Whole-Bible Commentaries: THE 5 BEST [for Pastors, Lay People, and Scholars]

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[@Jopan471]

FF Bruce very good

[@LalzarLian]

Thank you for this video... I like these books

[@mikeh8336]

Another great option is Believer's Bible Commentary by William MacDonald. It is about 2400 pages long. It is very conservative and pre-millennial. It also includes some practical application.

[@johnhigginbotham2770]

Very helpful.

[@BAgirl1044]

One of my favorites as well !

[@bhjr]

Extremely helpful...I love that you highlight the academic reviews, they say a lot about the resource. Thank you, keep up the great work!

[@BestBibleCommentaries]

Hi Bill! I hope you are well. Thanks for the comment! :)

[@jazzsounds8159]

@@BestBibleCommentaries kzbin.info/www/bejne/g56to4Wua5tmnsk several reformed ppl. in documentary.

[@jeffcordell7921]

I love the Bible knowledge commentary set, used it a lot over the years. Have the Bible background set as well.

[@MM-jf1me]

Great overview! I especially liked how you cited reviews along with giving your personal opinion.

[@dmartin7780]

Thanks for the information. It is good information!

[@TheAgigi3]

Thanks for this video

[@jeannieleasa1579]

Great review. Concise and enlightening. Thanks.

[@BestBibleCommentaries]

Hi, thanks for the comment. I appreciate your feedback! :)

[@Alex27011969]

Thank you a lot for the good review!

[@BestBibleCommentaries]

My pleasure, Alex! Take care. :)

[@indianocean7271]

What a helpful video and so nicely presented. Your pace and comments are just lovely. I am not familiar with any of these so appreciate your quick overview.

[@BestBibleCommentaries]

Thank you so much!

[@carmennooner2027]

I just subscribed to your unique channel. I own a Study Bible in the translations I use and at the moment, only one full Bible commentary. This is an excellent and informative format. I will now have to force myself to stay away from impulse buying! :)

[@BestBibleCommentaries]

Welcome! It's good to have you.

[@patriothippie5881]

Thanks for your videos, they've been very helpful. Several of your recommendations have made their way into my library. Have you considered doing a video on Bible atlases ?

[@stevensmallwood6754]

Thank you. Very good review. I use 4 out of the 5 for Sunday school lesson preparation. I don’t have the Baker Illustrated Commentary but am hoping to get it soon. One that I also use is the Liberty Bible Commentary, which is also very good.

[@robertrobbins5691]

I own both the New Bible Commentary and the Bible Knowledge Commentary (BKC). Your descriptions of both were concise and helpful. My personal viewpoint is basically pre-millenial. Sometimes I feel the authors in the BKC try "too hard" to insert that perspective in every nook and cranny (especially the Old Testament.) So I actually enjoy reading another point of view (for example - Ferguson writing on Daniel.) I dislike rigidity especially when other brilliant believers can open your mind and produce a more humble approach to interpreting Scripture. Without the Holy Spirit, we can easily major in the minors. There can be no compromise on the gospel (or justification by faith.) But I can easily see how many believers do not believe in the rapture while others expect it next Thursday! Thanks again for a most helpful presentation.

[@BestBibleCommentaries]

My pleasure, Robert! I always enjoy reading your comments. :)

[@percival5207]

good curation for book comparison. Nicely done. Please review James 2nd Ed commentary from Dr Moo.

[@imabeliever85]

I really appreciated this video. I would also add the two volume abridged expositors Bible commentary, I think I like that better than all the ones reviewed in this video.

[@GuardianRobots]

Thank you Marc, I am going to check that out the Abridged Expositors Bible Commentary, I recently came across Kohlenberger's update of Nave's dictionary and found it very use even for those not using the NIV translation. Thanks!

[@ThriftStoreBibles]

I enjoy the Bible Backgrounds and New Bible Commentary. Got lucky on the NBC and found a used copy cheap of the current edition.

[@BestBibleCommentaries]

That's a really good pairing, providing great information in various areas without a lot of overlap.

