NIV Application Commentary: Ezekiel
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When you are attempting to understand a book as enigmatic and as flatly strange as Ezekiel, you want a skill experienced guide who maintains a firm doctrinal grounding. Ian Duguid, author of this commentary Ezekiel [NIVAC] was a perfect selection for this job by editors of the NIVAC series as he has written extensively on the prophets and understand the critical task of translating their seemingly other worldly message into the lives of Christians today.
With a rarely-matched mastery of the entire prophetic corpus, Iain Duguid reminds us the message is as relevant today as in Ezekiel’s day. This world is not our home, but we can learn to live as exiles, with endurance and hope.
Book Summary
The NIV Application Commentary helps readers with the vital task of bringing the ancient message of the Bible into a contemporary context. It gives preachers and teachers the tools, ideas, and insights they need to communicate God’s Word with the same powerful impact it had when it was first written.
About the Book
The NIV Application Commentary helps you communicate and apply biblical text effectively in today’s context.
To bring the ancient messages of the Bible into today’s context, each passage is treated in three sections:
- Original Meaning. Concise exegesis to help readers understand the original meaning of the biblical text in its historical, literary, and cultural context.
- Bridging Contexts. A bridge between the world of the Bible and the world of today, built by discerning what is timeless in the timely pages of the Bible.
- Contemporary Significance. This section identifies comparable situations to those faced in the Bible and explores relevant application of the biblical messages. The author alerts the readers of problems they may encounter when seeking to apply the passage and helps them think through the issues involved.
This unique, award-winning commentary is the ideal resource for today’s preachers, teachers, and serious students of the Bible, giving them the tools, ideas, and insights they need to communicate God’s Word with the same powerful impact it had when it was first written.
theWord Features:
- Verse popups
- Verse (span) synchronization
- Fully searchable text
- Footnotes
- Pages links
- Easy navigation of topics via topics tree display.
- Scripture Index
- Subject Index
- Author Index
- Special Text Colors
- Normal: Text
- Hyperlink: Glossary | Gen. 9:8
- Page Number: [pg 21>
- Greek Transliteration: archon
- Greek: εὐδόκησα
- Hebrew Transliteration: mašmîm
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NIV Application Commentary: Jeremiah & Lamentations
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Jeremiah & Lamentations [NIVAC] treats readers to the excellant compositional skills and exceptional scholarly acumen and judgment of J. Andrew Dearman. Dearman holds that the prophetic books, unlike many modern scholars, are in fact prophetic and reflect their own culture while pointing towards the fulfillment of the covenant in Jesus Christ. Covenant, and its renewal takes center stage in Jeremiah’s writings and Dearman masterfully expounds the text and draws application in this direction.
Book Summary
The NIV Application Commentary helps readers with the vital task of bringing the ancient message of the Bible into a contemporary context. It gives preachers and teachers the tools, ideas, and insights they need to communicate God’s Word with the same powerful impact it had when it was first written.
About the Book
The NIV Application Commentary helps you communicate and apply biblical text effectively in today’s context.
To bring the ancient messages of the Bible into today’s context, each passage is treated in three sections:
- Original Meaning. Concise exegesis to help readers understand the original meaning of the biblical text in its historical, literary, and cultural context.
- Bridging Contexts. A bridge between the world of the Bible and the world of today, built by discerning what is timeless in the timely pages of the Bible.
- Contemporary Significance. This section identifies comparable situations to those faced in the Bible and explores relevant application of the biblical messages. The author alerts the readers of problems they may encounter when seeking to apply the passage and helps them think through the issues involved.
This unique, award-winning commentary is the ideal resource for today’s preachers, teachers, and serious students of the Bible, giving them the tools, ideas, and insights they need to communicate God’s Word with the same powerful impact it had when it was first written.
theWord Features:
- Verse popups
- Verse (span) synchronization
- Fully searchable text
- Footnotes
- Pages links
- Easy navigation of topics via topics tree display.
- Scripture Index
- Subject Index
- Special Text Colors
- Normal: Text
- Hyperlink: Glossary | Gen. 9:8
- Page Number: [pg 21>
- Greek Transliteration: archon
- Greek: εὐδόκησα
- Hebrew Transliteration: bat ṣiyyon
- Hebrew: בַת צִיֹּון
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NIV Application Commentary: Isaiah
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It seems that every commentary series produces one truly great classic commentary. While the NIVAC series has produced many wonderful volumes, none compares to the over 500 pages of sheer excellance in commentary writing that John Oswalt has produced in Isaiah [NIVAC].
Oswalt, who has written multiple major commentaries on Isaiah, here skillfully sorts through the complex historical details and the timeless prophecies Isaiah made in light of those circumstances, and brilliantly applies them to our world and our lives as those living under reign of the messiah that the prophet could only see from a distance.
