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Public-Domain Bible Commentaries & Source Modules

Browse 93 locally installed source modules recorded as public domain. These include historical commentaries, Bible translations and study resources. Separately Creative Commons-licensed editions are not described as public domain here.

93 source modules matching your search.

Bible Dictionary / Reference

American Tract Society Bible Dictionary

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Bible Dictionary / Reference

Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia

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Bible Dictionary / Reference

Eusebian Numbers

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Bible Dictionary / Reference

Hitchcock's Bible Names

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Bible Dictionary / Reference

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

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Bible Dictionary / Reference

Scripture Alphabet Of Animals

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Bible Dictionary / Reference

Smith's Bible Dictionary

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Classic Book / Historical Work

"The Dark Night of the Soul" by St. John of the Cross

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Baptist Confession of Faith of 1689

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Book of Concord (Triglot Concordia): The Symbolical Books of the Ev. Lutheran Church

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Calvin's Institutes

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Christologia by John Owen

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Communion with God the Father, Son and Holy Ghost by John Owen

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First Baptist Confession of Faith, London 1646 Edition with an Addendum by Benjamin Cox

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Heretics by Gilbert K. Chesterton (1874-1936)

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Holiness by J. C. Ryle

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Imitation of Christ by Thomas a Kempis

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Josephus: The Complete Works

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Orthodoxy by Gilbert K. Chesterton (1874-1936)

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Religious Affections by Jonathan Edwards

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Select Sermons of Jonathan Edwards

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Sermons on Gospel Themes by Charles G. Finney (1792-1875)

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Summa Theologica by St. Thomas Aquinas

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The Glory of Christ by John Owen

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The Mortification of Sin by John Owen

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The Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan (1628-1688)

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The Practice of the Presence of God: The Best Rule of Holy Life by Brother Lawrence (Nicholas Herman, 1605-1691)

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The Reality of Prayer by E.M. Bounds

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Walther's Law and Gospel

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Westminster Confession & Catechisms

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Commentary

Adam Clarke's Commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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Commentary

Barnes' New Testament Notes

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Commentary

Burkitt's Expository Notes

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Commentary

Calvin's Collected Commentaries

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Commentary

Catena Aurea (Thomas Aquinas)

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Commentary

Darby Translation Notes

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Commentary

Illustrated New Testament

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Jamieson Fausset Brown Bible Commentary

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John Lightfoot Commentary

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John Wesley's Notes on the Bible

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Commentary

Keil and Delitzsch Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament

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Luther's Commentary on Selected Bible Passages

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Commentary

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary on the Whole Bible

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Whole Bible

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Commentary

Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition

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Commentary

Scripture Passages Quoting Scripture

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Commentary

The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts of Apostles

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Commentary

The People's New Testament

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Commentary

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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Devotional / Reading

Jonathan Bagster's Daily Light on the Daily Path

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Historical Bible Translation

1770 John Worsley NT

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Historical Bible Translation

1869 Noyes Translation

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Historical Bible Translation

1902 William Baxter Godbey NT

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Historical Bible Translation

1949/1964 Bible in Basic English

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Historical Bible Translation

Darby Bible (1889)

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Historical Bible Translation

Douay-Rheims Bible, Challoner Revision

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Historical Bible Translation

Garth's Hyper-literal Translation

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Historical Bible Translation

Geneva Bible (1599)

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Historical Bible Translation

Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament

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Historical Bible Translation

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

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Historical Bible Translation

Jewish Publication Society Old Testament

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Historical Bible Translation

King James Version: Pure Cambridge Edition

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Historical Bible Translation

Montgomery New Testament

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Historical Bible Translation

Restored Name King James Version

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Historical Bible Translation

Revised King James New Testament

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Historical Bible Translation

Revised Webster Version (1833)

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Historical Bible Translation

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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Historical Bible Translation

The Emphatic Diaglott

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Historical Bible Translation

The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge

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Historical Bible Translation

Thomas Haweis 1795 New Testament

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Historical Bible Translation

Twentieth Century New Testament

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Historical Bible Translation

Updated King James Version

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Historical Bible Translation

Webster Bible

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Historical Bible Translation

Weymouth NT (1912)

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Historical Bible Translation

William Tyndale Bible (1525/1530)

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Historical Source Text

Clementine Vulgate

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Eusebian Numbers By Verse

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Open Bible Translation

A Conservative Version

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Open Bible Translation

Catholic Public Domain Version

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Open Bible Translation

New Heart English Bible

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Open Bible Translation

New Heart English Bible: Jehovah Edition

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Open Bible Translation

New Heart English Bible: Messianic Edition

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Original-Language / Textual Criticism

Tischendorf's Spurious Passages of the GNT

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Original-Language Bible Text

Aleppo Codex

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Nestle GNT 1904

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Tischendorf's 8th edition GNT

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Westminster Leningrad Codex

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Original-Language Lexicon

BDB Glosses (Strong's)

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Original-Language Lexicon

Dodson Greek-English Lexicon

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Original-Language Lexicon

G. Abbott-Smith's A Manual Greek Lexicon (with Strongs) of the New Testament

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Original-Language Lexicon

G. Abbott-Smith's A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

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Topical / Cross-Reference

R. A. Torrey's New Topical Textbook

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Topical / Cross-Reference

Thompson Chain Topics

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