In giving this list, I trust mj motives may not be mis- apprehended. Mj simple desire is to show that I have not written on St. Luke's Gospel in ignorance of other men's labours, and that when I disagree with them, it is not because I do not know what thej have to say. The names of those writers whom I have consulted are as follows : —
1. Fathers^ — Ambrose, Theophylact, Euthymius, Augus- tine's Sermons on the New Testament, and the Catena of Corderius.
2. Foreign Protestant CommentatorSy — Calvin, Brentius, Bucer, Bullinger, Beza, Pellican, Gualter, Chemnitius, Flavins, lUyricus, Piscator, Cocceius, De Dieu, Calovius, Aretius, Schottgen, Bengel, Heinsius, Olshausen, Stier.
3. Forei^ Eoman Catholic Commentators, — Jansenius, Barradius, Maldonatus, Cornelius k Lapide, Quesnel, Stella, Clarius, Novarinus.
4. English GommentaiorSy — ^Trapp, Mayer, Cartwright, Lightfoot, Baxter, Ness, Leigh, Hammond, Poole's Synopsis and Annotations, Henry, Whitby, Burkitt, Gill, Pearce, Scott, A. Clarke, Barnes, Davidson, Alford, Wordsworth, Ford, Watson, Burgon, Major.
It would be easy to say something on the comparative value of many of these writers. At some future time I may attempt to do so. It is almost needless to say that many of them hold most erroneous opinions on many points, and that I do not recommend the use of all the commentaries that I have named. At present I will content myself with saying, that in reading Commentaries I have often been