J.C. Ryle’s classic, gently modernized, in two volumes
Finally read the Gospel of Luke with confidence, guided by a teacher Christians have trusted for 170 years. J.C. Ryle’s beloved commentary, now in clear modern English, takes you through Luke one short passage at a time: chapters 1 to 10 in Volume I, chapters 11 to 24 in Volume II.
Ebook and paperback, both volumes.
You want to go deeper than the surface of Scripture, but you have neither a seminary library nor hours to spare. J.C. Ryle wrote this beloved commentary for exactly that reader, and this carefully modernized edition makes it easy to read again.
Two volumes, one Gospel. Volume I covers Luke 1 to 10. Volume II follows Jesus as He sets His face toward Jerusalem, through Luke 11 to 24, to the cross and the empty tomb.
You will move through Luke one short passage at a time, grasping what each passage says and why it matters for your own life. Ryle’s explanatory notes give honest answers to the hard verses, often opening the Greek, weighing the great commentators, and facing every difficulty head on. And you will see the heart of the Gospel clearly: forgiveness comes first, and love and holiness follow.
Every section follows the same clear shape: the KJV passage, Ryle’s warm exposition, then the notes. You will always know where you are and what is coming next.
Why trust Ryle? An Eton and Oxford man who lost a banking fortune and entered ministry, he spent thirty-eight years as a country pastor before Prime Minister Disraeli named him the first Bishop of Liverpool. Spurgeon called him “the best man in the Church of England.” His books have never gone out of print.
Whether you’re leading family devotions at the table, guiding a small group through Luke with the companion 24-week study workbook, or studying privately without a shelf of reference works, these volumes were built for you.
Ryle is out of copyright, so the text is everywhere. What you are paying for is the reading of it.
Outdated words and phrasing, gently updated for today’s reader. Every Scripture reference was checked along the way: 445 in Volume I, nearly 800 in Volume II.
The text of each volume, compared word for word against two nineteenth-century printings: the original Ipswich editions of 1858 and 1859, and the New York editions of 1879 and 1862. Nearly 300 notes in Volume I and more than 500 in Volume II, reset so they are finally easy to read.
Ryle’s meaning and convictions, entirely his own, and the King James text, unchanged. Everything he wrote on all twenty-four chapters is here.
“Christianity is a religion built upon facts. Let us never lose sight of this.”
“No candle which God lights was ever meant to burn alone.”
“There are no incurable cases with Christ.”
A weekly letter on Revelation and the Gospels, the symbols and what the text actually says, plus word when the next study lands.
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