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Title: Gospel of Luke


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Gospel of Luke
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Gospel of Luke
  • Author
  • Attributed to Luke, doctor and companion of Paul
    (Col 414)
  • A Greek, Gentile convert
  • He is the only non-Jewish evangelist
  • Accompanied Paul from Troas to Philippi
  • Rejoined Paul in Miletus and went back to
    Caesarea and then to Rome
  • Excellent command of Greek, well educated
  • Did not know Jesus personally
  • Author of two-volume work, Gospel of Luke and
    Acts of the Apostles
  • Date
  • 70-85 C.E.

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Gospel of Luke
  • Location
  • Greece

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Gospel of Luke
  • Audience
  • Christians of Greek, Gentile background
  • Image of Jesus
  • Compassionate savior
  • Lover of the poor, sick and outcast
  • The Good Shepherd

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Gospel of Luke
  • Genealogy
  • Traced back to Adam
  • Jesus is savior of everyone (universal)
  • Theological Themes
  • Prayer is central to faith
  • Holy Spirit is real and powerful
  • Must show concern for and bring good news to the
    Anawim the poor, outcasts, the sick, slaves,
    tax collectors, prostitutes, Samaritans, women,
    and sinners
  • Role of women is stressed
  • Tries to be more historical, but has poor
    knowledge of Palestine
  • The second coming, Parousia, is coming soon

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Gospel of Luke
  • Symbol of Luke
  • Ox with wings

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Gospel of Luke
  • Luke uses the term Savior to explain the term
    Christ/Messiah
  • Very aware of the Greek problems in the text and
    corrects them
  • E.G. Transfiguration
  • Mt and Mk metemorjwqh Metamorphosis or
    Transfigure
  • Lk eteron Changed
  • Luke changes the word transfigured because it was
    used often with the Greek gods for when they
    shape-shifted into humans and animals and seemed
    rather Pagan.

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Gospel of Luke
  • Jesus is very Tender in this Gospel
  • Shows pity and care
  • Many proclaim him innocent in the Gospel
  • Women at the cross
  • The people there
  • Thief on the cross
  • Roman centurion
  • Pilate 3 times
  • Luke calls his community to enter into Christs
    passion and carry our own cross
  • Like Jesus, Mary, Apostles, Martha/Mary, the 72
    disciples, and Mary Magdalene, we can choose to
    follow God or not

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Gospel of Luke
  • This is the only Gospel to declare Jesus as
    Lord
  • Jesus is a prophet charged to reveal God
  • Jesus is the new Elijah
  • Friend to sinners
  • Gods visit
  • Model of perfect man
  • Luke is passionate about showing proper behavior
  • Disciples should model proper behavior to each
    others and those who are not Christian

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Gospel of Luke
  • Lukes Gospel is full of parables
  • Jesus is seen as the master of parables and
    allegory
  • Parables are comparisons developed in the form of
    a story
  • They are not meant to teach but to make the
    audience reflect on behavior
  • Lets the audience pass judgment on themselves to
    lead to a change of behavior
  • It is disguised enough to make it easier to pass
    judgment on the self

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Gospel of Luke
  • Allegory
  • Story aimed at teaching
  • One component stand for another
  • I am the vine you are the branches.
  • Occasionally Jesus blends Parable and allegory,
    but normally not
  • Blending would be to teach and change behavior in
    the same story
  • Normally not done because it can be too confusing
    and too pregnant with meaning
  • Very Rare
  • When reading parables, one must always look at
    the audience of the parable for it can change
    context and meaning
  • Pharisees, apostles, wealthy, poor, etc.

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Gospel of Luke
  • Parables provide us with a religious or moral
    context about the kingdom of God
  • Parables were taken from the circumstances in the
    everyday lives of Jesus audience
  • Parables reveal truths to believers and conceal
    truths from nonbelievers
  • Parables have surprise endings
  • Parables present listeners with a a challenge to
    respond to the word of God

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Gospel of Luke
  • Metaphor
  • a figure of speech in which a term or phrase is
    applied to something to which it is not literally
    applicable in order to suggest a resemblance, as
    in A mighty fortress is our God.
  • Simile
  • A figure of speech in which two essentially
    unlike things are compared, often in a phrase
    introduced by like or as, as in The Kingdom of
    God is like a mustard seed.
  • Both similes and metaphors are used in the Gospel
    to illustrate difficult concepts in everyday
    examples

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Gospel of Luke
  • Prayer is central to the gospel, like the Shema
    recited at least twice daily.
  • Hear, O Israel The LORD is our God, the LORD
    alone. You shall love the LORD your God with all
    your heart, and with all your soul, and with all
    your might. Keep these words that I am
    commanding you today in your heart. Recite them
    to your children and talk about them when you are
    at home and when you are away, when you lie down
    and when you rise. Bind them as a sign upon your
    hand, fix them as an emblem on your forehead, and
    write them on the doorposts of your house and on
    your gates. (Dt 64-9)

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Gospel of Luke
  • Phylactery
  • Mezzuzah
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