Bible Commentaries

BibleSpeak supports over twenty-five free Bible Commentary Downloads that offer comments on a particular Bible verse.

Commentary Toolbar

Print
Prints the contents of the Commentary window.

Previous/Next Page
Displays the previous or next page displayed in the Commentary window.

Commentaries
Displays the list of available commentaries. Select any commentary in the list to display its contents. You can select a new commentary by clicking on it with the mouse, or by using the cursor up and down keys. . Note that you can resize the dialog containing the list of commentaries and you can move it to another location on the screen so that it does not cover up the Commentary window.



Note: You can also display a list of available commentaries, in the Task pane, by selecting Commentaries from the Tasks menu. This has the advantage that you can see the list of available commentaries and select a new commentary at any time.

Book, Chapter, Verse
Use these fields to select the verse that is being commented on.

Previous/Next Verse
Click on the “+” or “-” buttons to view comments on the next or previous verse.

Display Verses Cited in Text
Displays a window containing all the Bible verses cited in the Commentary window, or in selected text.

Bible Verses

This area displays the Bible verses that are being commented upon. It provides the following useful features:

Show/Hide Bible Verses
Click the left mouse button on the Blue Verse heading, Matthew 5:3, to show or hide the yellow box containing the verse text.

Select Bibles
Click the right mouse button on the Blue Verse heading, Matthew 5:3, to select the Bibles used to display verse text. For example you might want to display a Greek New Testament Bible such as Wescott-Hort shown below.

Display Greek/Hebrew Word Study information
In the above example, click the mouse on a blue Strong’s number, such as 3107, to display the Word Study Window for in depth study of the corresponding Greek/Hebrew word.

Display Cited Verses

In many cases, verses cited in the Commentary can be displayed by simply clicking on them with the mouse. These citations are usually indicated in a bluish/green color, such as Lu 1:42 or Mt 21:9.

To display all verses cited in the Commentary click on the “Display Verses Cited in Text” button, . To display citations found in only a certain portion of the commentary text, first select the text containing the citations you wish to view, before clicking on “Display Verses Cited in Text” button, .