Word Biblical Commentary


The Word Biblical Commentary is a series of commentaries in English on the text of the Bible both Old and New Testament. It is currently published by the Zondervan Publishing Company. Initially published under the "Word Books" imprint, the series spent some time as part of the Thomas Nelson list. When this publisher was acquired by HarperCollins the series was assigned to another of the group's publishers, Zondervan.

Old Testament

  • * replaced

  • New Testament

  • Acts 1-9:42
  • Acts 10-28
  • 1 Corinthians
  • * replaced

  • Reception

A 1996 Christianity Today magazine article included the commentary in a list of the more significant publications and achievements of evangelicalism in the latter half of the 20th century. A 2010 CT article listed the WBC as among various recommended commentaries for use.