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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"Drink no wine nor strong drink - neither thou nor thy sons with thee - when ye go into the tabernacle of witness, lest ye die. And let it be a law forever unto your children after you:
Forasmuch as many have taken in hand to compile a treatise of those things, which are surely known among us, even as they declared them unto us, which from the beginning saw their selves, and were ministers at the doing: read more. I determined also, as soon as I had searched out diligently all things from the beginning, that then I would write unto thee, good Theophilus, that thou mightest know the certainty of those things, whereof thou art informed.
"The spirit of the Lord upon me, because he hath anointed me; To preach the gospel to the poor he hath sent me; And to heal which are broken hearted: To preach deliverance to the captive; And sight to the blind; And freely to set at liberty them that are bruised;
And all they bare him witness, and wondered at the gracious words, which proceeded out of his mouth, and said, "Is not this Joseph's son?"
And they were astonished at his doctrine: for his preaching was with power.
Be ye therefore merciful, as your father is merciful.
And he put forth a similitude unto them, "Can the blind lead the blind? Do they not both then fall into the ditch?
"There was a certain lender, which had two debtors, the one ought five hundred pence, and the other fifty.
And Jesus asked him, saying, "What is thy name?" And he said, "Legion," because many devils were entered into him.
The son of man is not come to destroy men's lives, but to save them." And they went to another town.
and into whatsoever city ye enter, if they receive you, eat such things as are set before you,
"No man lighteth a candle, and putteth it in a privy place, neither under a bushel: But on a candlestick, that they that come in, may see the light.
Nevertheless, ye give alms of that ye have, and behold: all is clean to you.
Are not five sparrows bought for two farthings? and yet not one of them is forgotten of God.
He put forth a similitude unto them, signifying that men ought always to pray, and not to be weary,
And the third came, and said, 'Lord, behold here thy pound, which I have kept in a napkin,
Watch therefore continually and pray, that ye may obtain grace to fly all this that shall come. And that ye may stand before the son of man."
And he took bread, gave thanks, and brake it, and gave it unto them, saying, "This is my body which is given for you. This do in the remembrance of me." Likewise also, when they had supped, he took the cup saying, "This cup is the new testament, in my blood, which shall for you be shed.
which said, "The Lord is risen in deed, and hath appeared to Simon."
and said unto them, "Thus is it written, and thus it behooved Christ to suffer, and to rise again from death the third day.
How God had anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the holy ghost, and with power; which Jesus went about doing good, and healing all that were oppressed of the devils, for God was with him.
opening and alleging that Christ must needs have suffered and risen again from death. And that this Jesus was Christ, whom, said he, "I preach to you."
And believest that thou thyself art a guide unto the blind, a light to them which are in darkness,
And my words, and my preaching were not with enticing words of man's wisdom: but in showing of the spirit and of power,
If any of them which believe not bid you to a feast, and if ye be disposed to go, whatsoever is set before you eat, asking no question for conscience sake.
That which I delivered unto you I received of the Lord. For the Lord Jesus the same night in the which he was betrayed, took bread, and thanked and brake, and said, "Take ye, and eat ye. This is my body which is broken for you. This do ye in the remembrance of me." read more. After the same manner he took the cup when supper was done saying, "This cup is the new testament in my blood, this do as oft as ye drink it, in the remembrance of me." For as often as ye shall eat this bread, and drink this cup, ye shall show the Lord's death, till he come. Wherefore whosoever shall eat of this bread, or drink of the cup unworthily, shall be guilty of the body and blood of the Lord. Let a man therefore examine himself, and so let him eat of the bread and drink of the cup. For he that eateth or drinketh unworthily, eateth and drinketh his own damnation, because he maketh no difference of the Lord's body.
Blessed be God the father of our Lord Jesus the Christ, father of mercy, and the God of all comfort,
And though I should boast myself somewhat more of our authority which the Lord hath given us to edify and not to destroy you, it should not be to my shame.
and pray always with all manner prayer and supplication - and that in the spirit - and watch thereunto with all instance and supplication for all saints,
Let your speech be always well favoured and be powdered with salt, that ye may know how to answer every man.
Wherefore, we pray always for you that our God make you worthy of the calling, and fulfill all delectation of goodness, and the work of faith, with power:
Unto the pure, are all things pure: but unto them that are defiled, and unbelieving, is nothing pure: but even the very minds and consciences of them are defiled.
