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Order of Contents
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Commentary Series
. Heathens
. Early & Medieval Church
. Reformation
Study Bibles & Bible Notes
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About
The main part of this collection consists of modern, whole Bible commentary series and Study Bibles which provide a selection, or anthology, of writers from a given period of history on the Biblical books.
As this genera of literature includes websites that have made extensive online collections of such primary source authors from Church history on the Biblical books (such as from the early and medieval Church), so these websites have been included here.
This page does not include:
(1) Series where each volume is a commentary on a whole BIblical book written by one author from that time period. For that, see The Early & Medieval Church Fathers on Scripture.
(2) Full whole Bible commentaries written by one person, or many persons, from that time period. For those, see the previous link and Reformation & Puritan Bible Commentaries, as well as our page of older Bible Commentaries generally. Note, though, that more sparse notes on the whole Bible by such persons in history (similar to modern study Bibles) are included here.
This page can be searched in most browsers by pressing ‘control’ and ‘f’ together; then enter your search term, such as a book of the Bible.
As more and more of these works become fully available online (as some already are), they will be linked on this page. Check back in the future.
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Commentary Series & Sites Themed from Church History
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Order of Works
From Heathens
. Millington
Early & Medieval Church
. Ancient Christian Commentary
. Bible in Medieval Tradition
. CatenaBible.com
. Patristic Bible Commentary
Reformation
. Reformation Commentary on Scripture
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Testomonies from the Heathens
ed. Millington, Thomas – The Testimony of the Heathen to the Truths of Holy Writ: A Commentary on the Old and New Testaments, compiled almost exclusively from Greek and Latin authors of the Classical Ages of Antiquity (1863) 675 pp.
Invaluable; this is a one of a kind gem! This commentary is wholly composed of quotes from heathens verifying from general revelation and history the truths of God’s Word, Genesis to Revelation. The title page quotes John 1:5, ‘And the Light shines in darkness, and the darkness comprehends it not.’ Open up the work and skim a taste of it.
** ‘It was a capital idea to lay the heathen under contribution [to the Bible]. The author is at home in the Classics, and has performed the work well.’ – Spurgeon
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Early & Medieval Church Commentaries
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Ancient Christian Commentary Buy
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This is a great way to be introduced to and get familiar with the Biblical commentary of the early early Church fathers. Most verses in the Bible are commented on by way of one or two paragraph snippets from the writings of the fathers, with helpful background info. Well done.
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Ancient Christian Commentary
Genesis 1-11 Andrew Louth 2001
Genesis 12-50 Mark Sheridan 2002
Exodus – Deuteronomy Joseph Lienhard 2001
Joshua – 2 Samuel John Franke 2005
1 Kings – Esther Marco Conti 2008
Job Manlio Simonetti 2006
Psalms 1-50 Craig Blaising & Carmen Hardin 2008
Psalms 51-150 Quentin Wesselschmidt 2007
Proverbs – Song J. Robert Wright 2005
Isaiah 1-39 Steven McKinion 2004
Isaiah 40-66 Mark Elliott 2007
Jeremiah – Lamentations Dean Wenthe 2009
Ezekiel – Daniel Kenneth Stevenson 2008
Minor Prophets Alberto Ferreiro 2003
Matthew 1-13, 14-28 Manlio Simonetti 2001
Mark Christopher Hall 2005
Luke Arthur Just 2003
John 1-10, 11-21 Joel Elowsky 2007
Acts Francis Martin 2006
Romans Gerald Bray 2005
1-2 Corinthians Gerald Bray 2006
Galatians – Philippians Mark Edwards 2005
Colossians – Philemon Peter Gorday
Hebrews Philip Krey & Eric Heen 2005
James – Jude Gerald Bray 2000
Revelation William Weinrich 2005
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The Bible in Medieval Tradition Buy
Genesis Joy A. Schroeder 2015
Jeremiah Joy A. Schroeder 2017
Romans Levy, Krey, Ryan 2013
Galatians Ian Christopher Levy 2011
Revelation David Burr 2019
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Catena Bible
By far and away the best site that has collated commentaries on nearly every verse of the Bible from the patristics and medieval writers. Includes thousands of commentaries; just click on the book, chapter and verse of the Bible you are interested in.
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Patristic Bible Commentary
This site is easy to navigate and has a significant amount of the works of the Fathers in English that are not easy to find elsewhere.
