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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Many writers have undertaken to compose accounts of the movement which has developed among us, just as the original eye-witnesses who became teachers of the message have handed it down to us. read more. For that reason, Theophilus, and because I have investigated it all carefully from the beginning, I have determined to write a connected account of it for Your Excellency, so that you may be reliably informed about the things you have been taught.
"The spirit of the Lord is upon me, For he has consecrated me to preach the good news to the poor, He has sent me to announce to the prisoners their release and to the blind the recovery of their sight, To set the down-trodden at liberty,
And they all spoke well of him and were astonished at the winning words that fell from his lips, and they said, "Is he not Joseph's son?"
and they were amazed at his teaching, for he spoke with authority.
You must be merciful, just as your Father is.
And he used a figure saying, "Can one blind man lead another? Will they not both fall into a hole?
"Two men were in debt to a money-lender. One owed him a hundred dollars and the other ten.
And Jesus asked him, "What is your name?" He said, "Legion!" For many demons had gone into him.
Whenever you come to a town and they welcome you, eat what is offered you,
No one lights a lamp and puts it in the cellar or under a peck measure; he puts it on its stand, so that people who come in can see the light.
But give your inmost life as charity, and you will immediately find everything clean.
Do not sparrows sell five for two cents? And yet not one of them is forgotten in God's sight.
He gave them an illustration to show that they must always pray and not give up,
And the other one came in and said, 'Here is your twenty dollars, sir. I have kept it put away in a handkerchief,
But you must be vigilant and always pray that you may succeed in escaping all this that is going to happen, and in standing in the presence of the Son of Man."
And he took a loaf of bread and thanked God, and broke it in pieces, and gave it to them, saying, "This is my body. OMITTED TEXT
and learned from them that the Master had really risen and had been seen by Simon.
and said to them, "The Scriptures said that Christ should suffer as he has done, and rise from the dead on the third day,
about Jesus of Nazareth, and how God endowed him with the power of the holy Spirit, and he went about doing good and curing all who were in the power of the devil, because God was with him.
explaining them and showing that the Christ had to suffer and rise from the dead. "Jesus," he said, "of whom I am telling you, is the Christ!"
and you are sure that you can guide the blind, enlighten people who are in the dark,
and my teaching and message were not put in plausible, philosophical language, but they were attended with convincing spiritual power,
If one of the heathen invites you to his house, and you wish to go, eat whatever is served, without raising any question, as far as conscience is concerned.
For I myself received from the Lord the account that I passed on to you, that the Lord Jesus the night he was betrayed took some bread and gave thanks for it and then broke it in pieces, saying, "This is my body which takes your place. Do this in memory of me." read more. He took the cup, too, after supper, in the same way, saying, "This cup is the new agreement ratified by my blood. Whenever you drink it, do so in memory of me." For until the Lord comes back, every time you eat this bread and drink from the cup, you proclaim his death. Hence anyone who eats the bread or drinks from the Lord's cup in a way that is unworthy of it will be guilty of profaning the body and the blood of the Lord. A man should examine himself, and only when he has done so should he eat any of the bread or drink from the cup. For anyone who eats and drinks, eats and drinks a judgment upon himself if he does not recognize the body.
and that he was seen by Cephas, and then by the Twelve.
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the merciful Father, and the God always ready to comfort!
For suppose I do boast a little too much of my authority??hich the Lord gave me to build you up, not to pull you down?? will not have to blush for it.
Use every kind of prayer and entreaty, and at every opportunity pray in the Spirit. Be on the alert about it; devote yourselves constantly to prayer for all God's people
Always put your message attractively, and yet pointedly, and be prepared to give every inquirer a fitting answer.
To this end we always pray for you too, asking our God to find you worthy of the call he has given you, and by his power to fulfil every desire you may have for goodness, and every effort of your faith,
To the pure everything is pure, but to the evil-minded and unbelieving nothing is pure, but their very minds and consciences are unclean.
Hastings
LUKE, GOSPEL ACCORDING TO
1. The Third Gospel in the Early Church
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And he immediately made his disciples get into the boat and cross before him to the other side while he dismissed the crowds.
Then they understood that he was warning them not against yeast but against the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees.
As they could not get him near Jesus on account of the crowd, they broke open the roof just over his head, and through the opening they lowered the mat with the paralytic lying on it.
He immediately had his disciples get into the boat and cross before him to the other side toward Bethsaida, while he was dismissing the crowd.
And he sent him home and said to him, "Do not even go into the village."
And people brought children to him to have him touch them, but the disciples reproved them for it.
