Luke (Interpretation, a Bible Commentary for Teaching and Preaching)

Part of the Interpretation Series of Bible commentaries, Craddock is well written and covers essentials of the gospel. He suggestes that Luke's narrative presentation of Jesus' life has echoes from the Old Testament and foreshadows Luke's continung narrative in Acts. There are not the exegetical foot notes found is some more comprehensive commentaries, making it, perhaps, more suitable for the lay teacher.

My retort to a review from Pastor who stopped reading Part Two, I find six sermon potentials in Part two of "The Ministry Of Jesus in Galilee!" Stories of Elijah & Elisha restoring life to young men make use of those daring comments: "A great prophet has arisen among us!" and "God has visited his people," in the person of Jesus on p.97. Using these stories was a boost for sermons to prison inmates on the evenings before... Read Full Review

Along with Green's commentary, Craddock, a master at preaching, makes available to pastors a tool for getting to the heart of Luke's message. While I may not always agree with Craddock's understanding of a text, more often than not he is right on.

I was surprised by this commentary. I don't like the Interpretation series generally-for its liberal tendencies-but this volumne is quite good. Craddock's interpretations are very illuminating. The commentary is short, but very thought-provoking.

It is always hard to write a commentary about a gospel. The stories we have heard in our youth leave us with one perspective, and the insecurities we have as adults (who cannot read Greek, Hebrew & Aramaic) many times keep us from developing another. But, Craddock makes Luke an accessible gospel despite the fact so many of the stories recorded in this gospel are so difficult to understand. For example, his breakdown... Read Full Review