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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Do not drink wine nor strong drink, neither you nor your sons with you, when you go into the tabernacle of the congregation, lest you die, a statute forever throughout your generations.
Since many took in hand to draw up an account concerning the matters which have been borne out among us, even as those who from the beginning delivered to us, becoming eye-witnesses and ministers of the Word, read more. it seemed good to me also, following all things accurately from the very first, to write to you in order, most excellent Theophilus, so that you might know the certainty of those things in which you have been instructed.
"The Spirit of the Lord is on Me; because of this He has anointed Me to proclaim the Gospel to the poor. He has sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to proclaim deliverance to the captives, and new sight to the blind, to set at liberty those having been crushed,
And all bore witness to Him and wondered at the gracious words which came out of His mouth. And they said, Is this not Joseph's son?
And they were astonished at His doctrine, for His word was with authority.
Therefore be merciful, even as your Father is merciful.
And He spoke a parable to them: Can the blind lead the blind? Shall they not both fall into the ditch?
There was a certain creditor who had two debtors. The one owed five hundred denarii, and the other fifty.
And Jesus asked him, saying, What is your name? And he said, Legion; because many demons had entered into him.
For the Son of Man has not come to destroy men's lives, but to save. And they went to another village.
And into whatever city you enter, and they receive you, eat such things as are set before you.
No one, when he has lighted a lamp, puts it in a secret place, or under a grain-measure, but on a lampstand, so that they who come in may see the light.
But give alms of such things as you have, and behold, all things are clean to you.
Are not five sparrows sold for two assaria? And not one of them is forgotten before God.
And He also spoke a parable to them to teach it is always right to pray, and not to faint,
And another came, saying, Lord, behold, here is your mina, which I have kept in a handkerchief.
Watch therefore, praying in every season that you may be counted worthy to escape all these things which shall occur, and to stand before the Son of Man.
And He took bread and gave thanks, and 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 the same way He took the cup, after having dined, saying, This cup is the new covenant in My blood, which is being poured out for you.
And they said, the Lord has indeed risen, and has appeared to Simon.
And He said to them, So it is written, and so it behoved Christ to suffer and to rise from the dead the third day,
how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power, and He went about doing good, and healing all those who were oppressed by the Devil, for God was with Him.
opening and setting forth that Christ must have suffered, and to have risen again from the dead; and that this Jesus whom I preach to you is Christ.
and persuading yourselves to be a guide of the blind, a light to those in darkness;
And my speech and my preaching was not with enticing words of man's wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power,
If any of those who do not believe invite you to a feast, and if you are disposed to go, eat whatever is set before you, asking no questions for conscience' sake.
For I received from the Lord what I also delivered to you, that the Lord Jesus in the night in which he was betrayed took bread; And giving thanks, He broke it and said, "Take, eat; this is My body, which is broken for you; this do in remembrance of Me." read more. In the same way He took the cup also, after supping, saying, "This cup is the New Covenant in My blood; as often as you drink it, do this in remembrance of Me." For "as often as you eat this bread and drink this cup, you show" the Lord's death until He shall come. So that whoever shall eat this bread and drink this cup of the Lord unworthily, he will be guilty of the body and blood of the Lord. But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of that bread and drink of that cup. For he who eats and drinks unworthily eats and drinks condemnation to himself, not discerning the Lord's body.
and that He was seen by Cephas, then by the Twelve.
Blessed be God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and the God of all comfort,
For even if I also should boast somewhat more fully of our authority (which the Lord has given us for building up, and not for pulling you down) I will not be put to shame;
praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching to this very thing with all perseverance and supplication for all saints.
Let your speech be always with grace, having been seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer each one.
Therefore we also pray always for you that our God would count you worthy of the calling and fulfill all the good pleasure of His goodness and the work of faith with power,
To the pure all things are pure. But to those who are defiled and unbelieving nothing is pure, but even their mind and conscience is defiled.
Hastings
LUKE, GOSPEL ACCORDING TO
1. The Third Gospel in the Early Church
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And after sixty-two weeks Messiah shall be cut off, but not for Himself. And the people of the ruler who shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary. And the end of it shall be with the flood, and ruins are determined, until the end shall be war.
And immediately Jesus constrained His disciples to get into a boat and to go before Him to the other side, while He sent the crowds away.
Then they understood that He did not say to beware of the leaven of bread, but of the doctrine of the Pharisees and Sadducees.
When they could not come near to Him because of the crowd, they unroofed the roof where He was. And digging through, they let down the cot on which the paralytic was lying.
