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Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

1 Corinthians 14:32

The spirits of the prophets are subject, &c.— Those who were actuated by the Holy Spirit, in the very moment of inspiration, still retained the free use of themselves,andcontinuedmastersoftheirrationalandpersuasivefaculties.Butitwas just the contrary with the heathen oracles. The Delphic prophetess was a mere organ, her prophesies being delivered in a fit of extacy, when the presence of the god or devil was supposed to obliterate all the impressions of human ideas.

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  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

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  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

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  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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  • Barclay Daily Study Bible (NT)

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  • Barclay Daily Study Bible (NT)

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  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

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  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

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  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

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  • Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges Commentary

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  • Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges Commentary

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  • Charles Box Commentaries

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  • Charles Rose Commentaries

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  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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  • Concordant Commentary on the New Testament by A. E. Knoch

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  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

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  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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  • Expositor's Greek Testament (Nicoll)

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  • Expositor's Greek Testament (Nicoll)

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  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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  • Gary Hampton Commentaries

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  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

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  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

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  • Godet's commentary on Luke, John, Romans, 1 Corinthians

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  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

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  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

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  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

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  • John Darby's Synopsis

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  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

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  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

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  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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  • Justin Edwards' Family Bible New Testament (1851)

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  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

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  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

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  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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  • Mark Dunagan Commentaries

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  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

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  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

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  • McGarvey and Pendleton Commentaries

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  • NT Verse References in the Ante-Nicene Fathers

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  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

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  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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  • Philip Schaff's Popular Commentary on the NT (4 vols)

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  • Robertson's Word Pictures of the New Testament

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  • Summarized Bible Commentary

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  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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  • The Bible Study New Testament

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  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

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  • The Great Commentary of Cornelius à Lapide

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  • The Great Commentary of Cornelius à Lapide

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  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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  • The Pulpit Commentaries

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  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

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  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Corinthians 14:29; 1 Corinthians 14:30; 1 John 4:1; 1 Samuel 10:10;...

  • Vincent's Word Studies in the New Testament (4 Volume Set)

    The spirits. The movements and manifestations of the divine Spirit in the human spirit, as in ch. 12 10. Are subject. "People speak as if the divine authority of the prophetic word were somehow depend...

  • Wells of Living Water Commentary

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  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    For the spirits of the prophets are subject to the prophets — But what enthusiast considers this? The impulses of the Holy Spirit, even in men really inspired, so suit themselves to their rational fac...

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