Book Summary
The NIV Application Commentary helps readers with the vital task of bringing the ancient message of the Bible into a contemporary context. It gives preachers and teachers the tools, ideas, and insights they need to communicate God’s Word with the same powerful impact it had when it was first written.
About the Book
The NIV Application Commentary helps you communicate and apply biblical text effectively in today’s context.
To bring the ancient messages of the Bible into today’s context, each passage is treated in three sections:
- Original Meaning. Concise exegesis to help readers understand the original meaning of the biblical text in its historical, literary, and cultural context.
- Bridging Contexts. A bridge between the world of the Bible and the world of today, built by discerning what is timeless in the timely pages of the Bible.
- Contemporary Significance. This section identifies comparable situations to those faced in the Bible and explores relevant application of the biblical messages. The author alerts the readers of problems they may encounter when seeking to apply the passage and helps them think through the issues involved.
This unique, award-winning commentary is the ideal resource for today’s preachers, teachers, and serious students of the Bible, giving them the tools, ideas, and insights they need to communicate God’s Word with the same powerful impact it had when it was first written.
theWord Features:
- Verse popups
- Verse (span) synchronization
- Fully searchable text
- Footnotes
- Pages links
- Easy navigation of topics via topics tree display.
- Scripture Index
- Subject Index
- Special Text Colors
- Normal: Text
- Hyperlink: Glossary | Gen. 9:8
- Page Number: [pg 21>
- Greek Transliteration: moreyka
- Greek: μετανοέω
- Hebrew Transliteration: torah
- Hebrew: יָרֵךְ
Note: Does not display commentary under Bible text.
NIV Application Commentary: Psalm Vol1
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Perhaps more clearly than any other part of the biblical canon, the Psalms are human words directed toward God. Yet, through the Holy Spirit, these honest, sometimes brutal words return to us as the Word of God. Their agonies and exaltations reflect more than the human condition in which they were created. Within the context of the canonical Psalter, they become the source of divine guidance, challenge, confrontation, and comfort. It is possible, however, to miss apply them. How can we use the Psalms in a way that faithfully connects God’s meaning in them and his intentions for them with our circumstances today.
Drawing on over twenty years of study Gerald H. Wilson in Psalms, Vol. 1 [NIVAC] provides critical links between the Bible and the modern world. While he considers each psalm in itself, Wilson goes much further, examining whole groups of Psalms and, ultimately, the entire Psalter (though this volume is limited to Psalms 1-72 in terms of Psalms under specific discussion), its purpose, and its use from the days of the Hebrew temple worship onward through church history. In so doing, Wilson opens our eyes to ageless truths for our lives here and now.
Book Summary
The NIV Application Commentary helps readers with the vital task of bringing the ancient message of the Bible into a contemporary context. It gives preachers and teachers the tools, ideas, and insights they need to communicate God’s Word with the same powerful impact it had when it was first written.
About the Book
The NIV Application Commentary helps you communicate and apply biblical text effectively in today’s context.
To bring the ancient messages of the Bible into today’s context, each passage is treated in three sections:
- Original Meaning. Concise exegesis to help readers understand the original meaning of the biblical text in its historical, literary, and cultural context.
- Bridging Contexts. A bridge between the world of the Bible and the world of today, built by discerning what is timeless in the timely pages of the Bible.
- Contemporary Significance. This section identifies comparable situations to those faced in the Bible and explores relevant application of the biblical messages. The author alerts the readers of problems they may encounter when seeking to apply the passage and helps them think through the issues involved.
This unique, award-winning commentary is the ideal resource for today’s preachers, teachers, and serious students of the Bible, giving them the tools, ideas, and insights they need to communicate God’s Word with the same powerful impact it had when it was first written.
theWord Features:
- Verse popups
- Verse (span) synchronization
- Fully searchable text
- Footnotes
- Pages links
- Easy navigation of topics via topics tree display.
- Scripture Index
- Subject Index
- Special Text Colors
- Normal: Text
- Hyperlink: Glossary | Gen. 9:8
- Page Number: [pg 21>
- Greek Transliteration: archon
- Hebrew Transliteration: ʾšrynw
Hebrew: ישׁב
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Package: Jon Courson’s Application NT & OT Commentaries
In a unique blend of pertinent information and inspiration, Jon Courson sheds light in a fresh way on the timeless truths of God’s Word. He has amassed a wealth of interesting topics in a very readable and comfortable expositional style. He combines thorough and comprehensive teaching of every paragraph of Scripture in the New Testament along with practical in-depth topical studies.
He has a unique ability to articulate the Bible’s truths with insight, focusing on valid life applications. This commentary is very useful for laymen as well as ministers of the gospel.
About the Author:
Jon Courson is one of the most exhilarating ministers today. In his unique style, Pastor Jon has written an Old Testament commentary that is a scholarly work, but is easy to read and makes practical applications for us in our daily walk with Jesus. This volume begins Jon Courson’s verse-by-verse commentary on the Old Testament. It is your opportunity to study the Bible with one of the great Bible teachers of our time.