[@GuardianRobots]

Thank you so much for your great work. I hope one day you can expand the list to a top 10. Just out of curiosity, where would you rank The Believers Bible Commentary by William MacDonald? From using it, William MacDonald seems to weigh the different interpretations of a verse and gives the reader the tools to decide. I will definitely check out the other commentaries and thank you again for the edifying videos!

[@imabeliever85]

Macdonald is very good. I think it’s good to have a commentary set from a team and also from an individual like MacDonald that is well balanced and helpful. I like Guzik too

[@SaneNoMore]

Huh, I had 4 out of 5 of these. I will have to look into the IVP set.

[@dustyt4662]

Question concerning teaching skills. I know it's one skill set for Bible hermeneutics and another skill set when teaching/presenting. I know teaching is a spiritual gift and I understand this skill set can be built upon. What resources would you recommend to build in teaching skills? I purchased The Baker Illustrated Bible Commentary. love it! Thank you for your content 🙏✝️🙏

[@BestBibleCommentaries]

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[@jamesjlee0521]

Great vid. Is the Baker Ilustrated comm by Duvall similar to Burge?

[@BestBibleCommentaries]

Thanks, James! Yes, it's pretty similar.

[@donpotter3752]

I understand your reason for recommending the 1994 New Bible Commentary as a very up-to-date commentary; but I might mention that the first edition (1953/1954) by F. Davidsion was based on the KJV so it is helpful for people who study that version.

[@BestBibleCommentaries]

Great comment. That you adding that information to this video.

[@brendaboykin3281]

Thank you, Sir. Any ideas on a commentary from an evangelical specifically non-Reformed point of view? Just for a little change-up?

[@brendaboykin3281]

Along the lines of Dr. Keener. Thanks. 🌹🌹🌹

[@Cocodarlin325]

Amazon has The Baker Illustrated Bible Background Commentary (2020) is that a newer edition?

[@arunajena4224]

Sir Which commentaries gives a very critical analysis and detailed background information for the verses like (KJV) Genesis 4:4, 17:11-12, 32:24-25, 43:32 and Deuteronomy 29:23? Thanks.

[@Denis-Antonio]

Hi, why do you stopped posting?😕

[@partialartsblackbelt8384]

As someone newer to bible study can anyone recommend a commentary or something else that gives you a breakdown of the different beliefs on the different books or verses. I grew up in baptist churches but have never done a deeper dive into study until now and would like to understand all the different interpretations to decide what my perspective is.

[@MM-jf1me]

Oh, that sounds like that would be a multi volume work if it exists! I'd enjoy looking at a resource like that, too.

[@TheAgigi3]

Try Andrew Wommack Living Commentary. It's online. I will be buying it soon. Side notes, he used to be a Baptist

[@eb31601]

I was able to find a copy of this without the dust jacket it does not say 21st century on the hardcover or on the inside but it was published in 2007 and has these editors... The amount of information in this one volume commentary is really something I don't know how they put all of this into one volume to be honest.... Although I do have some individual commentaries the space I have for books is limited so one volume commentaries are something I look for....😁

[@BestBibleCommentaries]

Sounds like you got the right edition of the NBC. Yes, it's jam packed. We might pay a little more for Carson's books (as editor or author), but he will always deliver with substantial content. And the lineup of authors in the NBC is unparalleled in my view.

[@jenelledrada1581]

Hello! I’m looking for a commentary whose authors believe in the full use of the Spiritual gifts. Any recommendations?

[@mexican_kpopstar]

Perhaps the Fire Bible would be helpful. It’s a sort of Study Bible from a Pentecostal perspective in the notes.

[@mijamaravillaYT]

Hi. What do you think about The MacArthur Commentary bible? Great review by the way!

[@BestBibleCommentaries]

Very well-reviewed. If you agree with his theology, it's likely a must-have.

