The topic of Luke is that Jesus is the savior of the world. The author intended to refute the idea in Matthew that the Jesus only preach the gospels to Jews. Luke also contained the unique controversy between the rich and poor, which wasn 't mentioned in other gospels. In Luke, Jesus is the savior who rescues not only the Jews but also the gentiles, and Jesus despises the rich and sympathizes the poor. This paper will focus on the ministry of Jesus, especially the healing and teachings, in Luke. According to the two source theory, Luke and Mathew borrowed information from the Gospel of Mark and sayings preserved by Christian oral tradition called Q. Therefore, some scholars believe that Luke is a revision of Matthew referring to Mark. Luke
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In Luke, the origin of Jesus traced back to Adam, who is the son the God, expressing the Jesus’s connection with the human beings. In the story that Samaritans didn’t welcomed Jesus, Jesus rebuked the disciples James and John that “Lord, do you want us to call fire down from heaven to destroy them?” (Luke 9:53-56) Jesus came not to destroy lives, but to save lives and the whole human beings. On the other hand, Luke refute the idea delivered in Matthew that Jesus only save the Jews. As an evidence, Luke didn’t include the word in Matthew saying that, “Do not go among the Gentiles or enter any town of the Samaritans. Go gather to the lost sheep of Israel.” (Matthew 10:5-6) Furthermore, Luke added words indicating that sometimes Gentiles were saved, but Israel was not saved. Jesus told the story that “Yet Elijah was not sent to any of them, but to a widow in Zarephath in the region go Sidon…yet not one of them (many in Isreal with leprosy) was cleansed—only Naaman the Syrian.” (Luke 4:25-27) Luke specially pointed out that only Gentiles were cleansed. Moreover, in the story of “Ten Healed of Leprosy”, the healed who came back and praised God in a loud voice was a Samaritan. Jesus said, “Was no one found to return and give praise to God except this foreigner?”(Luke 17:15-17) Regarding repent and perish of human, Jesus pointed out that everyone should confess, Israel was not born with superiority than foreigners—“Do you think they were more guilty than all the others living in Jerusalem? I tell you, no! But unless you repent, you too will perish.” (Luke 13:4-5) Luke also deleted the story in Mark 6:45-8:26 in which Jesus refused to heal for foreigners. However, Luke didn’t understand why Jesus turned down the foreigners, so he chose to deleted this whole part. Jesus refused because he didn’t want to be treated like a doctor. Luke misinterpreted Jesus’s
In Luke, the origin of Jesus traced back to Adam, who is the son the God, expressing the Jesus’s connection with the human beings. In the story that Samaritans didn’t welcomed Jesus, Jesus rebuked the disciples James and John that “Lord, do you want us to call fire down from heaven to destroy them?” (Luke 9:53-56) Jesus came not to destroy lives, but to save lives and the whole human beings. On the other hand, Luke refute the idea delivered in Matthew that Jesus only save the Jews. As an evidence, Luke didn’t include the word in Matthew saying that, “Do not go among the Gentiles or enter any town of the Samaritans. Go gather to the lost sheep of Israel.” (Matthew 10:5-6) Furthermore, Luke added words indicating that sometimes Gentiles were saved, but Israel was not saved. Jesus told the story that “Yet Elijah was not sent to any of them, but to a widow in Zarephath in the region go Sidon…yet not one of them (many in Isreal with leprosy) was cleansed—only Naaman the Syrian.” (Luke 4:25-27) Luke specially pointed out that only Gentiles were cleansed. Moreover, in the story of “Ten Healed of Leprosy”, the healed who came back and praised God in a loud voice was a Samaritan. Jesus said, “Was no one found to return and give praise to God except this foreigner?”(Luke 17:15-17) Regarding repent and perish of human, Jesus pointed out that everyone should confess, Israel was not born with superiority than foreigners—“Do you think they were more guilty than all the others living in Jerusalem? I tell you, no! But unless you repent, you too will perish.” (Luke 13:4-5) Luke also deleted the story in Mark 6:45-8:26 in which Jesus refused to heal for foreigners. However, Luke didn’t understand why Jesus turned down the foreigners, so he chose to deleted this whole part. Jesus refused because he didn’t want to be treated like a doctor. Luke misinterpreted Jesus’s