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Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - 1 Corinthians 10:1-33

Chapter 10Moreover, brethren, I would not that you should be ignorant, how that all our fathers were under the cloud, and passed through the sea ( 1 Corinthians 10:1 );Now he is talking about their forefathers who were delivered out of Egypt. God used the cloud to guide them by day and the pillar of fire by night. The cloud had more than just a guiding. They were under the cloud. They were going to be spending time in that hot desert, and so what did God do? He put a cloud over them that... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - 1 Corinthians 10:1-33

1 Corinthians 10:1 . I would not have you ignorant of the grand point, the foundation of the Hebrew religion; that our fathers, for such was the usual language of the jews and proselytes respecting the Israelites, were under the cloud, the symbol of Jehovah’s presence, and the visible token of covenant favour and protection. And this cloud distinguished them from all other nations. 1 Corinthians 10:2-4 . And were all baptized unto Moses in the cloud and in the sea. He initiated them... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - 1 Corinthians 10:21

21 Ye cannot drink the cup of the Lord, and the cup of devils: ye cannot be partakers of the Lord’s table, and of the table of devils. Ver. 21. Partakers of the Lord’s table ] Name and thing. The Popish opinion of mass was, that it might not be celebrated but upon an altar, or at least upon a superaltare, which must have its prints and carects, or else the thing was not thought to be lawfully done. Our communion table they call an oyster board. (Acts and Mon.) And the table of devils ]... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - 1 Corinthians 10:21

cannot drink: 1 Corinthians 10:16, 1 Corinthians 8:10, Deuteronomy 32:37, Deuteronomy 32:38, 1 Kings 18:21, Matthew 6:24, 2 Corinthians 6:15-Esther : Reciprocal: Exodus 18:12 - Aaron Exodus 20:23 - General Exodus 34:15 - eat Leviticus 3:11 - the food Leviticus 11:40 - eateth 1 Kings 7:48 - the table 2 Chronicles 4:8 - ten tables 2 Chronicles 11:15 - for the devils Psalms 86:11 - unite Psalms 116:13 - I will take Isaiah 65:11 - prepare Jeremiah 44:8 - ye provoke Ezekiel 8:3 - provoketh... read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - 1 Corinthians 10:21

Ye cannot drink the cup of the Lord, and the cup of devils: ye cannot be partakers of the Lord's table, and of the table of devils.Ye cannot drink the cup of the Lord, and the cup of devils — You cannot have communion with both. read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 10:21

21. Cannot Ye can do one or the other; but ye cannot do both. It is a cannot arising from the incompatibility of the two things. It was the contrariety of the kingdoms of light and of darkness, and the apostle solemnly warns them to beware on which side they stand. Cup of the Lord The Jehovah of the Old Testament, who was at war with all idolatries, the Christ of the New Testament, who is establishing the kingdom of light on earth. Cup of devils This refers to the festal cup at the... read more

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