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The newer batch of ICC commentaries on the Bible are fantastic and are, not surprisingly, not available for free. But the earlier series, many volumes of which remain valuable in spite of being nearly a century old, can now be found on the Internet Archive<\/a>.\n

Turning to these volumes is far better than merely browsing random web pages looking for information about a passage from the Bible. So I\u2019m posting this, in the hope that in particular students, teachers and ministers looking for useful online information may become aware of these resources and put them to good use.<\/p>\n

HT Awilum<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n

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