There are many great resources in this document. The author has listed his favorite categories first. He has also listed his most
important resources first as well. One may not have the time to look at all of these sources for a Bible lesson, but one is encouraged
to be familiar with what is here and use them over time as needed.
If you are not used to using many resources for in depth Bible study, use the resources in the first two drop down menus first. As you
gain experience you will feel comfortable with adding other resources.
Start your study by doing your best to see what God originally wrote through the authors of the the Bible. Much is often lost through
translation committees' work. Do your best to study in the Greek with tools and other helps as much as possible. It will net great
insight.
Greek Interlinears
• Blue Letter Bible (A Wonderful Interlinear)
• Greek Interlinear from Abarim Publications
Greek Lexicons
• LSJ - This site is great and the largest for Greek. It uses the
Liddell-Scott-Jones Lexicon, the Thayer Lexicon and several others. (One must copy and paste Greek words from others
sources to use it. It's worth the extra step.)
• Blueletter Bible Lexicon
- The site uses "Outline of Biblical Usage", Strong's, and the Thayer Lexicon.
Hebrew Interlinears
• Blueletter
- The site uses Strong's, the Brown-Driver-Briggs Lexicon, and Gesenius' Hebrew-Chaldee Lexicon.
• Great resource for purchase, Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament (by R Laird Harris, et al.)
• BibleHub's Hebrew Interlinear
• Studylight's Hebrew Interlinear
Printable Interlinear Sheets
• Lexham English Bible English–Greek Reverse Interlinear New Testament (bottom of page)
• Scripture 4 All PDF files of the Greek Interlinear
• Scripture 4 All PDF files of the Hebrew Interlinear
Classic English Dictionary
• Webster's Classic English Dictionary
Great Free Bible Software
• Free Hebrew and Greek Interlinear Bible Software (Windows only)
These are helpful resources below. However, you are responsible for proper interpretation of the Bible. You must not relinquish
your responsibility to any commentator. Therefore, one must use much caution in using the resources cited below. More mistakes are
made the more humans speak and write. This author has not read everything published from the cited authors’ work. Therefore, authors
may be quoted at times even though they may be heretical in some of their beliefs. This author is a true believer in “eat the
chicken and spit out the bones.” One must use the Scriptures alone as the authority of all doctrine.
The best general notes resource discovered thus far (in the author's opinion) is "Constable's Notes"
• "Constable's Notes": PDF Format |
HTML Format
• Great integration of Constable's notes, language resources, and the Bible text (in various versions):
NetBible.org
Good for gaining an intro understanding of the original Hebrew and Greek languages (mixed with short notes):
• "Bob Utley's Commentary" (OT)
• "Bob Utley's Commentary" (NT)
• Used with caution, I recommend
William Barclay's Daily Study Bible (NT). Barclay has many very
insightful comments. However, Barclay was a professing universalist (cf. A Spiritual Autobiography, p. 65-67), and he held
other unorthodox beliefs. One must take care with Barclay's commentaries.
• Here is a list of
the book William Barclay has written. Archive.org
(here)
has some of his books that one can digitally borrow; search "creator:(William Barclay)".
Great resources from archive.org (almost certainly will need a Mac or PC to use these resources):
• Some of the Best Commentaries. This list is matched from the top three commentary sources (by review) from bestcommentaries.com and what is available from archive.org for free loan (along with a few others that this author likes marked with "*").
• Here is a list of the book F. F. Bruce has written. Archive.org
(here)
has some of his books that one can digitally borrow; search "creator:(F. F. Bruce)".
• Here is a list of the book I. Howard Marshall has written. Archive.org
(here)
has some of his books that one can digitally borrow; search "creator:(I. Howard Marshall)".
• Here is a list of the book Kenneth Wuest has written. Archive.org
(here)
has some of his books that one can digitally borrow; search "creator:(Kenneth Wuest)".
• Here are some of
J. Vernon McGee's books that one can digitally borrow; search "creator:(J. Vernon McGee)".
Powerful comments from other centuries:
• Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll, Editor). Click here for a list of authors for the EBC.
• Sermon Bible Commentary (Nicoll, Compiler/Editor)
• MacLaren's Expositions of Holy Scripture
•
Commentary for English Readers (Charles John Ellicott, Compiler/Editor). Click here for a list of authors for what is commonly called "Ellicott's Commentary."
• Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible
• J. B. Lightfoot Commentaries
• Used with caution, I recommend
Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible Commentary
•
Used with caution, I recommend
The Biblical Illustrator (Joseph Excell, Contributor/Editor).
Note: I disagree often with the authors and contributors, but I am amazed at the insight and quotes at other times. This is a uniquely
interesting, often disjointed, and massive resource (34,000 pages).
For many more resources and to save you time click here for the author's
standard bibliography for sermon and lesson prep.
• David B. Hart’s The New Testament: A Translation is the best literal translation of the NT I have ever read.
• I recommend
The Wiersbe Bible Commentary, by Warren W. Wiersbe.
• I recommend F.F. Bruce (see a list by
clicking here).
• I recommend
I. Howard Marshall (see a list by
clicking here.)
• Best Commentaries
(name of the site) is a great site that rates commentaries for purchase.
• Biblehub.com is best for one or two verses. Just type a verse in the site.
• Biblegateway.com
is best for longer passages.