It was C.S. Lewis who once recommended that it is vital for us to read the old books to enable the sea-breeze of the centuries to clear away the smog of the present. This is also very true with respect to commentaries. More recent commentaries are all too frequently shaped by present concerns and interests. The older commentaries, like this one by Ellicott on the Pastoral Epistles, approach God’s Word from different perspectives and provide well-needed correctives to modern interpretations. Ellicott’s work on the Pastorals is a classic study from the nineteenth century and I am thrilled it is being brought back into print. - Michael A. G. Haykin