[@willcooper7345]

@@BestBibleCommentaries , I am entering Grand Rapids Theological Seminary @ Cornerstone University. I just ordered MacArthur commentary but am too new to his teachings to say I follow him. As a x-Catholic at a non-Denominational church, I am in a season of education and discovery. I like Cultural, historical and exegesis so I was re-thinking MacArthur order to change to IVP Bible Background. Thoughts/Recommendations?

[@RUT812]

He’s a Calvinist.

[@esluke1955]

What about Dake's Annotated Bible?

[@artemusbowdler7508]

Where did you go?

[@diannasharp5216]

Revelation speaks of the 7 spirits of God? Could you speak on it.

[@arameshpaul495]

tell me how to buy this books

[@yvonnegonzales2973]

I have old version of IVP keener new testament, zondervan bruce new international &, moody Which is more or very technical in one volume? Oxford, believer's etc?

[@BestBibleCommentaries]

I can't think of any that a technical in terms of exegeting the original languages. Oxford is more advanced than the Believer's Bible Commentary.

[@bbhhgghhh9337]

@@BestBibleCommentaries it's idiotic also

[@ramonajones9432]

What's your take on the Mathew Henry Commentary

[@BestBibleCommentaries]

It's an excellent resource. It's dated, but the writing is still clear to most people. You might try the one-volume version, and if you like it, move to the unabridged version. I'm pretty sure you can find them free online.

[@ramonajones9432]

@@BestBibleCommentaries Thank you i am from Durban South Africa amd managed to get the one volume version. Some how I just like a book thank you

[@nicb.1411]

Excuuuuuse you😏 19:17

[@dhopper6163]

I'm looking to buy my first bible commentary and was wondering why you used the 2012 edition rather than the new 2020 edition.

[@BestBibleCommentaries]

It's just the one I have.

[@barbarakuhn3239]

I just bought the 2IV P commentary And the baker Full Bible commentary Don't really know I'm gonna like Em but the Baker one seems really good

[@emilysplace91]

Which of these is the easiest to read and understand?

[@BestBibleCommentaries]

I would say the Baker Illustrated Bible Commentary. It's introductory and highly visual compared to the others.

[@israelrivera3009]

If i already have the IVP Bible Background Commentary.....do you recommend that I also get the Cultural Backgrounds study bible or do I already have all or more of the commentaries and study notes that are in that Study Bible?

[@Stupidityindex]

My commentary is free & short. The religious are ludicrous, avoided like the old women with too many cats. Freud wrote the antidote to Christianity is literacy. Nothing fails like prayers in a children's hospital. Who sends their children to prophet trade-school? If there were a god, then would there be any demand for scripture interpretations by various podium-jockeys using fantasyland vocabulary? These are the religious, the wolves in sheep's clothing. Even Jesus says faith is worthless or you could order mountains to move about. The scam works with faith & prayers, suggesting we all should travel with one foot in their fantasyland. Theologians acquire grand titles without certification from a deity, & project certainty using fantasyland vocabulary in an academic setting to compensate for lack of reason. We really should address the social acceptance of large numbers of people speaking a fantasyland vocabulary & openly indulging in the deceit of religious belief as a tool of fascism. It was secular law & order ending the inquisitions & witch-killings. The Christians slapped their books on the Old Testament, & the Mormons glued theirs on to them both, thus proving Christians lack quality-control. As if God does not have a perfect record of doing nothing, as if we had no reason for the saying: God helps those helping themselves.

[@alexlc13]

I would also like to know your answer to this. For some reason the reply that is here is not showing up.

[@israelrivera3009]

@@alexlc13 Hi, this very same question was answered to me by Craig Keener himself (author and editor of the NT part of the SB and his NT Background commentary) in the comments of this video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/iKPck6mBiNicbNUsi=aZUmQVNnLhgJwuA3

[@israelrivera3009]

@@alexlc13 Hi, I bought both resources. The OT notes although not as lenghty seem to be better in the SB mostly because the SB is 16 years newer than the IVP OT edition. The NT notes in the Study Bible are just a bit more updated than the IVP NT B. Commentary *2nd Edition* (just 2 years apart) but the notes in the IVP NT 2nd Edition Commentary are fuller and lenghtier than in the SB. ---

[@alexlc13]

@@israelrivera3009 Thank you so much for your insight!

