Commentaries

The NIV Application Commentary

Communicate and apply biblical text effectively in today's context. This unique, award-winning commentary is the ideal resource for today's preachers, teachers, and serious students of the Bible, giving you the tools, ideas, and insights you need to communicate God's Word with the same powerful impact it had when it was first written.

Word Biblical Commentary

This series emphasizes a thorough analysis of textual, linguistic, structural, and theological evidence. These acclaimed commentaries serve as exceptional resources for the professional theologian and instructor, the seminary or university student, the working minister, and everyone concerned with building theological understanding from a solid base of biblical scholarship.

The Story of God Bible Commentary

A new commentary for today’s world, The Story of God Bible Commentary explains and illuminates each passage of Scripture in light of the Bible’s grand story. Its story-centric approach is ideal for pastors, students, Sunday school teachers, and all who want to understand the Bible in today’s world.

The Expositor's Bible Commentary

The Expositor's Bible Commentary series gathers the most current evangelical scholarship and resources. Its fifty-six contributors represent the best in evangelical scholarship committed to the divine inspiration, complete trustworthiness, and full authority of the Bible.

Zondervan Exegetical Commentary on the Old Testament

Designed for the pastor and Bible teacher. Today's top Old Testament scholars bring together commentary features rarely gathered together. With careful discourse analysis and interpretation of the Hebrew text, the authors trace the flow of argument in each Old Testament book, showing that how a biblical author says something is just as important as what they say.

Zondervan Exegetical Commentary on the New Testament

Designed for the pastor and Bible teacher and written by notable evangelical scholars, each volume treats the literary context and structure of the passage in the original Greek, and each author provides an original translation based on the literary structure. The series consistently provides the main point, an exegetical outline, verse-by-verse commentary, and theology in application.

Zondervan Illustrated Bible Backgrounds Commentary

Brimming with photos and graphics, this series walks you through verse by verse. It’s like slipping on a set of glasses that lets you read the Bible through the eyes of a first-century reader! Things that seem mystifying, puzzling, or obscure will take on tremendous meaning when you view them in their ancient context.

The Preachers Commentary

Written BY Preachers and Teachers FOR Preachers and Teachers. This series offers pastors, teachers, and Bible study leaders clear and compelling insights into the Bible that will equip them to understand, apply, and teach the truth in God's Word. If you're a communicator, this commentary will help you share God's Word more effectively with others.