Hebrews: A Commentary for Bible Students (Wesleyan Bible Study Commentary)

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Best known for his encyclopedia, Philip Schaff was a Swiss-born, German educated Protestant theologian and a Church historian who spent most of his adult life living and teaching in the United States.

However, due to the high cost of reprinting, College Press, the publisher of these timeless treasures, has chosen not to reprint but instead offer them electronically for free. Originally published in , Marvin Vincent's Word Studies has been treasured by generations of pastors and laypeople.

Commenting on the meaning, derivation, and uses of significant Greek words and idioms, Vincent helps you incorporate the riches of the New Testament in your sermons or personal study without spending hours on tedious language work. This work by Thomas Aquinas demonstrates an intimate acquaintance with the Church Fathers and is an excellent complement to the more recent attempts to understand the inner meaning of the Sacred Scriptures.

For each of the four Gospel writers, the Catena Aurea starts by indicating the verses to be analyzed, then phrase-by-phrase, provides the early Fathers' insights into the passage. Pastor Jim Brown's sermon notes are designed to be an assisting commentary with an emphasis on life application. Jim's love for the Bible comes out through his teaching in greatest part because he seeks to find God's heart for our lives through Jesus! 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.

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. McGarvey and Philip Y. Pendleton, has titled sections and sub-divisions. Comments are injected in the text. Presented here, chapter by chapter, is a comparision of the events in the live of Christ as told by the writers of the Gospels: Matthew, Mark, Luke and John. These thoughts of Ryle regarding the Gospels is considered among the best practical and devotional commentaries ever written.

Virtually unknown in his own lifetime, Arthur Walkington Pink became "one of the most influential evangelical authors in the second half of the twentieth century. Pink was an ardent Calvinist and did not shrink from preaching and teaching the "doctrines of grace" otherwise known as the Five Points of Calvinism.

The Self Interpreting Bible was Brown's most significant work, and it remained in print edited by others , until well into the twentieth century. The objective of providing a commentary for ordinary people was very successful. The idea that the Bible was "self-interpreting" involved copious marginal references, especially comparing one scriptural statement with another. This commentary is theologically conservative in many ways, yet charismatic i. Cornelius a Lapide was a Flemish Jesuit and exegete.

He wrote commentaries on all the books of the Canon of Scripture including the Deuterocanon , with the exception only of the Book of Job and the Psalms. Presented here are the commentaries on the Gospels and several epistles. Reverence Clarence Larkin was an American Baptist pastor, Bible teacher and author whose writings on Dispensationalism had a great impact on conservative Protestant visual culture in the 20th century.

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Robert Candlish was a Scottish minister who was among the leaders that formed the "Free Church" of Scotland. This commentary is derived from a set of lectures he presented on 1st John. Broadus digs deep into the 1st Century A. It also cross references to the other three gospels and puts together a detailed and complete record of Christ's journey on earth.

Horatius Bonar was a Scottish churchman and poet. His thoughts and commentary on the book of Revelation, along with his other works made him a highly popular author.

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Charles Box, Church of Christ pastor from Alabama provides context and commentary on selected passages from 26 books of the Bible. Other translations will be referenced as necessary for clarity regarding a word or phrase. This commentary is a compilation of over pages of commentary notes written and compiled over the past 15 years by Mark Dunagan. These commentaries were written in preparation to teach each of the books in an adult Bible class. John Eadie's publications were connected with biblical criticism and interpretation, some of them being for popular use and others more strictly scientific.

To the former class belong the Biblical Cyclopaedia, his edition of Alexander Cruden's Concordance, his Early Oriental History, and his discourses on the Divine Love and on Paul the Preacher; to the latter his commentaries on the Greek text of St Paul's epistles to the Ephesians, Colossians, Philippians and Galatians, published at intervals in four volumes.

Philpot was known as 'The Seceder'. This commentary is his views on selected text from the Holy Bible. Robert Haldane was a Scottish churchman who was instrumental in the establishment of 85 "Churches of Christ" throughout Scotland and Ireland. A German Lutheran churchman and neo-Lutheran theologian from an old and important Dortmund family, Hengstenberg was a professor of theology at the University of Berlin in the 's. Available here is the commentary on five crucial books of the Bible. These commentaries are not written to be exhausitve and wordy.

A Commentary on the New Testament From the Talmud and Hebraica by John Lightfoot

Instead, they are concise, easy to understand, and conversational in tone. This file contains 15 commentaries spanning 24 books of the Bible. A Presbyterian theologian, he was a leading exponent of historical Calvinism in America during the 19th century. Presented here is the commentary on three important books of the New Testament. A clearly written, modern commentary on Revelation, Keathley leaves no question unanswered as he ties Revelation, Daniel, Ezekiel, and Matthew together in a dispensational view of the end-times.

