Classic Commentaries on the Greek New Testament

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Classic Commentaries on the Greek New Testament

This collection consists of more than a dozen commentaries that focus on the text of the Greek New Testament. Most of them were originally published by MacMillan between 1880 and 1920, and a number have been reprinted over the years by publishers like Eerdmans, Zondervan, Kregel, and others.

"The Macmillan commentaries on the Greek NT were among the first acquisitions as I was building my reference library in the 1970s. I still value this series, especially the volumes by Westcott and Lightfoot. I recommend this series...!"

-John R. Kohlenberger III
Co-editor, NIV Exhaustive Concordance; Exhaustive Concordance to the Greek New Testament

Additional Details

A Logos employee discovered one old volume in a used bookshop, and, finding it useful, brought it to work to share with others. Following the trail of titles mentioned in the back of that first volume we’ve put together a great collection. Some of the volumes (like Lightfoot on Galatians) are better known than others, but we believe you’ll find them all useful.

Common to most of the volumes is a running set of notes, sometimes keyed to the verse but more often to a Greek word or phrase. (The print editions also include the whole Greek text of the NT book being commented on; the electronic editions will not, since it’s easier to open a parallel window with the whole Greek NT.)

This “Text and Notes” section is typically bracketed by introductory articles and essays and sometimes followed by a number of related dissertations. The introductory material is voluminous. In many volumes, the page count of the the front matter (in roman numerals) is roughly equal to the page count of the actual commentary, rising over 200 or 250 pages in some volumes (Swete and Lightfoot, particularly).

Three of the volumes (Matthew, Luke, and Acts) are intended for the “average school-boy”, and are thus smaller and less scholarly than the others, but follow the same format.

Electronic Titles Included

	St. Paul's Epistle to the Galatians J. B. Lightfoot Published in 1865 MacMillan 384 pages Contains: Introduction Text and Notes Dissertations Were the Galatians Celts or Teutons? The Brethren of the Lord St. Paul and the Three		St. Paul's Epistle to the Philippians J. B. Lightfoot Published in 1913 MacMillan 350 pages Charles Haddon Spurgeon, in Commenting & Commentaries, said “Deservedly regarded as a standard work. The more instructed student will appreciate it.” Contains: Introduction Text and Notes Dissertations The Christian Ministry St. Paul and Seneca The Letters of Paul and Seneca
	St. Paul's Epistle to the Colossians and to Philemon J. B. Lightfoot Published in 1879 MacMillan 428 pages Contains: Colossians Introduction Text and Notes Philemon Introduction Text and Notes Dissertations		St. Paul's Epistle to the Ephesians B. F. Westcott Published in 1906 MacMillan 212 pages Contains: Introduction Text and Notes Appendix Heads of Doctrine in the Epistle Additional Notes (24 Articles)
	The Gospel According to St. John B. F. Westcott Published in 1881 MacMillan 307 pages This commentary was printed with the English text and most of the notes are keyed to English words, often with the Greek. Contains: Introduction Notes		The Epistles of St. John B. F. Westcott Published in 1892 MacMillan 380 pages Contains: Introduction Text and Notes The Two Empires: The Church and the World The Gospel of Creation The Relation of Christianity to Art
	The Epistle to the Hebrews B. F. Westcott Published in 1903 MacMillan 506 pages Contains: Introduction Text and Notes On the Use of the O.T. in the Epistle		The Gospel According to St. Mark H. B. Swete Published in 1913 MacMillan 434 pages Contains: Introduction Text and Notes
	The Apocalypse of St. John H. B. Swete Published in 1909 MacMillan 558 pages Contains: Introduction Text and Notes		The Epistle of St. James Joseph B. Mayor Published in 1897 MacMillan 516 pages Contains: Introduction Bibliography Apparatus Criticus
	St. Paul's Epistles to the Thessalonians George Milligan Published in 1908 MacMillan 304 pages Contains: Introduction Text and Notes Additional Notes

"School Editions"

The following three titles (on Matthew, Luke, and Acts) are similar in nature to the above text, but are not quite as comprehensive. They are called School Editions by the original publisher, MacMillan. These texts only contain notes on the Greek text, as seen in the page scans. The volumnious introductory and background matter of the previous volumes (Lightfoot, Swete, Westcott, etc.) is not present. However, these volumes are still useful and contain much valuable information, hence their inclusion in this collection.

The Gospel According to St. Matthew

Arthur Sloman
Published in 1890
MacMillan
153 pages

From the Preface: “This edition is an attempt to supply to the average school-boy the necessary help and materials to for reading the Greek text of St Matthew intelligently. Few boys will read long notes. Accordingly brevity has been studied as far as is consistent with clearness. The meaning of parables and discourses has been explained, but ‘sermonizing’ has been as far as possible excluded. It is presumed that the student will have Liddell and Scott’s Lexicon by his side, and reference is frequently made thereto.”

The Gospel According to St. Luke

John Bond
Published in 1890
MacMillan
164 pages

From the Preface: “My wish has been, (1) To shirk no difficulty which should reasonably be discussed in a commentary of this kind, still less to substitute a pious reflection for such discussion; (2) To make the notes as short as is consistent with clearness.”

The Acts of the Apostles

Thomas Ethelbert Page
Published in 1897
MacMillan
270 pages

Called “a model of neatness”, this volume went through seven printings by 1897. It was the first in the 'mini-series' that included the volumes on Matthew and Luke.

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A screenshot of the Libronix edition of Lightfoot's commentary on Colossians and Philemon. Note the faithful rendition of Syriac and Coptic characters.