EDITOR'S PREFACE

Summary

When Wilfred Knox died on 9 February 1950, he left uncompleted and unrevised the present work on the Synoptic Gospels, on which he had been engaged for some years. The first volume on St Mark had already been accepted by the University Press before his death. No doubt much more remained to be done on the second volume on St Luke and St Matthew, but what he had completed is in a fairly advanced state, and it is hoped to publish this also.

To edit the Nachlass of a great scholar is not an easy task. I have not ventured to add much on my own account, though I have freely revised Dr Knox's own material.

A memoir of the author is being prepared by the Reverend G. K. Tibbatts of Sidney Sussex College. To this will be added a bibliography of Dr Knox's writings.

I am indebted to Professor C. H. Dodd for help with the proofs, and to my wife who has compiled the index of biblical references.