VERSE-BY-VERSE HISTORY
Eight major public-domain commentary traditions can be compared on one passage.
1706–1714 • English Nonconformist / Reformed
Matthew Henry and continuators · Whole Bible
One of the most influential devotional-expository commentaries in English. Henry completed Acts; associates completed the remaining New Testament from his notes.
Open on John 3:16 →1810–1826 • Methodist / Wesleyan
Adam Clarke · Whole Bible
Large philological and theological commentary by the Methodist scholar Adam Clarke, often attentive to languages, history and textual questions.
Open on John 3:16 →16th century • Reformed
John Calvin · Most biblical books
Calvin’s verse-by-verse expositions, historically important to Reformed interpretation and early modern Protestant biblical study.
Open on John 3:16 →1750s • Methodist / Wesleyan
John Wesley · Whole Bible
Compact explanatory notes prepared for ordinary readers, reflecting Wesley’s pastoral and theological concerns.
Open on John 3:16 →19th century • American Presbyterian
Albert Barnes · New Testament
Widely circulated nineteenth-century explanatory notes emphasizing context, argument and practical interpretation.
Open on John 3:16 →1871 • Protestant
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown · Whole Bible
A concise collaborative commentary that became a standard reference work in English-speaking Protestant study.
Open on John 3:16 →13th century • Patristic / Catholic
Thomas Aquinas, compiler · Four Gospels
Aquinas’ “Golden Chain” of extracts from early Church Fathers arranged as continuous commentary on the Gospels.
Open on John 3:16 →1917 edition • Dispensational evangelical
C. I. Scofield · Whole Bible notes
Historically influential dispensational study notes. Included as a primary historical source, not as Born Again Daily’s endorsement of every conclusion.
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