Cited Witnesses Throughout History
Ephesians 4:13
“Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ:”
Matthew Poole
(1624-1679)
English Annotations on the Holy Bible
Matthew Poole, a renowned theologian and Bible scholar, was born in York, England in 1624. Little is known of his early life until his admittance to Emmanuel College in Cambridge on July 2, 1645. Poole served as minister of St. Michael-le-Querne in London for a time…
John Flavel
(1628-1665)
Born in 1628, John Flavel was the oldest son of Richard Flavel, a Puritan minister who died of the plague in 1665 while in prison for nonconformity. Educated by his father in the ways of religion, Flavel studied at…
Matthew Henry
(1662-1714)
Concise Commentary on the Whole Bible
Matthew Henry was born into a godly home on October 18, 1662, in Wales. By the age of three, Henry developed a passion for books, mainly the Bible. After deciding to pursue theology, he rose sometimes as early as four o’clock in the morning to study. He often studied his day away…
Johann Bengel
(1687-1752)
Gnomon of the New Testament
Known best for his edition of the Greek New Testament, Johann Albrecht Bengel, a Greek Scholar and Lutheran pietist clergyman, was born on June 24, 1687. Bengel spent his early years devoted to the works of Spinoza and Aristotle while he only dabbled in religious studies…
John Gill
(1697-1771)
Exposition of the Entire Bible
Baptist pastor and scholar, John Gill, was born on November 23, 1697, in Kettering, England, and passed onto glory at the age of 74 on the 14th of October 1771. At age twelve Gill devoted himself to the Lord and made a public profession at eighteen. He went on to become a pastor…
Jonathan Edwards
(1703-1758)
Edwards was born in East Windsor, Connecticut, and he received his master’s degree from Yale in 1722. He apprenticed for his grandfather, Solomon Stoddard, for two years before he became, in 1729, the sole preacher…
Joseph Benson
(1749-1821)
Commentary of the Old and New Testaments
Prominent theologian and minister Joseph Benson was born on January 26, 1749, in Melmerby, Cumberland. At an early age Benson was proficient in Greek and Latin. At sixteen he joined John Wesley, a leader of the Methodist church. Later, in 1766 at Kingswood School, Benson…
Albert Barnes
(1798-1870)
Notes on the Old and New Testaments
Albert Barnes, known as the most prolific American commentator of his generation, was born on December 1, 1798, in Rome, New York. Although he wanted to study law, he instead entered the Presbyterian ministry at Princeton Theological Seminary. There he was a dedicated…
Heinrich Meyer
(1800-1873)
Critical and Exegetical Commentary on the New Testament
Heinrich Meyer, a German Protestant chiefly known for his Critical and Exegetical Commentary on the New Testament, was born on January 10, 1800, and passed on June 21, 1873. Meyer had a deep and early love for languages and studied them veraciously…
George Müller
(1805-1898)
Among the greatest landmarks of what can be accomplished through simple faith in God, are the great orphanages covering thirteen acres of ground on Ashley Downs, Bristol, England. When God put it into the heart of George Muller to build…
Charles Ellicott
(1819-1905)
Bible Commentary for English Readers
Charles John Ellicott, best known for his Bible Commentary and as an outstanding conservative scholar in the 19th century, was born at Whitwell, near Stamford, England, on April 25, 1819. Ellicott graduated from St. John’s College in Cambridge…
Dr. E.W. Bullinger
(1837-1913)
Ethelbert William Bullinger, born December 15, 1837, in Canterbury, was a renowned scholar in biblical languages, an Anglican clergyman, and a dispensationalist theologian. Bullinger…
Charles Spurgeon
(1852-1892)
Charles Haddon Spurgeon, remembered as the Prince of Preachers, was a 19th century English Baptist minister who remains one of the most influential and extraordinary among Christians across denominations. A strong figure…
Robert Jamieson, Andrew Robert Fausset, and David Brown
(1871)
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary
The Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary was created by three theologians and scholars from across the United Kingdom: Rev. Robert Jamieson D.D. (January 3, 1802–October 26, 1880), Rev. Andrew Robert Fausset A.M. (October 13, 1821–February 8, 1910), and Rev. David Brown D.D…
Joseph Exell and Henry Donald Maurice Spence-Jones
(1899)
The Pulpit Commentary
The Pulpit Commentary, created by Rev. Joseph Exell (1849–1909) and Henry Donald Maurice Spence-Jones (January 14, 1836–November 2, 1917) is one of the largest homiletical works produced to this day with a total of 23 volumes compiled over 30 years. Though not much is known…