Hanserd Knollys was an English particular Baptist minister from England being ordained in at the age of Cotton Mather, Puritan minister, enumerated him among 'godly anabaptists;' quite when he adopted doctrine and practice to justify the comment is not clear. A much loved expositor of the Scriptures, Smith wrote on many different portions of the Bible, the best know is his character studies of Abraham, Elijah, Elisha, Joseph, and Ruth.

His writings are terse and yet do not lack content as a consequence of their brevity. One of his effective teaching methods is short, profound comparisons and contrasts. Ironside was one of the most prolific Christian writers of the 20th Century and published more than eighty books and pamphlets, a number of which are still in print. He also wrote the popular hymn Overshadowed. One editorial reviewer wrote of a republication that, "Ironside's commentaries are a standard and have stood the test of time.

This commentary is his look at the book of Mark and considered the best preaching commentary by some. 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. This focus of this work by C.

Mackintosh are the first five books of the Old Testament, also known as the Pentateuch. Meyer's commentry on Philippians is an indepth look into Paul's epistle to the church at Philippi. Not one to shy away from difficult verses, Godet plunged head on into giving solid answers while providing understandable conclusions. This classic, Greek commentary on 1 and 2 Thessalonians has transcended time, still cited by modern Bible scholars today. The verse by verse, exegetical comments and dissertations were written by George Milligan, whose 19th and 20th century scholarship set the standards for Greek vocabulary.

This modern commentary on selected books of the New Testament is penned by Stanley Derickson. Originally published in three volumes from to , J. Seiss's lectures on the Apocalypse were among the first popular works based upon the futurist interpretation of Revelation. Considered by modern evangelical scholars to be among the most influential, the collected lectures have been called "a monumental work," "thoroughly scholarly and spiritual," and "the highest type of scholarship. Walter Scott was one of the four key early leaders in the Restoration Movement. He was a successful evangelist and helped to stabilize the Campbell movement as it was separating from the Baptists.

His insight on the book of Revelation is still as refeshing as when it was written. 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 In he produced an extremely popular commentary. Torrey heavily relied on this commentary when writing his Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Originally this work was copyright Through his writing and speaking, Foy Wallace gathered a considerable following among the autonomous group of Church of Christ; his combination of the skilled use of logic combined with charisma propelled him to the forefront of at least three major controversies within the denomination.

Edward Zerr began his preaching career in , at the age of By the time of his death in , he had preached about 8, sermons, from California to Connecticut, and from Washington to Arizona. But the crowning success of his efforts was the writing of his six volume commentary on the whole Bible. Lexicon Search Greek Hebrew Aramaic. Before Christ Edersheim Flavius Josephus more. The Quotation Archive Add a Quotation. Tozer Charles Spurgeon Voice of the Lord more.

Finding the new version too difficult to understand? Bridgeway Bible Commentary Donald C. Fleming The Bridgeway Bible Commentary deals with each biblical book in such a way that readers readily see the meaning of the Bible in its own context and its relevance in today's world. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes E. Calvin's Commentary on the Bible John Calvin Indisputably one of the most influential figures of the Christian Reformation, Calvin's lasting impact on Christian study, theology, and thought can be experienced through this volume exposition of the Bible.

Holistic in its approach to the text, e …. Commentary on the Psalms Tractates on John Ten …. Emphasis on the …. The tradition established by Baker Publishing for this handbook series is to provide valuable resources that will help pastors, students, Sunday school teachers, and …. This New Testament Commentary set is ideal for pastors and serious Bible students of the Reformed tradition. It is the only complete commentary on the New Testament …. The entire New Testament is covered …. In addition to his studies he was an ordained Presbyterian Minister and pastored ….

With over 4 million volumes in …. A thorough easy-to-read Bible commentary that turns complicated theology into practical understanding. Walvoord offers help from expert scholars in understanding the Scriptures. What does that verse mean? How should I …. He is a very prudent and judicious commentator Below are some of the resources readily available on preceptaustin.

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Someone has quipped that it is amazing how much light the Scriptures shed on the commentaries. It follows that the discerning reader should always perform their own inductive Bible study before consulting the commentaries. Too many students go to the commentary before they go to the Book or even the Author of the Book! Remember that every commentary is written by a human author, and is it is natural that the comments are strongly biased by the author's general belief system and the approach to the interpretation of Scripture.

Therefore it behooves the judicious student of God's Word to restrict himself or herself to Conservative Commentaries. This practice is especially critical in the interpretation of prophetic books like Daniel and Revelation. Click a brief discussion of the common methods of interpreting Revelation [preterist, historicist, idealist, futurist or literalist ] and a list of recommended futuristic commentaries and sermons.

