Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 10:10
10. Murmured Korah and his company murmured against Moses and Aaron, (and so against God,) and more than 14,000 of the people were destroyed. Numbers 16:49. By analogy this warns the Corinthians to beware of those who would excite a captious rebellion and schism, not only against the gospel and the Church, but against the authority of Christ’s true apostles. Destroyer In the pestilence following the crime of Korah and his company no personal destroyer is mentioned; but one is presupposed... read more
Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 10:9
9. Tempt Christ Some manuscripts read the Lord, instead of Christ. The meaning would then be the same, but the analogy of 1 Corinthians 10:4 and of Hebrews 11:26 is convincing proof that Christ is the true reading. To tempt the Divine Being is to provoke and dare his wrath by a persistence in presumptuous sin. The allusion is to Numbers 21:4-6, where Israel is described as provoking God by reproaches for bringing them into the desert and feeding them upon manna. So the Corinthian... read more