The Voices
Matthew Henry
Short bio
Matthew Henry was a Welsh nonconformist minister and author, best known for his six-volume biblical commentary 'Exposition of the Old and New Testaments.' His commentary remains one of the most widely used devotional commentaries ever written and has influenced countless preachers and Bible students for over 300 years.
Notable works
2 listed
| Title | Year | Description |
|---|---|---|
| An Exposition of the Old and New Testaments | 1710 | [founder: write here] |
| Directions for Daily Communion with God | 1712 | [founder: write here] |
Where to find them
Quotes on MannaFest
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G E N E S I S CHAP. XXXI. Jacob was a very honest good man, a man of great devotion and integrity, yet he had more trouble and vexation than any of the patriarchs. He left his father's house in a fright, went to his uncle's in distress, very hard usa…
G E N E S I S CHAP. XXXII. We have here Jacob still upon his journey towards Canaan. Never did so many memorable things occur in any march as in this of Jacob's little family. By the way he meets, I. With good tidings from his God, ver. 1, 2 . II. Wi…
G E N E S I S CHAP. XXXIII. We read, in the former chapter, how Jacob had power with God, and prevailed; here we find what power he had with men too, and how his brother Esau was mollified, and, on a sudden, reconciled to him; for so it is written, P…
G E N E S I S CHAP. XXXIV. At this chapter begins the story of Jacob's afflictions in his children, which were very great, and are recorded to show, 1. The vanity of this world. That which is dearest to us may prove our greatest vexation, and we may …
J A M E S. CHAP. II. In this chapter the apostle condemns a sinful regarding of the rich, and despising the poor, which he imputes to partiality and injustice, and shows it to be an acting contrary to God, who has chosen the poor, and whose interest …
G E N E S I S CHAP. I. The foundation of all religion being laid in our relation to God as our Creator, it was fit that the book of divine revelations which was intended to be the guide, support, and rule, of religion in the world, should begin, as i…
G E N E S I S CHAP. II. This chapter is an appendix to the history of the creation, more particularly explaining and enlarging upon that part of the history which relates immediately to man, the favourite of this lower world. We have in it, I. The in…
G E N E S I S CHAP. III. The story of this chapter is perhaps as sad a story (all things considered) as any we have in all the Bible. In the foregoing chapters we have had the pleasant view of the holiness and happiness of our first parents, the grac…
G E N E S I S CHAP. IV. In this chapter we have both the world and the church in a family, in a little family, in Adam's family, and a specimen given of the character and state of both in after-ages, nay, in all ages, to the end of time. As all manki…
G E N E S I S CHAP. V. This chapter is the only authentic history extant of the first age of the world from the creation to the flood, containing (according to the verity of the Hebrew text) 1656 years, as may easily be computed by the ages of the pa…
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