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Text -- 1 Corinthians 10:10 (NET)

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10:10 And do not complain, as some of them did, and were killed by the destroying angel.
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Robertson: 1Co 10:10 - -- Neither murmur ye ( mēde gogguzete ). Implying that some of them were murmuring. For this late picturesque onomatopoetic verb see note on Mat 20:11...

Neither murmur ye ( mēde gogguzete ).

Implying that some of them were murmuring. For this late picturesque onomatopoetic verb see note on Mat 20:11. The reference seems to be to Num 16:41. after the punishment of Korah.

Robertson: 1Co 10:10 - -- By the destroyer ( hupo tou olothreutou ). This word, from olothreuō (late verb from olethros , destruction) occurs only here, so far as known. T...

By the destroyer ( hupo tou olothreutou ).

This word, from olothreuō (late verb from olethros , destruction) occurs only here, so far as known. The reference is to the destroying angel of Exo 12:23 (ho olothreuōn ).

Vincent: 1Co 10:10 - -- Murmur ( γογγύζετε ) See on Joh 6:41.

Murmur ( γογγύζετε )

See on Joh 6:41.

Vincent: 1Co 10:10 - -- The destroyer ( τοῦ ὀλοθρευτοῦ ) The destroying angel, who is called ὁ ὀλοθρεύων , Exo 12:23.

The destroyer ( τοῦ ὀλοθρευτοῦ )

The destroying angel, who is called ὁ ὀλοθρεύων , Exo 12:23.

Wesley: 1Co 10:10 - -- The destroying angel. Num 14:1, Num 14:36

The destroying angel. Num 14:1, Num 14:36

JFB: 1Co 10:10 - -- Upon the death of Korah and his company, who themselves were murmurers (Num 16:41, Num 16:49). Their murmurs against Moses and Aaron were virtually mu...

Upon the death of Korah and his company, who themselves were murmurers (Num 16:41, Num 16:49). Their murmurs against Moses and Aaron were virtually murmurs against God (compare Exo 16:8, Exo 16:10). Paul herein glances at the Corinthian murmurs against himself, the apostle of Christ.

JFB: 1Co 10:10 - -- Fourteen thousand seven hundred perished.

Fourteen thousand seven hundred perished.

JFB: 1Co 10:10 - -- THE same destroying angel sent by God as in Exo 12:23, and 2Sa 24:16.

THE same destroying angel sent by God as in Exo 12:23, and 2Sa 24:16.

Clarke: 1Co 10:10 - -- Neither murmur ye - How the Israelites murmured because of the manna, which their souls despised as a light bread - something incapable of affording...

Neither murmur ye - How the Israelites murmured because of the manna, which their souls despised as a light bread - something incapable of affording them nourishment, etc., and because they had been brought out of Egypt into the wilderness, and pretended that the promises of God had failed; and how they were destroyed by serpents, and by the destroyer or plague; may be seen at large in the texts referred to in the margin on this and the preceding verses. It appears from what the apostle says here, that the Corinthians were murmuring against God and his apostle for prohibiting them from partaking of the idolatrous feasts, just as the Israelites did in the wilderness in reference to a similar subject. See the history of Phineas, with Zimri and Cosbi, and the rebellion of Corah and his company, etc., etc

Clarke: 1Co 10:10 - -- Destroyed of the destroyer - The Jews suppose that God employed destroying angels to punish those rebellious Israelites; they were five in number, a...

Destroyed of the destroyer - The Jews suppose that God employed destroying angels to punish those rebellious Israelites; they were five in number, and one of them they call משחית Meshachith , the destroyer; which appears to be another name for Samael, the angel of death, to whose influence they attribute all deaths which are not uncommon or violent. Those who die violent deaths, or deaths that are not in the common manner of men, are considered as perishing by immediate judgments from God.

Calvin: 1Co 10:10 - -- 10.Neither murmur ye Others understand this to be the murmuring that arose, when the twelve, who had been sent to spy out the land, disheartened, on ...

