--- type: "firecrawl-provider" description: "Public-domain Bible commentaries, sermons and Christian classics from the Christian Classics Ethereal Library (ccel.org, Calvin University). Commentary on any verse from the CCEL Study Bible (John Calvin, Matthew Henry, Matthew Henry Concise, Jamieson-Fausset-Brown); every commentary CCEL indexes for a chapter (Barnes' Notes, Wesley's Notes, MacLaren's Expositions, the Expositor's Bible, B. W. Johnson, McGarvey, Lightfoot, Church Fathers homilies); classic sermons and meditations on a passage (Spurgeon, Wesley, Flavel, Chrysostom); the text of any public-domain work section by URL or id (such as Matthew Henry mhc5.iv.iv); the commentary catalogue; tables of contents of works (Calvin's Institutes, Schaff's Church Fathers, Aquinas' Summa); and author pages with life dates. Every item carries its source URL, identifiers and a licence field; works that may still be under copyright are left out." use_when: "Public-domain Bible commentaries, sermons and Christian classics from the Christian Classics Ethereal Library (ccel.org, Calvin University). Commentary on any verse from the CCEL Study Bible (John Calvin, Matthew Henry, Matthew Henry Concise, Jamieson-Fausset-Brown); every commentary CCEL indexes for a chapter (Barnes' Notes, Wesley's Notes, MacLaren's Expositions, the Expositor's Bible, B. W. Johnson, McGarvey, Lightfoot, Church Fathers homilies); classic sermons and meditations on a passage (Spurgeon, Wesley, Flavel, Chrysostom); the text of any public-domain work section by URL or id (such as Matthew Henry mhc5.iv.iv); the commentary catalogue; tables of contents of works (Calvin's Institutes, Schaff's Church Fathers, Aquinas' Summa); and author pages with life dates. Every item carries its source URL, identifiers and a licence field; works that may still be under copyright are left out." categories: "Research" capabilities: 7 credits_per_call: 5 --- # CCEL: classic Bible commentaries, sermons and Christian classics (ccel.org) on Firecrawl Alexandria Public-domain Bible commentaries, sermons and Christian classics from the Christian Classics Ethereal Library (ccel.org, Calvin University). Commentary on any verse from the CCEL Study Bible (John Calvin, Matthew Henry, Matthew Henry Concise, Jamieson-Fausset-Brown); every commentary CCEL indexes for a chapter (Barnes' Notes, Wesley's Notes, MacLaren's Expositions, the Expositor's Bible, B. W. Johnson, McGarvey, Lightfoot, Church Fathers homilies); classic sermons and meditations on a passage (Spurgeon, Wesley, Flavel, Chrysostom); the text of any public-domain work section by URL or id (such as Matthew Henry mhc5.iv.iv); the commentary catalogue; tables of contents of works (Calvin's Institutes, Schaff's Church Fathers, Aquinas' Summa); and author pages with life dates. Every item carries its source URL, identifiers and a licence field; works that may still be under copyright are left out. - Categories: Research - Category index: [Research category](https://alexandria.firecrawl.dev/agents/categories/research) - Provider key: `ccel-org` - Access: Firecrawl credits - Cost: 5 credits per call ## More - [Human guide](https://www.firecrawl.dev/app/alexandria/ccel-org) - [OpenAPI spec](https://alexandria.firecrawl.dev/agents/providers/ccel-org/openapi.json) ## Capabilities - [Get author](https://alexandria.firecrawl.dev/agents/providers/ccel-org/bible/get_author): A CCEL author page: name, short description, birth and death dates, a licence field derived from them, a biography, and the author's works on CCEL with their ids. - [Get commentary](https://alexandria.firecrawl.dev/agents/providers/ccel-org/bible/get_commentary): Verse-keyed commentary from CCEL's Study Bible for any Bible verse or chapter: John Calvin's Commentaries, Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole Bible, Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary, or Jamieson-Fausset-Brown; for example JFB on John 3:16 or Calvin on Psalm 23. Returns the commentary text for the passage with the Bible references it cites, the authors with life dates, publication years and a licence field. - [Get section](https://alexandria.firecrawl.dev/agents/providers/ccel-org/bible/get_section): Read one section of a public-domain work on CCEL by its URL or by work plus section id: a commentary chapter such as Matthew Henry mhc5.iv.iv (John 3), Barnes' note on John 3:16 (ntnotes vii.iii.xvi), a Wesley note, a Spurgeon sermon, an Expositor's Bible chapter. Returns the readable text with headings and cited Bible references, the work and author with life dates, a licence field, and the previous and next section ids for paging through the work. - [Get work contents](https://alexandria.firecrawl.dev/agents/providers/ccel-org/bible/get_work_contents): The table of contents of any public-domain work on CCEL: every section id with its title, nesting level and URL, plus the work title, author with life dates and a licence field. Works include Calvin's Institutes, Schaff's Ante-Nicene and Nicene Fathers (schaff/anf01, schaff/npnf101...), Aquinas' Summa, Matthew Henry's volumes and every commentary list_commentaries returns. - [List commentaries](https://alexandria.firecrawl.dev/agents/providers/ccel-org/bible/list_commentaries): Browse or search the classic Bible commentaries and Bible study works CCEL (Christian Classics Ethereal Library) hosts: Barnes' Notes, Calvin's Commentaries, Matthew Henry, Jamieson-Fausset-Brown, Wesley's Notes, the Expositor's Bible, MacLaren's Expositions, Pusey on the Minor Prophets, Spurgeon's Treasury of David, Aquinas' Catena Aurea, Gray's Christian Workers' Commentary and more. Each work has its id, title, author with life dates and a licence field; only public-domain works are listed. - [Passage commentaries](https://alexandria.firecrawl.dev/agents/providers/ccel-org/bible/passage_commentaries): Every classic commentary CCEL indexes for a Bible chapter, from its Study Bible: Barnes' Notes, Calvin, Matthew Henry, JFB, Wesley's Notes, MacLaren's Expositions, the Expositor's Bible, B. W. Johnson's People's New Testament, McGarvey's Four-Fold Gospel, Lightfoot, Church Fathers homilies (NPNF) and others, grouped by author with the exact sections that discuss the passage. Works that may still be under copyright are listed as excluded, not returned. - [Passage sermons](https://alexandria.firecrawl.dev/agents/providers/ccel-org/bible/passage_sermons): Classic sermons and devotional meditations CCEL indexes for a Bible chapter: Spurgeon's sermons and Morning and Evening, John Wesley, John Flavel, Horace Bushnell, Jowett, Chrysostom and Augustine homilies (NPNF) and more, grouped by author with links to the sections. Modern pieces and works that may be under copyright are listed as excluded, not returned. ## 1. Choose this provider when Public-domain Bible commentaries, sermons and Christian classics from the Christian Classics Ethereal Library (ccel.org, Calvin University). Commentary on any verse from the CCEL Study Bible (John Calvin, Matthew Henry, Matthew Henry Concise, Jamieson-Fausset-Brown); every commentary CCEL indexes for a chapter (Barnes' Notes, Wesley's Notes, MacLaren's Expositions, the Expositor's Bible, B. W. Johnson, McGarvey, Lightfoot, Church Fathers homilies); classic sermons and meditations on a passage (Spurgeon, Wesley, Flavel, Chrysostom); the text of any public-domain work section by URL or id (such as Matthew Henry mhc5.iv.iv); the commentary catalogue; tables of contents of works (Calvin's Institutes, Schaff's Church Fathers, Aquinas' Summa); and author pages with life dates. Every item