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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SINCE many have attempted to compose a narrative of facts, confirmed to us by the fullest evidence: exactly as they delivered them to us, who were eve witnesses from the first, and ministers of the word; read more. it seemed right to me also, having obtained accurate knowledge of all things from above, to write to thee in regular order, most excellent Theophilus, to the intent that thou mayest clearly know the certainty of those matters, concerning which thou hast been instructed.
"The spirit of the Lord is upon me, for the work whereunto he hath anointed me; he hath sent me to preach glad tidings to the poor; to heal the contrite in heart; to proclaim liberty to the captives; and restore sight to the blind; to send forth the bruised free from bonds;
And all concurred in their testimony to him, and marvelled at the gracious words which proceeded from his mouth. And they said, Is not this the son of Joseph?
And they were struck with astonishment at his teaching; for his discourse was with authority.
Be ye therefore compassionate, as also your Father is compassionate.
And he spake a parable unto them, Can the blind lead the blind? will they not both fall into the pit?
A certain creditor had two debtors, the one owed five hundred denarii, and the other fifty.
Then Jesus asked him, saying, What is thy name? and he said, Legion: for many devils were entered into him.
for the Son of man came not to destroy men's lives, but to preserve them. And he proceeded to another village.
And into whatsoever city ye enter, and they welcome you, eat whatever is set before you:
But no man lighting a lamp putteth it in a concealed place, or under a bushel, but on a stand, that they who are coming in, may see the light.
But give what is within them for alms; and, lo! all will be pure unto you.
Are not five sparrows sold for two farthings, yet not one of them is forgotten before God?
THEN he spake also to them a parable, to shew that we ought to pray always, and not faint;
And another came, saying, Master, there is thy maneh, which I have kept wrapt up in a napkin:
Watch therefore, praying at every proper opportunity, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things which are ready to come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man.
And taking a loaf, he gave thanks, and brake, and gave it to them, saying, This is my body which is given for you: do this in remembrance of me. And the cup in like manner, after supper, saying, This cup is the new testament in my blood, which is shed for you.
saying, The Lord is risen assuredly, and hath appeared to Simon.
and said to them, That thus it is written, and thus must the Messiah suffer, and rise again from the dead the third day
respecting Jesus, who was of Nazareth, how God had anointed him with the Holy Ghost and with power: who went about doing good, and healing all that were tyrannically oppressed of the devil; for God was with him.
opening them clearly, and laying it evidently down that the Messiah must suffer, and rise again from the dead; and that this man is the Messiah, even Jesus, whom I preach unto you.
and hast confidence that thou thyself art a leader of the blind, a light of those who are in darkness,
And my conversation and my preaching was not with persuasive words of human wisdom, but with demonstration of the Spirit, and of power:
And if any one of those, who do not believe, invite you, and ye incline to go, eat every thing set before you, asking no question for conscience sake.
For I received of the Lord what also I delivered to you, That the Lord Jesus, in the night in which he was betrayed, took a loaf: and when he had blessed it, he brake it, and said, Take, eat; this is my body, which is broken for you: do this in remembrance of me. read more. In like manner also he took the cup, after they had supped, saying, This cup is the new testament in my blood: this do, as often as ye drink it, in remembrance of me. For as often as ye eat this bread, and drink this cup, ye do shew forth the death of the Lord till he come. Wherefore, whosoever eateth of this bread, or drinketh the cup of the Lord unworthily, he is guilty of the body and blood of the Lord. But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of the bread, and drink of the cup. For he that eateth and drinketh unworthily, eateth and drinketh condemnation to himself, not distinguishing the Lord's body.
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies, and God of all consolation;
Yea, and if I should boast somewhat more highly of our authority, which the Lord hath given us for your edification, and not for your destruction, I shall not be ashamed;
praying at every opportunity with all prayer and supplication in Spirit, and watching for this very purpose with perseverance and intercession for all the saints;
Let your discourse be always gracious, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to reply to every man.
Wherefore also we pray continually for you, that our God would count you worthy of the calling, and fulfil all the good pleasure of his goodness, and the work of faith with power:
All things indeed are clean to the clean: but to the defiled and to the unbelievers there is nothing clean; but their very mind and conscience are defiled.
Hastings
LUKE, GOSPEL ACCORDING TO
1. The Third Gospel in the Early Church
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And immediately Jesus compelled his disciples to go on board the vessel, and pass before him to the other side, while he dismissed the people.
Then understood they, that he spake about abstaining not from the leaven in the bread, but from the doctrine of the Pharisees and the Sadducees.
and not being able to come nigh him because of the crowd, they stripped off the roofing of the house where he was; and having broken a way through, they let down with ropes the couch, on which the paralytic lay.