But as soon as you see the dreadful desecration standing where he has no right to stand" (the reader must take note of this), "then those who are in Judea must fly to the hills;
Many writers have undertaken to compose accounts of the movement which has developed among us,
Many writers have undertaken to compose accounts of the movement which has developed among us,
Many writers have undertaken to compose accounts of the movement which has developed among us,
Many writers have undertaken to compose accounts of the movement which has developed among us,
Many writers have undertaken to compose accounts of the movement which has developed among us, just as the original eye-witnesses who became teachers of the message have handed it down to us.
just as the original eye-witnesses who became teachers of the message have handed it down to us.
just as the original eye-witnesses who became teachers of the message have handed it down to us. For that reason, Theophilus, and because I have investigated it all carefully from the beginning, I have determined to write a connected account of it for Your Excellency,
For that reason, Theophilus, and because I have investigated it all carefully from the beginning, I have determined to write a connected account of it for Your Excellency,
For that reason, Theophilus, and because I have investigated it all carefully from the beginning, I have determined to write a connected account of it for Your Excellency,
For that reason, Theophilus, and because I have investigated it all carefully from the beginning, I have determined to write a connected account of it for Your Excellency,
For that reason, Theophilus, and because I have investigated it all carefully from the beginning, I have determined to write a connected account of it for Your Excellency, so that you may be reliably informed about the things you have been taught.
so that you may be reliably informed about the things you have been taught.
so that you may be reliably informed about the things you have been taught. In the days when Herod was king of Judea, there was a priest named Zechariah who belonged to the division of Abijah. His wife was also a descendant of Aaron, and her name was Elizabeth.
In the days when Herod was king of Judea, there was a priest named Zechariah who belonged to the division of Abijah. His wife was also a descendant of Aaron, and her name was Elizabeth.
In the days when Herod was king of Judea, there was a priest named Zechariah who belonged to the division of Abijah. His wife was also a descendant of Aaron, and her name was Elizabeth.
In the days when Herod was king of Judea, there was a priest named Zechariah who belonged to the division of Abijah. His wife was also a descendant of Aaron, and her name was Elizabeth.
In the days when Herod was king of Judea, there was a priest named Zechariah who belonged to the division of Abijah. His wife was also a descendant of Aaron, and her name was Elizabeth.
In the days when Herod was king of Judea, there was a priest named Zechariah who belonged to the division of Abijah. His wife was also a descendant of Aaron, and her name was Elizabeth.
Blessed is she who has believed, For what the Lord has promised her will be fulfilled!"
"Blessings on the Lord, the God of Israel, Because he has turned his attention to his people, and brought about their deliverance,
In those days an edict was issued by the Emperor Augustus that a census of the whole world should be taken.
In those days an edict was issued by the Emperor Augustus that a census of the whole world should be taken. It was the first census, taken when Quirinius was governor of Syria.
As Jesus grew older he gained in wisdom and won the approval of God and men.
As Jesus grew older he gained in wisdom and won the approval of God and men.
As Jesus grew older he gained in wisdom and won the approval of God and men.
In the fifteenth year of the reign of the Emperor Tiberius, when Pontius Pilate was governor of Judea, and Herod governor of Galilee, while his brother Philip was governor of the territory of Iturea and Trachonitis, and Lysanias was the governor of Abilene,
In the fifteenth year of the reign of the Emperor Tiberius, when Pontius Pilate was governor of Judea, and Herod governor of Galilee, while his brother Philip was governor of the territory of Iturea and Trachonitis, and Lysanias was the governor of Abilene,
In the fifteenth year of the reign of the Emperor Tiberius, when Pontius Pilate was governor of Judea, and Herod governor of Galilee, while his brother Philip was governor of the territory of Iturea and Trachonitis, and Lysanias was the governor of Abilene,
Every hollow must be filled up, And every mountain and hill leveled. What is crooked is to be made straight, And the rough roads are to be made smooth,
I tell you," said he, "no prophet is welcome in his own country.
And as they could find no way to get him in, on account of the crowd, they went up on the roof and let him down with his mat through the tiles, among the people in front of Jesus.
Then Levi gave a great entertainment for him in his house, and there was a great throng of tax-collectors and others who were at table with them.
Matthew, Thomas, James, the son of Alpheus, Simon, who was called the Zealot,
And all the people tried to touch him, because power went forth from him and cured them all.
To the man that strikes you on the cheek, offer the other also, and from the man who takes away your coat, do not keep back your shirt either.