10.Neither murmur ye Others understand this to be the murmuring that arose, when the twelve, who had been sent to spy out the land, disheartened, on their return, the minds of the people. But as that murmuring was not punished suddenly by any special chastisement from the Lord, but was simply followed by the infliction of this punishment — that all were excluded from the possession of the land, it is necessary to explain this passage otherwise. It was a most severe punishment, it is true, to be shut out from entering the land, 554 but the words of Paul, when he says that they were destroyed by the destroyer, express another kind of chastisement. I refer it, accordingly, to the history, which is recorded in the sixteenth chapter of Numbers. [Num 16:1 ]. For when God had punished the pride of Korah and Abiram, the people raised a tumult against Moses and Aaron, as if they had been to blame for the punishment which the Lord had inflicted. This madness of the people God punished by sending down fire from heaven, which swallowed up many of them — upwards of fourteen thousand. It is, therefore, a striking and memorable token of God’s wrath against rebels and seditious persons, that murmur against him.

Those persons, it is true, murmured against Moses; but as they had no ground for insulting him, and had no occasion for being incensed against him, unless it was that he had faithfully discharged the duty which had been enjoined upon him by God, God himself was assailed by that murmuring. Let us, accordingly, bear in mind that we have to do with God, and not with men, if we rise up against the faithful ministers of God, and let us know that this audacity 555 will not go unpunished.

By the destroyer you may understand the Angel, who executed the judgment of God. Now he sometimes employs the ministry of bad angels, sometimes of good, in punishing men, as appears from various passages of Scripture. As Paul here does not make a distinction between the one and the other, you may understand it of either.

TSK: 1Co 10:10 - -- murmur : Exo 15:24, Exo 16:2-9, Exo 17:2, Exo 17:3; Num 14:2, Num 14:27-30, Num 16:41; Psa 106:25; Phi 2:14; Jud 1:16 were : Num 14:37, Num 16:46-49 d...

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Barnes: 1Co 10:10 - -- Neither murmur ye - Do not repine at the allotments of Providence, or complain of His dealings. As some of them also murmured - Num 14:2....

Neither murmur ye - Do not repine at the allotments of Providence, or complain of His dealings.

As some of them also murmured - Num 14:2. The ground of their complaining was, that they had been disappointed; that they had been brought out of a land of plenty into a wilderness of want; and that instead of being conducted at once to the land of promise, they were left to perish in the desert. They therefore complained of their leaders, and proposed to return again into Egypt.

And were destroyed of the destroyer - That is, they were doomed to die in the wilderness without seeing the land of Canaan; Exo 14:29. The "destroyer"here is understood by many to mean the "angel of death,"so often referred to in the Old Testament, and usually called by the Jews "Sammael."The work of death, however, is attributed to an angel in Exo 12:23; compare Heb 11:28. It was customary for the Hebrews to regard most human events as under the direction of angels. In Heb 2:14, he is described as he "that had the power of death;"compare the Book of Wisdom 18:22, 25. The simple idea here, however, is, that they died for their sin, and were not permitted to enter the promised land,

Poole: 1Co 10:10 - -- Murmuring signifies the speaking against a person or thing, out of dislike, impatience, or discontent. It was a sin the Jews were very much guilty o...

Murmuring signifies the speaking against a person or thing, out of dislike, impatience, or discontent. It was a sin the Jews were very much guilty of, as may be read, Exo 15:24 16:7,8 17:3 Num 14:27 16:11,41 . The apostle may either refer to all their murmurings, when he saith they

were (as the punishment of their sin) destroyed of the destroyer or to that more universal murmuring upon the ill report the spies brought up of the land of Canaan, of which we read, Num 14:1-45 .

Gill: 1Co 10:10 - -- Neither murmur ye,.... Against the true apostles of Christ, and faithful ministers of the word; nor against the laws and ordinances of Christ, or prov...