carries its source URL, identifiers and a licence field; works that may still be under copyright are left out. ## 2. Minimal request Call `POST https://api.firecrawl.dev/v2/scrape` with `{ alexandria: { provider, capability, options } }`. For a batch, send `{ alexandria: [...] }` with up to 10 calls. ```json { "provider": "ccel-org", "capability": "bible/get_author", "options": { "author": "barnes" } } ``` ## 3. Add provider options Use only the options needed for the task: - `author` (string, required): CCEL author id (barnes, henry, robertson_at) or an author page URL. Example: `` ## 4. Request through your preferred interface ### JavaScript ```javascript const result = await firecrawl.scrape({ alexandria: { provider: "ccel-org", capability: "bible/get_author", options: { author: "barnes", }, }, }); ``` ### Python ```python result = firecrawl.scrape_alexandria({ "provider": "ccel-org", "capability": "bible/get_author", "options": { "author": "barnes" } }) ``` ### cURL ```sh curl https://api.firecrawl.dev/v2/scrape \ -H "Authorization: Bearer $FIRECRAWL_API_KEY" \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ -d '{ "alexandria": { "provider": "ccel-org", "capability": "bible/get_author", "options": { "author": "barnes" } } }' ``` ### CLI ```sh firecrawl scrape 'ccel-org/bible/get_author' \ --options '{"author":"barnes"}' ``` ### MCP Call the FCX MCP retrieve tool with this object: ```json { "provider": "ccel-org", "capability": "bible/get_author", "options": { "author": "barnes" } } ``` Ask for only the returned fields needed by the task. ## 5. Full request shape ```json { "provider": "ccel-org", "capability": "bible/get_author", "options": { "author": "barnes" } } ``` ## 6. Response data The response includes `success`, `provider`, `capability`, `creditsCost` and `data`. This example shows the provider payload in `data`: ```json { "author_id": "barnes", "biography": "Albert Barnes was born at Rome, New York, on December 1, 1798. He graduated from Hamilton College, Clinton, New York, in 1820, and from Princeton Theological Seminary in 1823. Barnes was ordained as a Presbyterian minister by the presbytery of Elizabethtown, New Jersey, in 1825, and was the pastor successively of the Presbyterian Church in Morristown, New Jersey (1825-1830), and of the First Presbyterian Church of Philadelphia (1830-1867).\n\nHe held a prominent place in the New School branch of the Presbyterians, to which he adhered on the division of the denomination in 1837; he had been tried (but not convicted) for heresy in 1836, the charge being particularly against the views expressed by him in Notes on Romans (1835) of the imputation of the sin of Adam, original sin and the atonement; the bitterness stirred up by this trial contributed towards widening the breach between the conservative and the progressive elements in the church. He was an eloquent preacher, but his reputation rests chiefly on his expository works, which are said to have had a larger circulation both in Europe and America than any others of their class.\n\nOf the well-known New Testament Notes, it is said that more than a million volumes had been issued by 1870. The Notes on Job, the Psalms, Isaiah and Daniel found scarcely less acceptance. Displaying no original critical power, their chief merit lies in the fact that they bring in a popular (but not always accurate) form the results of the criticism of others within the reach of general readers. Barnes was the author of several other works of a practical and devotional kind, including Scriptural Views of Slavery (1846) and The Way of Salvation (1863). A collection of his Theological Works was published in Philadelphia in 1875.\n\nIn his famous 1852 oratory, \"What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?\", Frederick Douglass quoted Barnes as saying: \"There is no power out of the church that could sustain slavery an hour, if it were not sustained in it.\"\n\nBarnes died in Philadelphia on December 24, 1870.", "born": "December 1, 1798", "description": "American theologian", "died": "December 24, 1870", "license": "public_domain", "life": "1798-1870", "name": "Albert Barnes", "observed_at_ms": 1793158090352, "source_url": "https://www.ccel.org/ccel/barnes", "works": [ { "title": "Barnes' New Testament Notes", "url": "https://www.ccel.org/ccel/barnes/ntnotes", "work_id": "barnes/ntnotes" }, { "title": "Notes on the New Testament Explanatory and Practical: Ephesians, Philippians, and Colossians", "url": "https://www.ccel.org/ccel/barnes/epc", "work_id": "barnes/epc" }, { "title": "Notes on the New Testament Explanatory and Practical: Hebrews", "url": "https://www.ccel.org/ccel/barnes/hebrews", "work_id": "barnes/hebrews" }, { "title": "Notes on the New Testament Explanatory and Practical: I Corinthians", "url": "https://www.ccel.org/ccel/barnes/1cor", "work_id": "barnes/1cor" }, { "title": "Notes on the New Testament Explanatory and Practical: II Corinthians and Galatians", "url": "https://www.ccel.org/ccel/barnes/2cor", "work_id": "barnes/2cor" }, { "title": "Notes on the New Testament Explanatory and Practical: James, Peter, John, and Jude", "url": "https://www.ccel.org/ccel/barnes/james", "work_id": "barnes/james" }, { "title": "Notes on the New Testament Explanatory and Practical: Luke and John", "url": "https://www.ccel.org/ccel/barnes/luke", "work_id": "barnes/luke" }, { "title": "Notes on the New Testament Explanatory and Practical: Matthew and Mark", "url": "https://www.ccel.org/ccel/barnes/matthew", "work_id": "barnes/matthew" }, { "title": "Notes on the New Testament Explanatory and Practical: Revelation", "url": "https://www.ccel.org/ccel/barnes/rev", "work_id": "barnes/rev" }, { "title": "Notes on the New Testament Explanatory and Practical: Romans", "url": "https://www.ccel.org/ccel/barnes/romans", "work_id": "barnes/romans" }, { "title": "Notes on the New Testament Explanatory and Practical: Thessalonians, Timothy, Titus, and Philemon", "url": "https://www.ccel.org/ccel/barnes/tttp", "work_id": "barnes/tttp" }, { "title": "Notes on the New Testament: Explanatory and Practical: Acts", "url": "https://www.ccel.org/ccel/barnes/acts", "work_id": "barnes/acts" }, { "title": "Notes on the Old Testament Explanatory and Practical: Daniel Vol. 1", "url": "https://www.ccel.org/ccel/barnes/daniel-series", "work_id": "barnes/daniel-series" }, { "title": "Notes on the Old Testament Explanatory and Practical: Isaiah Volume I", "url": "https://www.ccel.org/ccel/barnes/isaiah-series", "work_id": "barnes/isaiah-series" }, { "title": "Notes on the Old Testament Explanatory and Practical: Job Vol. 1", "url": "https://www.ccel.org/ccel/barnes/job1", "work_id": "barnes/job1" }, { "title": "Notes on the Old Testament Explanatory and Practical: Psalms Vol. 1", "url": "https://www.ccel.org/ccel/barnes/psalms-series", "work_id": "barnes/psalms-series" }, { "title": "Notes on the Old Testament Explanatory and Practical: Daniel Vol. 1", "url": "https://www.ccel.org/ccel/barnes/daniel1", "work_id": "barnes/daniel1" }, { "title": "Notes on the Old Testament Explanatory and Practical: Daniel vol. 2", "url": "https://www.ccel.org/ccel/barnes/daniel2", "work_id": "barnes/daniel2" }, { "title": "Notes on the Old Testament Explanatory and Practical: Isaiah Volume I", "url": "https://www.ccel.org/ccel/barnes/isaiah1", "work_id": "barnes/isaiah1" }, { "title": "Notes on the Old Testament Explanatory and Practical: Isaiah Vol. 2", "url": "https://www.ccel.org/ccel/barnes/isaiah2", "work_id": "barnes/isaiah2" }, { "title": "Notes on the Old Testament Explanatory and Practical: Psalms Vol. 