James Rosscup
writes that "This was the great work in the life of the versatile
Dean of Canterbury. An outcome of this production was the New
Testament for English Readers (4 vols.). Alford was a Calvinist,
conservative and premillennial, though not dispensational. He takes
a literal interpretation of the thousand years in Rev. 20 and has a
famous quote there, is strong on sovereign election as in Ro 8:29,
30 and 1Pe 1:2, but, unfortunately, holds to baptismal regeneration
in such texts as Titus 3:5 and John 3:5. He shows a great knowledge
of the Greek text and faces problems of both a doctrinal and textual
nature." (Commentaries
for Biblical Expositors: An Annotated Bibliography of Selected Works
or
Logos)
Editorial Note: If you are not proficient in Greek, you will
find this work considerably more useful than the following work by
Alford, because in this volume he translates the Greek and Latin
into English. While the "The Greek New Testament" is longer (e.g.,
English version of 1John = 66 pages compared to Greek version
= 94 pages in part because the latter includes comments of
more technical nature), the substance of the commentary is otherwise
similar to that found in the "NT for English Readers".
John Piper writes ""When I’m stumped with a...grammatical or
syntactical or logical [question] in Paul, I go to Henry Alford.
Henry Alford...comes closer more consistently than any other human
commentator to asking my kinds of questions."
Charles Haddon Spurgeon writes that this text
"is an invaluable aid to the critical study of the text of the New
Testament. You will find in it the ripened results of a matured
scholarship, the harvesting of a judgment, generally highly
impartial, always worthy of respect, which has gleaned from the most
important fields of Biblical research, both modern and ancient, at
home and abroad. You will not look here for any spirituality of
thought or tenderness of feeling; you will find the learned Dean
does not forget to do full justice to his own views, and is quite
able to express himself vigorously against his opponents; but for
what it professes to be, it is an exceedingly able and successful
work. The later issues are by far the most desirable, as the author
has considerably revised the work in the fourth edition. What I have
said of his Greek Testament applies equally to Alford’s New
Testament for English Readers,* which is also a standard work." (Spurgeon,
C. H. Lectures to my Students, Vol. 4: Commenting and Commentaries;
Lectures Addressed to the students of the Pastors' College,
Metropolitan Tabernacle)
Wayne
Barber
Expository Sermons
on Romans Dr Barber places
great emphasis on the "Christ Life" His expositions are very pragmatic and personally applicable... Sometimes too much so!
If
you are confused about God's plan for Israel, then this
series is for you (click).
Each link will in turn give you several choices including an Mp3
message and brief transcript notes. The Mp3's are long (avg 70+
min) but are in depth and thoroughly Scriptural with many quotations
from the Old Testament, which is often much less well understood
than the NT by most Evangelicals. Garland takes a literal approach
to Scripture, and his love for the Jews and passion to see them
saved comes through very clearly on these 12 hours of teaching! Take
your home Bible Study group through this series if you dare. Take
notes on the tapes as the transcripts are a very abbreviated version
of the audio messages. This course is highly recommended for all who
love Israel! I think you will agree that Tony Garland, despite
coming to faith after age 30 as an engineer, clearly has been
given a special anointing by God to promulgate the truth concerning
Israel and God's future plan for the Jews. He has also
produced more than 20 hours of superb audio teaching in his verse by
verse commentary on the
Revelation (in
depth transcripts also available) which will unravel (in a way you
did not think was possible considering the divergent
interpretations) God's final message of the triumph and return of
the our Lord Jesus Christ as the King of kings and Lord of lords!
Maranatha!
George Goodman I Live; Yet Not I God’s Open Secret of Liberty from the Guilt,
Reign, and Fruit of Sin
Easy to Read and
Understand
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Remember that Scripture is always the best commentary on Scripture. Any
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