Alford, Henry - The Greek Testament (4 vols)
theWord Edition of The Greek Testament
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20 megabytes of commentary on nearly every Greek word in the New Testament!
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The Greek Testament
This classic, time-tested reference is written in English on the Greek text of the New Testament.

Written from 1849-1861, Alford's Greek Testament became Henry Alford's lasting legacy. Alford provides grammatical, literary, lexical, and textual analysis on nearly every Greek word in the New Testament.

The commentary's scholarship is exemplary, as it emerged in a era when people were more disciplined and educated. It's a work of immense thought and study. When you consider the amount of information Alford had to filter, study, and analyze, all before the age of digital retrieval systems, photo copiers, and electric typewriters, the results are even more impressive.

Even today, Alford remains one of the most influential, authoritative Greek commentaries, often cited in books, dissertations, and blogs.



John Piper says The Greek Testament "comes closer more consistently than any other human commentator to asking my kinds of questions".


John MacArthur's Masters Seminary, who lists this resource with a must-have asterisk in: 850 Books for Biblical Expositors.


Charles Spurgeon says The Greek Testament "is an invaluable aid to the critical study of the text of the New Testament. You will find in it the ripened results of a matured scholarship ... generally highly impartial, always worthy of respect"


The volumes are:
Volume I
Part I: Matthew–Mark
Part II: Luke–John
Volume II
Acts–II Corinthians
Volume III
Galatians–Philemon
Volume IV
Part I: Hebrews
Part II: James–Revelation

Heinrich Meyer's Critical and Exegetical Commentary on the New Testament (20 volumes) is also called Meyer's Commentary. This is verse by verse, Greek, exegetical commentary—over 40 megabytes of text!

For Greek text and grammar, Meyer's Commentary was the best at the time it was written and is frequently cited by contemporary authors. With a heavy emphasis on text and grammar, Meyer addresses the questions of the text. Meyer also serves synopses of other authors' viewpoints, many of which are long since unavailable without hours of work with inter-library loans. Although you may not agree with every conclusion, the analysis is invaluable.

Meyer represents the synthesis of German theology in the same vein as J. P. Lange's Commentary, except without the homiletical analysis. Philip Schaff, who edited the American Edition of Lange's Commentary, said Meyer's Commentary is, " The ablest grammatical exegete of the age".

Meyer's Commentary also made Cyril Barber's list of recommended commentaries for preachers. In The Minister's Library Volume 1, page 83, Barber writes Meyer's Commentary is "marked by fine scholarship … and close attention is paid to critical details. Theology is blended with exegesis in expounding the text.

Who's Who in Christian History (1992) said Meyer's Commentary "sets a standard for modern critical exegesis of the New Testament; it is a series that continues to be consulted by scholars."

About Heinrich Meyer
Meyer was born in Gotha and studied theology at the University of Jena. Thereafter he taught in a private school at Grone and then pastored churches in various German cities from 1822 to 1848. In addition to pastoring, he devoted his time to writing commentaries on the New Testament based on the principle of historico–grammatical exegesis. A lifelong project, he started Meyer's Commentary at age 27. He worked on and revised the commentary set until age 72. Meyer also worked on the revision of Luther’s translation of the Bible

Nicoll, William - The Expositor's Greek Testament (5 vols)
theWord Edition of The Expositor's Greek Testament
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The Expositor's Greek Testament
William Nicoll edited The Expositor's Greek Testament. You may remember Nicoll from the Expositor's Bible (commentary), the Expositor's Dictionary of Texts (commentary), and The Sermon Bible (commentary). Nicoll clearly liked "Expositor" in his titles!

This classic, time-tested reference is written in English on the Greek text of the New Testament.

This commentary includes substantial introductions to each New Testament book. Nearly every (Greek) word in the New Testament contains grammatical, critical, exegetical, literary, and/or contextual analysis. The commentary is carefully cited with an extensive bibliography. The scholar, pastor, and serious Bible student can benefit from the Greek analysis.

The volumes and authors are:
Volume 1 - Matthew, Mark, Luke (A.B. Bruce) and John (Marcus Dods)
Volume 2 - Acts (R.J. Knowling), Romans (G.G. Findlay), and 1 Corinthians (J.H. Bernard)
Volume 3 - 2 Corinthians (Frederic Rendall), Galatians (Frederic Rendall), Ephesians (S.D.F. Salmond), Philippians (H.A.A. Kennedy), and Colossians (A.S. Peake).
Volume 4 - 1-2 Thessalonians (James Moffatt), 1-2Timothy (J.D. White), Titus (J.D. White), Philemon (W.E. Oesterley), Hebrews (Marcus Dods), and James (W.E. Oesterley)
Volume 5 - 1 Peter (J.H.A. Hart), 2 Peter (R.H Strachan), 1-2-3 John (David Smith), Jude (J.B. Mayor), and Revelation (James Moffatt).
The Expositor's Greek Testament is cited and/or recommended by:
John MacArthur's Masters Seminary, who lists this resource with a must-have asterisk in: 850 Books for Biblical Expositors.
Dr. Kenneth Wuest in "Word Studies in the Greek New Testament" books.
John MacArthur's commentaries
NIV Application Commentary
College Press NIV Commentary
The New International Greek Testament Commentary
The NET Bible
The New Bible Dictionary
Who's Who in Christian History
Word Biblical Commentary

He structured this verse by verse and passage by passage commentary to provide an in-depth resource for churches, pastors and lay people. Dr. Utley provides scholarly and even technical commentary without losing a non-scholarly audience. While Dr. Utley uses word studies to examine context and original language, no knowledge of Greek or Hebrew is expected from the reader. This commentary is designed to be understood by everyone!

Dr. Utley emphasizes the original author's intent, by analyzing and discussing:
context,
history,
word studies,
grammar,
genre and
parallel passages.
With over 70 megabytes of data (uncompressed) and 23 volumes of commentary, you're likely to find commentary on the verses important to you during your Bible study.