This story about him spread all over Judea and the surrounding country.
One of the Pharisees asked him to have dinner with him, and he went to the Pharisee's house and took his place at the table.
and Joanna, the wife of Chuza, Herod's manager, and Susanna, and many others, who provided for them with their means.
Then he called the Twelve together, and gave them power and authority over all the demons, and to cure diseases,
But they did not understand what he meant, indeed it was concealed from them, in order that they might not comprehend it, and they were afraid to ask him what he meant.
Jesus said to him, "Do not try to stop him, for the man who is not against you is for you." As the time approached when he was to be taken up to heaven, he set his face toward Jerusalem,
As the time approached when he was to be taken up to heaven, he set his face toward Jerusalem,
Jesus said to him, "Leave the dead to bury their own dead; you must go and spread the news of the Kingdom of God!"
After this the Master appointed seventy-two others, and sent them on before him, two by two, to every town or place to which he intended to come.
But he, wishing to justify his question, said, "And who is my neighbor?"
Give us each day our bread for the day,
People will come from the east and west and the north and south, and take their places in the Kingdom of God.
I tell you, it was he who went back to his house with God's approval, and not the other. For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but the man who humbles himself will be exalted." People brought babies to him to have him touch them, but the disciples, when they saw it, reproved them for it.
People brought babies to him to have him touch them, but the disciples, when they saw it, reproved them for it.
When Jesus reached the place, he looked up and said to him, "Zaccheus, come down quickly! for I must stay at your house today."
With these words he went on ahead of them, on his way to Jerusalem. When he was near Bethphage and Bethany by the hill called the Mount of Olives, he sent two of his disciples
Then he went into the Temple and proceeded to drive out those who were selling things there,
Every day he taught in the Temple, and the high priests and scribes and the leading men of the people were trying to destroy him,
But when you see Jerusalem being surrounded by armies, then you must understand that her devastation is at hand.
But when you see Jerusalem being surrounded by armies, then you must understand that her devastation is at hand.
But when this begins to happen, look up and raise your heads, for your deliverance will be at hand."
The festival of Unleavened Bread, which is called the Passover, was approaching.
When the time came, he took his place at the table, with the apostles about him.
A dispute also arose among them, as to which one of them ought to be considered the greatest.
But they persisted and said, "He is stirring up the people all over Judea by his teaching. He began in Galilee and he has come here."
When they reached the place called the Skull, they crucified him there, with the criminals one at his right and one at his left.
In my first volume, Theophilus, I dealt with all that Jesus did and taught from the beginning
When they entered the city they went to the upstairs room where they were staying. There were Peter, John, James and Andrew, Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew, James, the son of Alpheus, Simon the Zealot, and Judas, the son of James.
Parthians, Medes, Elamites, residents of Mesopotamia, of Judea and Cappadocia, of Pontus, and Asia,
And they devoted themselves to the teaching and the society of the apostles, the breaking of bread, and prayer.
For some time ago Theudas appeared, claiming to be a person of importance, and a group of men numbering some four hundred joined him. But he was killed and all his followers were dispersed and disappeared.
For some time ago Theudas appeared, claiming to be a person of importance, and a group of men numbering some four hundred joined him. But he was killed and all his followers were dispersed and disappeared. After him, at the time of the census, Judas of Galilee appeared, and raised a great following, but he too perished, and all his followers were scattered.
After him, at the time of the census, Judas of Galilee appeared, and raised a great following, but he too perished, and all his followers were scattered.
You know the story that has gone all over Judea, starting from Galilee after the baptism that John proclaimed,
The apostles and brothers all over Judea heard that the heathen had also accepted God's message,
and one of them named Agabus got up and under the influence of the Spirit revealed the fact that there was going to be a great famine all over the world. This was the famine that occurred in the reign of Claudius. The disciples determined to make up a contribution, each according to his ability, and send it to the brothers who lived in Judea,
The Jews there were more high-minded than those at Thessalonica, and received the message with great eagerness and studied the Scriptures every day, to find out whether it was true.
There he found a Jew named Aquila, a native of Pontus, who had recently come from Italy with his wife Priscilla, because Claudius had ordered all Jews to leave Rome. Paul went to see them,
But when two whole years had passed, Felix was succeeded by Porcius Festus, and as he wanted to gratify the Jews, Felix left Paul in prison.
But when two whole years had passed, Felix was succeeded by Porcius Festus, and as he wanted to gratify the Jews, Felix left Paul in prison.
So he stayed for two full years in rented lodgings of his own, and welcomed everybody who came to see him,