Not sure why you would say ...’you won’t get any deep exegesis’....with Sproul.
In my opinion, that is essentially what Sproul is about!
Discovered him & his wonderful teaching series 25 years ago......have also heard him in person at the Ligonier Conferences.
He delights my soul!
I was talking about translational details which is what hard core exegetical commentaries, like the "Word Commentary series" focus on. I would put pure exegetical commentaries and pure pastoral commentaries on opposite ends of the spectrum. While Pastoral commentaries may address the original language nuances involved with a certain word here or there they don't generally get too bogged down in the etymological details of a passage. Neither is necessarily any "better" than the other, they are just two different approaches. I generally use commentaries that fall in the middle. However, a good author is a good author and I'll study them no matter where they fall in the spectrum.