1", "url": "https://www.ccel.org/ccel/barnes/psalms1", "work_id": "barnes/psalms1" }, { "title": "Notes on the Old Testament Explanatory and Practical: Psalms Vol. 2", "url": "https://www.ccel.org/ccel/barnes/psalms2", "work_id": "barnes/psalms2" }, { "title": "Notes on the Old Testament Explanatory and Practical: Psalms Vol. 3", "url": "https://www.ccel.org/ccel/barnes/psalms3", "work_id": "barnes/psalms3" } ], "works_count": 23 } ``` ## API reference-derived contract The following capability contract is generated from the same normalized Alexandria API reference exposed in the API spec. ### Get author - Capability: `bible/get_author` - Description: A CCEL author page: name, short description, birth and death dates, a licence field derived from them, a biography, and the author's works on CCEL with their ids. - Instructions: Cite a commentator's life dates and background, or list everything CCEL holds by an author (barnes, henry, calvin, spurgeon, wesley) before reading a work with get_section. - Cost: 5 credits per call - Capability file: [Get author](https://alexandria.firecrawl.dev/agents/providers/ccel-org/bible/get_author) Accepted options: - `author` (string, required): CCEL author id (barnes, henry, robertson_at) or an author page URL. Example: `` Response schema example: ```json { "author_id": "barnes", "biography": "Albert Barnes was born at Rome, New York, on December 1, 1798. He graduated from Hamilton College, Clinton, New York, in 1820, and from Princeton Theological Seminary in 1823. Barnes was ordained as a Presbyterian minister by the presbytery of Elizabethtown, New Jersey, in 1825, and was the pastor successively of the Presbyterian Church in Morristown, New Jersey (1825-1830), and of the First Presbyterian Church of Philadelphia (1830-1867).\n\nHe held a prominent place in the New School branch of the Presbyterians, to which he adhered on the division of the denomination in 1837; he had been tried (but not convicted) for heresy in 1836, the charge being particularly against the views expressed by him in Notes on Romans (1835) of the imputation of the sin of Adam, original sin and the atonement; the bitterness stirred up by this trial contributed towards widening the breach between the conservative and the progressive elements in the church. He was an eloquent preacher, but his reputation rests chiefly on his expository works, which are said to have had a larger circulation both in Europe and America than any others of their class.\n\nOf the well-known New Testament Notes, it is said that more than a million volumes had been issued by 1870. The Notes on Job, the Psalms, Isaiah and Daniel found scarcely less acceptance. Displaying no original critical power, their chief merit lies in the fact that they bring in a popular (but not always accurate) form the results of the criticism of others within the reach of general readers. Barnes was the author of several other works of a practical and devotional kind, including Scriptural Views of Slavery (1846) and The Way of Salvation (1863). A collection of his Theological Works was published in Philadelphia in 1875.\n\nIn his famous 1852 oratory, \"What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?\", Frederick Douglass quoted Barnes as saying: \"There is no power out of the church that could sustain slavery an hour, if it were not sustained in it.\"\n\nBarnes died in Philadelphia on December 24, 1870.", "born": "December 1, 1798", "description": "American theologian", "died": "December 24, 1870", "license": "public_domain", "life": "1798-1870", "name": "Albert Barnes", "observed_at_ms": 1793158090352, "source_url": "https://www.ccel.org/ccel/barnes", "works": [ { "title": "Barnes' New Testament Notes", "url": "https://www.ccel.org/ccel/barnes/ntnotes", "work_id": "barnes/ntnotes" }, { "title": "Notes on the New Testament Explanatory and Practical: Ephesians, Philippians, and Colossians", "url": "https://www.ccel.org/ccel/barnes/epc", "work_id": "barnes/epc" }, { "title": "Notes on the New Testament Explanatory and Practical: Hebrews", "url": "https://www.ccel.org/ccel/barnes/hebrews", "work_id": "barnes/hebrews" }, { "title": "Notes on the New Testament Explanatory and Practical: I Corinthians", "url": "https://www.ccel.org/ccel/barnes/1cor", "work_id": "barnes/1cor" }, { "title": "Notes on the New Testament Explanatory and Practical: II Corinthians and Galatians", "url": "https://www.ccel.org/ccel/barnes/2cor", "work_id": "barnes/2cor" }, { "title": "Notes on the New Testament Explanatory and Practical: James, Peter, John, and Jude", "url": "https://www.ccel.org/ccel/barnes/james", "work_id": "barnes/james" }, { "title": "Notes on the New Testament Explanatory and Practical: Luke and John", "url": "https://www.ccel.org/ccel/barnes/luke", "work_id": "barnes/luke" }, { "title": "Notes on the New Testament Explanatory and Practical: Matthew and Mark", "url": "https://www.ccel.org/ccel/barnes/matthew", "work_id": "barnes/matthew" }, { "title": "Notes on the New Testament Explanatory and Practical: Revelation", "url": "https://www.ccel.org/ccel/barnes/rev", "work_id": "barnes/rev" }, { "title": "Notes on the New Testament Explanatory and Practical: Romans", "url": "https://www.ccel.org/ccel/barnes/romans", "work_id": "barnes/romans" }, { "title": "Notes on the New Testament Explanatory and Practical: Thessalonians, Timothy, Titus, and Philemon", "url": "https://www.ccel.org/ccel/barnes/tttp", "work_id": "barnes/tttp" }, { "title": "Notes on the New Testament: Explanatory and Practical: Acts", "url": "https://www.ccel.org/ccel/barnes/acts", "work_id": "barnes/acts" }, { "title": "Notes on the Old Testament Explanatory and Practical: Daniel Vol. 1", "url": "https://www.ccel.org/ccel/barnes/daniel-series", "work_id": "barnes/daniel-series" }, { "title": "Notes on the Old Testament Explanatory and Practical: Isaiah Volume I", "url": "https://www.ccel.org/ccel/barnes/isaiah-series", "work_id": "barnes/isaiah-series" }, { "title": "Notes on the Old Testament Explanatory and Practical: Job Vol. 1", "url": "https://www.ccel.org/ccel/barnes/job1", "work_id": "barnes/job1" }, { "title": "Notes on the Old Testament Explanatory and Practical: Psalms Vol. 1", "url": "https://www.ccel.org/ccel/barnes/psalms-series", "work_id": "barnes/psalms-series" }, { "title": "Notes on the Old Testament Explanatory and Practical: Daniel Vol. 1", "url": "https://www.ccel.org/ccel/barnes/daniel1", "work_id": "barnes/daniel1" }, { "title": "Notes on the Old Testament Explanatory and Practical: Daniel vol. 2", "url": "https://www.ccel.org/ccel/barnes/daniel2", "work_id": "barnes/daniel2" }, { "title": "Notes on the Old Testament Explanatory and Practical: Isaiah Volume I", "url": "https://www.ccel.org/ccel/barnes/isaiah1", "work_id": "barnes/isaiah1" }, { "title": "Notes on the Old Testament Explanatory and Practical: Isaiah Vol. 2", "url": "https://www.ccel.org/ccel/barnes/isaiah2", "work_id": "barnes/isaiah2" }, { "title": "Notes on the Old Testament Explanatory and Practical: Psalms Vol. 1", "url": "https://www.ccel.org/ccel/barnes/psalms1", "work_id": "barnes/psalms1" }, { "title": "Notes on the Old Testament Explanatory and Practical: Psalms Vol. 2", "url": "https://www.ccel.org/ccel/barnes/psalms2", "work_id": "barnes/psalms2" }, { "title": "Notes on the Old Testament Explanatory and Practical: Psalms Vol. 3", "url": "https://www.ccel.org/ccel/barnes/psalms3", "work_id": "barnes/psalms3" } ], "works_count": 23 } ``` ### Get commentary - Capability: `bible/get_commentary` - Description: Verse-keyed commentary from CCEL's Study Bible for any Bible