The English language has a rich tradition and collection of translations of the Holy Scriptures. Beginning with the Venerable Bede in the seventh century, many have taken up the mantle of making the Bible available and accessible to the common person.

This collection of enduring scholarship focuses on the life of Jesus in the Gospels. Celebrated authors nineteenth-century authors—including Lyman Abbot, Henry J. Coleridge, and August Neander—guide the reader through a biographical study of Jesus’ life, his actions, and his teachings. Each work contributes to a cogent and illustrative retelling of the Incarnation that allows modern day readers to glean insights from noted scholars of the past.

The Classic Commentaries and Studies on Mark Upgrade provides students of Scripture with insightful resources that will help readers understand, study, and teach the Gospel of Mark. This collection combines practical and devotional literature on Mark, critical monographs, and commentaries, covering every aspect of the second Gospel and preparing readers for further study and competent instruction.

Sawyer's English translation of the New Testament is based on Tischendorf's Greek New Testament. The Preface states that the translation is "a strict literal rendering," aiming "to express the original with the utmost clearness, force, and precision. It adopts a thoroughly modern style, except for the prayers, and makes freely whatever changes are necessary for this purpose."

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Focusing on Jesus’ life from an academic perspective, this study provides an even-handed biography of Christ. Karl August von Hase’s strong analytical view of Jesus’ life focuses on the supernatural workings of Christ. Hase defends the historicity of Jesus’ miracles, using the continued existence of the Church itself as evidence for a literal interpretation of the events recorded in the Gospels.

Firmly asserting Markan priority on literary grounds, and rejecting an early understanding of the document known as “Q,” Leicester Sawyer’s commentary is an early but significant critical commentary on Mark. He provides a full original English translation of Mark’s Greek text with text critical notes, and provides a full catalogue of the “kernel passages” in Mark which both Matthew and Luke are believed to have borrowed. Sawyer also examines other critical issues, such as Peter’s role in the aut...

Firmly asserting Markan priority on literary grounds, and rejecting an early understanding of the document known as “Q,” Leicester Sawyer’s commentary is an early but significant critical commentary on Mark. He provides a full original English translation of Mark’s Greek text with text critical notes, and provides a full catalogue of the “kernel passages” in Mark which both Matthew and Luke are believed to have borrowed. Sawyer also examines other critical issues, such as Peter’s role in the aut...