Bible Commentaries

Bible Commentaries

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Whole Bible.

No person, lay or preacher who is seriously interested in Bible study should be without access to this massive work by Matthew Henry with explanatory notes on every verse of the Bible.

Matthew Henry (1662-1714) studied law at Gray's Inn and was ordained a Presbyterian minister in 1687. He served churches in Chester and in Hackney, near London. He began writing his famous commentary in 1701. Matthew Henry's warm mix of scholarship and practical application has made his commentary a favorite of preachers and devotional readers alike for two hundred years.

People's New Testament.

Volume One includes The Four Gospels and Acts of the Apostles.
From the preface - This work has been prepared, not especially for the learned and critical class, but for the people. The aim is indicated by the title. It has been a cherished purpose to prepare a People's New Testament, with such aids as would enable the common reader to arrive at an understanding of every portion of the sacred message.

Volume Two includes The Epistles and Revelation.
From the preface - Encouraged by the cordial reception of the initial volume, he has been stimulated to still greater effort to prepare a concluding volume, which would be a worthy companion of the first, and worthy of the public who have so generously approved his former work.

Volume Three is a further in depth study of the Gospel of John.
From the preface - I have had in view, in writing this Commentary on John, the wants of the ordinary reader, rather than critics, preachers and theologians, and have therefore aimed to write in plain and simple language, avoiding technical phrases and Greek words which would only be intelligible to the learned.

John Wesley's Notes on the Bible.

John Wesley translated, interpreted, and applied every Biblical passage in depth. His New Testament Notes are official United Methodist Church doctrine. The OT notes have been out of print for many years. Every preacher/teacher in the Wesleyan tradition should read Wesley's Notes before going to the pulpit.

JFB, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the whole Bible.

The expanded version of the Jameison-Faussett-Brown Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible by Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset and David Brown, 1871.

The Geneva Study Bible

The Geneva Bible was the first complete Bible to be translated into English from the original Hebrew and Greek texts. In part due to the extensive marginal notes, it was the most widely read and influential English Bible of the 16th and 17th centuries, and the Bible of choice for many of the greatest writers, thinkers, and historical figures of the Reformation era. During King James's reign, and into the reign of Charles I, the Geneva Bible was gradually replaced by the King James Bible, Authorized Version of 1611.

John Nelson Darby - Synopsis of the New Testament

I do not at all pretend to give the full contents of each book, but only (as God, shall grant to me) a sort of index of the subjects, the divisions of the books by subjects, and (as far as I am enabled) the object of the Spirit of God in each part, hoping that it may aid others in reading the book of God. J.N.D. (from the introduction)

John S. C. Abbott and Jacob Abbott Illustrated New Testament

Well known throughout the late 1800's for their prolific writings on various subjects, John and Jacob Abbott decided to put to paper their personal study and translation of the original Greek New Testament. Included are 50 woodcut illustrations from the original printing.

James Burton Coffman's Commentaries: New Testament

One of the leading authorities in the Church of Christ, Dr. Coffman presents a verse by verse look at God's Word.

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

He preached in the same church as C. H. Spurgeon. Gill is little known, but his works contain gems of information found nowhere outside of the ancient Jewish writings. Gill presents a verse-by-verse exposition of the entire Bible.

John Lightfoot's Commentary on the Gospels

Although only covering the Gospels, this set of commentaries, by the English scholar partially responsible for formulating the Westminster Confession, is full of insight and wisdom.

Martin Luther's Commentary on Galatians

The importance of this Commentary on Galatians for the history of Protestantism is very great. It presents like no other of Luther's writings the central thought of Christianity, the justification of the sinner for the sake of Christ's merits alone.

J. W. McGarvey's Original Commentary on Acts

This one volume work took the author, John W. McGarvey, three years to prepare. Even today it is still hold a place in literature as a work of superior merit.

Robertson's Word Pictures of the New Testament

A.T. Robertson, a renowned Greek New Testament scholar, takes the reader verse-by-verse, painting word pictures to describe the actions of Jesus and the early Christians.

Scofield Reference Notes (1917 Edition)

People have relied on this reference work in their daily studies for more than 90 years. C. I. Scofield intended to provide a concise yet complete tool to help the new reader of the Bible. Originally written in 1909.

The Fourfold Gospel

Also known as a "Harmony Of the Four Gospels," this chronology of the life of Christ, by J. W. McGarvey and Philip Y. Pendleton, has titled sections and sub-divisions. Comments are injected in the text.

The Treasury of David

This seven volume magnum opus by Charles H. Spurgeon was first published in weekly installments over 20 years in The Sword and the Trowel, the periodical of Spurgeon's London Metropolitan Tabernacle. Sections were published as separate volumes, with the seventh released in 1885.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge has provided a cross-reference resource for Bible students worldwide for generations. This highly respected and nearly exhaustive compilation was developed by R.A. Torrey from references in Thomas Scott's Commentary and the Comprehensive Bible. With nearly 500,000 cross-references it is the most thorough source available.