verse or chapter: John Calvin's Commentaries, Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole Bible, Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary, or Jamieson-Fausset-Brown; for example JFB on John 3:16 or Calvin on Psalm 23. Returns the commentary text for the passage with the Bible references it cites, the authors with life dates, publication years and a licence field. - Instructions: Explain a verse or passage from a classic commentator. Calvin did not write on every book (no Song of Songs, for example), which is not_found. For Barnes, Wesley, MacLaren, the Expositor's Bible and other commentaries on a passage, call passage_commentaries and then get_section. - Cost: 5 credits per call - Capability file: [Get commentary](https://alexandria.firecrawl.dev/agents/providers/ccel-org/bible/get_commentary) Accepted options: - `book` (string): Book name, abbreviation or USFM code (John, Jn, JHN, 1 Corinthians, Song of Songs); use with chapter instead of reference. Example: `` - `chapter` (number): Chapter number, with book. Example: `10` - `commentary` (string, required): calvin, matthew-henry, matthew-henry-concise or jfb; names such as "Matthew Henry", "Henry", "concise", "Jamieson" work. Example: `` - `max_chars` (number): Most characters of text to return (default 20000). Example: `500` - `offset` (number): Character offset to start at; pass next_offset from a truncated answer to read on. Example: `10` - `reference` (string): A Bible reference: book name or abbreviation, chapter and optional verse or range, e.g. "John 3:16", "Jn 3:16-18", "1 Cor 13", "Ps 23", "Gen. 1:1". Single-chapter books take verses directly ("Jude 3"). Use this or book with chapter. Example: `` - `verse_end` (number): Last verse, with verse_start; defaults to verse_start. Example: `10` - `verse_start` (number): First verse, with book and chapter; omit for the whole chapter. Example: `10` Response schema example: ```json { "book": { "code": "JHN", "name": "John", "osis": "John" }, "chapter": 3, "characters": 1323, "commentary": { "authors": [ "Robert Jamieson (1802-1880)", "Andrew Robert Fausset (1821-1910)", "David Brown (1803-1897)" ], "id": "jfb", "license": "public_domain", "license_note": "Public domain in the United States: the author died before 1929, so the work was first published before then. CCEL's copyright page (https://www.ccel.org/about/copyright.html) allows personal, educational and non-profit use and asks to be contacted to republish its editions or use them commercially; an edition can carry a copyrighted introduction or notes.", "name": "Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (Jamieson, Fausset and Brown)", "note": null, "published": "1871", "tradition": "Evangelical Protestant: Scottish Presbyterian (Jamieson, Brown) and Anglican (Fausset)", "work_url": "https://www.ccel.org/ccel/jamieson/jfb" }, "data_url": "https://www.ccel.org/study/data?book=John&fromC=3&fromV=16&toC=3&toV=16&side=right&type=commentary&commentary=4", "headings": [], "next_offset": null, "observed_at_ms": 1793158090220, "offset": 0, "reference": "John 3:16", "scripture_references": [ { "book": "ROM", "chapter": 8, "chapter_end": 8, "reference": "Romans 8:32", "verse_end": 32, "verse_start": 32 }, { "book": "GEN", "chapter": 22, "chapter_end": 22, "reference": "Genesis 22:16", "verse_end": 16, "verse_start": 16 }, { "book": "MAL", "chapter": 4, "chapter_end": 4, "reference": "Malachi 4:2", "verse_end": 2, "verse_start": 2 } ], "source_url": "https://www.ccel.org/study/John_3:16?tab=commentary&commentary=4", "text": "16. For God so loved, &c.—What proclamation of the Gospel has been so oft on the lips of missionaries and preachers in every age since it was first uttered? What has sent such thrilling sensations through millions of mankind? What has been honored to bring such multitudes to the feet of Christ? What to kindle in the cold and selfish breasts of mortals the fires of self-sacrificing love to mankind, as these words of transparent simplicity, yet overpowering majesty? The picture embraces several distinct compartments: \"The World\"—in its widest sense—ready \"to perish\"; the immense \"Love of God\" to that perishing world, measurable only, and conceivable only, by the gift which it drew forth from Him; THE Gift itself—\"He so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son,\" or, in the language of Paul, \"spared not His own Son\" (Ro 8:32), or in that addressed to Abraham when ready to offer Isaac on the altar, \"withheld not His Son, His only Son, whom He loved\" (Ge 22:16); the Fruit of this stupendous gift—not only deliverance from impending \"perdition,\" but the bestowal of everlasting life; the MODE in which all takes effect—by \"believing\" on the Son. How would Nicodemus' narrow Judaism become invisible in the blaze of this Sun of righteousness seen rising on \"the world\" with healing in His wings! (Mal 4:2).", "truncated": false, "verse_end": 16, "verse_start": 16 } ``` ### Get section - Capability: `bible/get_section` - Description: Read one section of a public-domain work on CCEL by its URL or by work plus section id: a commentary chapter such as Matthew Henry mhc5.iv.iv (John 3), Barnes' note on John 3:16 (ntnotes vii.iii.xvi), a Wesley note, a Spurgeon sermon, an Expositor's Bible chapter. Returns the readable text with headings and cited Bible references, the work and author with life dates, a licence field, and the previous and next section ids for paging through the work. - Instructions: Read a section passage_commentaries, passage_sermons or a pasted ccel.org link points to. Long sections are cut at max_chars; read on with offset. Works that may still be under copyright are refused with invalid_input. - Cost: 5 credits per call - Capability file: [Get section](https://alexandria.firecrawl.dev/agents/providers/ccel-org/bible/get_section) Accepted options: - `max_chars` (number): Most characters of text to return (default 20000). Example: `500` - `offset` (number): Character offset to start at; pass next_offset from a truncated answer to read on. Example: `10` - `section` (string): Section id within the work, e.g. iv.iv or vii.iii.xvi. Example: `
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CCEL's copyright page (https://www.ccel.org/about/copyright.html) allows personal, educational and non-profit use and asks to be contacted to republish its editions or use them commercially; an edition can carry a copyrighted introduction or notes.", "next_offset": null, "next_section": "vii.iii.xvii", "observed_at_ms": 1793158090273, "offset": 0, "prev_section": "vii.iii.xv", "scripture_references": [ { "book": "JHN", "chapter": 6, "chapter_end": 6, "reference": "John 6:33", "verse_end": 33, "verse_start": 33 }, { "book": "JHN", "chapter": 17, "chapter_end": 17, "reference": "John 17:21", "verse_end": 21, "verse_start": 21 }, { "book": "2CO", "chapter": 5, "chapter_end": 5, "reference": "2 Corinthians 5:15", "verse_end": 15, "verse_start": 15 }, { "book": "1JN", "chapter": 2, "chapter_end": 2, "reference": "1 John 2:2", "verse_end": 2, "verse_start": 2 }, { "book": "GAL", "chapter": 1, "chapter_end": 1, "reference": "Galatians 1:4", "verse_end": 4, "verse_start": 4 }, { "book": "ROM", "chapter": 8, "chapter_end": 8, "reference": "Romans 8:32", "verse_end": 32, "verse_start": 32 }, { "book": "LUK", "chapter": 22, "chapter_end": 22, "reference": "Luke 22:19", "verse_end": 19, "verse_start": 19 }, { "book": "JHN", "chapter": 1, "chapter_end": 1, "reference": "John 1:14", "verse_end": 14, "verse_start": 14 }, { "book": "1JN", "chapter": 4, "chapter_end": 4, "reference": "1 John 4:9", "verse_end": 9, "verse_start": 9 } ], "section_id": "vii.iii.xvi", "source_url": "https://www.ccel.org/ccel/barnes/ntnotes/ntnotes.vii.iii.xvi.html", "text": "THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO JOHN - Chapter 3 - Verse 16\n\nVerse 16. For God so loved. This does not mean that God approved the conduct of men, but that he had benevolent feelings toward them, or was earnestly desirous of their happiness. God hates wickedness, but he still desires the happiness of those who are sinful. He hates the sin, but loves the sinner. A parent may love his child and desire his welfare, and yet be strongly opposed to the conduct of that child. When we approve the conduct of another, this is the love of complacency; when we desire simply their happiness, this is the love of benevolence.