创世记 19:4-5 RCUVSS

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Genesis 19:4-11

CRITICAL NOTES.—Genesis 19:5. That we may know them.] A well-known euphemism for a foul crime which derives its name from this infamous place. “From Leviticus 22-25 we learn that the practice of the sin here contemplated was among the principal causes why God exterminated the Canaanitish nations.” (Alford.) This sin was also the curse of heathenism, even in the best days of Rome. (Romans 1:22.) Genesis 19:5. And they called unto Lot.] “That is, with a loud voice; demanded vociferously; which... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Genesis 19:1-38

Genesis 19:0 Notice: I. Sodom's sinfulness. Her sins were committed amidst an unbounded flush of prosperity; they were committed amidst scenes of much natural loveliness, Nature being outraged before the eye of her most beautiful forms; and they were committed not only in opposition to Nature's silent, but to God's spoken, warnings. II. Notice Sodom's warnings. One was given by the entrance of Lot within its gates; another was given by the advent of Chedorlaomer and the invaders from the east.... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Genesis 19:1-38

Chapter nineteen of the book of Genesis deals with the destruction of the city of Sodom. The Lord came to Abraham and informed him of the fact that because of the wickedness of Sodom, it was necessary for the judgment of God to come. Abraham pleaded with the Lord for Sodom, interceded actually saying, "But what if there are fifty righteous; would You destroy the righteous with the wicked?" And the basis of Abraham's intercession was the Lord of the earth should be fair, or be just. Even in... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Genesis 19:1-38

Genesis 19:1. Lot sat in the gate of Sodom, as a magistrate, no doubt, for the wicked accuse him of making himself a judge or elder. The main gate of a city was the usual place of hearing causes, and administering justice. There is no intimation that he sat there merely for hospitality. Genesis 19:4. Old and young. The whole inhabitants of Sodom were utterly corrupted, and they wished all the world to know the perfection of their wickedness. Genesis 19:5. Know them. This most... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Genesis 19:4-11

Genesis 19:4-11But the men put forth their hand, and pulled Lot into the house to them, and shut to the doorThe eve of judgment to sinnersI.THEIR WICKEDNESS IS UNABATED. 1. It extends to all classes of the community. 2. It includes the most shameful lusts. 3. It opposes the righteous to the last. II. THEY EXPOSE THEMSELVES TO INFLICTIONS WHICH FORESHADOW FUTURE JUDGMENTS. Blindness-moral as well as physical. III. THEIR CONDUCT OFTEN BECOMES A SOURCE OF DANGEROUS PERPLEXITY TO THE RIGHTEOUS (see... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Genesis 19:4

Gen 19:4 But before they lay down, the men of the city, [even] the men of Sodom, compassed the house round, both old and young, all the people from every quarter: Ver. 4. Both old and young. ] Nulla aetas erat culpae immunis, ideo nec exitii . - Ambrose. Sin spreads as leaven, and is as catching as the plague; like the Jerusalem artichoke, plant it where you will, it overruns the ground, and chokes the heart. read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Genesis 19:5

Gen 19:5 And they called unto Lot, and said unto him, Where [are] the men which came in to thee this night? bring them out unto us, that we may know them. Ver. 5. That we may know them. ] O faces hatched with impudency! They shroud not their sin in a mantle of secrecy, but hang out these sour grapes to the sun to ripen. read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Genesis 19:4

But: Proverbs 4:16, Proverbs 6:18, Micah 7:3, Romans 3:15 all: Genesis 13:13, Genesis 18:20, Exodus 16:2, Exodus 23:2, Jeremiah 5:1-Joshua :, Jeremiah 5:31, Matthew 27:20-Lamentations : Reciprocal: Genesis 19:7 - General Deuteronomy 23:17 - sodomite Judges 19:22 - the men Judges 20:5 - beset 2 Kings 23:7 - the sodomites Jeremiah 44:15 - all the Luke 17:28 - General Romans 5:13 - until read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Genesis 19:5

Leviticus 18:22, Leviticus 20:13, Judges 19:22, Isaiah 1:9, Isaiah 3:9, Jeremiah 3:3, Jeremiah 6:15, Ezekiel 16:49, Ezekiel 16:51, Matthew 11:23, Matthew 11:24, Romans 1:23, Romans 1:24, Romans 1:26, Romans 1:27, 1 Corinthians 6:9, 1 Timothy 1:10, 2 Timothy 3:13, Jude 1:7 Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 23:17 - sodomite 1 Kings 14:24 - And there 1 Kings 22:46 - the remnant 2 Kings 23:7 - the sodomites Job 36:14 - unclean Ezekiel 16:50 - and committed read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Genesis 19:4

But before they lay down, the men of the city, even the men of Sodom, compassed the house round, both old and young, all the people from every quarter:Here were old and young all from every quarter - The old were not past it, and the young were soon come up to it. Either they had no magistrates to protect the peaceable, or their magistrates were themselves aiding and abetting. read more