Bible Commentary
Verse-by-verse commentary on every book of the King James Bible โ original Bible Navigator study notes on key chapters, plus the complete classic Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871), a public-domain work, across 1120 chapters.
Every book of the Bible
Classic verse-by-verse commentary (Jamieson-Fausset-Brown, 1871 ยท public domain). Open any book to read its commentary chapter by chapter.
- Genesis 50
- Exodus 40
- Leviticus 27
- Numbers 36
- Deuteronomy 34
- Joshua 24
- Judges 21
- Ruth 4
- 1 Samuel 31
- 2 Samuel 24
- 1 Kings 22
- 2 Kings 25
- 1 Chronicles 29
- 2 Chronicles 36
- Ezra 10
- Nehemiah 13
- Esther 10
- Job 28
- Psalms 150
- Proverbs 10
- Ecclesiastes 1
- Song of Solomon 1
- Isaiah 57
- Jeremiah 52
- Lamentations 1
- Ezekiel 47
- Daniel 12
- Hosea 14
- Joel 3
- Amos 8
- Obadiah 1
- Jonah 4
- Micah 7
- Nahum 3
- Habakkuk 3
- Zephaniah 3
- Haggai 2
- Zechariah 14
- Malachi 4
- Matthew 28
- Mark 16
- Luke 24
- John 21
- Acts 28
- Romans 16
- 1 Corinthians 16
- 2 Corinthians 13
- Galatians 6
- Ephesians 6
- Philippians 4
- Colossians 4
- 1 Thessalonians 5
- 2 Thessalonians 3
- 1 Timothy 6
- 2 Timothy 3
- Titus 3
- Philemon 1
- Hebrews 13
- James 5
- 1 Peter 5
- 2 Peter 3
- 1 John 5
- 2 John 1
- 3 John 1
- Jude 1
- Revelation 22
In-depth notes are original to Bible Navigator. Broad-coverage commentary is from the Jamieson, Fausset & Brown Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871), which is in the public domain. Neither is a substitute for the text of Scripture itself.
In-depth study notes
The opening chapter of Scripture is not a scientific manual but a majestic poem of origins โ measured, repetitive, and deliberate. Its purpose is to declare whoโฆ
4 sections ยท Read & study โIf Genesis 1 is the story of blessing, Genesis 3 is the story of its breaking. Here enters the question that still echoes: "Yea, hath God said?" The chapter expโฆ
4 sections ยท Read & study โThe most beloved psalm in the world is also one of the simplest. In six verses David moves from green pastures to the valley of death to a banquet table, and thโฆ
4 sections ยท Read & study โWritten after the prophet Nathan confronted David over his sin with Bathsheba, this is the Bible's deepest prayer of repentance. It shows us what genuine sorrowโฆ
3 sections ยท Read & study โWritten some seven centuries before Christ, this chapter describes a suffering servant with such precision that the early church saw in it a portrait of the croโฆ
4 sections ยท Read & study โThe opening of the Sermon on the Mount is Jesus' manifesto for the kingdom of heaven. He sits down to teach โ the posture of a rabbi with authority โ and descriโฆ
3 sections ยท Read & study โJohn opens his Gospel not in a manger but in eternity. Echoing the first words of Genesis, he introduces Jesus as the eternal Word through whom all things were โฆ
3 sections ยท Read & study โA respected teacher comes to Jesus by night with questions, and receives an answer that has echoed through the centuries: you must be born again. This chapter cโฆ
3 sections ยท Read & study โOften called the greatest chapter in the Bible, Romans 8 moves from "no condemnation" to "no separation," tracing the unbreakable security of those who are in Cโฆ
4 sections ยท Read & study โWriting from prison, Paul closes his most joyful letter with practical counsel on anxiety, contentment, and the peace of God. Remarkably, a man in chains writesโฆ
3 sections ยท Read & study โ