Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary


The Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary refers to a biblical commentary entitled a Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, prepared by Robert Jamieson, Andrew Robert Fausset and David Brown and published in 1871; and derived works from this initial publication, in differing numbers of volumes and abridgements. The commentary uses the King James Version of the Bible as its text.

Background

Robert Jamieson was a minister at St Paul's Church, Provanmill in Glasgow. Andrew Fausset was rector of St Cuthbert’s Church in York. David Brown was a Free Church of Scotland minister at St James, Glasgow, and professor of theology at Free Church College of the University of Aberdeen.
The writers described their work as:
and prayed:

Example text

On Genesis 1:1 -
1. In the beginning — a period of remote and unknown antiquity, hid in the depths of eternal ages; and so the phrase is used in :
God — the name of the Supreme Being, signifying in Hebrew, "Strong," "Mighty." It is expressive of omnipotent power; and by its use here in the plural form, is obscurely taught at the opening of the Bible, a doctrine clearly revealed in other parts of it, namely, that though God is one, there is a plurality of persons in the Godhead — Father, Son, and Spirit, who were engaged in the creative work.