Study the unabridged version of this popular Bible study tool. Written by three pastor-scholars in the late nineteenth century, A Commentary, Critical, Experimental, and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments was a favorite resource of C. H. Spurgeon and other evangelical preachers. Each volume begins with introductions to the biblical books, followed by the text of scripture and verse-by-verse commentary. The authors succinctly comment on nuances in the original languages and historical details. They survey varying scholarly opinions without talking over readers’ heads.
“The design of this remarkable scene was to show Elijah that it was not according to the character of God to destroy or to coerce, but by the rational weapons of argument and preaching the Word, to persuade, the idolaters to abandon a false, and to embrace the true, religion.” (Page 357)
“The ark is mentioned as the efficient cause: it had been the first to move—it was the last to leav” (Page 9)
“He re-enacted in his own person the leading of Israel through the wilderness” (Page 357)
“which lasted for the whole time, corresponded to the manna” (Page 357)
“Scripture nowhere asserts that it was written by Joshua” (Page v)