\n\nThe world. All mankind. It does not mean any particular part of the world, but man as man—the race that had rebelled and that deserved to die. See Joh 6:33; 17:21. His love for the world, or for all mankind, in giving his Son, was shown by these circumstances:\n\n1st. All the world was in ruin, and exposed to the wrath of God.\n\n2nd. All men were in a hopeless condition.\n\n3rd. God gave his Son. Man had no claim on him; it was a gift—an undeserved gift.\n\n4th. He gave him up to extreme sufferings, even the bitter pains of death on the cross.\n\n5th. It was for all the world. He tasted \"death for every man,\" He 2:9. He \"died for all,\" 2 Co 5:15. \"He is the propitiation for the sins of the whole world,\" 1 Jo 2:2.\n\nThat he gave. It was a free and unmerited gift. Man had no claim; and when there was no eye to pity or arm to save, it pleased God to give his Son into the hands of men to die in their stead, Ga 1:4; Ro 8:32; Lu 22:19. It was the mere movement of love; the expression of eternal compassion, and of a desire that sinners should not perish forever.\n\nHis only-begotten Son. See Barnes \"Joh 1:14\".\n\nThis is the highest expression of love of which we can conceive. A parent who should give up his only son to die for others who are guilty—if this could or might be done—would show higher love than could be manifested in any other way. So it shows the depth of the love of God, that he was willing to give his only Son into the hands of sinful men that he might be slain, and thus redeem them from eternal sorrow.\n\n{n} \"For God\" 1 Jo 4:9", "title": "John 3:16", "truncated": false, "work_id": "barnes/ntnotes", "work_title": "Barnes' New Testament Notes" } ``` ### Get work contents - Capability: `bible/get_work_contents` - Description: The table of contents of any public-domain work on CCEL: every section id with its title, nesting level and URL, plus the work title, author with life dates and a licence field. Works include Calvin's Institutes, Schaff's Ante-Nicene and Nicene Fathers (schaff/anf01, schaff/npnf101...), Aquinas' Summa, Matthew Henry's volumes and every commentary list_commentaries returns. - Instructions: Navigate a work before reading it with get_section: find the chapter of a commentary, a father's treatise in the ANF and NPNF volumes, or a book of the Institutes. 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Of Passages from the Holy Scriptures", "url": "https://www.ccel.org/ccel/calvin/institutes/institutes.ii.iv.html" }, { "level": 2, "section_id": "ii.v", "title": "Table II. Of Hebrew Words Explained.", "url": "https://www.ccel.org/ccel/calvin/institutes/institutes.ii.v.html" }, { "level": 2, "section_id": "ii.vi", "title": "Table III. Of Greek Words Explained.", "url": "https://www.ccel.org/ccel/calvin/institutes/institutes.ii.vi.html" }, { "level": 2, "section_id": "ii.vii", "title": "Index to Authors Quoted", "url": "https://www.ccel.org/ccel/calvin/institutes/institutes.ii.vii.html" }, { "level": 2, "section_id": "ii.viii", "title": "Prefatory Address", "url": "https://www.ccel.org/ccel/calvin/institutes/institutes.ii.viii.html" }, { "level": 2, "section_id": "ii.ix", "title": "The Epistle to the Reader", "url": "https://www.ccel.org/ccel/calvin/institutes/institutes.ii.ix.html" }, { "level": 2, "section_id": "ii.x", "title": "Subject of the Present Work", "url": "https://www.ccel.org/ccel/calvin/institutes/institutes.ii.x.html" }, { "level": 2, "section_id": "ii.xi", "title": "Epistle to the Reader.", "url": "https://www.ccel.org/ccel/calvin/institutes/institutes.ii.xi.html" }, { "level": 2, "section_id": "ii.xii", "title": "Method and Arrangement, or Subject of the Whole Work.", "url": "https://www.ccel.org/ccel/calvin/institutes/institutes.ii.xii.html" }, { "level": 2, "section_id": "ii.xiii", "title": "General Index of Chapters.", "url": "https://www.ccel.org/ccel/calvin/institutes/institutes.ii.xiii.html" }, { "level": 1, "section_id": "iii", "title": "BOOK FIRST. OF THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOD THE CREATOR", "url": "https://www.ccel.org/ccel/calvin/institutes/institutes.iii.html" }, { "level": 2, "section_id": "iii.i", "title": "ARGUMENT.", "url": "https://www.ccel.org/ccel/calvin/institutes/institutes.iii.i.html" }, { "level": 2, "section_id": "iii.ii", "title": "CHAPTER 1. - THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOD AND OF OURSELVES MUTUALLY CONNECTED. —NATURE OF THE CONNECTION.", "url": "https://www.ccel.org/ccel/calvin/institutes/institutes.iii.ii.html" }, { "level": 2, "section_id": "iii.iii", "title": "CHAPTER 2. - WHAT IT IS TO KNOW GOD,—TENDENCY OF THIS KNOWLEDGE.", "url": "https://www.ccel.org/ccel/calvin/institutes/institutes.iii.iii.html" }, { "level": 2, "section_id": "iii.iv", "title": "CHAPTER 3. - THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOD NATURALLY IMPLANTED IN THE HUMAN MIND.", "url": "https://www.ccel.org/ccel/calvin/institutes/institutes.iii.iv.html" }, { "level": 2, "section_id": "iii.v", "title": "CHAPTER 4. - THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOD STIFLED OR CORRUPTED, IGNORANTLY OR MALICIOUSLY.", "url": "https://www.ccel.org/ccel/calvin/institutes/institutes.iii.v.html" }, { "level": 2, "section_id": "iii.vi", "title": "CHAPTER 5. - THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOD CONSPICUOUS IN THE CREATION, AND CONTINUAL GOVERNMENT OF THE WORLD.", "url": "https://www.ccel.org/ccel/calvin/institutes/institutes.iii.vi.html" }, { "level": 2, "section_id": "iii.vii", "title": "CHAPTER 6. - THE NEED OF SCRIPTURE, AS A GUIDE AND TEACHER, IN COMING TO GOD AS A CREATOR", "url": "https://www.ccel.org/ccel/calvin/institutes/institutes.iii.vii.html" }, { "level": 2, "section_id": "iii.viii", "title": "CHAPTER 7. - THE TESTIMONY OF THE SPIRIT NECESSARY TO GIVE FULL AUTHORITY TO SCRIPTURE. THE IMPIETY OF PRETENDING THAT THE CREDIBILITY OF SCRIPTURE DEPENDS ON THE JUDGMENT OF THE CHURCH.", "url": "https://www.ccel.org/ccel/calvin/institutes/institutes.iii.viii.html" }, { "level": 2, "section_id": "iii.ix", "title": "CHAPTER 8. - THE CREDIBILITY OF SCRIPTURE SUFFICIENTLY PROVED IN SO FAR AS NATURAL REASON ADMITS.", "url": "https://www.ccel.org/ccel/calvin/institutes/institutes.iii.ix.html" } ], "source_url": "https://www.ccel.org/ccel/calvin/institutes/institutes.toc.html", "total_sections": 111, "work_id": "calvin/institutes", "work_title": "Institutes of the Christian Religion" } ``` ### List commentaries - Capability: `bible/list_commentaries` - Description: Browse or search the classic Bible commentaries and Bible study works CCEL (Christian Classics Ethereal Library) hosts: Barnes' Notes, Calvin's Commentaries, Matthew Henry, Jamieson-Fausset-Brown, Wesley's Notes, the Expositor's Bible, MacLaren's Expositions, Pusey on the Minor Prophets, Spurgeon's Treasury of David, Aquinas' Catena Aurea, Gray's Christian Workers' Commentary and more. Each work has its id, title, author with life dates and a licence field; only public-domain works are listed. - Instructions: Find which classic commentaries exist on a book or by an author (query "romans", author "barnes") before reading one with get_section or get_author. - Cost: 5 credits per call - Capability file: [List commentaries](https://alexandria.firecrawl.dev/agents/providers/ccel-org/bible/list_commentaries) Accepted options: - `author` (string): Author id or name, e.g. barnes, "MacLaren". Example: `` - `cursor` (string): next_cursor from the previous page. Example: `` - `limit` (number): Results per page (default 25). Example: `10` - `query` (string): Words that must all appear in the title or author name (prefix match), e.g. "romans", "expositor psalms". 