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Originally Posted by VirginiaHuguenot Poole died after completing his English Annotations from Genesis to Isaiah 58. After that, the English Annotations were written by other colleagues as noted in the link above. | I know there is a difference between his commentaries and his annotations (besides one being in Latin & one in English), but I'm not clear as to what they are. I tried finding it on matthewpoole.net, but I couldn't find the details I was looking for. | I've tried a few times to explain the difference to folks even in this thread, but I must not be clear. In short, the Synopsis is a collection or synthesis or synopsis of the best and most profitable comments on passages of Scripture by a diverse range of exegetes (with Roman Catholic, Jewish and other scholars thrown in the mix for elucidation purposes) in Latin covering the whole Bible. It took Poole 10 years to complete this work. The English Annotations are essentially his own commentary on the Bible. By comparing the two (our editions combine both) one can see the influence of the earlier Synopsis on the later Annotations). The Synopsis is all the work of Poole (though he had much help as noted in the preface), while the Annotations are the work of Poole through Isaiah 58 and friends who completed the work after his death. I hope this helps. 
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