Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Ecclesiastes 12:10
The preacher sought to find out acceptable words: and that which was written was upright, even words of truth.Acceptable — Such as would comfort and profit the readers. read more
Ecclesiastes 12
John Wesley
John Wesley
Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Ecclesiastes 12:11
The words of the wise are as goads, and as nails fastened by the masters of assemblies, which are given from one shepherd.Nails — Piercing into men's dull minds, which make powerful and abiding impressions in them.Masters — By the teachers of God's church, appointed of God for that work.Shepherd — From Christ, the great Shepherd of the church in all ages. read more
John Wesley
Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Ecclesiastes 12:12
And further, by these, my son, be admonished: of making many books there is no end; and much study is a weariness of the flesh.By these — By these wise men, and their writings. read more
John Wesley
Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Ecclesiastes 12:13
Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man.The conclusion — The sum of all that hath been said or written by wise men.Fear God — Which is put here, for all the inward worship of God, reverence, and love, and trust, and a devotedness of heart to serve and please him.The whole — It is his whole work and business, his whole perfection and happiness; it is the sum of what he need either know, or do, or enjoy. read more
John Wesley
Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Ecclesiastes 12:14
For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil.For — All men must give an account to God of all their works, and this alone will enable them to do that with joy.Every secret — Not only outward and visible actions, but even inward and secret thoughts. read more
Daniel Whedon
Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Ecclesiastes 12
In the last chapter Koheleth counsels the young man what he should avoid, he now warns him what he should do. read more
Daniel Whedon
Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Ecclesiastes 12:1
1. Remember Solemn reminder of what youth is inclined to forget. Thy Creator Who formed the frame described in Ecclesiastes 12:6, and will bring thee to judgment, Ecclesiastes 12:14. Now… thy youth In emphatic contrast with thy gloomy old age, brought on by forgetting God, pictured in Ecclesiastes 12:2-5. when woe and care will render such piety difficult, and with that dissolution, (6, 7,) which make repentance impossible. Wretched is the man who gives his best days and strongest... read more
Daniel Whedon
Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Ecclesiastes 12:2
2. The old age of the God-forgetter is a world with its lights, sun, moon, stars, all darkened. The night of the soul within sheds blackness on the world without. read more
Daniel Whedon
Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Ecclesiastes 12:3
3. House The aged body is compared to a “house,” or rather to a mill structure, in which the vital functions and operations are a grinding, and which is defended by keepers, and upheld by strong men, with windows through which the inmates look out upon the world. These “keepers,” that defend, are the arms; these supporters are the legs; and the “windows” are the eyes. Of old age the arm and hand are tremulous, the legs bent and tottering, the teeth, or grinders, cease to... read more
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Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Ecclesiastes 12:9
And moreover, because the preacher was wise, he still taught the people knowledge; yea, he gave good heed, and sought out, and set in order many proverbs.Taught — As God gave him this wisdom, that he might be a teacher of others. So he used it to that end.Gave heed — He did not utter whatever came into his mind, but seriously pondered both his matter and words. read more