See the excellent review below by DoctorDaveT
Vine’s Complete Expository Dictionary of Old and New Testament Words
DESCRIPTION
This classic word study resource allows you to study the meaning of biblical words in the original languages without spending years learning Greek or Hebrew.
A great resource for students, seasoned pastors, and anyone who enjoys biblical word studies–even if they have little to no formal training in Hebrew or Greek. Vine’s Complete Expository Dictionary:
- Contains over 6,000 key biblical words, describing word frequency, usage, and meaning as fully as possible.
- Serves as a dictionary, commentary, and comprehensive topical concordance all in one volume.
- Includes the widely used numbering system found in The New Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible.
- Contains an introduction describing the history of the languages in which the Bible was written and other orientating data on how the modern Bible came about.
This classic reference tool has helped thousands dig deeper into the meaning of the biblical text and will enlighten Bible students to the riches of God’s truth in Scripture, opening up God’s word as it has never been opened before.
This is the most affordable complete edition of Vine’s famous Old and New Testament dictionaries available.
theWord Features:
- Verse popups
- Fully searchable text
- Easy navigation of topics via topics tree display.
- Special Text Colors
- Normal: Text
- Hyperlink: Glossary | Gen. 9:8
- Strong’s Numbers: G12
- Greek Transliteration: archon
- Greek: εὐδόκησα
- Hebrew Transliteration: ger
- Hebrew: א
NIV Application Commentary: Esther
DESCRIPTION
This commentary shows how Esther is perfect guidance for us when we find ourselves in a situation where right and wrong are not so clearly defined and every choice we have seems to be a troubling mixture of good and bad. Esther is perfect inspiration for us when we find ourselves in situations we never sought, never planned for, and don’t think we have the gifts to succeed at.
Book Summary
The NIV Application Commentary helps readers with the vital task of bringing the ancient message of the Bible into a contemporary context. It gives preachers and teachers the tools, ideas, and insights they need to communicate God’s Word with the same powerful impact it had when it was first written.
About the Book
The NIV Application Commentary helps you communicate and apply biblical text effectively in today’s context.
To bring the ancient messages of the Bible into today’s context, each passage is treated in three sections:
- Original Meaning. Concise exegesis to help readers understand the original meaning of the biblical text in its historical, literary, and cultural context.
- Bridging Contexts. A bridge between the world of the Bible and the world of today, built by discerning what is timeless in the timely pages of the Bible.
- Contemporary Significance. This section identifies comparable situations to those faced in the Bible and explores relevant application of the biblical messages. The author alerts the readers of problems they may encounter when seeking to apply the passage and helps them think through the issues involved.
This unique, award-winning commentary is the ideal resource for today’s preachers, teachers, and serious students of the Bible, giving them the tools, ideas, and insights they need to communicate God’s Word with the same powerful impact it had when it was first written.
theWord Features:
- Verse popups
- Verse (span) synchronization
- Fully searchable text
- Footnotes
- Pages links
- Easy navigation of topics via topics tree display.
- Scripture Index
- General Index
- Special Text Colors
- Normal: Text
- Hyperlink: Glossary | Gen. 9:8
- Page Number: [pg 21>
- Greek Transliteration: Diaspora
- Hebrew Transliteration: Yahweh
Note: Does not display commentary under Bible text.
Die Bybel 2020-vertaling
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DIE BYBEL 2020-VERTALING: HOOFLETTERUITGAWE
Hierdie bronteksgeoriënteerde direkte vertaling streef daarna om só te vertaal asof die Bybelskrywers in hulle eie woorde van duisende jare gelede self aan die woord gestel word in vloeiende, idiomatiese Afrikaans. Geskik vir voorlesing en gebruik in eredienste, asook vir kategese, Bybelstudie en persoonlike gebruik.
Omdat die Bybelgenootskap van Suid-Afrika (BSA) die toepassing van die Ou Testamentiese tekste in die Nuwe Testament op Jesus as die Christus aanvaar, is daar besluit om in sodanige tekste met behulp van voetnote in die Ou en Nuwe Testament oor en weer deur middel van kruisverwysings hierna te verwys.
Na aanleiding van gesprekke tussen die BSA en ’n aantal kerke asook ’n besluit van die Kerklike Advieskomitee: Die Bybel in Afrikaans, het die BSA die betrokke kerke genooi om verteenwoordigers te benoem vir ’n werkkomitee om hom hieroor te adviseer. Die komitee se advies was dat hoofletters in Ou Testamentiese tekste wat in die 1933/1953-vertaling met hoofletters geskryf is, so behou word, asook Ou Testamentiese tekste wat deur skrywers in die Nuwe Testament op Jesus as die Christus van toepassing gemaak word. Die BSA het hierdie advies aanvaar, en die vertaling kom verder in alle opsigte ooreen met die ander uitgawes.
