to die, which the apostles were soon to see and believe, as he
expresses, ver. 29. And now I have told you before it come to pass:
that when it shall come to pass, you may believe.
63) John 15:26. But when the Paraclete cometh, whom I will send
you from the Father, the Spirit of truth, who proceedeth from
the Father, he shall give testimony of me.
Whom I will send. . . This proves, against the modern Greeks,
that the Holy Ghost proceedeth from the Son, as well as from the
Father: otherwise he could not be sent by the Son.
64) John 16:8. And when he is come, he will convince the world
of sin and of justice and of judgment.
He will convince the world of sin, etc. . . The Holy Ghost, by his
coming brought over many thousands, first, to a sense of their sin
in not believing in Christ. Secondly, to a conviction of the justice
of Christ, now sitting at the right hand of his Father. And thirdly,
to a right apprehension of the judgment prepared for them that
choose to follow Satan, who is already
ACTS
65) Acts 2:23. This same being delivered up, by the determinate
counsel and foreknowledge of God, you by the hands of wicked
men have crucified and slain.
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By the determinate, etc. . . God delivered up his Son; and his Son
delivered up himself, for the love of us, and for the sake of our
salvation; and so Christ’s being delivered up was holy, and was
God’s own determination. But they who betrayed and crucified
him, did wickedly, following therein their own malice and the
instigation of the devil; not the will and determination of God,
who was by no means the author of their wickedness; though he
permitted it; because he could, and did draw out of it so great a
good, viz., the salvation of man.
66) Acts 7:45. Which also our fathers receiving, brought in with
Jesus, into the possession of the Gentiles: whom God drove out
before the face of our fathers, unto the days of David,
Jesus. . . That is Josue, so called in Greek.
67) Acts 8:17. Then they laid their hands upon them: and they
received the Holy Ghost.
They laid their hands upon them, etc. . . The apostles administered
the sacrament of confirmation, by imposition of hands, and prayer;
and the faithful thereby received the Holy Ghost. Not but they had
received the grace of the Holy Ghost at their baptism: yet not that
plenitude of grace and those spiritual gifts which they afterwards
received from bishops in the sacrament of confirmation, which
strengthened them to profess their faith publicly.
ROMANS
68) Romans 1:4. Who was predestinated the Son of God in power,
according to the spirit of sanctification, by the resurrection
of our Lord Jesus Christ from the dead:
Predestinated, etc. . . Christ as man, was predestinated to be the Son
of God: and declared to be so (as the apostle here signifies) first,
by power, that is, by his working stupendous miracles; secondly,
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by the spirit of sanctification, that is, by his infinite sanctity;
thirdly, by his resurrection, or raising himself from the dead.
69) Romans 3:28. For we account a man to be justified by faith,
without the works of the law.
By faith, etc. . . The faith, to which the apostle here attributes
man’s justification, is not a presumptuous assurance of our being
justified; but a firm and lively belief of all that God has revealed or
promised. Heb. 11. A faith working through charity in Jesus Christ.
Gal. 5.6. In short, a faith which takes in hope, love, repentance,
and the use of the sacraments. And the works which he here
excludes, are only the works of the law: that is, such as are done
by the law of nature, or that of Moses, antecedent to the faith of
Christ: but by no means, such as follow faith, and proceed from it.
70) Romans 4:2. For if Abraham were justified by works, he hath
whereof to glory, but not before God.
By works. . . Done by his own strength, without the grace of God,
and faith in him. Not before God. . . Whatever glory or applause
such works might procure from men, they would be of no value
in the sight of God.
71) Romans 8:16. For the Spirit himself giveth testimony to our
spirit that we are the sons of God.
The Spirit himself, etc. . . By the inward motions of divine love,
and the peace of conscience, which the children of God experience,
they have a kind of testimony of God’s favour; by which they
are much strengthened in their hope of their justification and
salvation; but yet not so as to pretend to an absolute assurance:
which is not usually granted in this mortal life: during which we
are taught to work out our salvation with fear and trembling. Phil.
2.12. And that he that thinketh himself to stand, must take heed
lest he fall. 1 Cor. 10.12. See also, Rom. 11.20, 21, 22.
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72) Romans 8:29. For whom he foreknew, he also predestinated
to be made conformable to the image of his Son: that he might
be the Firstborn amongst many brethren.
He also predestinated, etc. . . That is, God hath preordained
that all his elect should be conformable to the image of his Son.
