The Self-Interpreting BibleJohn Brown of Haddington

Four volumes

The Self-Interpreting Bible

This site gives the Self-Interpreting Bible of John Brown, with the text, the margin references, the notes and the reflections. Volume I opens with Blackwood's aids: histories of each period, tables of kings and prophecies, measures and money, and guides on how to read the Bible and pray.

Tables and essays
49
Pages transcribed
1,062
Scripture references linked
85,855

Volume IGenesis to Joshua

Volume IIJudges to the Song of Solomon

The text

Judges

Ruth

1 Samuel

2 Samuel

1 Kings

2 Kings

1 Chronicles

2 Chronicles

Ezra

Nehemiah

Esther

Job

Psalms

Proverbs

Ecclesiastes

Song of Solomon

Volume IIIIsaiah to Malachi

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The text

  • Isaiah
  • Jeremiah
  • Lamentations
  • Ezekiel
  • Daniel
  • Hosea
  • Joel
  • Amos
  • Obadiah
  • Jonah
  • Micah
  • Nahum
  • Habakkuk
  • Zephaniah
  • Haggai
  • Zechariah
  • Malachi

Isaiah

After the prophets

  • A brief outline of the prophetic kingdoms of the East

The Apocrypha

  • 1 Esdras
  • 2 Esdras
  • Tobit
  • Judith
  • The rest of Esther
  • Wisdom of Solomon
  • Ecclesiasticus
  • Baruch
  • Song of the Three Holy Children
  • History of Susanna
  • Bel and the Dragon
  • Prayer of Manasses
  • 1 Maccabees
  • 2 Maccabees

At the end of the volume

  • The Psalms of David in metre
  • Table of first lines
  • Translations and paraphrases
  • Hymns
  • Family record

Volume IVMatthew to Revelation

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Before the Gospels

  • Period between the Testaments
  • The Gospel dispensation
  • A harmony of the four Gospels
  • The parables of our Lord
  • The miracles of our Lord
  • Warnings and promises
  • The discourses of Jesus Christ
  • Our Lord's dispensation
  • The Sermon on the Mount
  • The trial of our Lord
  • The crucifixion
  • The resurrection and ascension
  • The sufferings and death of Christ
  • The books of the New Testament
  • Memoir of St. Paul
  • The apostles of our Lord
  • Miracles of the Holy Ghost
  • The parables unfolded

The text

  • Matthew
  • Mark
  • Luke
  • John
  • Acts
  • Romans
  • 1 Corinthians
  • 2 Corinthians
  • Galatians
  • Ephesians
  • Philippians
  • Colossians
  • 1 Thessalonians
  • 2 Thessalonians
  • 1 Timothy
  • 2 Timothy
  • Titus
  • Philemon
  • Hebrews
  • James
  • 1 Peter
  • 2 Peter
  • 1 John
  • 2 John
  • 3 John
  • Jude
  • Revelation

Scripture text: King James Version (1769). Transcriptions are a first pass from the scanned pages; question marks in the text flag uncertain readings.

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