Any project as extensive as The Moody Bible Commentary requires the talents and efforts of many people to bring it to print. As general editors we are greatly indebted to every contributor who wrote, reviewed, rewrote, and produced excellent commentaries on all the books of the Bible. It is a rare honor and privilege for us to serve the Lord Jesus together with these fine scholars at Moody Bible Institute—and now to have co-labored with them to provide this resource for God’s people. Also, we are indebted to Greg Thornton, senior vice president of media at Moody Bible Institute, whose vision, wisdom, encouragement, patience, and guidance helped make this commentary not just a dream but a reality.
Thanks also go to Allan Sholes, MA, managing editor of this commentary. His diligence and editorial skill have been instrumental in bringing this work to publication.
We also want to recognize these talented editors for their splendid assistance: Christopher Reese, MA; Jim Vincent, MA; Paul Brinkerhoff, MDiv; and the late Roy Zuck, ThD. Our special thanks go to Eva Rydelnik, MA, and Philip Rawley, ThM, for their writing talents and extensive editorial work. Elizabeth Newenhuyse provided oversight of this project as editorial director, and we are so grateful for her contribution. Our thanks also go to Ryan Lloyd, production director at Moody Publishers, for his oversight of the typesetting and printing. We wish to express our appreciation, as well, to Miss Sarah Goldman for her secretarial assistance.
Words cannot fully express our immense thankfulness for our wives, Eva and Sue. With much patience they have endured our many days and hours of work on this project, as well as our perpetually distracted minds even when not working on this project, and always did so with kindness, grace, and encouragement.
Finally and most importantly, we give our greatest thanks to God our Father and the Lord Jesus our Messiah, who gave us the Bible, called all of us to study it, and by His Spirit, enabled us to produce this commentary. Blessed are You, O Lord our God, King of the universe, who has granted us life, sustained us, and allowed us to reach this day. Amen.