Neither murmur ye,.... Against the true apostles of Christ, and faithful ministers of the word; nor against the laws and ordinances of Christ, or providences of God; so some of the members of this church did, or were inclined to do:

as some of them also murmured: as against the Lord, so against Moses and Aaron. The people of Israel were very prone unto, and often guilty of this sin; but what the apostle here has respect unto, is either their murmuring upon the report the spies made of the good land, in Num 14:1, or that of Korah and his company against Moses and Aaron, as principal officers, who were for setting all upon a level; and of all the people against them, for the death of these men, Num 16:1,

and were destroyed of the destroyer; meaning either some judgment of God upon them, as the earth's opening and swallowing up Korah and all that belonged unto him; and the fire that came down from heaven, and consumed the two hundred and fifty men that offered incense; and the plague which swept away fourteen thousand and seven hundred of those that murmured against Moses and Aaron, on the account of the death of the said persons; and any other judgment by which the carcasses of those fell in the wilderness, that murmured upon the report of the spies; or else since angels were usually employed by God, in inflicting such judgments, by the destroyer may be meant an angel, such an one as smote the firstborn in Egypt, and bears the same name, Heb 11:28 and as smote Israel with a pestilence upon David's numbering the people, and was about to have destroyed Jerusalem, had he not been restrained, 2Sa 24:15 and as, smote an hundred fourscore and five thousand in the camp of the Assyrians, in one night, 2Ki 19:35. So that though an angel may be intended, it is not necessary, on account of the character given him, to understand an evil angel; it is true indeed, that Satan is by the Jews a called המשחית, "the destroyer"; and Samuel, the same with Satan, is called "the angel of death"; to which the allusion is in Heb 2:14 and evil angels are frequently styled מלאכי חבלה, "destroying angels" b; as distinct from ministering ones, and to which some think the apostle here refers.

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Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: 1Co 10:10 This incident is recorded in Num 16:41-50.

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Commentary -- Verse Range Notes

TSK Synopsis: 1Co 10:1-33 - --1 The sacraments of the Jews are types of ours;7 and their punishments,11 examples for us.13 We must flee from idolatry.21 We must not make the Lord's...

MHCC: 1Co 10:6-14 - --Carnal desires gain strength by indulgence, therefore should be checked in their first rise. Let us fear the sins of Israel, if we would shun their pl...

Matthew Henry: 1Co 10:6-14 - -- The apostle, having recited their privileges, proceeds here to an account of their faults and punishments, their sins and plagues, which are left up...

Barclay: 1Co 10:1-13 - --In this chapter Paul is still dealing with the question of eating meat which has been offered to idols. At the back of this passage lies the over-con...

Constable: 1Co 7:1--16:13 - --III. Questions asked of Paul 7:1--16:12 The remainder of the body of this epistle deals with questions the Corin...

Constable: 1Co 8:1--11:2 - --B. Food offered to idols 8:1-11:1 The Corinthians had asked Paul another question, evidently in a combat...

Constable: 1Co 10:1-22 - --3. The sinfulness of idolatry 10:1-22 Paul continued dealing with the subject of going to idol t...

Constable: 1Co 10:6-13 - --The application of Israel's example 10:6-13 Though idolatry was the cause of Israel's failure and the focus of Paul's warning to this church, four oth...

College: 1Co 10:1-33 - --1 CORINTHIANS 10 C. WARNINGS FROM ISRAEL'S HISTORY (10:1-13) 1. Wandering in the Desert (10:1-5) 1 For I do not want you to be ignorant of the fact...

McGarvey: 1Co 10:10 - --Neither murmur ye, as some of them murmured, and perished by the destroyer . [Num 14:2 ; Num 14:29 ; Num 16:41-49 . The Israelites murmured against Go...

Lapide: 1Co 10:1-33 - --CHAPTER 10 SYNOPSIS OF THE CHAPTER From speaking of the contest, in which those who deny themselves and strive lawfully are rewarded, and in which t...

