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 at age 21. Gill held a Doctor of Divinity and is known as the first major writing Baptist theologian. Gill’s Exposition of the New Testament includes three volumes written between 1746–1748. Soon after, Gill started his Exposition of the Old Testament, which included six volumes written between 1748 and 1763. Preacher Charles Spurgeon esteems Dr. Gill highly for his methodical formatted sermons and ability to retain being sound and sober in his commenting—rarely being given to his imagination, thus distinguishing Gill and his excellent work on the Holy Scriptures.^[1]

^[1]  “John Gill (Theologian).” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 30 Dec. 2022, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Gill_%28theologian%29.

“Biography of John Gill – Coming in the Clouds.” Coming In The Clouds, 5 Jan. 2014, https://comingintheclouds.org/about-protestant/teachers-preachers/biography-of-john-gill/.