And immediately he compelled his disciples to go on board the vessel, and to go before him to the other side, to Bethsaida, while he sent the multitude away.
And he sent him away unto his own house, saying, Neither enter thou into the city, nor speak to any in the city.
And they brought unto him little children, that he should touch them: but his disciples rebuked those who brought them.
But when ye see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by the prophet Daniel, standing where it ought not (let him that readeth observe), then let those who are in Judea fly to the mountains:
SINCE many have attempted to compose a narrative of facts, confirmed to us by the fullest evidence:
SINCE many have attempted to compose a narrative of facts, confirmed to us by the fullest evidence:
SINCE many have attempted to compose a narrative of facts, confirmed to us by the fullest evidence:
SINCE many have attempted to compose a narrative of facts, confirmed to us by the fullest evidence:
SINCE many have attempted to compose a narrative of facts, confirmed to us by the fullest evidence: exactly as they delivered them to us, who were eve witnesses from the first, and ministers of the word;
exactly as they delivered them to us, who were eve witnesses from the first, and ministers of the word;
exactly as they delivered them to us, who were eve witnesses from the first, and ministers of the word; it seemed right to me also, having obtained accurate knowledge of all things from above, to write to thee in regular order, most excellent Theophilus,
it seemed right to me also, having obtained accurate knowledge of all things from above, to write to thee in regular order, most excellent Theophilus,
it seemed right to me also, having obtained accurate knowledge of all things from above, to write to thee in regular order, most excellent Theophilus,
it seemed right to me also, having obtained accurate knowledge of all things from above, to write to thee in regular order, most excellent Theophilus,
it seemed right to me also, having obtained accurate knowledge of all things from above, to write to thee in regular order, most excellent Theophilus, to the intent that thou mayest clearly know the certainty of those matters, concerning which thou hast been instructed.
to the intent that thou mayest clearly know the certainty of those matters, concerning which thou hast been instructed.
to the intent that thou mayest clearly know the certainty of those matters, concerning which thou hast been instructed. There was in the days of Herod, the king of Judea, a certain priest named Zacharias, of the course of Abiah: and his wife of the daughters of Aaron, and her name Elisabeth.
There was in the days of Herod, the king of Judea, a certain priest named Zacharias, of the course of Abiah: and his wife of the daughters of Aaron, and her name Elisabeth.
There was in the days of Herod, the king of Judea, a certain priest named Zacharias, of the course of Abiah: and his wife of the daughters of Aaron, and her name Elisabeth.
There was in the days of Herod, the king of Judea, a certain priest named Zacharias, of the course of Abiah: and his wife of the daughters of Aaron, and her name Elisabeth.
There was in the days of Herod, the king of Judea, a certain priest named Zacharias, of the course of Abiah: and his wife of the daughters of Aaron, and her name Elisabeth.
There was in the days of Herod, the king of Judea, a certain priest named Zacharias, of the course of Abiah: and his wife of the daughters of Aaron, and her name Elisabeth.
And blessed is she that hath believed; for there shall be a fulfilment of the things told her from the Lord.
Blessed be the Lord the God of Israel; for he hath visited and wrought redemption for his people;
NOW it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus, that the whole land should be registered.
NOW it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus, that the whole land should be registered. (And this first enrolment was made by Cyrenius, [afterwards] governor of Syria)
NOW in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, Pontius Pilate being governor of Judea, and Herod tetrarch of Galilee, and Philip his brother tetrarch of Iturea and the region of Trachonitis, and Lysanias tetrarch of Abilene:
NOW in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, Pontius Pilate being governor of Judea, and Herod tetrarch of Galilee, and Philip his brother tetrarch of Iturea and the region of Trachonitis, and Lysanias tetrarch of Abilene:
NOW in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, Pontius Pilate being governor of Judea, and Herod tetrarch of Galilee, and Philip his brother tetrarch of Iturea and the region of Trachonitis, and Lysanias tetrarch of Abilene:
every valley shall be filled up, and every mountain and hill shall be levelled, and the crooked ways made strait, and the rough roads smooth:
But he said, Verily, I say unto you, that no prophet is acceptable in his own country.
And not discovering by what means they could introduce him, because of the crowd, they went up to the roof, and through the tiling let him down with his little couch into the midst, before Jesus.
And Levi made him a great entertainment at his house and there was a great number of publicans and others, sitting at table with them.
And all the multitude strove to touch him, for there went virtue out of him, and healed them all.
To him that smiteth thee on the cheek, offer the other also; and from him who would take from thee thy cloak, withhold not thy coat also.
And this account respecting him went abroad through all Judea, and all the region adjacent.
