What is a modern biblical interpreter, student, or preacher supposed to do with these early Christian comments, which in some ways are very different from what one would find in a modern commentary? Ambrose’s remarks can be downright disorienting. The section’s introduction is not entirely helpful in figuring out how Ambrose gets there. A concise footnote adds information about Greek numerals and explains that there is a tradition behind Ambrose’s comments. But excerpts like these could very easily