Loading...
Loading...
By Joseph S. Exell · 1887 · 1,353 illustrations
The Biblical Illustrator is a 56-volume reference work compiled by Joseph S. Exell in the late 19th century. Each passage of Scripture is illuminated with historical anecdotes, biographical sketches, analogies from nature, and homiletical observations drawn from ancient and contemporary sources. These illustrations have been carefully restored from the original public-domain text and rewritten for clarity and accessibility — preserving the historical depth while removing Victorian OCR artifacts.
Proverbs 10:24 unveils two destinies: "The fear of the wicked, it shall come upon him; but the desire of the righteous shall be granted." Who are the wicked?
This phrase unveils three profound truths about the Divine nature.
This protection operates across five dimensions of divine care.
Their waiting hours—like languid summer days when aspen leaves refuse to quiver and shadows barely move on the dial—mirrored the anguish of deferred hope.
All sin is an offense against Elohim, and nothing corrects it more powerfully than worthy thoughts of God and our relation to Him.
The *psyche* (soul) represents the living principle at the centre of human capacity, passion, and personality—absolutely priceless to each person, irreplaceable in value.
Infinite Benevolence would have His saints to be happy.
Consider a man charged with trespass on his neighbor's property.
They spring from the same depraved original and partake of the same corrupt nature.
First, to the *uttermost* depths of guilt—the greatest sinners may be pardoned and sanctified through His grace.
This was no accident of structural collapse; Adonai Himself rent the barrier that had separated humanity from His presence for fifteen centuries.
This doctrine of Divine omniscience rests upon irrefutable proofs.
Isaiah declares: "They shall fling their idols to the bats and to the moles" (Isaiah 2:20).
The Hebrew word *shalom* here carries the force of a military commander marshaling his forces according to a predetermined strategy, assigning each soldier his proper station in the execution of a grand enterprise.
The prophetic vision encompasses blessings transcending temporal measure, pointing to the plentiful effusion of the Holy Spirit, habitually symbolized throughout Scripture as *rain* and *dew*.
Exell applied to Victorian London with urgent clarity.
Sin, defined in 1 John 3:4 as *paranomia* (transgression of law), springs from contempt of God's authority and forfeiture of His favour.
This repetition teaches us the nature of biblical *proseuche* (prayer): not a single petition, but sustained intercession through distress.
This vision encompasses three profound movements of the soul.
Exell observed three profound meanings in Christ's rising.
The text "made like unto His brethren" (Hebrews 2:17) presents a perfect model proposition: Christ *is* made like us, and it *behoved* Him to be so.
David was no ordinary supplicant—he was a Hebrew poet of the highest order, standing upon the pedestal of all preceding poetry to elevate his art to nobler heights.
The doings of this life are held in remembrance before Elohim's judgment seat.
The angel rebuked him: "See thou do it not" (Revelation 22:8-9).