Gospel of Luke

invigorate every day. Towards the end of the Semester, we began analyzing and studying in depth the Gospel of Luke and John which is part of the New Testament. In order to understand the Gospels, the reader needs to know the information behind it and the timing of which they are written in.…

Scholars have widely agreed that the Gospel of Luke has a special focus on the concern for the poor. This concern for the poor and marginalized first becomes obvious in the account of Jesus’ birth. In the Gospel of Matthew (2:1-12), it is the Magi, wealthy men from a distant country that come to worship Jesus, while Luke tells readers about shepherds- lowly men working in the fields coming to see the baby Jesus. Also, Luke has women, Elizabeth and Mary who as the focal point of the infancy…

The Synoptic Gospels The New Testament is composed of four Gospels written by Matthew, Mark, Luke and John. The Gospels of Matthew, Mark and Luke are known as the Synoptic Gospels because they all contain either similar or identical stories from Jesus’ life. Synoptic means that they can be read together “with one eye” (Harris 117). All the connections and similarities between the Synoptic Gospels had created an issue for scholars that they referred to as the Synoptic Problem. In order to solve…

To begin, there were four Gospels written, they are Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John and they are found in that order in the Christian New Testament. These four Gospels reference the Hebrew Bible in several passages to show the legitimacy of Jesus as messiah. In delivering this message, the Gospels also explain Jesus as God’s son which causes quite a controversy to say the least. Jesus as messiah is still disputed almost 2,000 years later. The Gospel According to Matthew is strictly told from a…

SYNOPTIC GOSPELS Study on the Gospel of Luke “Luke 19:1-10” Submitted by Finny Achankunju Submitted to Pr. Parimal Christian Jameson School of Theology A Study on Luke 19:1-10 Zacchaeus - “The Tax Collector” The passage for today’s thought is from Luke 19: 1 to 10 Background – Gospel of Luke The Gospel of Luke is one of four Gospels in the Holy Bible and is the third book presented in the New Testament. The author of this Gospel, Luke, was an associate of the Apostle Paul and…

The Gospels of Luke are part of the synoptic gospels that portray the relationship in the gospels of Matthew and Mark, whose content is found to display many similarities in comparison to Luke. Matthew and Luke share a large amount of material that is not found in Mark, while Luke also has a many stories not found in either. Luke is credited with the Acts of the Apostle also. History is unclear whether it is the same Luke that has written both the Acts and the Gospels or even if it was a Luke.…

Statement of the Main Idea Jesus taught that we should learn God’s desirable way to pray. Description of the Context Gospel of Luke tells us that a person with the right attitude of praying is Mary. In contrast, her sister Martha did not show trust in the Lord. She always worry about her troubles and did not rely on God fully. On the other hand, R.C. McQuilkin states in his book, Our Lord’s Parables, “Mary has found the one thing necessary in life – quiet trust in the all-sufficient Savior and…

Luke provides an interpretation of Jesus and his significance into his writings whilst acknowledging others in the bible who have also done similarly. Luke writes with a positive influence of Christianity to the Romans. Luke used the Old Testament as his stylistic model, he uses literary forms and designs drawn from the world at that time in his narratives. The Gospel of Luke shows the concern for the under privileged members of society…

wrote this book to challenge taking the Luke-Acts Christianity into contemporary Christianity. The challenge is that the church would have an ear to hear its prophetic calling. The overall purpose of the book is to offer a scriptural foundation for the ministry of the church so that it is grounded and coherent in the ministry of Jesus. Johnson argues that Luke and Acts, presents Jesus and the apostles in terms of prophecy. According to Johnson, the position of Luke and Acts in the scriptures…

In Luke 11, when a man went to his neighbor in the middle of the night for bread, he received it, not because he was the man’s friend, but because of his persistence. In Luke 18, when a widow persistently bothered a judge to give her justice, the judge did not grant her request because she bribed him; rather, she received justice because she was persistent. In his commentary on Luke, R. Kent Hughes says this about prayer; “Continual prayer until…