Then one of the Pharisees invited him to eat with him. And he went into the Pharisee's house, and sat down to table.
And Joanna the wife of Chuza, Herod's lieutenant-governor, and Susanna, and many others, who ministred to his support out of their possessions.
THEN calling his twelve disciples, he gave them power and authority over all devils, and to cure diseases.
And they understood not that declaration, and it was hid from them, that they should not comprehend its meaning: and they were afraid to ask him concerning that saying.
And Jesus said to him, Forbid him not; for he that is not against us, is for us. And it came to pass, as the days hastened to their period when he should be received up [to glory], that he resolutely set his face to go to Jerusalem;
And it came to pass, as the days hastened to their period when he should be received up [to glory], that he resolutely set his face to go to Jerusalem;
And Jesus said unto him, Leave the dead to bury their own dead, but go thou, preach the kingdom of God.
THEN after these things the Lord appointed other seventy persons also, and sent them, two and two before his face, into every city and place, whither he himself designed to go.
Then he, desirous to make himself appear a righteous person, said unto Jesus, And who is my neighbour?
And they shall come from the east, and west, and from north, and south, and shall sit down in the kingdom of God.
I say to you, Went this man down to his house justified, or the other? for every one who exalteth himself shall be humbled; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted. Then they brought him infants also, that he should touch them: but the disciples, when they saw it, rebuked them.
Then they brought him infants also, that he should touch them: but the disciples, when they saw it, rebuked them.
And when he was come to the spot, Jesus looking up, saw him, and said to him, Zaccheus, come down speedily; for to-day I must abide at thy house.
And having thus spoken, he proceeded forward, going up to Jerusalem. And it came to pass, as he drew near to Bethphage and Bethany, to the mount called the mount of Olives, he sent two of his disciples,
And entering into the temple, he began to cast out those who sold and bought in the temple;
And he continued daily teaching in the temple. Then the chief priests and the scribes sought to destroy him, with the heads of the people,
But when ye see Jerusalem, encircled with armies, then know that the desolation of it approaches.
But when ye see Jerusalem, encircled with armies, then know that the desolation of it approaches.
And when these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption draweth nigh.
Now it came to pass, that there was also a contention among them, even which of them should be accounted to be the greatest.
But they were urgent, saying, He stirreth up the people, teaching through all Judea, beginning from Galilee even to this place.
And when they came to a place called Calvary, there they crucified him, and the malefactors, the one on the right hand, and the other on the left.
THE former treatise, Theophilus, I composed, concerning all things which Jesus began both to do and to teach,
And when they had arrived, they went up to an upper room, where abode Peter, and James, and John, and Andrew, Philip, and Thomas, Bartholomew, and Matthew, James son of Alpheus, and Simon the zealous, and Jude brother to James.
Parthians, and Medes, and Elamites, and they who inhabit Mesopotamia, and Judea, and Cappadocia, Pontus, and Asia,
And they persevered stedfastly in the doctrine of the apostles, and in communion, and in breaking bread, and in prayers.
For before these days arose Theudas, saying that he himself was a singular personage: to whom a number of men, about four hundred, attached themselves: who was taken off; and as many as obeyed him, were dispersed, and came to nothing.
For before these days arose Theudas, saying that he himself was a singular personage: to whom a number of men, about four hundred, attached themselves: who was taken off; and as many as obeyed him, were dispersed, and came to nothing. And after him arose Judas the Galilean, in the days of the enrolment, and drew away a multitude of the populace after him: he also perished, and all, as many as obeyed him, were dispersed.
And after him arose Judas the Galilean, in the days of the enrolment, and drew away a multitude of the populace after him: he also perished, and all, as many as obeyed him, were dispersed.
even that which was the common talk through all Judea, beginning from Galilee, after the baptism which John preached;
NOW the apostles and brethren who were in Judea heard that the Gentiles also had received the word of God.
And one of them named Agabus, rising up, signified by the spirit that a great famine was coming upon the whole habitable globe: which also came in the reign of Claudius Caesar. Then the disciples, as everyman had ability, determined every individual of them to send a sum to be distributed among the brethren who dwelt in Judea:
Now these were more liberally minded men than those of Thessalonica, for they received the word with all readiness of mind, daily, examining the Scriptures if these things were really so.
and finding a certain Jew named Aquila, a native of Pontus, lately arrived from Italy, with Priscilla his wife, (because Claudius had issued an order that all Jews should depart from Rome,) he turned in to them.
But when two years were ended, Felix had Portius Festus appointed for his successor: and willing to curry favour with the Jews, Felix left Paul in chains.
But when two years were ended, Felix had Portius Festus appointed for his successor: and willing to curry favour with the Jews, Felix left Paul in chains.