Lange’s Commentary on the Holy Scriptures has served as a standard reference for more than a century. The subtitle “Critical, Doctrinal, and Homiletical” aptly describes the three-pronged approach to the biblical text. This translated version of the German text is often considered by many to be superior to the original.
“! But as there is no resurrection without death, so also is there none without suffering” (Page 55)
“Living consists only in union with and devotion to Christ: my whole being and activities are His.” (Page 24)
“The first clause is negative: ‘forgetting that which lies behind;’ the second is positive: ‘reaching out to what lies before;’ the first designates a purely spiritual act; the second describes a spiritual act by the posture of the body. Ἐπεκτεινόμενος indicates the bent-forward posture of one stretching himself out towards an object.” (Page 56)
“For with human nature as it is, one would not willingly do right, if, without doing so, he could be happy; and he would rather do wrong, if no harm should come to him from it.” (Page 36)
“Hence, according to the context, we are to think of the gifts and excellencies of others before our own, and of their advantage, interest, as well as our own.” (Page 32)