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Citation Guide: Commentaries

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Chapter in an Edited Book in a Multi-Volume Work (Print)

Longenecker, Richard N. “Acts,” In John and Acts. Vol. 9 of The Expositor’s Bible
     Commentary: With the New International Version
, edited by Frank E. Gæbelein, 205-573.
     Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1981.

A Book in a Series (Print)

Enns, Peter. Exodus. The NIV Application Commentary Series, edited by Terry Muck. Grand
     Rapids: Zondervan, 2000.

A Book in a Series (Web)

Henry, Matthew. Genesis. Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible (Complete).
     1706. http://www.biblestudytools.com/commentaries/matthew-henry-complete/
     genesis/ (accessed March 18, 2011).

Commentary from Christian Classics Ethereal Library (Web)

Calvin, John. Commentaries on the Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Romans. Translated
     and edited by John Owen. Grand Rapids: Christian Classics Ethereal Library, n.d.
     http://www.ccel.org/ccel/calvin/calcom38.i.html (accessed March 17, 2011).