Reference: Luke, Gospel According to
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was written by Luke. He does not claim to have been an eye-witness of our Lord's ministry, but to have gone to the best sources of information within his reach, and to have written an orderly narrative of the facts (Lu 1:1-4). The authors of the first three Gospels, the synoptics, wrote independently of each other. Each wrote his independent narrative under the guidance of the Holy Spirit.
Each writer has some things, both in matter and style, peculiar to himself, yet all the three have much in common. Luke's Gospel has been called "the Gospel of the nations, full of mercy and hope, assured to the world by the love of a suffering Saviour;" "the Gospel of the saintly life;" "the Gospel for the Greeks; the Gospel of the future; the Gospel of progressive Christianity, of the universality and gratuitousness of the gospel; the historic Gospel; the Gospel of Jesus as the good Physician and the Saviour of mankind;" the "Gospel of the Fatherhood of God and the brotherhood of man;" "the Gospel of womanhood;" "the Gospel of the outcast, of the Samaritan, the publican, the harlot, and the prodigal;" "the Gospel of tolerance." The main characteristic of this Gospel, as Farrar (Cambridge Bible, Luke, Introd.) remarks, is fitly expressed in the motto, "Who went about doing good, and healing all that were oppressed of the devil" (Ac 10:38; comp. Lu 4:18). Luke wrote for the "Hellenic world." This Gospel is indeed "rich and precious."
Out of a total of 1151 verses, Luke has 389 in common with Matthew and Mark, 176 in common with Matthew alone, 41 in common with Mark alone, leaving 544 peculiar to himself. In many instances all three use identical language. (See Matthew; Mark; Gospels.)
There are seventeen of our Lord's parables peculiar to this Gospel. (See List of Parables in Appendix.) Luke also records seven of our Lord's miracles which are omitted by Matthew and Mark. (See List of Miracles in Appendix.) The synoptical Gospels are related to each other after the following scheme. If the contents of each Gospel be represented by 100, then when compared this result is obtained:
Mark has 7 peculiarities, 93 coincidences. Matthew 42 peculiarities, 58 coincidences. Luke 59 peculiarities, 41 coincidences.
That is, thirteen-fourteenths of Mark, four-sevenths of Matthew, and two-fifths of Luke are taken up in describing the same things in very similar language.
Luke's style is more finished and classical than that of Matthew and Mark. There is less in it of the Hebrew idiom. He uses a few Latin words (Lu 12:6; 7:41; 8:30; 11:33; 19:20), but no Syriac or Hebrew words except sikera, an exciting drink of the nature of wine, but not made of grapes (from Heb shakar, "he is intoxicated", Le 10:9), probably palm wine.
This Gospel contains twenty-eight distinct references to the Old Testament.
The date of its composition is uncertain. It must have been written before the Acts, the date of the composition of which is generally fixed at about 63 or 64 A.D. This Gospel was written, therefore, probably about 60 or 63, when Luke may have been at Caesarea in attendance on Paul, who was then a prisoner. Others have conjectured that it was written at Rome during Paul's imprisonment there. But on this point no positive certainty can be attained.
It is commonly supposed that Luke wrote under the direction, if not at the dictation of Paul. Many words and phrases are common to both; e.g., compare:
Lu 4:22; with Col 4:6.
Lu 4:32; with 1Co 2:4.
Lu 6:36; with 2Co 1:3.
Lu 6:39; with Ro 2:19.
Lu 9:56; with 2Co 10:8.
Lu 10:8; with 1Co 10:27.
Lu 11:41; with Tit 1:15.
Lu 18:1; with 2Th 1:11.
Lu 21:36; with Eph 6:18.
Lu 22:19-20; with 1Co 11:23-29.
Lu 24:46; with Ac 17:3.
Lu 24:34; with 1Co 15:5.
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Thou shalt not drink wine nor strong drink, thou, and thy sons with thee, when ye go into the tent of meeting, lest ye die it is an everlasting statute throughout your generations,
Forasmuch as many have undertaken to draw up a relation concerning the matters fully believed among us, as those who from the beginning were eye-witnesses of and attendants on the Word have delivered them to us, read more. it has seemed good to me also, accurately acquainted from the origin with all things, to write to thee with method, most excellent Theophilus, that thou mightest know the certainty of those things in which thou hast been instructed.
The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to preach glad tidings to the poor; he has sent me to preach to captives deliverance, and to the blind sight, to send forth the crushed delivered,
And all bore witness to him, and wondered at the words of grace which were coming out of his mouth. And they said, Is not this the son of Joseph?
