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Matthew Henry was a 17th-century British nonconformist minister and author. Matthew Henry was a British Nonconformist and Presbyterian minister and author who was born in Wales but spent much of his life in England. He is best known for the six-volume biblical commentary Exposition of the Old and New Testaments. Read more on Wikipedia →

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