Malaquías 4:2 RVR1960

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Malachi 4:1-3

The great and terrible day of the Lord is here prophesied of. This, like the pillar of cloud and fire, shall have a dark side turned towards the Egyptians that fight against God, and a bright side towards the faithful Israelites that follow him: The day cometh, that is, the Lord cometh, the day of the Lord; and it has reference both to the first and to the second coming of Jesus Christ; the day of both was fixed, and should answer the character here given of it. I. In both Christ is a... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Malachi 4:2

But unto you that fear my name ,.... The few that were of this character among that wicked nation; See Gill on Malachi 3:16 , shall the Sun of righteousness arise ; not the Holy Ghost, who enlightens sinners, convinces of righteousness, and gives joy, peace, and comfort to the saints, but Christ: and thus it is interpreted of him by the ancient Jews, in one of their Midrashes or expositions F1 Shemot Rabba, sect. 31. fol. 134. 2. ; they say, Moses says not they shall be for ever... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Malachi 4:2

You that fear my name - The persons mentioned in the sixteenth verse of the preceding chapter, ye that look for redemption through the Messiah. The Sun of righteousness - The Lord Jesus, the promised Messiah; the Hope of Israel. With healing in his wings - As the sun, by the rays of light and heat, revives, cheers, and fructifies the whole creation, giving, through God, light and life everywhere; so Jesus Christ, by the influences of his grace and Spirit, shall quicken, awaken,... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Malachi 4:2

Verse 2 The Prophet now turns his discourse to the godly; and hence it appears more clearly that he has been hitherto threatening those gross hypocrites who arrogated sanctity to themselves alone, while yet they were continuing to provoke God’s wrath; for he evidently addresses some different from those previously spoken of, when he says, Arise to you, etc.; he separates those who feared God, or the true servants of God, from that multitude with whom he has been hitherto contending. Arise,... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Malachi 4:1-3

4. The final separation of the evil and the good at the day of judgment. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Malachi 4:1-3

The day of the world's retribution. "For, behold, the day cometh that shall burn as an oven," etc. A graphic representation of these verses is given by Stanley: "The day spoken of was to be like the glorious but terrible uprising of the Eastern sun, which should wither to the roots the insolence and the injustice of mankind; but as its rays extended, like the wings of the Egyptian sun, God should, by its healing and invigorating influences, call forth the good from their obscurity,... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Malachi 4:2

The Sun of Righteousness. The sun which is righteousness, in whose wings, that is, rays, are healing and salvation. This Divine righteousness shall beam upon them that fear the Name of God, flooding them with joy and light, healing all wounds, tee moving all miseries, making them incalculably blessed. The Fathers generally apply the title of "Sun of Righteousness" to Christ, who is the Source of all justification and enlightenment and happiness, and who is called ( Jeremiah 23:6 ), "The... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Malachi 4:2

The Sun of Righteousness. In Malachi 4:1 and Malachi 4:2 we are once more presented with the twofold aspect of a Divine fact. (See homilies on Malachi 3:2 and Malachi 3:6 .) "Dies irae, dies ilia. " But "that day" need not be a "day of wrath." It may be memorable, admirable, as the day of full salvation. As the first coming of Christ was for the "rising again" of some, "that they which see not might see" ( John 9:39 ), so at his second coming, though "revealed from heaven in... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Malachi 4:2

The healing sunrise. "The Sun of Righteousness arise with healing in his wings." "As the rising sun diffuses light and heat, so that all that is healthy in nature revives and lifts up its head, while plants that have no depth of root are scorched up and wither away, so the advent of the reign of righteousness, which will reward the good and the wicked, each according to his deserts, will dissipate all darkness of doubt, and heal all the wounds which the apparent injustice of the conduct of... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Malachi 4:2

But (And) unto you, who fear My Name, shall the Sun of Righteousness arise - It is said of God Psalms 84:11, “The Lord God is a sun and a shield, and Isaiah 60:19-20, The Lord shall be to thee an everlasting light, and thy God thy glory; thy sun shall no more go down, for the Lord shall be thine everlasting light;” and Zacharias, speaking of the office of John the Baptist in the words of Malachi, “thou shalt go before the face of the Lord to prepare His way, speaks of Luke 1:76, Luke 1:78-79.... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Malachi 4:1-3

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Malachi 4:2

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Malachi 4:2

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Malachi 4:2

The Pulpit Commentary - Malachi 4:1-3

The Pulpit Commentary - Malachi 4:1-3

The Pulpit Commentary - Malachi 4:2

The Pulpit Commentary - Malachi 4:2

The Pulpit Commentary - Malachi 4:2

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Malachi 4:2

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