This commentary shows Carsons usual exegetical care and insight. It is an example of conservative evangelical scholarship at its best. Very highly recommended to any who want to understand better the Gospel of John. * Keith Mathison * This is a remarkably useful commentary on John for exegetical details. Carson states in the introduction that he does not intend to interact with all of the scholarship on John, but rather "a small representative part of the massive secondary literature on John." In the body of the commentary he treats the Greek text well both in terms of lexical and syntactical issues. All Greek words are transliterated so the non-Greek reader will have no problem reading the commentary. Footnotes are rare, sources are cited in-text. Carson is best when he is comparing several options for understanding a text. In the end, it is always very clear what his view is! -- Phillip J. Long * readingacts.com * I cannot recommend this commentary on John highly enough. It is a magnificent work, and one that would greatly benefit any serious student or teacher of the Bible. -- Mark Heath * Word and Spirit *
D. A. Carson is Research Professor of New Testament at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, Deerfield, Illinois, USA and president of The Gospel Coalition. He has written or edited more than fifty books, including The Gagging of God: Christianity Confronts Pluralism, Christ and Culture Revisited, The Intolerance of Tolerance and New Testament Commentary Survey.