And immediately He constrained His disciples to get into the boat and to go before to the other side, to Bethsaida, while He sent away the crowd.
And He sent him away to his house, saying, Neither go into the town, nor tell it to any in the town.
And they brought children to Him, so that He should touch them. And His disciples rebuked those bringing them.
But when you see the abomination of desolation, that spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing where it ought not (let him who reads understand), then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains.
Since many took in hand to draw up an account concerning the matters which have been borne out among us,
Since many took in hand to draw up an account concerning the matters which have been borne out among us,
Since many took in hand to draw up an account concerning the matters which have been borne out among us,
Since many took in hand to draw up an account concerning the matters which have been borne out among us,
Since many took in hand to draw up an account concerning the matters which have been borne out among us, even as those who from the beginning delivered to us, becoming eye-witnesses and ministers of the Word,
even as those who from the beginning delivered to us, becoming eye-witnesses and ministers of the Word,
even as those who from the beginning delivered to us, becoming eye-witnesses and ministers of the Word, it seemed good to me also, following all things accurately from the very first, to write to you in order, most excellent Theophilus,
it seemed good to me also, following all things accurately from the very first, to write to you in order, most excellent Theophilus,
it seemed good to me also, following all things accurately from the very first, to write to you in order, most excellent Theophilus,
it seemed good to me also, following all things accurately from the very first, to write to you in order, most excellent Theophilus,
it seemed good to me also, following all things accurately from the very first, to write to you in order, most excellent Theophilus, so that you might know the certainty of those things in which you have been instructed.
so that you might know the certainty of those things in which you have been instructed.
so that you might know the certainty of those things in which you have been instructed. In the days of Herod, the king of Judea, there was a certain priest named Zacharias, of the course of Abijah. And his wife was of the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elizabeth.
In the days of Herod, the king of Judea, there was a certain priest named Zacharias, of the course of Abijah. And his wife was of the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elizabeth.
In the days of Herod, the king of Judea, there was a certain priest named Zacharias, of the course of Abijah. And his wife was of the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elizabeth.
In the days of Herod, the king of Judea, there was a certain priest named Zacharias, of the course of Abijah. And his wife was of the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elizabeth.
In the days of Herod, the king of Judea, there was a certain priest named Zacharias, of the course of Abijah. And his wife was of the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elizabeth.
In the days of Herod, the king of Judea, there was a certain priest named Zacharias, of the course of Abijah. And his wife was of the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elizabeth.
And blessed is she who believes, for there shall be a perfecting of those things which were told her from the Lord.
Blessed is the Lord, the God of Israel, for He has visited and redeemed His people
And it happened in those days that a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be taxed.
And it happened in those days that a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be taxed. (This taxing was first made when Cyrenius was governor of Syria.)
And Jesus increased in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and man.
And Jesus increased in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and man.
And Jesus increased in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and man.
And in the fifteenth year of the government of Tiberius Caesar, Pontius Pilate being governor of Judea, and Herod being tetrarch of Galilee, and his brother Philip tetrarch of Iturea and the Trachonitus country, and Lysanias the tetrarch of Abilene--
And in the fifteenth year of the government of Tiberius Caesar, Pontius Pilate being governor of Judea, and Herod being tetrarch of Galilee, and his brother Philip tetrarch of Iturea and the Trachonitus country, and Lysanias the tetrarch of Abilene--
And in the fifteenth year of the government of Tiberius Caesar, Pontius Pilate being governor of Judea, and Herod being tetrarch of Galilee, and his brother Philip tetrarch of Iturea and the Trachonitus country, and Lysanias the tetrarch of Abilene--
Every valley shall be filled, and every mountain and hill shall be brought low, and the crooked shall be straight, and the rough ways shall be made smooth.
And He said, Truly I say to you, No prophet is accepted in his native-place.
And not finding a way by which they might bring him in through the crowd, going up on the housetop, they let him down through the tiles with his cot into the midst, before Jesus.
And Levi made a great feast in his own house for Him. And there was a great company of tax-collectors and of others who were reclining with them.
Matthew and Thomas; James the son of Alpheus, and Simon who was called Zelotes;
And all the crowd sought to touch Him, for power went out of Him and healed them all.
And to him who strikes you on the one cheek, also offer the other. And to him who takes away your garment, do not forbid your tunic also.
And this report of Him went out in all Judea, and in all the neighborhood.
