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John Wesley (NT Notes)
# John Wesley (1703–1791) Anglican priest; founder of Methodism; field preacher; hymn-writer (with brother Charles); theologian of Christian perfection.
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# John Wesley (1703–1791) Anglican priest; founder of Methodism; field preacher; hymn-writer (with brother Charles); theologian of Christian perfection. His **Explanatory Notes Upon the New Testament** (1754) and **Explanatory Notes Upon the Old Testament** (published 1765-1766) are the most widely-used Methodist-Arminian verse-by-verse commentary in the PD canon.
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| Title | Year | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Notes on the Bible | 1754 | **1,168 chapters / 66 books** — NT complete, OT selective: |
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“Because it was the day before the Sabbath - And the bodies might not hang on the Sabbath day: therefore they were in haste to have them taken down. 43. honourable - A man of character and reputation: A counsellor - A member of the sanhedrim. Who waited for the…”
“At the rising of the sun - They set out while it was yet dark, and came within sight of the sepulchre, for the first time, just as it grew light enough to discern that the stone was rolled away, Matt. xxviii, 1; But by the time Mary had called Peter and John, …”
“Even at this day in every believer faith has a latent miraculous power; (every effect of prayer being really miraculous;) although in many, both because of their own littleness of faith, and because the world is unworthy, that power is not exerted. Miracles, i…”
“They preached everywhere - At the time St. Mark wrote, the apostles had already gone into all the known world, Rom. x, 18; and each of them was there known where he preached: the name of Christ only was known throughout the world.”