Pillar II
Commentary
The tradition of verse-by-verse exposition — the Christian counterpart of the great commentaries. These public-domain classics are catalogued here; each is being rendered in full and linked into the Bible reader, chapter by chapter.
Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary on the Whole Bible
Matthew Henry · d. 1714
The most widely read English devotional commentary, covering the entire Bible with practical and expository notes. Left unfinished at Romans; completed from his notes by other ministers.
ProtestantPublic domainRead on site
Open the commentary →John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible
John Gill · d. 1771
A verse-by-verse Baptist exposition of the whole Bible, notable for its rabbinic and patristic learning.
ProtestantPublic domainCatalogue · reader in progress
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown · d. 1871
A concise critical and explanatory commentary on the entire Bible (1871), a standard one-volume Protestant reference.
ProtestantPublic domainCatalogue · reader in progress
Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible
Adam Clarke · d. 1832
A Methodist commentary on the whole Bible, the fruit of nearly forty years' labour, rich in philology and original-language notes.
ProtestantPublic domainCatalogue · reader in progress
Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible
Albert Barnes · d. 1870
Albert Barnes' explanatory notes, clear and accessible, long a favourite of preachers and Bible-class teachers.
ProtestantPublic domainCatalogue · reader in progress
Calvin's Commentaries
John Calvin · d. 1564
The Reformer's exegetical commentaries covering most of the Old and New Testaments — a foundational work of Reformed biblical interpretation.
ProtestantPublic domainCatalogue · reader in progress
Keil & Delitzsch Commentary on the Old Testament
Carl F. Keil & Franz Delitzsch · d. 1888
The great 19th-century German critical commentary on the Hebrew Old Testament, exhaustive in grammar and history.
ProtestantPublic domainCatalogue · reader in progress
The Pulpit Commentary
H. D. M. Spence & Joseph Exell (eds.) · d. 1919
A 23-volume homiletical commentary (1880s) combining exposition with sermon outlines, written by many contributors.
ProtestantPublic domainCatalogue · reader in progress
Geneva Bible Study Notes
Reformation translators (Geneva, 1560) · d. 1560
The marginal notes of the 1560 Geneva Bible — the study Bible of the English Reformation and the Puritans.
ProtestantPublic domainCatalogue · reader in progress
Catena Aurea (Golden Chain) on the Four Gospels
Thomas Aquinas (compiler) · d. 1274
Aquinas' running commentary on the Gospels woven entirely from the Church Fathers — a continuous chain of patristic exegesis.
CatholicPublic domainCatalogue · reader in progress
Homilies on the Gospels and Epistles
John Chrysostom · d. 407
The golden-mouthed preacher's verse-by-verse homilies on Matthew, John, Acts, and the Pauline epistles — the great monument of Greek patristic exegesis.
PatristicPublic domainCatalogue · reader in progress
Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament
John Wesley · d. 1791
Wesley's concise notes on the whole New Testament, a founding document of Methodist biblical interpretation.
ProtestantPublic domainCatalogue · reader in progress