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Sep 19, 2022 · A Bible commentary is a series of notes explaining the meaning of passages of Scripture. A commentary may explain the language used in a section of text. Or it may discuss the historical background. Almost all commentaries attempt to explain the passage in terms of some system of theology. In other words, the commentary is an explanation of how ...
Feb 23, 2016 · A Bible commentary is an explanation of the biblical text by someone (usually a scholar) who has immersed himself or herself in the language, context, and form of biblical texts. The Bible commentator delivers to us details that we simply don’t have by the simple reading of Scripture, like archaeological discoveries, historical details ...
- Matthew Henrylink
- Matthew Poolelink
- Jamieson, Fausset & Brownlink
First, probably the most famous evangelical whole-Bible commentary is Matthew Henry’s commentary on the whole Bible. Matthew Henry was a British pastor who wrote his commentary between 1704 and 1714. He died when he’d only gotten through the Old Testament and up through Acts in the New Testament, and some friends completed it by using his notes. Ch...
But here are the other two. The first is Matthew Poole’s — P-O-O-L-E — commentary on the whole Bible, published in 1685. Its original title, typical of those old guys, is Annotations Upon the Holy Bible, Wherein the Sacred Text Is Inserted, and Various Readings Annexed, Together with Parallel Scriptures, the More Difficult Terms in Each Verse Are E...
Number three is Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset, and David Brown, usually abbreviated to Jamieson, Fausset & Brown. Now, don’t let the word critical in the title — Commentary Critical— put you off. It doesn’t mean negative criticism. It means that among these three commentaries, this one would...
Jun 26, 2023 · A true “intermediate” option, mid-level commentaries are generally insightful and practical and meet the needs of serious, content-driven Bible studies. Examples of mid-level commentaries: NIV Application Commentary. New International Commentary on the New Testament. Expositor’s Bible Commentary. Word Biblical Commentary.
The Theology of Work Bible Commentary explores what the Bible says about faith and work, book by book through the Bible. This robust commentary has been vetted by a team of scholars and practitioners committed to a creating a comprehensive, biblically accurate theology of work. The IVP New Testament Commentary Series.
Welcome to Bible Hub's library of commentaries. We have just added many new sources, including The Expositor's Bible Commentary, Bengel's Gnomon, Lange's Commentary, Hastings Great Texts and many more. Click the Commentary tab or pulldown menu for a full selection of commentaries over any Bible passage you are researching.
Nov 15, 2021 · There are at least three major signs that you may be in danger of it. First, if you know many biblical parts better than you know the whole biblical narrative. Without knowing the entire biblical narrative and its trajectory, it is easy to manipulate bits and pieces (verses and passages) of Scripture, especially out of context, to fit whatever ...