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"author_id": "barnes", "author_life": "1798-1870", "classic": false, "language": "English", "license": "public_domain", "title": "Notes on the New Testament Explanatory and Practical: I Corinthians", "url": "https://www.ccel.org/ccel/barnes/1cor", "work_id": "barnes/1cor" }, { "author": "Albert Barnes", "author_id": "barnes", "author_life": "1798-1870", "classic": false, "language": "English", "license": "public_domain", "title": "Notes on the New Testament Explanatory and Practical: II Corinthians and Galatians", "url": "https://www.ccel.org/ccel/barnes/2cor", "work_id": "barnes/2cor" }, { "author": "Albert Barnes", "author_id": "barnes", "author_life": "1798-1870", "classic": false, "language": "English", "license": "public_domain", "title": "Notes on the New Testament Explanatory and Practical: James, Peter, John, and Jude", "url": "https://www.ccel.org/ccel/barnes/james", "work_id": "barnes/james" }, { "author": "Albert Barnes", "author_id": "barnes", "author_life": "1798-1870", "classic": false, "language": "English", "license": "public_domain", "title": "Notes on the New Testament Explanatory and Practical: Luke and John", "url": "https://www.ccel.org/ccel/barnes/luke", "work_id": "barnes/luke" }, { "author": "Albert Barnes", "author_id": "barnes", "author_life": "1798-1870", "classic": false, "language": "English", "license": "public_domain", "title": "Notes on the New Testament Explanatory and Practical: Matthew and Mark", "url": "https://www.ccel.org/ccel/barnes/matthew", "work_id": "barnes/matthew" }, { "author": "Albert Barnes", "author_id": "barnes", "author_life": "1798-1870", "classic": false, "language": "English", "license": "public_domain", "title": "Notes on the New Testament Explanatory and Practical: Revelation", "url": "https://www.ccel.org/ccel/barnes/rev", "work_id": "barnes/rev" }, { "author": "Albert Barnes", "author_id": "barnes", "author_life": "1798-1870", "classic": false, "language": "English", "license": "public_domain", "title": 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"barnes/isaiah1" }, { "author": "Albert Barnes", "author_id": "barnes", "author_life": "1798-1870", "classic": false, "language": "English", "license": "public_domain", "title": "Notes on the Old Testament Explanatory and Practical: Isaiah Vol. 2", "url": "https://www.ccel.org/ccel/barnes/isaiah2", "work_id": "barnes/isaiah2" }, { "author": "Albert Barnes", "author_id": "barnes", "author_life": "1798-1870", "classic": false, "language": "English", "license": "public_domain", "title": "Notes on the Old Testament Explanatory and Practical: Psalms Vol. 1", "url": "https://www.ccel.org/ccel/barnes/psalms1", "work_id": "barnes/psalms1" }, { "author": "Albert Barnes", "author_id": "barnes", "author_life": "1798-1870", "classic": false, "language": "English", "license": "public_domain", "title": "Notes on the Old Testament Explanatory and Practical: Psalms Vol. 2", "url": "https://www.ccel.org/ccel/barnes/psalms2", "work_id": "barnes/psalms2" }, { "author": "Albert Barnes", "author_id": "barnes", "author_life": "1798-1870", "classic": false, "language": "English", "license": "public_domain", "title": "Notes on the Old Testament Explanatory and Practical: Psalms Vol. 3", "url": "https://www.ccel.org/ccel/barnes/psalms3", "work_id": "barnes/psalms3" } ], "count": 20, "excluded_count": 0, "excluded_note": "Works without a record of first publication before 1929 (by an author who died before 1929, or a dated work) may be under copyright and are left out, as are anonymous works.", "next_cursor": null, "observed_at_ms": 1793158090187, "source_url": "https://www.ccel.org/index/genre/gen-COM", "total_matches": 20 } ``` ### Passage commentaries - Capability: `bible/passage_commentaries` - Description: Every classic commentary CCEL indexes for a Bible chapter, from its Study Bible: Barnes' Notes, Calvin, Matthew Henry, JFB, Wesley's Notes, MacLaren's Expositions, the Expositor's Bible, B. W. Johnson's People's New Testament, McGarvey's Four-Fold Gospel, Lightfoot, Church Fathers homilies (NPNF) and others, grouped by author with the exact sections that discuss the passage. Works that may still be under copyright are listed as excluded, not returned. - Instructions: Find what many commentators wrote on a passage ("what do the commentaries say on John 3"), then read the sections with get_section. CCEL indexes by chapter, so a verse reference answers for its chapter. - Cost: 5 credits per call - Capability file: [Passage commentaries](https://alexandria.firecrawl.dev/agents/providers/ccel-org/bible/passage_commentaries) Accepted options: - `book` (string): Book name, abbreviation or USFM code (John, Jn, JHN, 1 Corinthians, Song of Songs); use with chapter instead of reference. Example: `` - `chapter` (number): Chapter number, with book. Example: `10` - `reference` (string): A Bible reference: book name or abbreviation, chapter and optional verse or range, e.g. "John 3:16", "Jn 3:16-18", "1 Cor 13", "Ps 23", "Gen. 1:1". Single-chapter books take verses directly ("Jude 3"). Use this or book with chapter. Example: `` Response schema example: ```json { "book": { "code": "JHN", "name": "John", "osis": "John" }, "chapter": 3, "count": 11, "data_url": "https://www.ccel.org/study/data?book=John&fromC=3&fromV=0&toC=3&toV=999&side=right&type=reference", "entries": [ { "author": "Albert Barnes", "author_id": "barnes", "author_life": "1798-1870", "kind": "commentary", "license": "public_domain", "works": [ { "license": "public_domain", "sections": [ { "section_id": "vii.iii.i", "url": "https://www.ccel.org/ccel/barnes/ntnotes/ntnotes.vii.iii.i.html#vii.iii.i-p0.3" }, { "section_id": "vii.iii.ii", "url": "https://www.ccel.org/ccel/barnes/ntnotes/ntnotes.vii.iii.ii.html#vii.iii.ii-p0.2" }, { "section_id": "vii.iii.iii", "url": "https://www.ccel.org/ccel/barnes/ntnotes/ntnotes.vii.iii.iii.html#vii.iii.iii-p0.2" }, { "section_id": "vii.iii.iv", "url": "https://www.ccel.org/ccel/barnes/ntnotes/ntnotes.vii.iii.iv.html#vii.iii.iv-p0.2" }, { "section_id": "vii.iii.v", "url": "https://www.ccel.org/ccel/barnes/ntnotes/ntnotes.vii.iii.v.html#vii.iii.v-p0.2" }, { "section_id": "vii.iii.vi", "url": "https://www.ccel.org/ccel/barnes/ntnotes/ntnotes.vii.iii.vi.html#vii.iii.vi-p0.2" }, { "section_id": "vii.iii.vii", "url": "https://www.ccel.org/ccel/barnes/ntnotes/ntnotes.vii.iii.vii.html#vii.iii.vii-p0.2" }, { "section_id": "vii.iii.viii", "url": "https://www.ccel.org/ccel/barnes/ntnotes/ntnotes.vii.iii.viii.html#vii.iii.viii-p0.2" }, { "section_id": "vii.iii.ix", "url": "https://www.ccel.org/ccel/barnes/ntnotes/ntnotes.vii.iii.ix.html#vii.iii.ix-p0.2" }, { "section_id": "vii.iii.x", "url