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 undertaken to arrange a complete digest of the things fully believed among us, as they delivered them to us who, from the beginning, were eye witnesses and ministers of the word, read more. it seemed good to me also, having traced all things accurately from the first, to write in order to you, most excellent Theophilus, that you may know the certainty of the words concerning which you have been taught.
The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to preach good news to the poor; he has sent me to proclaim a release to the captives, and a recovery of sight to the blind, to send the oppressed away free,
And they all bore him witness, and wondered at the gracious words which proceeded from his mouth, and said, Is not this the son of Joseph?
and they were astonished at his teaching, for his word was with power.
Be merciful, as your father is merciful;
And he spoke also a parable to them; Can the blind lead the blind? Will not both fall into the pit?
A certain creditor had two debtors; one owed him five hundred denarii [$70], and the other fifty [$7].
And Jesus asked him, saying, What is your name? And he said, Legion; because many demons had entered into him.
And into whatever city you enter, and they receive you, eat what is set before you;
No one lights a candle and puts it in a secret place, or under a modius [1.916 gallon measure], but on a candlestick, that all who go in may see the light.
But give the things within in charity, and behold, all things are pure to you.
Are not five sparrows sold for two assarions [3 cents], and one of them is not forgotten before God?
AND he spoke also a parable to them, that men ought to pray at all times, and not to faint;
And the other came, saying, Lord, behold your mina, which I had laid up in a napkin;
But watch continually, praying that you may be accounted worthy to escape all these things which are about to occur, and to stand before the Son of man.
And taking bread, and giving thanks, he broke and gave them, saying, This is my body given for you; this do in remembrance of me. And the cup in like manner, after supper, saying, This cup is the new covenant [sealed] with my blood, which is poured out for you.
saying, The Lord has risen indeed and has appeared to Simon.
and said to them, Thus it is written, that the Christ should suffer, and rise from the dead on the third day,
Jesus from Nazareth, how God anointed him with the Holy Spirit and power, who went about doing good and curing all that were subjugated by the devil, for God was with him;
explaining and asserting that the Christ ought to suffer and to rise from the dead; and that this Jesus whom I preach to you is the Christ.
and believe yourself to be a guide of the blind, a light of those in darkness,
and my speech and my preaching were not with persuasive words of wisdom, but with a demonstration of the spirit and power,
But if an unbeliever invites you and you wish to go, eat whatever is set before you, asking no questions for conscience' sake.
For I received of the Lord, what I also delivered to you; that on the night in which he was betrayed, the Lord Jesus took bread and giving thanks broke, 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 supper, saying, This cup is the new covenant [sealed] with my blood; this do, as often as you drink, in remembrance of me. For as often as you eat this bread and drink this cup, you declare the Lord's death till he comes. So that whoever eats this bread or drinks this cup of the Lord unworthily, is guilty of the body and blood of the Lord. But let a man prove himself, and so let him eat of the bread and drink of the cup; for he eats and drinks judgment to himself, who eats and drinks not discerning the body.
and that he appeared to Cephas, then to the twelve.
Blessed be the God and lather of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort,
For if I should even boast some of our authority which the Lord gave for your edification, and not for your destruction, I should not be ashamed.
praying with all prayer and supplication on every occasion with the spirit, and watching in the same with all perseverance and supplication for all the saints,
Let your words always be with kindness, seasoned with salt, that you may know how to answer every one.
For which also we pray always for you, that our God will account you worthy of the calling, and accomplish all the good pleasure of [his] goodness and the work of faith with power;
To the pure all things are pure; but to the defiled and unbelieving, nothing is pure; but their mind and conscience are defiled.
Hastings
LUKE, GOSPEL ACCORDING TO
1. The Third Gospel in the Early Church
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And he immediately constrained the disciples to go into a ship and go before him to the other side, till he should dismiss the multitudes.
Then they understood that he did not tell them to beware of the leaven of bread, but of the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees.
and not being able to approach him on account of the multitude, they uncovered the roof where he was, and having made an opening let down the bed on which the paralytic was laid.