Hastings
LUKE, GOSPEL ACCORDING TO
1. The Third Gospel in the Early Church
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After these sixty two weeks, shall Christ be slain, and they shall have no pleasure in him. Then shall there come a people with the prince, and destroy the city and the Sanctuary: and his end shall come as the water flood. But the desolation shall continue till the end of the battle.
And straightway Jesus made his disciples enter into a ship, and to go over before him, while he sent the people away.
Then understood they, how that he bade not them beware of the leaven of bread: but of the doctrine of the Pharisees, and of the Sadducees.
and because they could not come nigh unto him for press, they uncovered the roof of the house where he was. And when they had broken it open, they let down the bed wherein the sick of the palsy lay.
And straightway, he caused his disciples to go into the ship, and to go over the water before unto Bethsaida, while he sent away the people.
And he sent him home to his own house saying, "Neither go into the town, nor tell it any in the town."
And they brought children to him that he should touch them. And his disciples rebuked those that brought them.
Moreover, when ye see the abomination that betokeneth desolation, whereof is spoken by Daniel the prophet, stand where it ought not" - let him that readeth understand it - "then let them that be in Jewry, flee to the mountains.
Forasmuch as many have taken in hand to compile a treatise of those things, which are surely known among us,
Forasmuch as many have taken in hand to compile a treatise of those things, which are surely known among us,
Forasmuch as many have taken in hand to compile a treatise of those things, which are surely known among us,
Forasmuch as many have taken in hand to compile a treatise of those things, which are surely known among us,
Forasmuch as many have taken in hand to compile a treatise of those things, which are surely known among us, even as they declared them unto us, which from the beginning saw their selves, and were ministers at the doing:
even as they declared them unto us, which from the beginning saw their selves, and were ministers at the doing:
even as they declared them unto us, which from the beginning saw their selves, and were ministers at the doing: I determined also, as soon as I had searched out diligently all things from the beginning, that then I would write unto thee, good Theophilus,
I determined also, as soon as I had searched out diligently all things from the beginning, that then I would write unto thee, good Theophilus,
I determined also, as soon as I had searched out diligently all things from the beginning, that then I would write unto thee, good Theophilus,
I determined also, as soon as I had searched out diligently all things from the beginning, that then I would write unto thee, good Theophilus,
I determined also, as soon as I had searched out diligently all things from the beginning, that then I would write unto thee, good Theophilus, that thou mightest know the certainty of those things, whereof thou art informed.
that thou mightest know the certainty of those things, whereof thou art informed.
that thou mightest know the certainty of those things, whereof thou art informed. In the time of Herod, the king of Jewry, 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 time of Herod, the king of Jewry, 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 time of Herod, the king of Jewry, 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 time of Herod, the king of Jewry, 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 time of Herod, the king of Jewry, 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 time of Herod, the king of Jewry, 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 art thou that believedst: For those things shall be performed which were told thee from the Lord."
"Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, for he hath visited and redeemed his people.
And it chanced, in those days, that there went out a commandment from Augustus the Emperor, that all the world should be taxed.
And it chanced, in those days, that there went out a commandment from Augustus the Emperor, that all the world should be taxed. And this taxing was the first executed, and when Quirinius was leftenant in Syria.
In the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius the Emperor, Pontius Pilate being leftenant of Jewry, and Herod being Tetrarch of Galilee, and his brother Philip Tetrarch in Ituraea, and in the region of Trachonitis, and Lysanias the Tetrarch of Abilene:
In the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius the Emperor, Pontius Pilate being leftenant of Jewry, and Herod being Tetrarch of Galilee, and his brother Philip Tetrarch in Ituraea, and in the region of Trachonitis, and Lysanias the Tetrarch of Abilene:
In the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius the Emperor, Pontius Pilate being leftenant of Jewry, and Herod being Tetrarch of Galilee, and his brother Philip Tetrarch in Ituraea, and in the region of Trachonitis, and Lysanias the Tetrarch of Abilene:
Every valley shall be filled, and every mountain and hill shall be brought low: And crooked things shall be made straight: and the rough ways shall be made smooth.
And he said, "Verily I say unto you, No prophet is accepted in his own country.
And when they could not find by what way they might bring him in, because of the press, they went up on the top of the house, and let him down through the tiling, bed and all, in the midst before Jesus.
And that same Levi made him a great feast at home in his own house. And there was a great company of publicans, and of others that sat at meat with him.
And all the people pressed to touch him: for there went virtue out of him, and healed them all.
And unto him that smiteth thee on the one cheek, offer also the other. And him that taketh away thy gown, forbid not to take thy coat also.
And this rumor of him went forth throughout all Jewry, and throughout all the regions which lie round about.