Die Werkkomitee het bestaan uit verteenwoordigers van die Afrikaanse Baptiste Kerk, die Afrikaanse Protestantse Kerk, die Apostoliese Geloofsending van Suid-Afrika, die Pinkster Protestantse Kerk, die Volle Evangelie Kerk van God in Suidelike Afrika, met as waarnemers die Vrye Gereformeerde Kerke in Suid-Afrika.
© Bybelgenootskap van Suid-Afrika 2020. Gebruik met toestemming. Alle regte voorbehou.
theWord Features:
- Headings
- Verse popups
- Cross References
- Fully searchable text
- Footnote(s)
- Easy navigation of topics via Bible tree or Verse Reference Entry
- Special Text Colors
- Normal: Text
- Links: Gen 1:1
NIV Application Commentary: Daniel
DESCRIPTION
In this commentary, Tremper Longman III sheds light on Daniel’s life as a counselor to the great king Nebuchadnezzar. He clearly illustrates how Daniel’s message; that God, not a human ruler, is ultimately in control, is particularly relevant in today’s world of moral decline and political upheaval.
The NIV Application Commentary Series helps bring both halves of the interpretive task together. This unique, award-winning series shows readers how to bring an ancient message into our postmodern context. It explains not only what the Bible meant but also how it speaks powerfully today.
Book Summary
The NIV Application Commentary helps readers with the vital task of bringing the ancient message of the Bible into a contemporary context. It gives preachers and teachers the tools, ideas, and insights they need to communicate God’s Word with the same powerful impact it had when it was first written.
About the Book
The NIV Application Commentary helps you communicate and apply biblical text effectively in today’s context.
To bring the ancient messages of the Bible into today’s context, each passage is treated in three sections:
- Original Meaning. Concise exegesis to help readers understand the original meaning of the biblical text in its historical, literary, and cultural context.
- Bridging Contexts. A bridge between the world of the Bible and the world of today, built by discerning what is timeless in the timely pages of the Bible.
- Contemporary Significance. This section identifies comparable situations to those faced in the Bible and explores relevant application of the biblical messages. The author alerts the readers of problems they may encounter when seeking to apply the passage and helps them think through the issues involved.
This unique, award-winning commentary is the ideal resource for today’s preachers, teachers, and serious students of the Bible, giving them the tools, ideas, and insights they need to communicate God’s Word with the same powerful impact it had when it was first written.
theWord Features:
- Verse popups
- Verse (span) synchronization
- Fully searchable text
- Footnotes
- Pages links
- Easy navigation of topics via topics tree display.
- Scripture Index
- Subject Index
- Special Text Colors
- Normal: Text
- Hyperlink: Glossary | Gen. 9:8
- Aramaic Transliteration: qaddise ‘elyonim
- Page Number: [pg 21>
- Greek Transliteration: archon
- Greek: εὐδόκησα
- Hebrew Transliteration: ḥaradah
- Hebrew: סָרִיס
Note: Does not display commentary under Bible text.
Package: Wuest Word Studies & New Testament Expanded Translation
Kenneth Wuest was a long time Greek teacher at Moody Bible Institute back in 1920’s, ‘30’s, 40’s, and 50’s. (Yeah – he taught almost 30 years). At that time, Moody was one of the leaders in both dispensationalism and fundamentalism.
When he started writing, it was his intent to bring the nuance of the Greek language out for the non-Greek speaking English reader. This reviewer thinks that he hits that mark pretty well.
His first book was entitled Treasures from the Greek New Testament for the English Reader. This was a collection of twelve essays (which became twelve chapters – imagine that!) that are topical. His second book was a commentary on 1Peter entitled First Peter in the Greek New Testament for the English Reader (do you see a common theme?). It is pleasantly verse by verse.
Over the course of his writing career, he wrote commentaries on Mark, Romans, Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians, 1Timothy, 2Timothy, Hebrews, 1Peter, 2Peter, 1John, 2John, 3John, & Jude. [If you’re keeping score at home, that means he missed Matthew, Luke, John, Acts, 1Corinthians, 2Corinthians, 1Thessalonians, 2Thessalonians, Titus, Philemon, James, and Revelation.]
In addition to his commentaries, he also wrote six topical books – all revolving around word studies in the Greek New Testament.
Theological Bias
I’ve already noted that Wuest is both dispensational and evangelical in his doctrinal outlook. I also mentioned that in the era he wrote, Moody was considered a fundamentalist institution. That’s good.
I would like to point out that Wuest was not a KJV lover. He served on the translation team that produced the NASB. He actually published an entire expanded translation of the New Testament. But as you might think with his NASB background, his own translation is based on the Nestle Greek text, and not the Textus Receptus (which is the text behind the KJV). Personal kudos for rejecting the ASV; but he was one of the early proponents within the fundamentalist movement to depart from the KJV. He makes no apologies for correcting “error” in the KJV. For this reason alone, I don’t recommend this resource to anyone not grounded in bibliology.
