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Discovering Truth in Acts

- McGarvey's Original Commentary

About Discovering Truth in Acts

This classic commentary has been a staple for Bible students and preachers for well over a hundred years. This current edition has preserved the scholarship originally penned by J. W. McGarvey, but it has updated the footnotes to help the modern reader and student. Also included in this volume are new maps, charts, and a list of references made by J. W. McGarvey and where to find them online today. J.W. McGarvey (1829-1911) The son of an Irish immigrant, John William McGarvey, was born in Hopkinsville, Kentucky on March 1, 1829. After his father died and his mother remarried, his family relocated to Tremont, Illinois. J. W. McGarvey at the age of 18 enrolled at Bethany College, an institution founded by Alexander Campbell, and the school from which McGarvey would graduate with honors in 1850. While in school at Bethany College, J. W. McGarvey answered the Gospel call and was baptized into Christ. Upon his conversion, he dedicated his life to ministry and the study of the greatest book in the world. He was invited to preach in Dover, Missouri in January 1853, and that March he married Ottie F. Hix, with whom he had eight children. In Spring of 1862, during the heart of the Civil War, he accepted the position to work with the church in Lexington, Kentucky. Later that year his quintessential and original commentary on Acts was first published. By 1865, he was a chair at the College of the Bible of Kentucky University. J. W. McGarvey on October 6, 1911 passed from this life and now waits for the arrival of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.

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  • Language:
  • English
  • ISBN:
  • 9781948696050
  • Binding:
  • Hardback
  • Pages:
  • 486
  • Published:
  • April 3, 2019
  • Dimensions:
  • 235x191x27 mm.
  • Weight:
  • 1043 g.
Delivery: 2-3 weeks
Expected delivery: December 14, 2024

Description of Discovering Truth in Acts

This classic commentary has been a staple for Bible students and preachers for well over a hundred years. This current edition has preserved the scholarship originally penned by J. W. McGarvey, but it has updated the footnotes to help the modern reader and student. Also included in this volume are new maps, charts, and a list of references made by J. W. McGarvey and where to find them online today.
J.W. McGarvey (1829-1911) The son of an Irish immigrant, John William McGarvey, was born in Hopkinsville, Kentucky on March 1, 1829. After his father died and his mother remarried, his family relocated to Tremont, Illinois. J. W. McGarvey at the age of 18 enrolled at Bethany College, an institution founded by Alexander Campbell, and the school from which McGarvey would graduate with honors in 1850.

While in school at Bethany College, J. W. McGarvey answered the Gospel call and was baptized into Christ. Upon his conversion, he dedicated his life to ministry and the study of the greatest book in the world. He was invited to preach in Dover, Missouri in January 1853, and that March he married Ottie F. Hix, with whom he had eight children.
In Spring of 1862, during the heart of the Civil War, he accepted the position to work with the church in Lexington, Kentucky. Later that year his quintessential and original commentary on Acts was first published. By 1865, he was a chair at the College of the Bible of Kentucky University. J. W. McGarvey on October 6, 1911 passed from this life and now waits for the arrival of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.

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