John Gill

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John Gill was an 18th-century English Baptist pastor and biblical scholar best known for his exhaustive commentary on the entire Bible and his defense of Calvinist theology.

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instanceOf Baptist pastor
biblical scholar
person
theologian
birthDate 1697-11-23
birthPlace Kettering, Northamptonshire, England
linked to: Kettering
burialPlace Bunhill Fields, London
linked to: Bunhill Fields
century 18th century
clergyOf Baptist Church
linked to: Baptists
deathDate 1771-10-14
deathPlace London, England
denomination Particular Baptist
linked to: Baptists
education largely self-taught in biblical languages
endOfPastorate 1771
fieldOfWork biblical exegesis
church history
systematic theology
influenced Charles Spurgeon
Reformed Baptist tradition
linked to: Baptists
influencedBy John Calvin
Reformed scholasticism
knownFor Reformed Baptist theology
defense of Calvinist theology
exhaustive commentary on the entire Bible
expertise in Hebrew
language English
maritalStatus married
name John Gill
nationality English
notableWork A Body of Doctrinal Divinity
A Body of Practical Divinity
Exposition of the Old and New Testaments
occupation biblical commentator
pastor
theologian
regionOfActivity England
religiousMovement Calvinistic Baptist
linked to: Baptists
religiousTradition Baptist
servedAs pastor of the Baptist church at Carter Lane, Southwark
startOfPastorate 1720
theologicalOrientation Calvinist
viewOnScripture high view of biblical inspiration
wroteAbout Trinity
covenant theology
doctrine of election
eternal justification
particular redemption
wroteInLanguage English

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