Entry Length
Again, please note that his NT commentary covers only 15 books of the NT (of 27 total books); but because he left off four of the five longest books in the NT, his commentary actually covers far less than 50% of it. However, where he does have comments, they are more than sufficient. For me, they are right in the sweet spot between “sufficient” and “verbose” (I guess I like ‘em a little longer than sufficient…).
I like to provide an example from Rom 3:24 in these reviews. So here is Wuest on Rom 3:24 –
QUOTATION BEGINS – “Freely” is dōrean [δωρεαν], “freely, for naught, gratis, gratuitously, without just cause.” “Grace” is Charis [Χαρις] which signified in classical authors a favor done out of the spontaneous generosity of the heart without any expectation of return. Of course, this favor was always done to one’s friend, never to an enemy. But when Charis [Χαρις] comes into the New Testament, it takes an infinite leap forward, for the favor God did at Calvary was for those who hated Him. It was a favor clone out of the spontaneous generosity of God’s heart of love with no expectation of return. There are no strings attached to grace. It is given dōrean [δωρεαν], gratuitously. Of course, grace in the form of salvation is so adjusted that the one who receives it, turns from sin to serve the living God and live a holy life, for grace includes not only the bestowal of a righteousness, but the inward transformation consisting of the power of indwelling sin broken and the divine nature implanted, which liberates the believer from the compelling power of sin and makes him hate sin, love holiness, and gives him the power to obey the Word of God.
This grace shown the believing sinner is made possible, Paul says through the redemption which is in Christ Jesus. “Redemption” is apolutrōseōs [ἀπολυτρωσεως], the verbal form of which is apolutroō [ἀπολυτροω], “to redeem by paying the lutron [λυτρον] price.” There are three words translated “redeem,” agorazō [ἀγοραζω], “to buy in the slave market” (1 Cor. 6:20; 7:23, 2 Pet. 2:1), Christ bought us in this slave market of sin by His own blood; believers are His bondslaves; exagorazō [ἐξαγοραζω], “to buy out of the slave market” (Gal. 3:13; 4:5), the redeemed are never to be put up for sale in any slave market again; and litroō [λιτροω], “to set free by paying a price” (Tit. 2:14, 1 Pet. 1:18): the believer is set free from sin and free to live a life pleasing to God in the power of the Holy Spirit. The redemption price, the precious blood of Jesus, makes it possible for a righteous God to justify a believing sinner on the basis of justice satisfied. This Paul proceeds to explain in the next two verses. – QUOTATION ENDS
This might be a little longer than his typical comment, but you get the flavor here of how he writes.
Language Skills Needed
Did you remember the ending phrase in his titles? “…for the English Reader.” While a little bit of Greek is helpful (he does use words like “aorist,” “imperfect,” “middle voice,” and even “pluperfect,”), he actually does a pretty good job of explaining the importance of each of those words in his exposition. So Greek is helpful, yes, but not essential in profiting from this work. HOWEVER: keep reading for more info on the necessity of language skills.
Academic Target
Wuest and I are going to disagree on this. His work; my review. Wuest would tell you that his target was the Bible disciple who wanted to know more about his English Bible by expanding all of the nuances of the Greek into English. Fair enough. I would tell you that Wuest does not like the KJV, believes there to be translation errors in it, and those errors are due to the KJV coming from a corrupt Greek text. Hmmm. I have a problem with that.
Some of his comments are based on the Nestle text, which differs regularly from the TR. A knowledge of Greek will be very helpful – especially to those expositors who, like me, use the KJV/TR. When he makes an argument based on the Nestle text, it will be very helpful to know what the TR instead says. So due to his theological bias, I don’t recommend this resource to anyone who is not clear in his stance on bibliology. I have it tagged above as “Pastoral” for this reason.
And Then There’s All This Topical Content
Let’s not forget that he wrote six topical books, totaling almost another 100 chapters. From a personal perspective, this will be a harder tool to use (how are you going to find his interesting comments on “crowns” in a topical presentation?). But the writing is just as good, even though it may be hard to find.
Contents Conclusion
I like Wuest very much, as a matter of fact. It is too bad he did not finish all of the NT Books. I wish he had. And with the above mentioned foibles in mind, I recommend the use of his writing to you. This is a DDT approved Good Resource.
NIV Application Commentary: 1 & 2 Chronicles
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The Chronicles are more than a history of ancient Israel under the ascent and rule of the Davidic dynasty. They are a story whose grand theme is hope. Great battles are fought, heroes and tyrants vie for power, Israel splits into rival kingdoms, and the soul of God’s holy nation oscillates between faithlessness and revival. Yet above this tossing sea of human events, God’s covenant promises reign untroubled and supreme.
