We did not include the introduction. Only the notes verse by verse are included... We now have a table of contents for each verse... We have added Greek-English Interlinear so English readers with little knowledge of Greek can follow Lightfoot's exposition of the Greek text. This book has been considered by academicians and scholars of great significance and value to literature. This forms a part of the knowledge base for future generations. So that the book is never forgotten we have represented this book in pdf and epub formats in the same form as it was originally first published in 1888. Hence any marks or annotations seen are left intentionally to preserve their true nature. This edition is from 1895

This important study provides the first English translation of both the surviving fragments of Origen's Commentary on Ephesians and of the complete text of Jerome's Commentary on Ephesians. The two translations are placed parallel to one another where they treat the same texts in Ephesians thus showing Jerome's extensive dependence on Origen's commentary. By using collateral texts from other works of Origen, Jerome, and Rufinus, the author is able to show Jerome's dependence on Origen in numerous passages in his commentary where the Greek text of Origen's commentary is lost. The translation is accompanied by Heine's illuminating commentary and a substantial introduction sets the works in their historical context. The book makes a significant contribution not only to scholarship on Origen and Jerome, but also to the wider question of the interpretation of scripture in the early Christian centuries.

Reprint of the original, first published in 1873.