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Bible Reading

Commentaries

A commentary is an explanatory resource you open beside the text — the historical commentary linked to the verse you are reading. Public-domain commentaries and scripture.how’s Korean translation are linked verse by verse.

Commentary

Historical commentaries opened right where you are reading

A commentary is not a resource you leave the text to look up separately; it is an explanation you open right on the verse you are reading in the Bible reading screen. While reading a verse, if you want the historical commentary that explains it, open the commentary button beside the verse and view the public-domain commentary’s original text together with scripture.how’s Korean translation. Commentaries are treated as external resources, distinct from Bible Notes.

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Open right from the verse

In the reading screen, tap the commentary button beside a verse to see the commentary linked to that verse without leaving the text.

02

Original and Korean translation

View the public-domain commentary’s original text together with the Korean translation scripture.how provides, or read the translation only.

03

Switch between commentaries

Switch among several public-domain commentaries such as Matthew Henry to compare different explanations of the same verse.

Linked to Verse

Viewed linked to the verse you read

A commentary is not a resource apart from the text but an explanation linked to the verse. Open commentaries from the resource button on the right of a verse in the reading screen, and read long commentaries side by side with the text — not only in a popup but also in the right side panel.

Commentary button beside the verse
Popup and right side panel
Read side by side with the text

Verse Range

Explains a single verse or a verse range

A commentary may cover a single verse or explain a range of several verses. The popup and panel show which verse range the commentary is linked to, so you can see its relationship to where you are reading.

Single-verse commentary
Verse-range commentary
Linked-range display

Original & Translation

Public-domain originals and Korean translation

Several public-domain commentaries are provided with their original text and scripture.how’s Korean translation. You can read the translation only, or view the original and translation side by side.

Public-domain commentaries
scripture.how Korean translation
Original and translation side by side

Boundary

Commentaries and Bible Notes are distinct

Historical commentaries such as Matthew Henry are treated as external “commentaries” with clear sources, while the interpretation layer a user writes or an author makes public is treated as “Bible Notes.” Even when linked to the same verse, the two resources differ in nature and source.

Historical commentaries: external resources
Bible Notes: user/author layer
Same verse, different nature

Sources

Sources and licensing of commentaries

The original commentaries are public-domain works whose copyright term has expired. The Korean translation, editing, and structured content scripture.how provides are subject to separate terms of use, and sources and licenses are noted distinctly.

Public-domain originals
scripture.how Korean translation/editing
Sources and licenses distinguished

Dedicated Site

For deeper reading, a dedicated commentary site is available

In the Bible reading screen, commentaries are lightly linked to the verse you are reading through a popup and the right panel. For deeper reading, a dedicated commentary site — designed separately — lets you browse commentaries by book and chapter, switch among commentaries, and view originals and Korean translations side by side.