Click for a list of futuristic commentaries and sermons on the book of Daniel. Commentaries on prophetic books vary widely in their interpretative approach , and you may not always be able to easily discern their bias. Click list of published Revelation commentaries categorized by the predominant interpretative view of the author. If an interpreter does not use the normal, customary, literal method of interpreting Scripture, interpretation is given over to an unconstrained imagination and presuppositions which explains the imaginative, confusing interpretations of non-literal interpreters.

Remember that all the prophecies of the Old and New Testament that have been fulfilled to date have been fulfilled literally , thus there is no precedent for anything but a literal approach to the prophetic books containing prophecies yet to be fulfilled. A good check on whether a commentator interprets Scripture literally in the area of prophecy is to read their comments on Revelation 20, specifically the year period mentioned six times eg compare the note by the modern evangelical writer Guzik and some of the pre commentaries like Matthew Henry or Jameison Fausset, Brown or Adam Clarke who comments on the " years" that "there is no doubt that the earth is in a state of progressive moral improvement; and that the light of true religion is shining more copiously everywhere, and will shine more and more to the perfect day"!

The purpose of these collections is to compile the a compact listing of the best sermons, commentaries, devotionals and illustrations in one site with each resource organized by chapter and verse so that it can be utilized somewhat like a multi-authored "commentary".

Click the drop down menu below for a list of the completed collections on books of the Bible for conservative resources on all 66 books of the Bible. It should be noted that given the large number of links to off site resources, there is no way I could read each work verbatim. Therefore it follows that just because a particular author or resource is listed, this does not mean that I agree with everything that this author has written.

Therefore "caveat emptor" let the "buyer beware". Every attempt is made to select the most conservative and thoroughly evangelical resources but this is a difficult task. For example, one might agree with the majority of what one pastor or commentator has to say, but have significant disagreement on some issues, like for example the "millennium".

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Therefore, you, the reader, are strongly advised to first prayerfully examine the Scriptures in context making your own unbiased observations. And as you grow in your ability to read the Scriptures inductively, you will come to realize the truth of the saying that it is "amazing how much light study of the Scriptures will shed on the commentaries!

In short you would be well advised to approach all Bible commentaries including my Verse by Verse Commentaries on this site like the good Berean saints who were If you first perform your own study in reliance on your own personal Teacher, the Holy Spirit, you will be better equipped to comment on whether or not the commentary, sermon or devotional you are reading is an accurate reflection of what God meant for a passage or section of Scripture to teach.

If you are not familiar with the inductive approach to Bible Study click for an introduction and discussion of the three components - observation which answers the question "What Does the Text Say? If you feel that a particular resource contains significant erroneous interpretative material please email your concerns.

Several resources have been removed when specific issues were questioned by you the users and they were found to be correct. Each Book has a brief discussion of: Very useful overview of each book. Verse by Verse Studies. These notes have been compiled while leading various Bible studies over the past 30 years. The approach is generally expositional, with emphasis on sound doctrine, original language studies see in depth Greek Word Studies.

Frequent use is made of well done illustrations, especially from Our Daily Bread: Quotations from conservative, evangelical resources are frequently used to amplify the passage. The following studies are currently available and they are continually being added to, revised and updated but Be a Berean.

The purpose of the Reference Search Page this page is make multiple Bible related Search Engines available for quick and easy access. Utilizing the various search engines you can search various conservative preachers so that their sermons function much like a commentary. RefTagger is a free web tool which converts all the Bible references eg Acts Hover over the verse for popup in your choice of various translations see below. You can even copy and paste the Biblical text in the popup box. When you click the link, the verse can be read in context which is always advisable if you have time, for context is king in interpretation!

This tool is used extensively on preceptaustin to encourage you to read the actual words of God rather than just the Scripture annotation see Isaiah TheWord is similar in some ways to E-sword below. Many of the resources are free, but some of the newer commentaries are paid modules. This resource has a tool that I use 's of times a day if I am writing commentaries. The tool is a Scripture pop-up select the version you prefer.

Here's how it works - Let's say I am reading a blog and encounter a Scripture reference. You can adjust the program to close the reference automatically or keep it open until you force it to close.

You can copy just the Bible book chapter and the entire chapter pops up e. You can change the font size of the pop up so if you are old like me so you can easily read the reference. And this tool works anywhere the Scripture is found - internet pages, emails, Microsoft Word documents, other Bible programs, etc. In sum, this little tool is a jewel if you want to actually read the Scripture or copy it to a Word document or Web page on which you are working.

Click to see links that will take you to a large and growing number of resources compatible with TheWord. In my opinion the best resource an all of them are free is Wordmodules Downloads. If you are short on cash, download TheWord and the free add-on resources and you will be pleasantly surprised at the depth of digital study you will be able to perform.