In 1&2 Chronicles [NIVAC] demonstrates how the revelation of Yahweh moves the purposes of teh divine plan forward in the midst of fallible people. Andrew Hill shows that God has a plan to which he is committed, in the ancient world and therefore also today. God redirects our vision from our circumstances in this turbulent world to the surety of his kingdom and to himself as our source of confidence and peace.
Book Summary
The NIV Application Commentary helps readers with the vital task of bringing the ancient message of the Bible into a contemporary context. It gives preachers and teachers the tools, ideas, and insights they need to communicate God’s Word with the same powerful impact it had when it was first written.
About the Book
The NIV Application Commentary helps you communicate and apply biblical text effectively in today’s context.
To bring the ancient messages of the Bible into today’s context, each passage is treated in three sections:
- Original Meaning. Concise exegesis to help readers understand the original meaning of the biblical text in its historical, literary, and cultural context.
- Bridging Contexts. A bridge between the world of the Bible and the world of today, built by discerning what is timeless in the timely pages of the Bible.
- Contemporary Significance. This section identifies comparable situations to those faced in the Bible and explores relevant application of the biblical messages. The author alerts the readers of problems they may encounter when seeking to apply the passage and helps them think through the issues involved.
This unique, award-winning commentary is the ideal resource for today’s preachers, teachers, and serious students of the Bible, giving them the tools, ideas, and insights they need to communicate God’s Word with the same powerful impact it had when it was first written.
theWord Features:
- Verse popups
- Verse (span) synchronization
- Fully searchable text
- Footnotes
- Pages links
- Easy navigation of topics via topics tree display.
- Scripture Index
- Subject Index
- Author Index
- Special Text Colors
- Normal: Text
- Hyperlink: Glossary | Gen. 9:8
- Page Number: [pg 21>
- Hebrew Transliteration: ʾaḥuzzah
Hebrew: יָרֵךְ
Note: Does not display commentary under Bible text.
NIV Application Commentary: 1 & 2 Kings
DESCRIPTION
Readers of 1 and 2 Kings commonly approach these books as a straightforward chronology of post-Davidic Israel: the inauguration of Solomon’s reign, the division of the kingdom following his death, and Israel’s and Judah’s ensuing kings, conflicts, captivities, and overarching spiritual decline. In reality, however, the books of the Kings fall into the collection known as the Former Prophets, and their true story and underlying theme center on such striking personalities as Nathan, Elijah, Elisha, and other divinely appointed spokesmen. It is God’s interaction with his people by way of his prophets and their kings his pleadings, his warnings, and the fulfillment of his words that comes across again and again with forcefulness and clarity. God speaks; now will his people hear, believe, and respond?
In 1&2 Kings August Konkel shows us that these questions and issues remain pertinent for us today. Bridging the centuries Konkel connects past context to contemporary circumstances, helping us grasp the meaning and significance of 1 and 2 Kings and understand how its myriad lessons and circumstances can inform our knowledge of God and decisions to act in today’s world.
Book Summary
The NIV Application Commentary helps readers with the vital task of bringing the ancient message of the Bible into a contemporary context. It gives preachers and teachers the tools, ideas, and insights they need to communicate God’s Word with the same powerful impact it had when it was first written.
About the Book
The NIV Application Commentary helps you communicate and apply biblical text effectively in today’s context.
To bring the ancient messages of the Bible into today’s context, each passage is treated in three sections:
- Original Meaning. Concise exegesis to help readers understand the original meaning of the biblical text in its historical, literary, and cultural context.
- Bridging Contexts. A bridge between the world of the Bible and the world of today, built by discerning what is timeless in the timely pages of the Bible.
- Contemporary Significance. This section identifies comparable situations to those faced in the Bible and explores relevant application of the biblical messages. The author alerts the readers of problems they may encounter when seeking to apply the passage and helps them think through the issues involved.
This unique, award-winning commentary is the ideal resource for today’s preachers, teachers, and serious students of the Bible, giving them the tools, ideas, and insights they need to communicate God’s Word with the same powerful impact it had when it was first written.
theWord Features:
- Verse popups
- Verse (span) synchronization
- Fully searchable text
- Footnotes
- Pages links
- Easy navigation of topics via topics tree display.
- Scripture Index
- Subject Index
- Author Index
- Special Text Colors
- Normal: Text
- Hyperlink: Glossary | Gen. 9:8
- Page Number: [pg 21>
- Hebrew Transliteration: sanwērîm
- Hebrew: יָרֵךְ
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NIV Application Commentary: 1 & 2 Samuel
DESCRIPTION
Why do the books of Samuel pack such broad appeal? Taken together as a single narrative, they certainly offer something for everyone: kings and prophets, great battles and greater heroes, action and romance, loyalty and betrayal, the mundane and the miraculous. In Samuel, we meet Saul, David, Goliath, Jonathan, Bathsheba, the witch of Endor, and other unforgettable characters. And we encounter ourselves. For while the culture and conditions of Israel under its first kings is vastly different from our own, the basic issues of humans in relation to God, the Great King, have not changed. Sin, repentance, forgiveness, adversity, prayer, faith, and the promises of God—these continue to play out in our lives today.