[@davidhmar123]

What will be the best app for commentary

[@BestBibleCommentaries]

Logos, but it's a pay service. For a free version yet Matthew Henry.

[@davidhmar123]

@@BestBibleCommentaries thanks, can you please tell me how to start self studying for a Bible teacher

[@zacharycorral1318]

@@davidhmar123 The Inductive Method - no better way!!!

[@SisterBaby]

Which of these, if any, are considered non-reformed/non-Calvinist?

[@P_Ezi]

BKC

[@robertrodrigues7319]

For a 1 volume and i have a few, the Bible Knowledge Commentary is the best by a country mile, none come close. The New Bible Commentary I would not buy or use due to the Authors ie Carson who is a Calvinist.

[@sae4842]

The authors of the BKC are also Calvinistic. Both are great commentaries. I like how the different perspectives.

[@jamesjlee0521]

Darn no kindle version for new bible commentary

[@BestBibleCommentaries]

I've noticed that, too. IVP has some classic reference works that aren't yet on Kindle. Hopefully, that changes soon.

[@Wood424]

You almost had me going, I have The New Bible Commentary: Revised, Editors D Guthrie, Motyer, Stibbs and Wiseman 😂

[@RUT812]

Which are Calvinist and which are not?

[@stevepierce6467]

Grimm's Fairy Tales comes in several very high-quality editions too.

[@Believe_the_Bible]

The best bible commentary is the KJB bible itself. ALL anything else is the commentary of men. 1Cor 2:13 KJV Which things also we speak, in the words which man's wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth; comparing spiritual things with spiritual.

[@BestBibleCommentaries]

The verse you cite doesn't mention the KJV, so how did you come to that conclusion? It wasn't taught to you by a man was it? The KJV is an excellent translation, but the pride exhibited in this particular view is staggering.

[@Believe_the_Bible]

​@@BestBibleCommentaries Silly man, of course the KJB is not mentioned in a verse in the bible. Neither is any other translation including even the originals, are not mentioned by name. The only spiritual thing we can compare to a spiritual thing, is the word of God. It sure isn't people or commentaries of men. The KJB is the only bible that has its own built in reference system between verses. It also has it own dictionary for many words. unlike every other English bible version. Pride? Okay, here comes the insults because I choose to believe God when He said His word is true, pure and that He preserved it. I find that to be in the KJB. I like to think it is confidence, trust and faith in God at His word when He said He would keep His word. So tell me where do you think the word of God is? The one that Jesus Himself talks about, the true, pure, preserved one. Matt 24:35 KJV Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.

[@BestBibleCommentaries]