And they were astonished at his doctrine, for his word was with authority.
Be ye therefore merciful, even as your Father also is merciful.
And he spoke also a parable to them: Can a blind man lead a blind man? shall not both fall into the ditch?
There were two debtors of a certain creditor: one owed five hundred denarii and the other fifty;
And Jesus asked him saying, What is thy name? And he said, Legion: for many demons had entered into him.
And into whatsoever city ye may enter and they receive you, eat what is set before you,
But no one having lit a lamp sets it in secret, nor under the corn-measure, but on the lamp-stand, that they who enter in may see the light.
But rather give alms of what ye have, and behold, all things are clean to you.
Are not five sparrows sold for two assaria? and one of them is not forgotten before God.
And he spoke also a parable to them to the purport that they should always pray and not faint,
And another came, saying, My Lord, lo, there is thy mina, which I have kept laid up in a towel.
Watch therefore, praying at every season, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things which are about to come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man.
And having taken a loaf, when he had given thanks, he broke it, and gave it to them, saying, This is my body which is given for you: this do in remembrance of me. In like manner also the cup, after having supped, saying, This cup is the new covenant in my blood, which is poured out for you.
saying, The Lord is indeed risen and has appeared to Simon.
and said to them, Thus it is written, and thus it behoved the Christ to suffer, and to rise from among the dead the third day;
Jesus who was of Nazareth: how God anointed him with the Holy Spirit and with power; who went through all quarters doing good, and healing all that were under the power of the devil, because God was with him.
opening and laying down that the Christ must have suffered and risen up from among the dead, and that this is the Christ, Jesus whom I announce to you.
and hast confidence that thou thyself art a leader of the blind, a light of those who are in darkness,
and my word and my preaching, not in persuasive words of wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power;
But if any one of the unbelievers invite you, and ye are minded to go, all that is set before you eat, making no inquiry for conscience sake.
For I received from the Lord, that which I also delivered to you, that the Lord Jesus, in the night in which he was delivered up, took bread, and having given thanks broke it, and said, This is my body, which is for you: this do in remembrance of me. read more. In like manner also the cup, after having supped, saying, This cup is the new covenant in my blood: this do, as often as ye shall drink it, in remembrance of me. For as often as ye shall eat this bread, and drink the cup, ye announce the death of the Lord, until he come. So that whosoever shall eat the bread, or drink the cup of the Lord, unworthily, shall be guilty in respect of the body and of the blood of the Lord. But let a man prove himself, and thus eat of the bread, and drink of the cup. For the eater and drinker eats and drinks judgment to himself, not distinguishing the body.
and that he appeared to Cephas, then to the twelve.
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassions, and God of all encouragement;
For and if I should boast even somewhat more abundantly of our authority, which the Lord has given to us for building up and not for your overthrowing, I shall not be put to shame;
praying at all seasons, with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching unto this very thing with all perseverance and supplication for all the saints;
Let your word be always with grace, seasoned with salt, so as to know how ye ought to answer each one.
To which end we also pray always for you, that our God may count you worthy of the calling, and fulfil all the good pleasure of his goodness and the work of faith with power,
All things are pure to the pure; but to the defiled and unbelieving nothing is pure; but both their mind and their conscience are defiled.
Hastings
LUKE, GOSPEL ACCORDING TO
1. The Third Gospel in the Early Church
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And after the sixty-two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, and shall have nothing; and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; and the end thereof shall be with an overflow, and unto the end, war, the desolations determined.
And immediately he compelled the disciples to go on board ship, and to go on before him to the other side, until he should have dismissed the crowds.
Then they comprehended that he did not speak of being beware of the leaven of bread, but of the doctrine of the Pharisees and Sadducees.
and, not being able to get near to him on account of the crowd, they uncovered the roof where he was, and having dug it up they let down the couch on which the paralytic lay.
And immediately he compelled his disciples to go on board ship, and to go on before to the other side to Bethsaida, while he sends the crowd away.
And he sent him to his house, saying, Neither enter into the village, nor tell it to any one in the village.
And they brought little children to him that he might touch them. But the disciples rebuked those that brought them.
