The Pulpit Commentary was published over a 30-year span with Joseph S. Exell and Henry Donald Maurice Spence-Jones serving as editors. A comprehensive resource with a blend of critical exegesis and homiletical application, it is designed to support both biblical study and sermon preparation.

Each volume offers:

• In-depth Introductions to the sacred books of Scripture, providing historical, cultural, and theological context.
• Paragraph-by-paragraph exposition, featuring textual analysis, revised translations, and insights drawn from ancient customs, contemporary history, natural science, and geography.
• Homiletical tools including detailed sermon outlines and concise homilies from multiple contributors, showcasing diverse interpretive approaches and practical applications.

Pastors, theologians, and serious students of the Bible will find the Pulpit Commentary brings clarity and depth to Scripture, making it an indispensable companion for both study and preaching.

The Pulpit Commentary, edited by Canon Spence and Rev. Joseph S. Excell, is most undoubtedly the best and most useful commentary on the Bible that has ever been accessible to the English-speaking minister...We think we can say that whatever else it is, it is always and everywhere evangelical. One will find no volume, and scarcely a chapter, or even section, not warmed by the generous flames of true devotion. - The Preacher and Homiletic Monthly, Vol VI 1881-1882.

Joseph S. Exell, son of an ordained Methodist minister, served the rectory of Stoke Fleming, near Dartmouth, from 1890 until his sudden death on in 1910 at the age of sixty-one. He served as editor for the well-respected periodicals Clerical World, Homiletical Quarterly, and Monthly Interpreter. His prolific work as an editor also extended to the popular multi-volume commentaries The Pulpit Commentary, The Men of the Bible, The Preacher's Homiletic Library, and the Biblical Illustrator.

Henry Donald Maurice Spence-Jones was ordained as a priest in 1866. he served as Rector of St Mary de Crypt Church, Gloucester and later as Vicar and Rural Dean of St Pancras. In 1886 he became Dean of Gloucester, a post he held until his death. Additionally, he was Principal of Gloucester College, and Professor of Ancient History at the Royal Academy from 1906.