And he immediately constrained his disciples to go into the ship, and to go before him to the other side, to Bethsaida, while he dismissed the multitude;
And he sent him to his house, saying, Go not into the village.
And they brought him little children that he should touch them; and the disciples rebuked those who brought them.
And when you see the abomination of desolation standing where it ought not, let him that reads understand, then let those in Judea flee to the mountains;
SINCE many have undertaken to arrange a complete digest of the things fully believed among us,
SINCE many have undertaken to arrange a complete digest of the things fully believed among us,
SINCE many have undertaken to arrange a complete digest of the things fully believed among us,
SINCE many have undertaken to arrange a complete digest of the things fully believed among us,
SINCE many have undertaken to arrange a complete digest of the things fully believed among us, as they delivered them to us who, from the beginning, were eye witnesses and ministers of the word,
as they delivered them to us who, from the beginning, were eye witnesses and ministers of the word,
as they delivered them to us who, from the beginning, were eye witnesses and ministers of the word, it seemed good to me also, having traced all things accurately from the first, to write in order to you, most excellent Theophilus,
it seemed good to me also, having traced all things accurately from the first, to write in order to you, most excellent Theophilus,
it seemed good to me also, having traced all things accurately from the first, to write in order to you, most excellent Theophilus,
it seemed good to me also, having traced all things accurately from the first, to write in order to you, most excellent Theophilus,
it seemed good to me also, having traced all things accurately from the first, to write in order to you, most excellent Theophilus, that you may know the certainty of the words concerning which you have been taught.
that you may know the certainty of the words concerning which you have been taught.
that you may know the certainty of the words concerning which you have been taught. In the days of Herod the king of Judea, there was a certain priest by the name of Zachariah, of the class 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 by the name of Zachariah, of the class 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 by the name of Zachariah, of the class 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 by the name of Zachariah, of the class 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 by the name of Zachariah, of the class 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 by the name of Zachariah, of the class of Abijah; and his wife was of the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elizabeth.
And blessed is she that believed; for there shall be an accomplishment of the words spoken to her by the Lord.
Blessed is the Lord, the God of Israel, because he has visited and redeemed his people,
In those days there went out an ordinance from Caesar Augustus that a census should be taken of all the world.
In those days there went out an ordinance from Caesar Augustus that a census should be taken of all the world. This first census was taken when Cyrenius was proconsul of Syria.
And Jesus advanced in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and men.
And Jesus advanced in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and men.
And Jesus advanced in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and men.
AND in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, Pontius Pilate being procurator of Judea, and Herod tetrarch of Galilee, and Philip his brother tetrarch of Ituria and the country of Trachonitis, and Lysanias being tetrarch of Abilene,
AND in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, Pontius Pilate being procurator of Judea, and Herod tetrarch of Galilee, and Philip his brother tetrarch of Ituria and the country of Trachonitis, and Lysanias being tetrarch of Abilene,
AND in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, Pontius Pilate being procurator of Judea, and Herod tetrarch of Galilee, and Philip his brother tetrarch of Ituria and the country of Trachonitis, and Lysanias being tetrarch of Abilene,
Every ravine shall be filled up, and every mountain and hill shall be made low; and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough ways smooth;
And he said, I tell you truly, that no prophet is acceptable in his own country.
And not finding how they could bring him in, on account of the multitude, they went up on the house, and let him down through the tiles, with his little bed, into the midst before Jesus.
And Levi made a great feast for him at his house; and there was a great multitude of publicans and of others who reclined with them.
Matthew and Thomas, James, the son of Alpheus, and Simon called Zealot,
And all the multitude sought to touch him, for a power went out from him and cured all.
to him that strikes you on the cheek, present also the other; and forbid not him who takes away your cloak to take your coat also.
And this report of him went out into all Judea, and into all the region around.
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 Chusa, Herod's steward, and Susannah, and many others, who served them with their property.
