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Commentary Library

Commentary Index

An entry to find historical commentaries such as Matthew Henry and JFB at a glance, by book, chapter, source, and translation status.

Index

The dictionary-style list stays as is; you first enter through the table of contents

Full-text search and filters for commentaries continue to be provided on the existing commentary list page. This page is a main-site table of contents made so users can quickly grasp which commentaries exist and how they can be viewed.

01

Commentary sources

Commentaries are separated by source, such as Matthew Henry and Jamieson-Fausset-Brown, and the license and translation status of each material are checked.

02

Book and chapter index

Move by book and chapter from Genesis to Revelation to find and read the commentary for that range.

03

Original and translation

View the Korean translation only, or compare the original and translation side by side to review the commentary’s context and translation together.

Sources

Built on the premise of multiple commentaries

The commentary service is not a structure that pastes in a single commentary, but one that links several public-domain commentaries to the same Bible book, chapter, and verse range. Users can pick only a specific source or compare all commentaries together.

Matthew Henry
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
Expanding with more public-domain commentaries

Table of Contents

Enter directly by Bible book and chapter

Without having to type a search term first as in a dictionary, you can open commentaries based on the Bible book and chapter you are reading. The table-of-contents entry shows the overall structure, while the actual commentary text is provided with filters on the existing list page.

Select a book
Select a chapter
Check the verse range

Original + Translation

Keep the flow of viewing original and translation together

For historical commentaries, the style and expression of the original matter. So we separate a Korean-translation-only mode from an original-and-translation parallel mode, and we keep items that do not yet have a translation viewable on the basis of the original.

View Korean translation
Original + translation parallel view
Check items that have only the original

Boundary

Commentaries and Bible Notes are viewed separately

Historical materials such as Matthew Henry are provided as commentaries, while interpretation layers that users write or that authors publish are distinguished as Bible Notes. The two materials can be linked together, but their source, rights, and authorship are shown separately.

Historical commentaries
Author Bible Notes
Separate material source and license

Principle

A commentary is a library that opens when needed while reading the text

On the main site you enter easily through the table of contents, and on the actual reading screen you should be able to open only the commentary you need, verse by verse. That is why we keep both the table-of-contents entry and the dictionary-style list page.