E-Sword is without doubt the best free software available and so it is highly recommended. It can be downloaded at no charge with a large number of helpful resources. It is easy to use and includes a well done online visual tutorial. Most of the current commentaries are generally ones prior to , which means that comments on Bible prophecy are not generally in line with most conservative, evangelical, literalist interpretations. There are some excellent Greek word study tools like A.

Zodhiates Complete Greek and Hebrew dictionary is available for purchase. Bible Explorer - Another free Bible program is Bible Explorer very similar to Wordsearch which has a lengthy list of free Bible translations, commentaries, etc Click to see the list of free books. Logos Bible Study Software. If you are looking to purchase the most complete Bible software product available, one that "does it all" and then some , you need to consider Logos Bible Software.

There are over 25, resources available not counting the many books in Christian Ebooks in Vyrso which also work in the Logos format. Because of the increasing number of resources one needs to be very discerning [Acts The Logos program also has a steep learning curve, requires a robust computer and yet still tends to be run slow compared to other Bible programs , and is expensive.

The negatives aside, Logos is hands down my "go to" program for in depth, serious Bible research for it allows me to easily search over my library of 23, April, My library of resources includes over "personal books" I have made. This feature is wonderful if you have material in digital format you can convert to Microsoft Word Documents Docx files , for then the Logos program will compile the Docx file into a fully searchable book that integrates seamlessly with the commercial resources produced by Logos.

This feature alone is "worth the price of admission" in my opinion See Personal Book Builder.

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Wordsearch also has a very good Bible program, albeit much less expensive than Logos and with fewer resources although they have been purchased by Lifeway and will doubtless increase their inventory. Their resources are generally less costly than Logos. For the person who does not want to invest thousands of dollars, Wordsearch would be a very reasonable alternative to Logos.

Wordsearch also offers all of Adrian Rogers' excellent sermons in digital format as well as a number of other sermon series not carried by Logos. Study Bibles - free online. Interprets the text literally. Click on "Library" on left side of page. Select "Study Bible Notes.

Reformation Study Bible - Brief notes. Evangelical but does not always interpret the text literally especially in eschatological passages so please be a Berean - Acts This excellent conservative resource was compiled by Dr. Torrey around the turn of the 20th century and to this day consists of over , cross references, the most comprehensive collection of Scriptural cross references available in a single resource.

You have probably heard the axiom that Scripture never contradicts Scripture and thus is always the best commentary on Scripture see discussion - Compare Scripture with Scripture. Therefore as you study God's Word develop the habit of taking a few moment to check for pertinent TSK cross references that can aid interpretation. Click here for a discussion and example of the use of TSK reference system in the interpretation of the Bible.

Respected Bible expositor Dr. There are at least 3 reasons you want to supplement your Bible's "built in" marginal references with with the TSK:. Keep in mind that as excellent as Torrey's cross references are, they were composed by a man and thus will be tainted with his theological bias. There are numerous web sites with the TSK resource available but one of the most comprehensive sites available is Studylight. If you type in book and chapter without verse, the search retrieves the complete listing of references for that chapter in the right margin.

Studylight also allows you to set the default translations so that all references are retrieved in that version. E xpository Studies on Romans and Ephesians by Dr. Ephesians - Dr Barber's exposition of the book of Ephesians. There are 86 messages with a strong emphasis on how to live the "victorious Christ life". He never said you could. But He can and He always said He would! A Testimony of Jesus Christ. Anthony Garland has written A Testimony of Jesus Christ which is a verse by verse commentary on the book of the Revelation from a conservative , futuristic , literal viewpoint.

If you agree that literal interpretation is the safest and most accurate way to interpret Scripture, you will find that Garland's work is one of the best resources available on the book of the Revelation. Garland's comments are based on a literal interpretation. His straightforward approach will help reveal the Revelation which was God's intended purpose for giving it to the Church, as shown even by the Greek word for " Revelation ," apokalupsis , which conveys the idea of "taking the lid off" so as to remove the cover and expose to open view that which was heretofore not visible, known or disclosed!

Indeed, The Revelation was not written to confuse the saints but to encourage, edify and equip us to fight the good fight of faith, fully confident cp Ro Many say the study of prophecy is so controversial and confusing it should be minimized and thus many churches today assiduously avoid preaching on prophecy. To be sure, prophecy study tends to attract folks that offer sensationalistic or "off the wall" interpretations, but that is all the more reason to "be diligent to present yourself approved to God as a workman who does not need to be ashamed, handling accurately the word of truth.

For multiple other resources click Revelation. The Net Bible Bible Online: Let's look at one more example below using the interesting passage Genesis 3: You will find this note very interesting especially if you have ever taken the Precept course "Marriage Without Regrets".

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