Bible Commentaries

How can a sinner have eternal life?  The gospel of John provides the answer: by believing in Jesus Christ.  The claims Jesus made, and the works He...

Second Corinthians is the most personal of Paul's letters, providing unique insight into his heart for God and his motivation in ministry.  With hi...

Peter wrote this letter at the outbreak of Nero's persecution, urging his readers to have hope and courage in the midst of terrible affliction.  Hi...

Luke 1-5 begins The MacArthur New Testament Commentary's look at the longest of the four Gospels. Luke is unique in its historical detail and for h...

Luke 6-10 continues The MacArthur New Testament Commentary's look at the longest of the four gospels. The commentary provides a verse by verse and ...

Not only is Revelation the inspired Word of God, it is also the only New Testament book that includes a promised spiritual blessing for those who h...

The Old Testament looked forward to the final King of kings who would bring everlasting salvation and peace.  In his gospel, Matthew demonstrates t...

The Old Testament looked forward to the final King of kings who would bring everlasting salvation and peace.  In his gospel, Matthew demonstrates t...

Luke 11-17 continues The MacArthur New Testament Commentary's look at the longest of the four gospels. The commentary provides a verse by verse and...

Luke 18-24 concludes The MacArthur New Testament Commentary's look at the longest of the four gospels.  The commentary provides a verse-by-verse an...

The Old Testament looked forward to the final King of kings who would bring everlasting salvation and peace.  In his gospel, Matthew demonstrates t...

Romans speaks to Christians today just as powerfully as it spoke to believers of the first century.  It speaks to moral, intellectual, social, and ...

The book of Acts is the first volume of church history.  It connects the early church to the ministry of Jesus, and provides the backdrop for the N...

Second Timothy is essentially Paul's last will and testament.  Though alone and in prison, Paul saw his ministry as a success because he had remain...

How can strong, evangelistic churches be established in a culture that is anything but Christian?  This was the challenge that Titus faced on the i...

The book of Acts is the first volume of church history.  It connects the early church to the ministry of Jesus, and provides the backdrop for the N...

The emphasis of Hebrews was born out of the concern of the writer for those who had been true to Christ in the past but who were now wavering. Sign...

No book in the scripture reveals the glory of God and Christ in more splendor than Revelation.  At the same time, no book has been more misundersto...

Philippians was written from prison, yet its theme is joy.  In fact, joy permeates this letter so much that it has been called 'the epistle of joy....

Second Peter and Jude are sometimes neglected as the 'dark corner' of the New Testament.  But Christians avoid these two letters to their peril.  B...

Dr. Ryrie's admiration for these letters is clear: "These epistles are like finely cut gems… From every part shine forth the character and conduct ...

The apostle John is really a man for ourtime. He wrote his three New Testamentletters in a bold, direct, even dogmaticmanner-more so perhaps than a...

How can a sinner have eternal life?  The gospel of John provides the answer: by believing in Jesus Christ.  The claims Jesus made, and the works He...

The Psalms: Language for All Seasons of the Soul brings together essays from eighteen Old Testament scholars discussing the latest in Psalms schola...

Despite the common opinion of church-age Christians, Dr. Schultz maintains that the book of Deuteronomy is not the narrative of a never-smiling God...

Have you ever resolved to read through the entire Bible, only to abandon your resolution when you reached the long, detailed passages of Leviticus?...

The Bible takes its readers from the center of the Garden to today's urban centers with the same message for all: Christ has come to deliver the ca...

The Bible takes its readers from the center of the Garden to today's urban centers with the same message for all: Christ has come to deliver the ca...

Along with summaries of major sections of each book, this commentary studies the entire Bible phrase-by-phrase. 

Exhaustive studies that bring out deep theological and spiritual truths from the Scriptures. Excellent resource book.

Designed for laypeople, these commentaries deal seriously with the biblical text without being overly technical. Introductory information, doctrina...

To its own generation the book of Chronicles was a vivid reminder of hope in the faithfulness of God, a reminder of the promise--made both to the w...

God used Hosea and Amos--one right after the other--to announce to the Northern Kingdom (Israel) that God's patience had at last ended and that the...

Freedom, a concept which is often misunderstood today, actually involves a great deal of responsibility, love for others, and burden-bearing. In th...

Don't waste time explaining the basic details of every story while you're teaching. Have your students learn them through the Bible Workbooks. The ...

Don't waste time explaining the basic details of every story while you're teaching. Have your students learn them through the Bible Workbooks. The ...

It seems unlikely that a chained prisoner would write a paper on triumph, but in his letter to the Philippian believers, the apostle Paul did exact...

The book of Revelation has long fascinated and even confused readers and students of the Bible alike. Who better to help you understand the seals,...

What does the first book of the New Testament teach? As the first gospel, the book of Matthew is a bridge between the Old Testament and the New. I...

In this devotional commentary, John F. Walvoord, one of evangelicalism's most prominent leaders, and Mark Hitchcock, today's leading Bible prophec...

The book of Daniel is key to the entire Old Testament prophetic revelation. Who better to help you understand Daniel's stories, prophecies, and dr...

Unfathomable loss. Unmerited suffering. Why is this happening to me? For centuries people have tried to understand the reasons for suffering and gr...

A systematic presentation of the person and work of Christ from eternity past to eternity present. 

In the Pentateuch one finds all the themes that would later be expounded upon by other inspired writers. You will learn how these books reveal God'...

Epaphras, pastor of the church at Colosse, reported to an imprisoned Paul that false teachers had infiltrated the Colossian church and were poisoni...

An Accessible Verse-by-Verse Commentary of Ephesians Choosing a Bible commentary can be a daunting prospect. With complex terms and dense expositio...

An Accessible Verse-by-Verse Commentary of 1 Peter Choosing a Bible commentary can be a daunting prospect. With complex terms and dense exposition,...

A must-have for any serious Pauline scholar or student, this Festschrift to Douglas J. Moo includes substantive essays by G.K. Beale, Craig L. Blom...