Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole Bible - Matthew II

As the first among the best in terms of usefulness, we are obliged to mention him whose name is already a household word: MATTHEW HENRY. He is supremely pious and concise, solid and sensible, suggestive and sober, succinct and trustworthy. You will find that he shines with metaphors, is rich in analogies, overflows with illustrations, and abounds in reflections. He delights in appositions and alliterations, but his style is, generally, simple, evocative, and full of content. He grasps the meaning of the text directly and offers the result of a meticulous critical knowledge of the originals on par with the best critics of his time. He is deeply spiritual, heavenly, and beneficial, he finds the content of each text and from all of them he draws enormously practical and accurate lessons. His is a type of commentary that should be placed where I saw it in the old meeting house in Chester: chained in the vestibule so that anyone could read it. It is the commentary of the common man, the Christian's old companion, suitable for anyone, instructive for all.

"Every minister should read Matthew Henry entirely and carefully at least once. I recommend that you do so within twelve months of finishing seminary. Begin at the beginning, and resolve to travel through the land from Dan to Beersheba. You will acquire a vast store for your sermons if you read it with a notebook at hand; thoughts will flutter around you like twittering swallows around a rooftop at the coming of autumn. If you publicly expound the chapter you have been reading, your congregation will be astonished by the novelty of your observations and the depth of your thoughts, and then you can tell them what a great treasure Henry is." C.H. Spurgeon.

Pages: 677

Dimensions: 13.4 x 21.5 x 3.2 cm

ISBN: 9788412211528