Older Commentaries on Luke

[panicbird]

What are some good, older commentaries on the Gospel of Luke? I am aware of the newer ones (Bock, Green, etc.), but what about pre-1950 commentaries on that Gospel? Spurgeon lists Foote, Godet, Oosterzee, Thomson, and Van Doren as his recommended Lukan commentaries. Does anyone have any experience with any of these?

Any help would be appreciated.

Lon

 

[py3ak]

I like Godet. He can a bit weird, but he can also be brilliant. You can check him out at the Bible Centre.
http://www.biblecentre.net/

 

[MW]

Norval Geldenhuys in the first NICNT series.

I don't think there were any Puritan works outside of the standard annotations. That would be why Spurgeon only mentioned 19th century men.

 

[panicbird]

That is odd that there are no Puritan works on Luke. Do you have any idea why?

Lon

 

[MW]

I am not sure why. Perhaps they thought they would be reduplicating by commenting on another gospel. If you read Poole on Mark, most of the time you are being referred to the commentary on Matthew. J. A. Alexander complains in the Introduction to Mark that the Gospel had not received (up to the time he wrote) a fair treatment as an independent book of Scripture with its own message.

 

[VirginiaHuguenot]

These New Testament commentaries and Gospel Harmonies referenced by Spurgeon are worth considering too, and these historical sermons on passages from Luke may also be useful.