Bible students long on interest, but short on cash, will be happy to know that there are 16 commentaries on New Testament books --- written by noted evangelical scholars --- that are available online for free.The commentaries, from the IVP New Testament Commentary Series (InterVarsity Press), can be found online at the BibleGateway.com website.
New Testament scholar Donald Carson describes the series this way: "... they are brief, simple, and designed to be immediately nurturing. Quite a few have now appeared, and if several are bland, several others are outstanding (W. Larkin on Acts, I. Howard Marshall on 1 Peter, Linda Belleville on 2 Corinthians, Rodney Whitacre on John)," in New Testament Commentary Survey, 6th ed. (Baker Academic).
Grant Osborne is the series editor, with Haddon Robinson and Stuart Briscoe serving as consulting editors.
The IVPNTC commentaries that are available online are (listed with their author and a link to the work):
- Matthew, Craig Keener
- Luke, Darrell Bock
- John, Rodney Whitacre
- Acts, William Larkin
- 2 Corinthians, Linda Belleville
- Galatians, G. Walter Hansen
- Philippians, Gordon Fee
- Colossians, Robert Wall
- 1 Timothy, Philip Towner
- Titus, Philip Towner
- Philemon, Robert Wall
- James, George Stulac
- 1 John, Marianne Meye Thompson
- 2 John, Marianne Meye Thompson
- 3 John, Marianne Meye Thompson
- Revelation, J. Ramsey Michaels
All of the above may, of course, be purchased in hardcover. The 19 volumes currently in print have a retail cost of $432.00. Individual volumes are typically $22.00 and $24.00.
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