Exploring the links between the Bible and our own times, Bill T. Arnold shares perspectives on 1 and 2 Samuel that reveal ageless truths for our twenty-first-century lives.
Book Summary
The NIV Application Commentary helps readers with the vital task of bringing the ancient message of the Bible into a contemporary context. It gives preachers and teachers the tools, ideas, and insights they need to communicate God’s Word with the same powerful impact it had when it was first written.
About the Book
The NIV Application Commentary helps you communicate and apply biblical text effectively in today’s context.
To bring the ancient messages of the Bible into today’s context, each passage is treated in three sections:
- Original Meaning. Concise exegesis to help readers understand the original meaning of the biblical text in its historical, literary, and cultural context.
- Bridging Contexts. A bridge between the world of the Bible and the world of today, built by discerning what is timeless in the timely pages of the Bible.
- Contemporary Significance. This section identifies comparable situations to those faced in the Bible and explores relevant application of the biblical messages. The author alerts the readers of problems they may encounter when seeking to apply the passage and helps them think through the issues involved.
This unique, award-winning commentary is the ideal resource for today’s preachers, teachers, and serious students of the Bible, giving them the tools, ideas, and insights they need to communicate God’s Word with the same powerful impact it had when it was first written.
theWord Features:
- Verse popups
- Verse (span) synchronization
- Fully searchable text
- Footnotes
- Pages links
- Easy navigation of topics via topics tree display.
- Scripture Index
- Subject Index
- Author Index
- Special Text Colors
- Normal: Text
- Hyperlink: Glossary | Gen. 9:8
- Page Number: [pg 21>
- Greek/Hebrew/Latin Transliteration: metanoia / ʿaṣar / carmen Christi
- Greek: εὐδόκησα
- Hebrew: יָרֵךְ
Note: Does not display commentary under Bible text.
New International Dictionary of Old Testament Theology and Exegesis
DESCRIPTION
Only one hermeneutical text published prior to the New International Dictionary of Old Testament Theology & Exegesis can be held up reasonably to its measure of quality and the exhaustive nature of the research that produced this immense work. That singular collection worthy of comparison is its counterpart, the New International Dictionary of New Testament Theology, edited by Colin Brown.
This 5 volume addition to that acclaimed work, though intimidating in the achievement it embodies, is intended for serious Old Testament and exegetical study by men and women of all walks of life — both academics and pastors, students and laypersons. Volume one contains a Guide to Old Testament Theology and Exegesis in which ten essays have been compiled to thoroughly explain proper hermeneutics and interpretation, as well as guidelines for using this source material.
Volumes one through four contain the Lexicon of the Old Testament, all words found in the text ordered by Hebrew alphabetization for easy reference, and coupled with a Goodrick / Kohlenberger cross-referencing number to be used in conjunction with Strong’s numbering system. The relationship of each word in different contexts and languages is also explained, including alternative words, and the particulars of their semantic domain. All this information is, of course, complete with bibliography. Volume four also begins the Topical Dictionary. Therein can be found articles on the theology of each Old Testament book individually, as well as discussion of biblical concepts, people, places, events, and literary pieces, all information that is cross-referenced to the preceding Hebraic Lexicon.
Finally, volume five contains a series of indexes: Hebrew Index, Scripture Index, Subject Index, and an index of Semantic Fields. Taken as a whole, the New International Dictionary of Old Testament Theology & Exegesis is an unparalleled accomplishment in the field of biblical hermeneutics.
theWord Features:
- Verse popups
- Fully searchable text
- Footnotes
- Easy navigation of topics via topics tree display.
- Special Text Colors
- Normal: Text
- Hyperlink: Glossary | Gen. 9:8
- Hebrew Transliteration: archon
- Hebrew: דבר
New International Dictionary of New Testament Theology and Exegesis Set
DESCRIPTION
A standard and widely-used reference work for nearly 40 years, the New International Dictionary of New Testament Theology and Exegesis has been thoroughly revised and updated to aid today’s pastors, students, scholars, and teachers in their study of the New Testament.
Offering a wealth of background and information on the meaning of Greek words in the New Testament—as well as related usage in classical Greek sources, the Septuagint, Jewish literature, and more—this important tool offers the following features:
• Alphabetical arrangement according to Greek words instead of previous order according to English topics; this ensures that individual Greek words are not discussed in isolation from one another and are easy to access
• Expanded to include additional Greek words and concepts not covered in the original work, NIDNTTE includes nearly 800 entries covering over 3,000 Greek words
• Discussions have been revised to be in line with modern scholarship and bibliographies are updated
• Corrections have been made to inconsistencies and omissions in earlier versions
• Updated and added consistency to include—for every entry—all necessary background information from classical Greek, the LXX, and Jewish literature.