But when ye shall see the abomination of desolation standing where it should not, (he that reads let him consider it,) then let those in Judaea flee to the mountains;
Forasmuch as many have undertaken to draw up a relation concerning the matters fully believed among us,
Forasmuch as many have undertaken to draw up a relation concerning the matters fully believed among us,
Forasmuch as many have undertaken to draw up a relation concerning the matters fully believed among us,
Forasmuch as many have undertaken to draw up a relation concerning the matters fully believed among us,
Forasmuch as many have undertaken to draw up a relation concerning the matters fully believed among us, as those who from the beginning were eye-witnesses of and attendants on the Word have delivered them to us,
as those who from the beginning were eye-witnesses of and attendants on the Word have delivered them to us,
as those who from the beginning were eye-witnesses of and attendants on the Word have delivered them to us, it has seemed good to me also, accurately acquainted from the origin with all things, to write to thee with method, most excellent Theophilus,
it has seemed good to me also, accurately acquainted from the origin with all things, to write to thee with method, most excellent Theophilus,
it has seemed good to me also, accurately acquainted from the origin with all things, to write to thee with method, most excellent Theophilus,
it has seemed good to me also, accurately acquainted from the origin with all things, to write to thee with method, most excellent Theophilus,
it has seemed good to me also, accurately acquainted from the origin with all things, to write to thee with method, most excellent Theophilus, that thou mightest know the certainty of those things in which thou hast been instructed.
that thou mightest know the certainty of those things in which thou hast been instructed.
that thou mightest know the certainty of those things in which thou hast been instructed. There was in the days of Herod, the king of Judaea, a certain priest, by name Zacharias, of the course of Abia, and his wife of the daughters of Aaron, and her name Elizabeth.
There was in the days of Herod, the king of Judaea, a certain priest, by name Zacharias, of the course of Abia, and his wife of the daughters of Aaron, and her name Elizabeth.
There was in the days of Herod, the king of Judaea, a certain priest, by name Zacharias, of the course of Abia, and his wife of the daughters of Aaron, and her name Elizabeth.
There was in the days of Herod, the king of Judaea, a certain priest, by name Zacharias, of the course of Abia, and his wife of the daughters of Aaron, and her name Elizabeth.
There was in the days of Herod, the king of Judaea, a certain priest, by name Zacharias, of the course of Abia, and his wife of the daughters of Aaron, and her name Elizabeth.
There was in the days of Herod, the king of Judaea, a certain priest, by name Zacharias, of the course of Abia, and his wife of the daughters of Aaron, and her name Elizabeth.
And blessed is she that has believed, for there shall be a fulfilment of the things spoken to her from the Lord.
Blessed be the Lord the God of Israel, because he has visited and wrought redemption for his people,
But it came to pass in those days that a decree went out from Caesar Augustus, that a census should be made of all the habitable world.
But it came to pass in those days that a decree went out from Caesar Augustus, that a census should be made of all the habitable world. The census itself first took place when Cyrenius had the government of Syria.
And Jesus advanced in wisdom and stature, and in favour with God and men.
And Jesus advanced in wisdom and stature, and in favour with God and men.
And Jesus advanced in wisdom and stature, and in favour with God and men.
Now in the fifteenth year of the government of Tiberius Caesar, Pontius Pilate being governor of Judaea, and Herod tetrarch of Galilee, and Philip his brother tetrarch of Ituraea and the region of Trachonitis, and Lysanias tetrarch of Abilene,
Now in the fifteenth year of the government of Tiberius Caesar, Pontius Pilate being governor of Judaea, and Herod tetrarch of Galilee, and Philip his brother tetrarch of Ituraea and the region of Trachonitis, and Lysanias tetrarch of Abilene,
Now in the fifteenth year of the government of Tiberius Caesar, Pontius Pilate being governor of Judaea, and Herod tetrarch of Galilee, and Philip his brother tetrarch of Ituraea and the region of Trachonitis, and Lysanias tetrarch of Abilene,
Every gorge shall be filled up, and every mountain and hill shall be brought low, and the crooked places shall become a straight path, and the rough places smooth ways,
And he said, Verily I say to you, that no prophet is acceptable in his own country.
And not finding what way to bring him in, on account of the crowd, going up on the housetop they let him down through the tiles, with his little couch, into the midst before Jesus.
And Levi made a great entertainment for him in his house, and there was a great crowd of tax-gatherers and others who were at table with them.
and Matthew and Thomas, James the son of Alphaeus and Simon who was called Zealot,
And all the crowd sought to touch him, for power went out from him and healed all.
To him that smites thee on the cheek, offer also the other; and from him that would take away thy garment, forbid not thy body-coat also.
And this report went out in all Judaea concerning him, and in all the surrounding country.
But one of the Pharisees begged him that he would eat with him. And entering into the house of the Pharisee he took his place at table;
and Joanna, wife of Chuza, Herod's steward, and Susanna, and many others, who ministered to him of their substance.
