A Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Haggai
Overview
Lange’s Commentary on the Holy Scriptures has served as a standard reference for more than a century. The subtitle “Critical, Doctrinal, and Homiletical” aptly describes the three-pronged approach to the biblical text. This translated version of the German text is often considered by many to be superior to the original.
Top Highlights
“This point deserves attention here, for if we compare our Prophet’s discourses with the Book of Ezra, we shall find that the delay in the great work was due no less to the unfaithfulness and faint-heartedness of the people than to the machinations of their enemies.” (Page 4)
“And if God was indeed with them, not only would the possession of his favor and the enjoyment of his presence compensate for all past distresses, and be all-sufficient for the new and untried future, but his help, his working with them, would establish the work of their hands, and in his strength they would be strong. He declares to them besides, that, as the Covenant is still in force, they are as much the object of his care as when that Covenant was first ratified, and that in the power of his Spirit resident with and among them, they would continually enjoy his presence and support.” (Page 14)
“It was not quite seventy years since the destruction of the First Temple, and there must have been some of those still remaining, whose weeping voices had thrown such a gloom upon the ceremony of laying the foundation of the present House (Ezra 3:12, 13), with whom the Kingdom of Israel was not a matter of tradition but of personal experience.” (Page 14)
“Haggai was the earliest of the Prophets of the Restoration, preceding Zechariah by about two months” (Page 3)
“But a new danger soon threatened to retard the progress of the work, a manifestation of despondency on the part of some of the people.” (Page 14)
- Title: A Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Haggai
- Authors: J. Frederick McCurdy, Johann Peter Lange, Philip Schaff
- Series: Lange’s Commentary
- Publisher: Faithlife
- Print Publication Date: 2008
- Logos Release Date: 2008
- Era: era:modern
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
- Subject: Bible. O.T. Haggai › Commentaries
- Resource ID: LLS:LANGE37HAG
- Resource Type: Bible Commentary
- Metadata Last Updated: 2022-10-05T17:03:25Z