And one of the Pharisees desired him that he would eat with him. And he went into the Pharisee's house, and sat down to meat.
and Joanna the wife of Chuzaa, Herod's steward; And Susanna; And many others: which ministered unto them of their substance.
Then called he the twelve together, and gave them power and authority over all devils, and that they might heal diseases.
But they wist not what that word meant, and it was hid from them that they understood it not. And they feared to ask him of that saying.
And Jesus said unto him, "Forbid ye him not. For he that is not against us, is with us." And it followed, when the time was come that he should be received up, then he set his face to go to Jerusalem:
And it followed, when the time was come that he should be received up, then he set his face to go to Jerusalem:
Jesus said unto him, "Let the dead bury their dead: but go thou and preach the kingdom of God."
After these things, the Lord appointed other seventy also, and sent them, two and two, before him into every city, and place, whither he himself would come.
He, willing to justify himself, said unto Jesus, "Who is then my neighbor?"
And they shall come from the east, and from the west, and from the north, and from the south, and shall sit down in the kingdom of God.
I tell you, This man departed home to his house justified more than the other. For every man that exalteth himself, shall be brought low: And he that humbleth himself, shall be exalted." They brought unto him also babes, that he should touch them. When the disciples saw that, they rebuked them.
They brought unto him also babes, that he should touch them. When the disciples saw that, they rebuked them.
And when Jesus came to the place, he looked up, and saw him, and said unto him, "Zach, come down at once: for today I must abide at thy house."
And when he had thus spoken, he proceeded forth before them, ascending up to Jerusalem. And it fortuned, when he was come nigh to Bethpage and Bethany, besides Mount Olivet, he sent two of his disciples
And he went into the temple, and began to cast out them that sold therein, and them that bought,
And he taught daily in the temple. The high priests and the scribes and the chief of the people, went about to destroy him;
"And when ye see Jerusalem besieged with a host, then understand that the desolation of the same is nigh.
"And when ye see Jerusalem besieged with a host, then understand that the desolation of the same is nigh.
When these things begin to come to pass: then look up, and lift up your heads, for your redemption draweth nigh."
And there was a strife among them, which of them should be taken for the greatest.
And they were the more fierce, saying, "He moveth the people, teaching throughout Jewry, and began at Galilee, even to this place."
And when they were come to the place which is called Calvary, there they crucified him: and the evildoers, one on right hand, and the other on the left.
In the former treatise, Dear friend Theophilus, I have written of all that Jesus began to do and teach,
And when they were come in, they went up into a parlour, where abode both Peter and James, John and Andrew, Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew, James the son of Alpheus, and Simon Zealotes, and Judas James' son.
Parthians, Medes, and Elamites and the inhabiters of Mesopotamia, of Jewry and of Cappadocia, of Pontus and of Asia;
And they continued in the Apostles' doctrine and fellowship, and in breaking of bread, and in prayer.
Before these days rose up one Theudas boasting himself, to whom resorted a number of men, about a four hundred, which was slain, and they all which believed him were scattered abroad, and brought to nought.
Before these days rose up one Theudas boasting himself, to whom resorted a number of men, about a four hundred, which was slain, and they all which believed him were scattered abroad, and brought to nought. After this man arose there up one Judas of Galilee, in the time when tribute began, and drew away much people after him. He also perished: and all, even as many as harkened to him, are scattered abroad.
After this man arose there up one Judas of Galilee, in the time when tribute began, and drew away much people after him. He also perished: and all, even as many as harkened to him, are scattered abroad.
which preaching was published throughout all Jewry, and began in Galilee, after the baptism preached by John;
And the Apostles and the brethren that were throughout Jewry heard say that the Heathen had also received the word of God.
And there stood up one of them named Agabus, and signified by the spirit, that there should be great dearth throughout all the world, which came to pass in the Emperor Claudius' days. Then the disciples, every man according to his ability, purposed to send succour unto the brethren which dwelt in Jewry,
These were the noblest of birth among them of Thessalonica, which received the word with all diligence of mind, and searched the scriptures daily whether those things were even so.
and found a certain Jew named Aquila, born in Pontus, lately come from Italy with his wife Priscilla: because that the Emperor Claudius had commanded all Jews to depart from Rome. And he drew unto them.
But after two years came Festus Porcius into Felix's room: and Felix, willing to show the Jews a pleasure, left Paul in prison bound.
But after two years came Festus Porcius into Felix's room: and Felix, willing to show the Jews a pleasure, left Paul in prison bound.