The 1657 English Annotations

Berith Press

About this app

Study the King James Version alongside the historic 1657 English Annotations.

The 1657 English Annotations brings one of the great seventeenth-century Protestant Bible commentaries into a simple digital study companion.

Select a book, chapter, and annotated verse, then read the King James Version together with the corresponding notes from the third edition of the English Annotations, published in 1657.

Designed for pastors, students, families, researchers, and readers of historic Reformed theology, the app makes the annotations readily accessible while studying Scripture.

Features include:
• Browse all 66 books of the Bible.
• Select books, chapters, and annotated verses.
• Read the King James Version alongside the 1657 annotations.
• Introductory Material, including Preface and Advertisement.
• Search the canonical library by book.
• Open the original Berith Press source page for reference.
• Clean, distraction-free reading designed for sustained Bible study.
• Clickable Scripture references within Annotations and Introductory Material.
• Return to your previous reading location after following a Scripture reference.
• Adjustable reading text size and light & dark themes.
• Scripture-and-Annotations or Annotations-only reading modes.

The English Annotations were produced by a group of seventeenth-century English Protestant divines and provide historical, theological, linguistic, and exegetical observations on the biblical text.

Published by Berith Press.

What’s new

Improved Scripture-reference links throughout the annotations, including bracketed references, historical abbreviations, chapter references and verse lists. Added safeguards against incorrect destinations and nonbiblical numbering.