Barnes’ commentary is spoken of as one “so widely used.” But at the present time all these old commentaries have been discredited and thrown aside by the more liberal theologians. WWPGC 29.9
Response: Criticism accepted and text changed by deletion of the word “so.” WWPGC 29.10
1888 book read: “At a meeting of the presbytery of Philadelphia, Mr. Barnes, author of the commentary so widely used,” et cetera. WWPGC 29.11
1911 edition reads: “At a meeting of the presbytery of Philadelphia, Mr. Barnes, author of a commentary widely used.” WWPGC 29.12