COMMENTARY ON THE NEW TESTAMENT. BY HEINRICH AUGUST WILHELM MEYER, TH.D., OBERCONSISTORIALRATH, HANNOVER. From the German, with the Sanction of the Author. THE TRANSLATION REVISED AND EDITED BY WILLIAM P. DICKSON, D.D., AND FREDERICK CROMBIE, D.D. PART IX. THE EPISTLES TO THE PHILIPPIANS AND COLOSSIANS. EDINBURGH: T. & T. CLARK, 38 GEORGE STREET. MDCCCLXXV. HANDBOOK ΤΟ THE EPISTLES TO THE PHILIPPIANS AND COLOSSIANS. BY HEINRICH AUGUST WILHELM MEYER, TH.D., OBERCONSISTORIALRATH, HANNÕVER. TRANSLATED FROM THE FOURTH EDITION OF THE GERMAN BY THE TRANSLATION REVISED AND EDITED BY WILLIAM P. DICKSON, D.D., PROFESSOR OF DIVINITY IN THE UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW. EDINBURGH: T. & T. CLARK, 38 GEORGE STREET. MDCCCLXXV. 531 11614 V.9. 1875 茶 PREFATORY NOTE. HE Commentary on the Epistle to the Philippians was translated from the third edition of the German by the late Mr. G. H. Venables; but, as it became necessary to incorporate the numerous alterations and additions made by Dr. Meyer for the fourth edition, the work of revising and completing the version of Mr. Venables has been entrusted to the Rev. John C. Moore, who has also executed independently the greater portion of the translation, from the fourth German edition, of the Commentary on the Epistle to the Colossians. I have myself translated a small portion of the latter, and, as in previous volumes, have revised the whole with some care, and carried it through the press. It is stated by Dr. Meyer's son, in the Preface to the new edition of this volume, that his father had, before his fatal illness, despatched the one half of the manuscript of his revision to the printers, and that the other half was found labelled "ready for the press." The book, therefore, although issued subsequently to the author's death, is entirely his own work. I have reserved the biographical sketch of Dr. Meyer given by his son for the first volume of the series. The Commentary on the Epistle to Philemon, which in the German accompanies those now issued, will also appear subsequently. It is scarcely necessary to say that the explanations given in preceding volumes as to the principles on which this translation is issued, and the caveat inserted regarding the views or opinions occasionally expressed by Dr. Meyer, are equally applicable to the present. GLASGOW COLLEGE, October 1875. W. P. D. |