Bible Commentaries

Join Chuck as he explores Dr. Luke's carefully researched and strikingly human account of the life of Jesus. Luke describes the man, Jesus, and His...

Many familiar Gospel narratives are filled with geographic details that we gloss over because of our distance from the Holy Land. Yet climate, land...

Using Luke's own prologue as the guideline for his commentary, Fred B. Craddock calls attention to the continuities between Jesus and his heritage ...

We all admire the hero. That person who’s celebrated for accomplishing big things in the face of even bigger odds. Yet heroes aren’t defined by the...

Most Bible commentaries take us on a one-way trip from the twentieth century to the first century. But they leave us there, assuming that we can so...

One was a foreigner and a peasant. The other, a reluctant queen to a man she hardly knew. But their stories have one thing in common: A remarkable ...

If you start at the beginning of the New Testament and read straight through, first you’ll find three similar accounts of Jesus’ life. Then you com...

Get back to the roots on Revelation Written especially for the informed layman, student, and scholar, this commentary seeks to clear the air on the...

Meeting God in Paul brings you fresh insights into Paul's revolutionary message.Written by one of the world's greatest living theologians, former A...

Using personal anecdote, a witty and lively style, and drawing on his considerable theological knowledge, John Goldingay takes us deep into the unf...

1 Peter is a significant letter, seen by many scholars to be an ecumenical bridge and anchor. It is first and foremost about the transformative joy...

The Life Application Bible Commentary series is the only commentary to offer sermon and lesson applications alongside stirring commentary. Each vol...

In today's world, where Christian believers are facing increased levels of persecution, we need to understand why Peter calls the Gospel the "livin...

Genesis stands second to none in its importance for proclaiming the whole will of God (Acts 20:27). Genesis is the essential foundation for the res...

There is an increasing hunger among Catholics to study the Bible in depth and in a way that integrates Scripture with Catholic doctrine, worship, a...

Christian theology has concentrated too much on issues around guilt and the needs of the perpetrator of sin, but ignored the strong biblical theme ...

It is an extraordinary story. An unknown young man of thirty abandons his job and launches into a new ‘career’ as travelling preacher and healer. I...

"Mark," which is part of the NIV Application Commentary Series, helps readers learn how the message of Mark's Gospel can have the same powerful imp...

With their messages of doom and judgment, the Minor Prophets have not been popular subjects in the history of biblical interpretation. In this exeg...

This church was not suffering from doctrinal error, so Paul did not come with a heavy hand. He did not have to rebuke someone strongly as at Corint...

Exalting Jesus in Hebrews is part of the Christ-Centered Exposition Commentary series. Edited by David Platt, Daniel L. Akin, and Tony Merida, this...

Jesus never used the title Messiah publicly and, instead, referred to Himself as the Son of Man 78 times. Why? The New Testament Gospels, as they a...

The King James Version Bible Commentary is a complete verse-by-verse commentary. It is comprehensive in scope, reliable in scholarship, and easy to...

The 15-volume Swindoll's Living Insights New Testament Commentary series draws on Gold Medallion Award-winner Chuck Swindoll's 50 years of experien...