And one of the Pharisees asked Him to eat with him. And going into the Pharisee's house, He reclined.
and Joanna the wife of Chuza, Herod's steward, and Susanna, and many others, who ministered to Him of their possessions.
And He called His twelve disciples together and gave them power and authority over all demons and to cure diseases.
But they did not understand this, and it was hidden from them so that they did not perceive it. And they feared to ask Him of this word.
And Jesus said to him, Do not prevent him, for he who is not against us is for us. And it happened in the fulfilling of the days of His taking up, He steadfastly set His face to go to Jerusalem.
And it happened in the fulfilling of the days of His taking up, He steadfastly set His face to go to Jerusalem.
Jesus said to him, Let the dead bury their dead, but you go and proclaim the kingdom of God.
And after these things the Lord appointed seventy others, And He sent them two and two before His face into every city and place where He was about to come.
But he, willing to justify himself, said to Jesus, And who is my neighbor?
Give us day by day our daily bread,
And they will come from the east and the west, and from the north and the south, and will recline in the kingdom of God.
I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other. For everyone who exalts himself shall be abased, and he who humbles himself shall be exalted. And they also brought infants to Him, that He might touch them. But when the disciples saw, they rebuked them.
And they also brought infants to Him, that He might touch them. But when the disciples saw, they rebuked them.
And when Jesus came to the place, He looked up and saw him. And He said to him, Zaccheus! Hurry and come down, for today I must stay at your house.
And saying these things, He went in front, going up to Jerusalem. And it happened as He drew near Bethphage and Bethany, toward the mount called Mount of Olives, He sent two of the disciples,
And entering into the temple, He began to cast out those selling and buying in it,
And He taught in the temple daily. But the chief priests and the scribes and the chief of the people sought to destroy Him.
And when you see Jerusalem compassed with armies, then know that its destruction has come.
And when you see Jerusalem compassed with armies, then know that its destruction has come.
And when these things begin to happen, then look up and lift up your heads, for your redemption draws near.
And the Feast of Unleavened Bread, which is called the Passover, drew near.
And when the hour came, He and the twelve apostles with Him reclined.
And there was also a dispute among them as to which of them seems to be greater.
And they were the more fierce, saying, He stirs up the people, teaching throughout all Judea, beginning from Galilee to this place.
And when they came to the place which is called Calvary, they crucified Him and the criminals there, one on the right, and one on the left.
Truly, O Theophilus, I made the first report as to all things that Jesus began both to do and teach
And when they had come in, they went up into an upper room, where Peter and James, and John and Andrew, Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew, James the son of Alpheus and Simon Zelotes, and Judas the brother of James;
Parthians, and Medes, and Elamites, and the dwellers in Mesopotamia, and in Judea, and Cappadocia, in Pontus, and Asia,
And they were continuing steadfastly in the apostles' doctrine, and in fellowship and in the breaking of the loaves, and in prayers.
For before these days Theudas rose up, boasting himself to be somebody; a number of men, about four hundred, joined themselves to him; who was slain. And all, as many as obeyed him, were scattered and brought to nothing.
For before these days Theudas rose up, boasting himself to be somebody; a number of men, about four hundred, joined themselves to him; who was slain. And all, as many as obeyed him, were scattered and brought to nothing. After this one, Judas of Galilee rose up in the days of the Registration, and drew away considerable people after him. Yet that one perished; and all, as many as obeyed him, were scattered.
After this one, Judas of Galilee rose up in the days of the Registration, and drew away considerable people after him. Yet that one perished; and all, as many as obeyed him, were scattered.
that word which was published throughout all Judea, and began from Galilee, after the baptism which John proclaimed;
And the apostles and brothers who were in Judea heard that the nations had also received the Word of God.
And one of them named Agabus stood up and signified by the Spirit that there should be great famine over the world (which also happened in the days of Claudius Caesar). And the disciples, as any were prospered, determined each of them to send for ministry to those brothers who lived in Judea,
And these were more noble than those of Thessalonica, in that they received the Word with all readiness of mind and searched the Scriptures daily to see if those things were so.
And finding a certain Jew named Aquila, born in Pontus, lately come from Italy with his wife Priscilla (because Claudius had commanded all Jews to depart from Rome) Paul came to them.
But after two years Felix welcomed a successor, Porcius Festus. And wishing to show a favor to the Jews, Felix left Paul bound.
But after two years Felix welcomed a successor, Porcius Festus. And wishing to show a favor to the Jews, Felix left Paul bound.
And Paul remained two years in his own hired house. And he welcomed all who came in to him,