Henry, Matthew

Matthew Henry (1662-1714) was a renowned Bible commentator. He was born in Wales and was educated under the tutelage of his father, a Nonconformist minister. Henry began his career as a jurist but, in 1687, he was ordained a Presbyterian minister and he abandoned the practice of law. He served a church in Chester, England near Liverpool for nearly 25 years. During this time he wrote his multi-volume Exposition of the Old and New Testaments, later renamed Matthew Henry’s Commentaries. His commentaries were unique and greatly influential in that they contained applicational and devotional material in addition to textual exposition.