We must not here offer to pry into the secrets of God’s eternal
election; only firmly believe that all our good, in time and
eternity, flows originally from God’s free goodness; and all our
evil from man’s free will.
1 CORINTHIANS
73) 1 Corinthians 3:12. Now, if any man build upon this foundation,
gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, stubble:
Upon this foundation. . . The foundation is Christ and his doctrine:
or the true faith in him, working through charity. The building
upon this foundation gold, silver, and precious stones, signifies
the more perfect preaching and practice of the gospel; the wood,
hay, and stubble, such preaching as that of the Corinthian teachers
(who affected the pomp of words and human eloquence) and such
practice as is mixed with much imperfection, and many lesser
sins. Now the day of the Lord, and his fiery trial, (in the particular
judgment immediately after death,) shall make manifest of what
sort every man’s work has been: of which, during this life, it is
hard to make a judgment. For then the fire of God’s judgment
shall try every man’s work. And they, whose works, like wood,
hay, and stubble, cannot abide the fire, shall suffer loss; these
works being found to be of no value; yet they themselves, having
built upon the right foundation, (by living and dying in the true
faith and in the state of grace, though with some imperfection,)
shall be saved yet so as by fire; being liable to this punishment,
by reason of the wood, hay, and stubble, which was mixed with
their building.
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PHILIPPIANS
74) Philippians 4:8. For the rest, brethren, whatsoever things are
true, whatsoever modest, whatsoever just, whatsoever holy,
whatsoever lovely, whatsoever of good fame, if there be any
virtue, if any praise of discipline: think on these things.
For the rest, brethren, whatsoever things are true, etc. . . Here
the apostle enumerates general precepts of morality, which they
ought to practise. Whatsoever things are true. . . in words, in
promises, in lawful oaths, etc., he commands rectitude of mind,
and sincerity of heart. Whatsoever modest. . . by these words he
prescribes gravity in manners, modesty in dress, and decency in
conversation. Whatsoever just. . . That is, in dealing with others,
in buying or selling, in trade or business, to be fair and honest.
Whatsoever holy. . . by these words may be understood, that those
who are in a religious state professed, or in holy orders, should lead
a life of sanctity and chastity, according to the vows they make;
but these words being also applied to those in the world, indicate
the virtuous life they are bound by the divine commandments
to follow. Whatsoever lovely. . . that is, to practise those good
offices in society, that procure us the esteem and good will of
our neighbours. Whatsoever of good fame. . . That is, that by our
conduct and behaviour we should edify our neighbours, and give
them good example by our actions. If there be any virtue, if any
praise of discipline. . . that those in error, by seeing the morality
and good discipline of the true religion, may be converted. And
finally, the apostle commands, not only the Philippians, but all
Christians, to think on these things. . . that is, to make it their
study and concern that the peace of God might be with them.
COLOSSIANS
75) Colossians 4:16. And when this epistle shall have been read
with you, cause that it be read also in the church of the
Laodiceans: and that you read that which is of the Laodiceans.
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And that you read that which is of the Laodiceans. . . What this
epistle was is uncertain, and annotators have given different
opinions concerning it. Some expound these words of an epistle
which St. Paul wrote to the Laodiceans, and is since lost, for that
now extant is no more than a collection of sentences out of the
other epistles of St. Paul; therefore it cannot be considered even
as a part of that epistle. Others explain that the text means a
letter sent to St. Paul by the Laodiceans, which he sends to the
Colossians to be read by them. However, this opinion does not
seem well founded. Hence it is more probable that St. Paul wrote
an epistle from Rome to the Laodiceans, about the same time that
he wrote to the Colossians, as he had them both equally at heart,
and that he ordered that epistle to be read by the Colossians
for their instructions; and being neighbouring cities, they might
communicate to each other what they had received from him;
as one epistle might contain some matters not related in the
other, and would be equally useful for their concern; and more
particularly as they were equally disturbed by intruders and false
teachers, against which the apostle was anxious to warn them,
lest they should be infected by their pernicious doctrine.
HEBREWS
76) Hebrews 4:8. For if Jesus had given them rest he would never
have afterwards spoken of another day.
Jesus. . . Josue, who in Greek is called Jesus.
1 JOHN
77) 1 John 2:20. But you have the unction from the Holy One and
know all things.
John The unction from the Holy One. . . That is, grace and wisdom
from the Holy Ghost. Know all things. . . The true children of God’s
church, remaining in unity, under the guidance of their lawful
pastors, partake of the grace of the Holy Ghost, promised to the
