Romans Commentaries (Robert Martin)

Encouraging Devotional Commentaries on Romans

0:00 I do want to encourage you in the time that's left to make some suggestions as to commentary reading. I certainly would encourage you to be looking at some of the standard devotional commentaries on the book of Romans. Matthew Henry, Matthew Poole, some of you have these already in your personal possession. I certainly would encourage you to read those.

Recommending William Hendrickson for Broad Readership

0:25 For our purposes, they may not be the best commentaries in terms of helping to understand structure and those type of grammatical and historical issues. I would very, very strongly recommend that you have a copy or get a copy of William Hendrickson's commentary on Romans. It's written with a broad readership in mind. It's not a heavy technical commentary, yet he does deal.

0:55 It's not a heavy technical commentary, yet he does deal with some of the issues and questions we're going to be raising. Hendrickson's commentary is excellent. If you're ready to chew on some good solid meat, John Murray's commentary on Romans is probably the best one-volume commentary that's available. And yet, Murray can be a little tough reading sometimes.

Suggesting Technical Commentaries for Greek Scholars

1:17 But if you have Murray, certainly I would recommend it. Probably, if you're into technical commentaries, Probably, if you're into technical commentaries, if you've had some Greek and can handle that, certainly Cranfield on Romans, the two volumes, the two, the International Critical Commentary Series, the first, when it first came out, had a commentary by Sandé and Hedlum. Not a great commentary, but it's been replaced now by Cranfield. It is an excellent, excellent commentary, but it's, if you don't have an understanding of Greek, it's going to be kind of tough.

Additional Recommendations: Haldane and Moule

1:54 Help me think, Jeff. Haldane, Robert Haldane, his commentary published by Banner of Truth. More in the, more in the, after the method of Matthew Henry and Matthew Poole, not so much technical.

2:17 HCG, Hanley Moule, or Moule, M-O-U-L-E, a little commentary. Jeff, Jeff Wilson's commentary, Banner Publishing. What is it, Digestive Reform Comment on Romans? There's a number of good commentaries you can read.

Final Recommendation and Accessibility

2:33 I guess if you could have one, I would recommend Hendrickson, if you're just going to buy one commentary. But these are readily available. If you go on to Amazon or to any of the, go to Cumberland Valley Book Service, they can easily get these for you.