# Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible

Public-domain concise whole-Bible commentary by Matthew Henry, normalized into book/chapter/verse-range entries.

## Identity

- Resource ID: `matthew-henry-concise-ccel`
- Type: commentary
- Abbreviation: MHCC
- Short title: Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Alternate IDs: ccel/henry/mhcc
- Language: English (eng)
- Canon: whole-bible

## Translation

- Base title: n/a
- Translation year: n/a
- Edition: n/a
- Edition year: n/a
- Source text basis: n/a
- Tradition: n/a

## Source

- Provider: Christian Classics Ethereal Library
- Upstream ID: henry/mhcc
- Upstream page: https://www.ccel.org/ccel/henry/mhcc.html
- Download URL: https://www.ccel.org/ccel/h/henry/mhcc/cache/mhcc.txt
- Source format: plain-text
- Upstream last updated: 2001-06-20
- Available upstream formats: html, xml, text, pdf, epub

## License

- Name: Public Domain
- Redistribution allowed: Yes
- License/source URL: https://www.ccel.org/ccel/h/henry/mhcc/cache/mhcc.txt
- Attribution: Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible, digital text from Christian Classics Ethereal Library.
- Jurisdiction notes: n/a
- Restrictions: Preserve CCEL attribution for the digital source.

## Contributors

- Matthew Henry: original author
- Christian Classics Ethereal Library: digital text provider

## Features

- Verse-range commentary: commentary; languages: eng; embedded; package: packages/json/matthew-henry-concise-ccel/commentary.jsonl

## Attachments

Included:
- Matthew Henry concise commentary: commentary; verse-range-to-commentary; anchors: book, chapter, verse_range; languages: eng; package: packages/json/matthew-henry-concise-ccel/commentary.jsonl

Supported future attachment types:
- study_notes
- cross_references

## Generated Package

- Package catalog: packages/json/matthew-henry-concise-ccel/catalog.json
- Verses JSONL: n/a
- Strong's links JSONL: n/a
- Footnotes JSONL: n/a
- Entries JSONL: n/a
- Source SHA-256: 7af7f0feef2a8522263d48825a170125f4c421d14250212d83db6aef6d4f5269
- Last checked: 2026-07-12T15:58:00Z

## Counts

- Books: 66
- Verses: n/a
- Strong's links: n/a
- Footnotes: n/a
- Entries: 3930
- Commentary entries: 3930
- Dictionary entries: n/a

## Package Checksums

- commentary_jsonl: `commentary.jsonl` (897845ce215601932381d981592ac5e1eb1d3adfb753af1b1e695cb318401119)