": "https://www.ccel.org/ccel/barnes/ntnotes/ntnotes.vii.iii.x.html#vii.iii.x-p0.2" }, { "section_id": "vii.iii.xi", "url": "https://www.ccel.org/ccel/barnes/ntnotes/ntnotes.vii.iii.xi.html#vii.iii.xi-p0.2" }, { "section_id": "vii.iii.xii", "url": "https://www.ccel.org/ccel/barnes/ntnotes/ntnotes.vii.iii.xii.html#vii.iii.xii-p0.2" }, { "section_id": "vii.iii.xiii", "url": "https://www.ccel.org/ccel/barnes/ntnotes/ntnotes.vii.iii.xiii.html#vii.iii.xiii-p0.2" }, { "section_id": "vii.iii.xiv", "url": "https://www.ccel.org/ccel/barnes/ntnotes/ntnotes.vii.iii.xiv.html#vii.iii.xiv-p0.2" }, { "section_id": "vii.iii.xv", "url": "https://www.ccel.org/ccel/barnes/ntnotes/ntnotes.vii.iii.xv.html#vii.iii.xv-p0.2" }, { "section_id": "vii.iii.xvi", "url": "https://www.ccel.org/ccel/barnes/ntnotes/ntnotes.vii.iii.xvi.html#vii.iii.xvi-p0.2" }, { "section_id": "vii.iii.xvii", "url": "https://www.ccel.org/ccel/barnes/ntnotes/ntnotes.vii.iii.xvii.html#vii.iii.xvii-p0.2" }, { "section_id": "vii.iii.xviii", "url": "https://www.ccel.org/ccel/barnes/ntnotes/ntnotes.vii.iii.xviii.html#vii.iii.xviii-p0.2" }, { "section_id": "vii.iii.xix", "url": "https://www.ccel.org/ccel/barnes/ntnotes/ntnotes.vii.iii.xix.html#vii.iii.xix-p0.2" }, { "section_id": "vii.iii.xx", "url": "https://www.ccel.org/ccel/barnes/ntnotes/ntnotes.vii.iii.xx.html#vii.iii.xx-p0.2" }, { "section_id": "vii.iii.xxi", "url": "https://www.ccel.org/ccel/barnes/ntnotes/ntnotes.vii.iii.xxi.html#vii.iii.xxi-p0.2" }, { "section_id": "vii.iii.xxii", "url": "https://www.ccel.org/ccel/barnes/ntnotes/ntnotes.vii.iii.xxii.html#vii.iii.xxii-p0.2" }, { "section_id": "vii.iii.xxiii", "url": "https://www.ccel.org/ccel/barnes/ntnotes/ntnotes.vii.iii.xxiii.html#vii.iii.xxiii-p0.2" }, { "section_id": "vii.iii.xxiv", "url": "https://www.ccel.org/ccel/barnes/ntnotes/ntnotes.vii.iii.xxiv.html#vii.iii.xxiv-p0.2" }, { "section_id": "vii.iii.xxv", "url": "https://www.ccel.org/ccel/barnes/ntnotes/ntnotes.vii.iii.xxv.html#vii.iii.xxv-p0.2" }, { "section_id": "vii.iii.xxvi", "url": "https://www.ccel.org/ccel/barnes/ntnotes/ntnotes.vii.iii.xxvi.html#vii.iii.xxvi-p0.2" }, { "section_id": "vii.iii.xxvii", "url": "https://www.ccel.org/ccel/barnes/ntnotes/ntnotes.vii.iii.xxvii.html#vii.iii.xxvii-p0.2" }, { "section_id": "vii.iii.xxviii", "url": "https://www.ccel.org/ccel/barnes/ntnotes/ntnotes.vii.iii.xxviii.html#vii.iii.xxviii-p0.2" }, { "section_id": "vii.iii.xxix", "url": "https://www.ccel.org/ccel/barnes/ntnotes/ntnotes.vii.iii.xxix.html#vii.iii.xxix-p0.2" }, { "section_id": "vii.iii.xxx", "url": "https://www.ccel.org/ccel/barnes/ntnotes/ntnotes.vii.iii.xxx.html#vii.iii.xxx-p0.2" }, { "section_id": "vii.iii.xxxi", "url": "https://www.ccel.org/ccel/barnes/ntnotes/ntnotes.vii.iii.xxxi.html#vii.iii.xxxi-p0.2" }, { "section_id": "vii.iii.xxxii", "url": "https://www.ccel.org/ccel/barnes/ntnotes/ntnotes.vii.iii.xxxii.html#vii.iii.xxxii-p0.2" }, { "section_id": "vii.iii.xxxiii", "url": "https://www.ccel.org/ccel/barnes/ntnotes/ntnotes.vii.iii.xxxiii.html#vii.iii.xxxiii-p0.2" }, { "section_id": "vii.iii.xxxiv", "url": "https://www.ccel.org/ccel/barnes/ntnotes/ntnotes.vii.iii.xxxiv.html#vii.iii.xxxiv-p0.2" }, { "section_id": "vii.iii.xxxv", "url": "https://www.ccel.org/ccel/barnes/ntnotes/ntnotes.vii.iii.xxxv.html#vii.iii.xxxv-p0.2" }, { "section_id": "vii.iii.xxxvi", "url": "https://www.ccel.org/ccel/barnes/ntnotes/ntnotes.vii.iii.xxxvi.html#vii.iii.xxxvi-p0.2" } ], "title": "Barnes' New Testament Notes", "work_id": "barnes/ntnotes" } ] }, { "author": "John Calvin", "author_id": "calvin", "author_life": "1509-1564", "kind": "commentary", "license": "public_domain", "works": [ { "license": "public_domain", "sections": [ { "section_id": "ix.i", "url": "https://www.ccel.org/ccel/calvin/calcom34/calcom34.ix.i.html#ix.i-p4.1" }, { "section_id": "ix.ii", "url": "https://www.ccel.org/ccel/calvin/calcom34/calcom34.ix.ii.html#ix.ii-p4.1" }, { "section_id": "ix.iii", "url": "https://www.ccel.org/ccel/calvin/calcom34/calcom34.ix.iii.html#ix.iii-p5.1" }, { "section_id": "ix.iv", "url": "https://www.ccel.org/ccel/calvin/calcom34/calcom34.ix.iv.html#ix.iv-p5.1" }, { "section_id": "ix.v", "url": "https://www.ccel.org/ccel/calvin/calcom34/calcom34.ix.v.html#ix.v-p4.1" }, { "section_id": "ix.vi", "url": "https://www.ccel.org/ccel/calvin/calcom34/calcom34.ix.vi.html#ix.vi-p5.1" }, { "section_id": "ix.vii", "url": "https://www.ccel.org/ccel/calvin/calcom34/calcom34.ix.vii.html#ix.vii-p5.1" } ], "title": "Commentary on John - Volume 1", "work_id": "calvin/calcom34" } ] }, { "author": "Marcus Dods", "author_id": "dods", "author_life": "1834-1909", "kind": "commentary", "license": "public_domain", "works": [ { "license": "public_domain", "sections": [ { "section_id": "ix", "url": "https://www.ccel.org/ccel/dods/expositorjohn1/expositorjohn1.ix.html#ix-p5.1" }, { "section_id": "x", "url": "https://www.ccel.org/ccel/dods/expositorjohn1/expositorjohn1.x.html#x-p5.1" } ], "title": "Expositor's Bible: The Gospel of St. John, Volume I", "work_id": "dods/expositorjohn1" } ] }, { "author": "Matthew Henry", "author_id": "henry", "author_life": "1662-1714", "kind": "commentary", "license": "public_domain", "works": [ { "license": "public_domain", "sections": [ { "section_id": "John.iv", "url": "https://www.ccel.org/ccel/henry/mhc5/mhc5.John.iv.html#John.iv-p1.3" } ], "title": "Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume V (Matthew to John)", "work_id": "henry/mhc5" }, { "license": "public_domain", "sections": [ { "section_id": "xxxv.iii", "url": "https://www.ccel.org/ccel/henry/mhcc/mhcc.xxxv.iii.html#xxxv.iii-p6.1" } ], "title": "Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible", "work_id": "henry/mhcc" } ] }, { "author": "Robert Jamieson", "author_id": "jamieson", "author_life": "1802-1880", "kind": "commentary", "license": "public_domain", "works": [ { "license": "public_domain", "sections": [ { "section_id": "xi.iv.iv", "url": "https://www.ccel.org/ccel/jamieson/jfb/jfb.xi.iv.iv.html#xi.iv.iv-p0.1" } ], "title": "Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible", "work_id": "jamieson/jfb" } ] }, { "author": "Barton Warren Johnson", "author_id": "johnson_bw", "author_life": "1833-1894", "kind": "commentary", "license": "public_domain", "works": [ { "license": "public_domain", "sections": [ { "section_id": "pnt0403", "url": "https://www.ccel.org/ccel/johnson_bw/pnt/pnt.pnt0403.html#pnt0403-p2.1" } ], "title": "People's New Testament", "work_id": "johnson_bw/pnt" } ] }, { "author": "John Lightfoot", "author_id": "lightfoot", "author_life": "1602-1675", "kind": "commentary", "license": "public_domain", "works": [ { "license": "public_domain", "sections": [ { "section_id": "vii.iii", "url": "https://www.ccel.org/ccel/lightfoot/talmud/talmud.vii.iii.html#vii.iii-p0.1" } ], "title": "From the Talmud and Hebraica", "work_id": "lightfoot/talmud" } ] }, { "author": "Alexander MacLaren", "author_id": "maclaren", "author_life": "1826-1910", "kind": "commentary", "license": "public_domain", "works": [ { "license": "public_domain", "sections": [ { "section_id": "ii.xvii", "url": "https://www.ccel.org/ccel/maclaren/john1/john1.ii.xvii.html#ii.xvii-p0.1" }, { "section_id": "ii.xviii", "url": "https://www.ccel.org/ccel/maclaren/john1/john1.ii.xviii.html#ii.xviii-p0.1" }, { "section_id": "ii.xix", "url": "https://www.ccel.org/ccel/maclaren/john1/john1.ii.xix.html#ii.xix-p0.1" }, { "section_id": "ii.xx", "url": "https://www.ccel.org/ccel/maclaren/john1/john1.ii.xx.html#ii.xx-p0.1" }, { "section_id": "ii.xxi", "url": "https://www.ccel.org/ccel/maclaren/john1/john1.ii.xxi.html#ii.xxi-p0.1" } ], "title": "Expositions