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The Reformation Era
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Reformation Commentary on Scripture
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The purpose of this commentary series is to give a sampling of the protestant Reformation’s Bible interpretation by way of 1-2 paragraph samplings, with background info, from various Reformation era figures. This is a great way to get familiar with some lesser known reformers and their writings. Some are newly translated for this volume. Because the series is focused on the history of the Reformation, some non-reformed folk are included as well, such as Anabaptists and Arminians, etc. The volumes are well done.
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Reformation Commentary on Scripture
Genesis 1-11 John L. Thompson 2012
Genesis 12-50
Exodus – Deuteronomy
Joshua – Ruth N. Scott Amos 2020
Samuel – Chronicles Derek Cooper & Martin Lohrmann
Ezra – Esther
Job
Psalms 1-72 Herman J. Selderhuis
Psalms 73-150 Herman J. Selderhuis
Proverbs
Isaiah
Jeremiah – Lamentations J. Jeffery Tyler 2018
Ezekiel – Daniel Carl Beckwith 2012
Minor Prophets
Matthew Jason Lee & William Marsh 2021
Mark
Luke Beth Kreitzer 2015
John 1-12 Craig S. Farmer
John 13-21 Christopher Brown 2021
Acts Esther Chung-Kim & Todd Hains 2014
Romans 1-8 Gwenfair Adams
Romans 9-16 Philip D.W. Krey & Peter D.S. Krey
1 Corinthians Scott M. Manetsch
2 Corinthians Scott M. Manetsch 2022
Galatians – Ephesians Gerald L. Bray
Philippians – Colossians Graham Tomlin
1 Thessalonians – Philemon Lee Gatis & Bradley Green
Hebrews & James Ronald K. Rittgers
1 John – Jude
Revelation
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Study Bibles & Bible Notes
Themed from Church History
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Early & Medieval Church
. Orthodox Study Bible
Reformation
. The Reformation Study Bible
. The Reformation Heritage Study Bible
. Martin Luther
. Geneva Bible Annotations
. King James Translators’ Notes
1700’s
. Matthew Henry’s Study Bible
. Edwards, Jonathan
1800’s
. Charles Spurgeon
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The Early & Medieval Church
The Orthodox Study Bible: New Testament & Psalms Buy (Thomas Nelson, 1993) IA
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The Reformation
ed. Sproul, R.C. – Reformation Study Bible (2001)
ed. Beeke, Joel – The Reformation Heritage KJV Study Bible Buy (n.d.)
Luther, Martin – Prefaces to the Books of the Bible Not every book is commented on.
These introductory prefaces are great for the beginner reading through the books of the Bible for the first time, to get a summary of them and to know what is important in each one. They are also edifying to the experienced reader.
Various – The Geneva Bible Annotations (1599) Authors includ: John Calvin, John Knox, Theodore Beza, Miles Coverdale, William Whittingham, Anthony Gilby, Christoper Goodman, Thomas Sampson, William Cole, William Keithe, Laurance Tomson, Franciscus Junius, John Bale, Heinrich Bullinger et al.
See the link for an introduction to these historically influential Bible notes from your favorite reformers at Geneva and other places. The notes, intending to be only marginal notes, unfortunately are often concise and sparse.
Various – The King James Version’s Translator’s Notes (1611)
These are the alternate translations for the Hebrew and Greek verses from the King James translators themselves.
These are reliable alternate translations from a reliable textual base, and these alternate translational readings lack the loose translation philosophy of many translational philosophies today found in many popular Bibles.
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1700’s
The Matthew Henry Study Bible (KJV) Buy
This was not actually arranged by Matthew Henry, but was arranged by modern editors from Matthew Henry’s Commentary.
Edwards, Jonathan
Notes on the Bible in Select Works, vol. 2, p. 676 ff. (d. 1758) 140 pp. double columned
These are not necessarily expositions, but meditations and thoughts on various texts throughout the Bible written in Edwards’ spare hours.
The Blank Bible being WJE Online, Vol. 24
Sermon Index (Canonical) at Yale’s Jonathan Edwards’ Center
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1800’s
Spurgeon, Charles – Verse Expositions of the Bible
Spurgeon (d. 1892) was a famed, mid-1800’s, English, Reformed Baptist.
This is a collection of the brief spontaneous comments Spurgeon would give while reading a passage of Scripture before his sermons. Not every verse is commented on.
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Related Pages
Reformation & Puritan Bible Commentaries