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What is the Geneva Commentary Bible?

The greatest commentary Bible of all time was in fact the first commentary Bible: the "Geneva Bible". Many modern-day "Commentary Bibles" are filled with marginal notes that reflect this-or-that agenda or bias of the publisher, or commentary notes that pander to the particular theological persuasion of the marketers' "target demographic". The Geneva Bible of 1560, (a half-centuy older than the 1611 King James Bible), is instead, filed with the original commentary notes of the Protestant Reformers... history's first and greatest true "Commentary Bible".

The Geneva Bible was the "Bible of the Protestant Reformation", and the Bible of the Puritans and Pilgrims. It was the first Bible taken to America, brought over on the Mayflower. The Geneva Bible is the Bible upon which America was founded. It was the first Bible in English to add numbered verses to each chapter of scripture. Also known as the "Breeches Bible", the Geneva Bible was also the first "Study Bible" with extensive commentary notes on the margins. Printed from 1560 until 1644, the Geneva Bible is the only Bible to ever surpass the 1611 King James Bible in popularity among the people of its day.

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