• A helpful semantic domain index now directs the reader to all of the Greek words that have something to do with a particular English word. For example, under the English word “Anger, Wrath,” there is a list of thirteen Greek words that are related to that topic.
• Significant changes have been made in the presentation and discussion of linguistic details
• and much more!
theWord Features:
- Verse popups
- Fully searchable text
- Footnotes
- Easy navigation of topics via topics tree display.
- Special Text Colors
- Normal: Text
- Hyperlink: Glossary | Gen. 9:8
- Greek Transliteration: archon
- Greek: εὐδόκησα
New International Dictionary of New Testament Theology: Abridged Edition
DESCRIPTION
This abridgment of Colin Brown’s original four volume work is arranged with its entries in Greek alphabet order, which makes it easy to find the discussion of a particular word. All Greek words are transliterated into English and linked with their Goodrick/Kohlenberger numbers. This book was formerly titled The NIV Theological Dictionary of New Testament Words.
theWord Features:
- Verse popups
- Fully searchable text
- Footnotes
- Easy navigation of topics via topics tree display.
- Special Text Colors
- Normal: Text
- Hyperlink: Glossary | Gen. 9:8
- Greek Transliteration: archon
- Greek: εὐδόκησα
NIV Application Commentary: Joshua
DESCRIPTION
Reading Joshua can be a jarring experience. Serious, troubling questions about God’s attitude toward his created peoples arise, questions with no easy answer. But the book of Joshua presents itself, warts (and wars!) and all, and asks readers to let it tell its story from its point of view and out of its ancient context. It asks them to give it the benefit of the doubt and permit it to speak to them.
Joshua [NIVAC] aims to give its voice a clear hearing — to translate its ancient cultural form in such a way that it freely speaks about the life of faith today. Basically, the book of Joshua tells how biblical Israel navigated a major historical transition early in its national life. The book shows that guiding these changes is Israel’s God, Yahweh, through his chosen servant, Joshua. The introductory sections to follow set the scene for entering the book of Joshua and the ancient world about which it reports.
Book Summary
The NIV Application Commentary helps readers with the vital task of bringing the ancient message of the Bible into a contemporary context. It gives preachers and teachers the tools, ideas, and insights they need to communicate God’s Word with the same powerful impact it had when it was first written.
About the Book
The NIV Application Commentary helps you communicate and apply biblical text effectively in today’s context.
To bring the ancient messages of the Bible into today’s context, each passage is treated in three sections:
- Original Meaning. Concise exegesis to help readers understand the original meaning of the biblical text in its historical, literary, and cultural context.
- Bridging Contexts. A bridge between the world of the Bible and the world of today, built by discerning what is timeless in the timely pages of the Bible.
- Contemporary Significance. This section identifies comparable situations to those faced in the Bible and explores relevant application of the biblical messages. The author alerts the readers of problems they may encounter when seeking to apply the passage and helps them think through the issues involved.
This unique, award-winning commentary is the ideal resource for today’s preachers, teachers, and serious students of the Bible, giving them the tools, ideas, and insights they need to communicate God’s Word with the same powerful impact it had when it was first written.
theWord Features:
- Verse popups
- Verse (span) synchronization
- Fully searchable text
- Footnotes
- Pages links
- Easy navigation of topics via topics tree display.
- Scripture Index
- Subject Index
- Author Index
- Hebrew Word Index
- Special Text Colors
- Normal: Text
- Hyperlink: Glossary | Gen. 9:8
- Page Number: [pg 21>
- Hebrew/Greek Transliteration: baptizontes/mizreḥah
- Greek: εὐδόκησα
- Hebrew: יָרֵךְ
Note: Does not display commentary under Bible text.
NIV Application Commentary: Hosea, Amos & Micah
DESCRIPTION
What would Hosea, Amos, Micah say if they came to today’s church or saw what was happening in modern culture? Hosea would find prostitution, Amos would find the poor being oppressed and Micah would still find corruption in high places.
In Hosea/Amos/Micah [NIVAC], Gary Smith examines original meanings and historical contexts to reveal the contemporary significance of these three powerful and unbending prophetic books and show that society still falls short of god’s standards and requires both his judgment and his love.
Book Summary
The NIV Application Commentary helps readers with the vital task of bringing the ancient message of the Bible into a contemporary context. It gives preachers and teachers the tools, ideas, and insights they need to communicate God’s Word with the same powerful impact it had when it was first written.
About the Book
The NIV Application Commentary helps you communicate and apply biblical text effectively in today’s context.
To bring the ancient messages of the Bible into today’s context, each passage is treated in three sections:
This unique, award-winning commentary is the ideal resource for today’s preachers, teachers, and serious students of the Bible, giving them the tools, ideas, and insights they need to communicate God’s Word with the same powerful impact it had when it was first written.
theWord Features:
Note: Does not display commentary under Bible text.