AND calling together the twelve, he gave them power and authority over all demons, and to cure diseases,
But they understood not this saying; and it was concealed from them, that they might not perceive it; and they feared to ask him concerning this saying.
And Jesus said to him, Forbid him not; for whoever is not against us is for us. AND when the days were completed for his being taken up, he set his face firmly to go to Jerusalem.
AND when the days were completed for his being taken up, he set his face firmly to go to Jerusalem.
But he said to him, Let the dead bury their dead, but do you go and proclaim abroad the kingdom of God.
And after these things the Lord designated seventy others also, and sent them out, two by two, before his face, into every city and place where he was about to come.
But he, wishing to justify himself, said to Jesus, And who is my neighbor?
give us daily our essential bread;
And they shall come from the east and west, and from the north and south, and shall recline in the kingdom of God.
I tell you this man went down to his house justified rather than that; for every one that exalts himself shall be humbled, and he that humbles himself shall be exalted. And they brought him also infants, that he should touch them; and the disciples seeing it reproved them.
And they brought him also infants, that he should touch them; and the disciples seeing it reproved them.
And when he came to the place, Jesus looking up saw him, and said to him, Zaccheus, make haste and come down, for to-day I must stop at your house;
AND having said these things he went forward going up to Jerusalem. And when he came near to Bethphage and Bethany, at the mountain called the Mount of Olives, he sent two of the disciples,
And going into the temple he cast out those that sold,
AND he taught daily in the temple; and the chief priests, and scribes, and the first of the people sought to destroy him.
But when you see Jerusalem surrounded with encampments, then know that its desolation is at hand.
But when you see Jerusalem surrounded with encampments, then know that its desolation is at hand.
When these things begin to occur, arise and lift up your heads, for your redemption is near.
AND the feast of unleavened bread approached, called the passover.
And when the hour had come, he sat down, and the apostles with him;
And there was a contention among them as to which of them should be the greatest.
And they were more violent, saying, He excites the people, teaching in all Judea, beginning from Galilee even to this place.
And when they arrived at the place called Cranium, there they crucified him, and the criminals; one on his right hand, and the other on his left.
I WROTE my first account, O Theophilus, of all things which Jesus did and taught,
And when they came, they went up into the upper room where staid Peter and John, and James and Andrew, Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew, James the son of Alpheus and Simon the Zealot, and Judas the [brother] of James.
Parthians and Medes and Elamites, and those who live in Mesopotamia, Judea, and Cappadocia, Pontus and Asia,
and they attended constantly to the teaching and companionship of the apostles, the breaking of bread and the prayers.
For before these days Theudas arose, saying that he was somebody, to whom a number of men, about four hundred, adhered, who was destroyed, and all who obeyed him passed away and came to nothing.
For before these days Theudas arose, saying that he was somebody, to whom a number of men, about four hundred, adhered, who was destroyed, and all who obeyed him passed away and came to nothing. After him arose Judas the Galilean, in the days of the census, and drew away people after him; and he was destroyed, and all who obeyed him were dispersed.
After him arose Judas the Galilean, in the days of the census, and drew away people after him; and he was destroyed, and all who obeyed him were dispersed.
AND the apostles and brothers who were in Judea heard that the gentiles received the word of God.
and one of them, by the name of Agabus, standing up signified by the spirit that a great famine was about to come on all the world; which also came under Claudius Caesar. And each of the disciples, according to his ability, determined to send help to the brethren living in Judea;
but these were more noble than those in Thessalonica, for they received the word with all readiness, examining the Scriptures daily [to see] if these things were so.
And finding a certain Jew by the name of Aquila, a native of Pontus, who had recently come from Italy, and his wife Priscilla, because Claudius had ordered all the Jews to leave Rome, he went to them,
But after two years had passed, Felix was succeeded by Porcius Festus; and wishing to gratify the Jews, Felix left Paul bound.
But after two years had passed, Felix was succeeded by Porcius Festus; and wishing to gratify the Jews, Felix left Paul bound.
But Paul continued two entire years in his hired house, and received all who came to him,