Read trusted commentary sources verse-by-verse alongside your study passage.
What is the Commentary Panel?
The Commentary Panel surfaces commentary entries from trusted sources — Matthew Henry, John Calvin, Adam Clarke, and others — for the verse or passage you are studying. It keeps the commentator's voice alongside your own study without requiring you to leave the workspace.
How to use it
- Open the Commentary Panel from the panel menu.
- Select a commentary source using the dropdown in the panel header.
- Tap a verse in the Study Panel to jump the Commentary Panel to that verse.
- Use the filter toggle to show commentary for the active verse only, or all study verses.
- Click Simplify on any entry to get an AI-plain-language rewrite (if AI is configured).
- Click Add to Context on any passage to save it to the User Context Panel.
Key features
- Multiple commentary sources supported — switch between them in the header dropdown
- Filter by active verse or all study verses
- AI simplification — rewrites dense commentary in plain language
- Toggle between original and simplified text per entry
- Add commentary passages to User Context as snippets
- Auto-opens User Context Panel when a snippet is added (configurable)
Settings
Configure Commentary Panel defaults at Settings → Commentaries.
| Setting | Options |
|---|
| Theme | 11 reading themes |
| Font Size | X-Small → X-Large |
| Default Filter Mode | Active Verse / All |
| Enabled Commentaries | Toggle and reorder sources |
| AI Simplification | On / Off + provider and prompt |
Tips
- Use AI simplification to make older commentaries (Calvin, Henry) more readable without losing their substance.
- Open multiple Commentary Panels with different sources to compare commentators side-by-side.