Loading…

Matthew Poole’s Commentary on the Holy Bible, Volumes 1–3 is unavailable, but you can change that!

Matthew Poole was one of the most influential Puritan ministers and thinkers of the seventeenth century. A Protestant clergyman in England during a time of religious persecution, he fled the country due to threats of assassination. Poole was known as a devoted Christian, full of integrity and perseverance, in addition to being a great theologian and writer. His commentary series has been a...

power of God, as Psal. 110:2; Isa. 53:1; 1 Cor. 1:18, 24. And this kingdom being an everlasting, and invincible, and all-conquering kingdom, Dan. 2:44, it is no wonder it is here called strength. And this gospel or kingdom is here said to be founded or established, not by the hands or valiant actions of men of might, as other kingdoms are; but merely by the mouths of babes, &c., i.e. by the words and discourses of Christ’s apostles and disciples; which is justly observed and celebrated here as a