Jamieson Fausset and Brown Commentary

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible – 2 Peter – Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset, and David Brown

THE SECOND EPISTLE GENERAL OF PETER Commentary by A. R. Faussett   INTRODUCTION Authenticity and genuineness.--If not a gross imposture, its own internal witness is unequivocal in its favor. It has Peter's name and apostleship in its heading: not only his surname, but his original name Simon, or Simeon, he thus, at the close of his life, reminding

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible – 1 John – Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset, and David Brown

THE FIRST GENERAL EPISTLE OF JOHN Commentary by A. R. Faussett   INTRODUCTION Authorship.--Polycarp, the disciple of John [Epistle to the Philippians, 7], quotes 1Jo 4:3. Eusebius [Ecclesiastical History, 3.39] says of Papias, a hearer of John, and a friend of Polycarp, "He used testimonies from the First Epistle of John." Irenæus, according to Eusebius [Ecclesiastical History, 5.8],

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible – 2 John – Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset, and David Brown

THE SECOND AND THIRD EPISTLES GENERAL OF JOHN Commentary by A. R. Faussett   INTRODUCTION Authenticity.--That these two Epistles were written by the same author appears from their similarity of tone, style, and sentiments. That John, the beloved disciple, was the author of the Second and Third Epistles, as of the First Epistle, appears from Irenæus [Against Heresies,

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible – 3 John – Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset, and David Brown

THE THIRD EPISTLE OF JOHN Commentary by A. R. Faussett   3Jo 1-14. Address: Wish for Gaius' Prosperity: Joy at His Walking in the Truth. Hospitality to the Brethren and Strangers the Fruit of Love. Diotrephes' Opposition and Ambition. Praise of Demetrius. Conclusion. 1. I--emphatical. I personally, for my part. On Gaius or Caius, see my Introduction before

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible – Jude – Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset, and David Brown

THE GENERAL EPISTLE OF JUDE Commentary by A. R. Faussett   INTRODUCTION Author.--He calls himself in the address "the servant of Jesus Christ, and brother of James." See Introduction to the Epistle of James, in proof of James the apostle, and James the Lord's brother, the bishop of Jerusalem, being one and the same person. Ga 1:19 alone

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible – Revelation – Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset, and David Brown

THE REVELATION OF ST. JOHN THE DIVINE Commentary by A. R. Faussett   INTRODUCTION Authenticity.--The author calls himself John (Re 1:1, 4, 9; 2:8). Justin Martyr [Dialogue with Trypho, p. 308] (A.D. 139-161) quotes from the Apocalypse, as John the apostle's work, the prophecy of the millennium of the saints, to be followed by the general resurrection and

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