This work includes all the verse-by-verse insights of the 12-volume "Expositor's Bible Commentary"-in 2 convenient volumes. When you want to dig more deeply into the meaning of God's Word, a good expository Bible commentary is ideal. You want more than a simple, one-volume commentary that just scratches the surface. But you don't want a time-consuming multi-volume set laden with fine points you can't use. "The Expositor's Bible Commentary Abridged Edition" is tailor-made for you. Based on the critically acclaimed "Expositor's Bible Commentary" used by pastors, students, and scholars across the world, this two-volume abridged edition offers you the full, penetrating, verse-by-verse commentary of the 12-volume series while leaving out needless technical details. Marshalling the knowledge of fifty-two top biblical scholars, it brings tremendous insight to your Bible studies. Covering the Old and New Testaments in separate volumes, this commentary features: verse-by-verse exposition of the entire Bible; 250 in-text charts, maps, tables, and pictures; Goodrick/Kohlenberger numbers for cross-referencing the "Zondervan NIV Exhaustive Concordance" and other G/K-numbered resources.