And having called together the twelve, he gave them power and authority over all demons, and to heal diseases,
But they understood not this saying, and it was hid from them that they should not perceive it. And they feared to ask him concerning this saying.
And Jesus said to him, Forbid him not, for he that is not against you is for you. And it came to pass when the days of his receiving up were fulfilled, that he stedfastly set his face to go to Jerusalem.
And it came to pass when the days of his receiving up were fulfilled, that he stedfastly set his face to go to Jerusalem.
But Jesus said to him, Suffer the dead to bury their own dead, but do thou go and announce the kingdom of God.
Now after these things the Lord appointed seventy others also, and sent them two and two before his face into every city and place where he himself was about to come.
But he, desirous of justifying himself, said to Jesus, And who is my neighbour?
give us our needed bread for each day;
And they shall come from east and west, and from north and south, and shall lie down at table in the kingdom of God.
I say unto you, This man went down to his house justified rather than that other. For every one who exalts himself shall be humbled, and he that humbles himself shall be exalted. And they brought to him also infants that he might touch them, but the disciples when they saw it rebuked them.
And they brought to him also infants that he might touch them, but the disciples when they saw it rebuked them.
And when he came up to the place, Jesus looked up and saw him, and said to him, Zacchaeus, make haste and come down, for to-day I must remain in thy house.
And having said these things, he went on before, going up to Jerusalem. And it came to pass as he drew near to Bethphage and Bethany at the mountain called the mount of Olives, he sent two of his disciples,
And entering into the temple, he began to cast out those that sold and bought in it,
And he was teaching day by day in the temple: and the chief priests and the scribes and the chief of the people sought to destroy him,
But when ye see Jerusalem encompassed with armies, then know that its desolation is drawn nigh.
But when ye see Jerusalem encompassed with armies, then know that its desolation is drawn nigh.
But when these things begin to come to pass, look up and lift up your heads, because your redemption draws nigh.
Now the feast of unleavened bread, which is called the passover, drew nigh,
And when the hour was come, he placed himself at table, and the twelve apostles with him.
And there was also a strife among them which of them should be held to be the greatest.
But they insisted, saying, He stirs up the people, teaching throughout all Judaea, beginning from Galilee even on to here.
And when they came to the place which is called Skull, there they crucified him, and the malefactors, one on the right hand, the other on the left.
I composed the first discourse, O Theophilus, concerning all things which Jesus began both to do and to teach,
And when they were come into the city, they went up to the upper chamber, where were staying both Peter, and John, and James, and Andrew, Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew, James son of Alphaeus, and Simon the zealot, and Jude the brother of James.
Parthians, and Medes, and Elamites, and those who inhabit Mesopotamia, and Judaea, and Cappadocia, Pontus and Asia,
And they persevered in the teaching and fellowship of the apostles, in breaking of bread and prayers.
for before these days Theudas rose up, alleging himself to be somebody, to whom a number of men, about four hundred, were joined; who was slain, and all, as many as obeyed him, were dispersed and came to nothing.
for before these days Theudas rose up, alleging himself to be somebody, to whom a number of men, about four hundred, were joined; who was slain, and all, as many as obeyed him, were dispersed and came to nothing. After him rose Judas the Galilean in the days of the census, and drew away a number of people after him; and he perished, and all, as many as obeyed him, were scattered abroad.
After him rose Judas the Galilean in the days of the census, and drew away a number of people after him; and he perished, and all, as many as obeyed him, were scattered abroad.
ye know; the testimony which has spread through the whole of Judaea, beginning from Galilee after the baptism which John preached --
And the apostles and the brethren who were in Judaea heard that the nations also had received the word of God;
and one from among them, by name Agabus, rose up and signified by the Spirit that there was going to be a great famine over all the inhabited earth, which also came to pass under Claudius. And they determined, according as any one of the disciples was well off, each of them to send to the brethren who dwelt in Judaea, to minister to them;
And these were more noble than those in Thessalonica, receiving the word with all readiness of mind, daily searching the scriptures if these things were so.
and finding a certain Jew by name Aquila, of Pontus by race, just come from Italy, and Priscilla his wife, (because Claudius had ordered all the Jews to leave Rome,) came to them,
But when two years were completed, Felix was relieved by Porcius Festus as his successor; and Felix, desirous to oblige the Jews, to acquire their favour, left Paul bound.
But when two years were completed, Felix was relieved by Porcius Festus as his successor; and Felix, desirous to oblige the Jews, to acquire their favour, left Paul bound.
And he remained two whole years in his own hired lodging, and received all who came to him,