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Introduction / Outline

Robertson: 1 Corinthians (Book Introduction) First Corinthians From Ephesus a.d. 54 Or 55 By Way of Introduction It would be a hard-boiled critic today who would dare deny the genuineness o...

JFB: 1 Corinthians (Book Introduction) The AUTHENTICITY of this Epistle is attested by CLEMENT OF ROME [First Epistle to the Corinthians, 47], POLYCARP [Epistle to the Philippians, 11], and...

JFB: 1 Corinthians (Outline) THE INSCRIPTION; THANKSGIVING FOR THE SPIRITUAL STATE OF THE CORINTHIAN CHURCH; REPROOF OF PARTY DIVISIONS: HIS OWN METHOD OF PREACHING ONLY CHRIST. ...

TSK: 1 Corinthians 10 (Chapter Introduction) Overview 1Co 10:1, The sacraments of the Jews are types of ours; 1Co 10:7, and their punishments, 1Co 10:11. examples for us; 1Co 10:13, We must f...

Poole: 1 Corinthians 10 (Chapter Introduction) CORINTHIANS CHAPTER 10

MHCC: 1 Corinthians (Book Introduction) The Corinthian church contained some Jews, but more Gentiles, and the apostle had to contend with the superstition of the one, and the sinful conduct ...

MHCC: 1 Corinthians 10 (Chapter Introduction) (1Co 10:1-5) The great privileges, and yet terrible overthrow of the Israelites in the wilderness. (1Co 10:6-14) Cautions against all idolatrous, and...

Matthew Henry: 1 Corinthians (Book Introduction) An Exposition, with Practical Observations, of The First Epistle of St. Paul to the Corinthians Corinth was a principal city of Greece, in that partic...

Matthew Henry: 1 Corinthians 10 (Chapter Introduction) In this chapter the apostle prosecutes the argument at the close of the last, and, I. Warns the Corinthians against security, by the example of th...

Barclay: 1 Corinthians (Book Introduction) A GENERAL INTRODUCTION TO THE LETTERS OF PAUL The Letters Of Paul There is no more interesting body of documents in the New Testament than the letter...

Barclay: 1 Corinthians 10 (Chapter Introduction) The Peril Of Over-Confidence (1Co_10:1-13) The Sacramental Obligation (1Co_10:14-22) The Limits Of Christian Freedom (1Co_10:23-33; 1Co_11:1)

Constable: 1 Corinthians (Book Introduction) Introduction Historical Background Corinth had a long history stretching back into the...

Constable: 1 Corinthians (Outline) Outline I. Introduction 1:1-9 A. Salutation 1:1-3 B. Thanksgiving 1:4-9 ...

Constable: 1 Corinthians 1 Corinthians Bibliography Adams, Jay. Marriage, Divorce and Remarriage in the Bible. Phillipsburg, N.J.: Presb...

Haydock: 1 Corinthians (Book Introduction) THE FIRST EPISTLE OF ST. PAUL, THE APOSTLE, TO THE CORINTHIANS. INTRODUCTION. Corinth was the capital of Achaia, a very rich and populous city...

Gill: 1 Corinthians (Book Introduction) INTRODUCTION TO 1 CORINTHIANS This was not the first epistle that was written by the apostle to the Corinthians, for we read in this of his having ...

Gill: 1 Corinthians 10 (Chapter Introduction) INTRODUCTION TO 1 CORINTHIANS 10 In this chapter the apostle cautions the Corinthians against security on account of their gifts, knowledge, and pr...

College: 1 Corinthians (Book Introduction) FOREWORD Since the past few decades have seen an explosion in the number of books, articles, and commentaries on First Corinthians, a brief word to t...

College: 1 Corinthians (Outline) OUTLINE I. INTRODUCTION - 1:1-9 A. Salutation - 1:1-3 B. Thanksgiving - 1:4-9 II. DISUNITY AND COMMUNITY FRAGMENTATION - 1:10-4:21 A. ...

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