Modern, major commentaries on Luke

This list includes commentaries that give detailed attention to the Greek text and use more recent methods of analysis. Students are required to use modern commentaries in their exegetical assignments in order to become acquainted with resources that are scholarly and up-to-date. The number of pages gives some indication of how detailed the analysis is. If your commentary is not on this list, it does not count as a “modern, major” work. If you’d like a book to be added to this list, please contact the instructor. Most homiletical or expository commentaries, or "preachers' helps," despite being useful, are not adequate for academic work. You may cite them, but they do not count toward the minimum of modern, major works. Most internet resources are not academic works.

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Luke

Carroll, John T. Luke. New Testament Library. Louisville, KY: Westminster John Knox, 2012. 560 pages. Amazon. 

Chen, Diane G. Luke: A New Covenant Commentary.  Eugene, OR: Cascade, 2017. 380 pages. Amazon.

Constable, Thomas L. "Notes on Luke." 303 pages. https://www.planobiblechapel.org/tcon/notes/html/nt/luke/luke.htm  

Edwards, James R. The Gospel According to Luke. Pillar New Testament Commentary. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 2015. 859 pages. Amazon.

France, R. T. Luke. Teach the Text Commentary Series. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker, 2013. 416 pages. Amazon. 

Gadenz, Pablo T. The Gospel of Luke. Catholic Commentary on Sacred Scripture. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker, 2018. 416 pages. 

Garland, David E. Luke. Zondervan Exegetical Commentary on the New Testament. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2011. Amazon.

Gonzalez, Justo L. Luke. Belief: A Theological Commentary. Louisville, KY: Westminster John Knox, 2010. 376 pages. Amazon.

Heer, Ken. Luke: A Commentary for Bible Students. Wesleyan Bible Commentary. Indianapolis, IN: Wesleyan Publishing House, 2008. 320 pages.

Hendrickx, Herman. The Third Gospel for the Third World. Collegeville, MN: Liturgical, 1998. Four volumes - Amazon.

Jeffrey, David Lyle. Luke. Brazos Theological Commentary on the Bible. Grand Rapids, MI: Brazos, 2012. Amazon.

Levine, Amy-Jill, and Ben Witherington III. The Gospel of Luke. New Cambridge Bible Commentary. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2018. 722 pages. Amazon.

MacArthur, John. Luke 1-5. MacArthur New Testament Commentary. Chicago, IL: Moody, 2009. 384 pages. Luke 6-10. 2011. Amazon Luke 11-17. 2013. Amazon. Luke 18-24. 2014. Amazon. 496 pages. 

Marberry, Thomas. The Randall House Bible Commentary: Luke. Randall House, 2019. 498 pages.

Neale, David A. Luke 1-9: A Commentary in the Wesleyan Tradition. New Beacon Bible Commentary. Kansas City, MO: Beacon Hill, 2011. 224 pages. Luke 9-24. Beacon Hill, 2013. 224 pages. Vol. 1. Vol. 2. 

Osborne, Grant R. Luke Verse by Verse. Osborne New Testament Commentaries.  Bellingham, WA: Lexham, 2018. 464 pages. 

Parsons, Mikeal. Luke. Paidea: Commentaries on the New Testament. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker, 2015. 448 pages. Amazon. Now published by Baylor University Press as Luke: Storyteller, Interpreter, Evangelist.

Parsons, Mikeal, Martin M. Culy, and Joshua J. Stigall. Luke: A Handbook on the Greek Text. Waco, TX: Baylor University Press, 2010. Amazon.

Perrin, Nicholas. Luke: An Introduction and Commentary. Tyndale New Testament Commentaries. InterVarsity, 2022. 512 pages. Amazon

Reid, Barbara, and Shelly Matthews. Luke 1-9; Luke 10-24. Wisdom Commentary. Liturgical Press, 2021. 408 pages; 383 pages. 

Schertz, Mary H. Luke. Believers Church Bible Commentary Series. Herald Press, 2023.

Sorenson, Robert. Reformation Heritage Bible Commentary: Luke. St. Louis, MO: Concordia, 2014. 

Spencer, F. Scott. Luke. The Two Horizons Commentary. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 2019. 860 pages. Amazon.

Talbert, Charles H. Reading Luke: A Literary and Theological Commentary on the Third Gospel. Macon, GA: Smyth & Helwys, 2012, but the text dates back to 2001. Amazon.

Trites, Allison A. Luke, Acts. Cornerstone Biblical Commentary. Carol Stream, IL: Tyndale House, 2006. 688 pages.

Vinson, Richard B. Luke. Smyth & Helwys Commentary. Macon, GA: Smyth & Helwys, 2008. 816 pages.

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