of Holy Scripture: St John Ch. I to XIV", "work_id": "maclaren/john1" } ] }, { "author": "John William McGarvey", "author_id": "mcgarvey", "author_life": "1829-1911", "kind": "commentary", "license": "public_domain", "works": [ { "license": "public_domain", "sections": [ { "section_id": "vi.ii", "url": "https://www.ccel.org/ccel/mcgarvey/gospels/gospels.vi.ii.html#vi.ii-p0.1" }, { "section_id": "vi.iii", "url": "https://www.ccel.org/ccel/mcgarvey/gospels/gospels.vi.iii.html#vi.iii-p0.1" } ], "title": "Four-Fold Gospel", "work_id": "mcgarvey/gospels" } ] }, { "author": "Philip Schaff", "author_id": "schaff", "author_life": "1819-1893", "kind": "commentary", "license": "public_domain", "works": [ { "license": "public_domain", "sections": [ { "section_id": "iii.xii", "url": "https://www.ccel.org/ccel/schaff/npnf107/npnf107.iii.xii.html#iii.xii-p2.1" }, { "section_id": "iii.xiii", "url": "https://www.ccel.org/ccel/schaff/npnf107/npnf107.iii.xiii.html#iii.xiii-p2.1" }, { "section_id": "iii.xiv", "url": "https://www.ccel.org/ccel/schaff/npnf107/npnf107.iii.xiv.html#iii.xiv-p2.1" }, { "section_id": "iii.xv", "url": "https://www.ccel.org/ccel/schaff/npnf107/npnf107.iii.xv.html#iii.xv-p2.1" } ], "title": "NPNF1-07. St. Augustine: Homilies on the Gospel of John; Homilies on the First", "work_id": "schaff/npnf107" } ] }, { "author": "John Wesley", "author_id": "wesley", "author_life": "1703-1791", "kind": "commentary", "license": "public_domain", "works": [ { "license": "public_domain", "sections": [ { "section_id": "i.v.iv", "url": "https://www.ccel.org/ccel/wesley/notes/notes.i.v.iv.html#i.v.iv-p0.2" } ], "title": "Wesley's Notes on the Bible", "work_id": "wesley/notes" } ] } ], "excluded": [ { "author": "A.T. Robertson", "author_id": "robertson_at", "kind": "commentary", "license": "unknown", "reason": "no record that the work was first published before 1929, so it may be under copyright", "work_id": "robertson_at/word" } ], "observed_at_ms": 1793158090256, "reference": "John 3", "source_url": "https://www.ccel.org/study/John_3?tab=reference", "study_bible_commentaries": [ { "id": "calvin", "name": "John Calvin's Commentaries" }, { "id": "matthew-henry", "name": "Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole Bible" }, { "id": "matthew-henry-concise", "name": "Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible" }, { "id": "jfb", "name": "Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (Jamieson, Fausset and Brown)" } ] } ``` ### Passage sermons - Capability: `bible/passage_sermons` - Description: Classic sermons and devotional meditations CCEL indexes for a Bible chapter: Spurgeon's sermons and Morning and Evening, John Wesley, John Flavel, Horace Bushnell, Jowett, Chrysostom and Augustine homilies (NPNF) and more, grouped by author with links to the sections. Modern pieces and works that may be under copyright are listed as excluded, not returned. - Instructions: Find sermons or devotional readings on a passage for preaching or study, then read one with get_section. A verse reference answers for its chapter. - Cost: 5 credits per call - Capability file: [Passage sermons](https://alexandria.firecrawl.dev/agents/providers/ccel-org/bible/passage_sermons) Accepted options: - `book` (string): Book name, abbreviation or USFM code (John, Jn, JHN, 1 Corinthians, Song of Songs); use with chapter instead of reference. Example: `` - `chapter` (number): Chapter number, with book. Example: `10` - `reference` (string): A Bible reference: book name or abbreviation, chapter and optional verse or range, e.g. "John 3:16", "Jn 3:16-18", "1 Cor 13", "Ps 23", "Gen. 1:1". Single-chapter books take verses directly ("Jude 3"). Use this or book with chapter. Example: `` Response schema example: ```json { "book": { "code": "JHN", "name": "John", "osis": "John" }, "chapter": 3, "count": 8, "data_url": "https://www.ccel.org/study/data?book=John&fromC=3&fromV=0&toC=3&toV=999&side=right&type=sermon", "entries": [ { "author": "John Henry Jowett", "author_id": "jowett", "author_life": "1864-1923", "kind": "meditation", "license": "public_domain", "works": [ { "license": "public_domain", "sections": [ { "section_id": "iv.xviii", "url": "https://www.ccel.org/ccel/jowett/brooks/brooks.iv.xviii.html#iv.xviii-p0.1" }, { "section_id": "iv.xix", "url": "https://www.ccel.org/ccel/jowett/brooks/brooks.iv.xix.html#iv.xix-p0.1" } ], "title": "Brooks by the Traveller's Way", "work_id": "jowett/brooks" } ] }, { "author": "C. H. Spurgeon", "author_id": "spurgeon", "author_life": "1834-1892", "kind": "meditation", "license": "public_domain", "works": [ { "license": "public_domain", "sections": [ { "section_id": "d0306am", "url": "https://www.ccel.org/ccel/spurgeon/morneve/morneve.d0306am.html#d0306am-p2.1" }, { "section_id": "d0325pm", "url": "https://www.ccel.org/ccel/spurgeon/morneve/morneve.d0325pm.html#d0325pm-p2.1" } ], "title": "Morning and Evening: Daily Readings", "work_id": "spurgeon/morneve" } ] }, { "author": "Horace Bushnell", "author_id": "bushnell", "author_life": "1802-1876", "kind": "sermon", "license": "public_domain", "works": [ { "license": "public_domain", "sections": [ { "section_id": "ix", "url": "https://www.ccel.org/ccel/bushnell/sermons/sermons.ix.html#ix-p1.1" } ], "title": "Sermons for the New Life.", "work_id": "bushnell/sermons" } ] }, { "author": "John Flavel", "author_id": "flavel", "author_life": "1630-1691", "kind": "sermon", "license": "public_domain", "works": [ { "license": "public_domain", "sections": [ { "section_id": "v.iv", "url": "https://www.ccel.org/ccel/flavel/fountain/fountain.v.iv.html#v.iv-p0.1" } ], "title": "Fountain of Life Opened Up", "work_id": "flavel/fountain" }, { "license": "public_domain", "sections": [ { "section_id": "xxxv", "url": "https://www.ccel.org/ccel/flavel/grace/grace.xxxv.html#xxxv-p1.1" }, { "section_id": "xxxvi", "url": "https://www.ccel.org/ccel/flavel/grace/grace.xxxvi.html#xxxvi-p1.1" } ], "title": "Method of Grace in the Gospel Redemption", "work_id": "flavel/grace" } ] }, { "author": "George MacDonald", "author_id": "macdonald", "author_life": "1824-1905", "kind": "sermon", "license": "public_domain", "works": [ { "license": "public_domain", "sections": [ { "section_id": "ix", "url": "https://www.ccel.org/ccel/macdonald/unspoken3/unspoken3.ix.html#ix-p0.1" } ], "title": "Unspoken Sermons Third Series", "work_id": "macdonald/unspoken3" } ] }, { "author": "Philip Schaff", "author_id": "schaff", "author_life": "1819-1893", "kind": "sermon", "license": "public_domain", "works": [ { "license": "public_domain", "sections": [ { "section_id": "iv.xxvii", "url": "https://www.ccel.org/ccel/schaff/npnf114/npnf114.iv.xxvii.html#iv.xxvii-p0.1" }, { "section_id": "iv.xxviii", "url": "https://www.ccel.org/ccel/schaff/npnf114/npnf114.iv.xxviii.html#iv.xxviii-p0.1" }, { "section_id": "iv.xxix", "url": "https://www.ccel.org/ccel/schaff/npnf114/npnf114.iv.xxix.html#iv.xxix-p0.1" }, { "section_id": "iv.xxx", "url": "https://www.ccel.org/ccel/schaff/npnf114/npnf114.iv.xxx.html#iv.xxx-p0.1" }, { "section_id": "iv.xxxi", "url": "https://www.ccel.org/ccel/schaff/npnf114/npnf114.iv.xxxi.html#iv.xxxi-p0.1" }, { "section_id": "iv.xxxii", "url": "https://www.ccel.org/ccel/schaff/npnf114/npnf114.iv.xxxii.html#iv.xxxii-p0.1" }, { "section_id": "iv.xxxiii", "url": "https://www.ccel.org/ccel/schaff/npnf114/npnf114.iv.xxxiii.html#iv.xxxiii-p0.1" } ], "title": "NPNF1-14. Saint Chrysostom: Homilies on the Gospel of St. John and the Epistle t", "work_id": "schaff/npnf114" } ] }, { "author": "C. H. 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