@@Believe_the_Bible It's not a personal insult, brother. I just think that refusing to listen to (or read) other brothers in Christ, when the Bible tells us to seek wisdom from others and gives the church men to preach (not just read) his Word, is an inconsistent and arrogant view. Personally, I want to be humble enough to listen to a dear brother in the Lord who has, for example, studied and taught Ephesians for 40 years. If I would listen to such a man preach, why wouldn't I read what he has written? For me to say, "No, I don't think that man has anything to teach me," is prideful. It minimizes how God has given His bride gifted preachers, teachers, and writers. Bible commentaries don't carry Apostolic authority as the New Testament does, and preaching today isn't done by Apostles. I think we would agree on those things. Yet, is there still a benefit from preaching today, isn't there? But not benefit from writers? If a preacher can comment on Apostolic teaching, why can't writers write about it? So why should I, or anyone else, heed your comments on this topic, since obviously you are doing more than simply quoting the KJV back to me? Aren't you a "man"? Of course you are. Yet, aren't you trying to teach me something right now? Persuade me? Suggest different applications to me? It sure seems like you are, yet you are a man. So, according to your view, why should I listen to you? In fact, in this exchange, I'm reading words you have written -- and you want me to heed your words about the Bible, right? But not the words in a commentary? Again, this view comes across as prideful to me. I'll ask again, who taught you about the KJV? Was it a man? Because, like you said, the Bible, including Matthew 24:35, doesn't mention the translation. To be clear, I think the KJV is an excellent translation, and I hope believers will read it for years to come. I fully believe in the inerrancy and inspiration of Scripture, doctrines which I have defended for almost 30 years of ministry. But if you think those doctrines only apply to the KJV, you don't much about original manuscripts, church history, or orthodox Christian theology. I don't have any issue with believers, churches, or denominations declaring their love and thankfulness for the KJV and using it exclusively. I have NO problem with that. But what you're implying about other translations, and the judgments you are making about gifted writers that God has given the Church, are factually, historically, and theologically incorrect, and lead to inconsistent applications. The Word of God is the 66 Holy Spirit-inspired books of the Bible that are without error in theology, history, science, application, and more. As Jesus said, no letter of it will be removed or erased, though empires will fall and leaders will die. The Word of God will stand forever (Isa. 40:8). By the way, I have several Bibles that aren't KJV that have excellent reference systems and dictionaries. You're getting bad information from somewhere, my friend.

[@Believe_the_Bible]

@BestBibleCommentaries Thank you for your reply. I understand what you are saying but allow me to clarify my view on the subject. 1. Never take anything I say as true. Only God's word is true. 2. Anything that someone says needs to be proven by scripture the way God tells us to study His word - rightly divided. II Tim 2:15 KJB only. 3. What do you do when commentaries disagree, and they do. The point is we go to the word of God not a man for it's own understanding. 4. I have never seen a commentary which exposits God's word rightly divided. I guess that is my aversion to commentaries of men. 5. Yes, we can learn from other's again only if they rightly divide the word. They are few and far between. You did not answer my question. Where is God's pure, true, preserve word of God today for us to read and study?

[@BestBibleCommentaries]

1. I don't take your words as Scripture, but that doesn't mean I can't learn anything about the Bible from you. I probably could, whether you spoke it or wrote it. Maybe a parallel would be the definitions you said are in the back of your Bible. You probably learn from them, but they aren't Scripture. They are the words of men, probably holy and well-read believers. 2. I agree wholeheartedly that Scripture is our ultimate authority. Like I check preaching and teaching against the Word, I check what I read against the Word. 3. Same thing I do when two pastors disagree. I think it's wise to pray for the Spirit's help, study the Scripture myself like parallel passages, and seek wisdom, maybe from a pastor or a brother in Christ. 4. What commentaries have you seen? I just can't dismiss all commentary writers of the last 2,000 years, and conclude that NONE of them have handled Scripture correctly. Men like Augustine, Martin Luther, and Charles Spurgeon all wrote commentaries. I, for will one, will not judge them or dismiss them as offering NOTHING. Due respect, that's a baffling perspective, in my opinion, and ignores the gifts God has given to people. 5. I did. In my statement about the 66 inerrant and inspired books of the Bible. My reading varies from from the original languages to different translations, including the KJV. If that doesn't answer your question, then I'm not sure what you're asking. I want to say again, I'm glad you read the KJV. It's an excellent translation, and I would never to try dissuade someone from reading it. It seems like you love the Word, too. Well, so do I. I just don't understand the view of shunning the teachers that God has so graciously given the church for it's edification because they wrote down some of their teachings (Eph. 4:11-12, KJV). If you never read a commentary, which I know you won't, that's not a problem in my view because Scripture is sufficient. But I think it's harmful to judge believers who are edified and sanctified by reading great teachers.

[@user-tu2xf4uf3n]

FYI -- IF THE BIBLE SAY "NEW BIBLE" ON IT -- ITS NOT REALLY THE RIGHT ONE TO BE READING ?

[@BestBibleCommentaries]

Hi, it's not a "new Bible," but a new commentary on the Bible.