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Bible Commentaries
The Bible Study New Testament Bible Study NT
Announcement of John's and Jesus' Births.Chapter 2
Birth of Jesus; Presentation at the Temple.Chapter 3
John the Baptist; Jesus' Baptism; Genealogy.Chapter 4
Temptation of Jesus; Beginning of Ministry.Chapter 5
Calling of the First Disciples; Miracles.Chapter 6
Sabbath Controversies; Choosing the Twelve Apostles.Chapter 7
Healing of Centurion's Servant; Raising of Widow's Son.Chapter 8
Parables; Calming the Storm; Healing of Demoniac.Chapter 9
Feeding 5,000; Transfiguration; Mission of Seventy-Two.Chapter 10
Parable of the Good Samaritan; Mary and Martha.Chapter 11
Teachings on Prayer; Rebuking Pharisees.Chapter 12
Teachings on Anxiety; Parables; Watchfulness.Chapter 13
Healing on Sabbath; Parables; Lament over Jerusalem.Chapter 14
Teachings on Humility; Parable of the Great Banquet.Chapter 15
Parables of the Lost Sheep, Coin, and Son.Chapter 16
Parable of the Shrewd Manager; Teaching on Money.Chapter 17
Teachings on Forgiveness; Ten Lepers Healed; Coming of the Kingdom.Chapter 18
Parables of the Persistent Widow; Rich Ruler; Blind Beggar.Chapter 19
Triumphal Entry; Cleansing of the Temple; Zacchaeus.Chapter 20
Questions from Authorities; Parable of the Tenants.Chapter 21
Olivet Discourse; Signs of the End Times.Chapter 22
Last Supper; Gethsemane; Arrest of Jesus.Chapter 23
Trial before Pilate; Crucifixion; Death.Chapter 24
Resurrection; Appearances; Great Commission.
- Luke
by Rhoderick D. Ice
INTRODUCTION TO LUKE
Luke, “our dear doctor” (Colossians 4:14), was a doctor of medicine and a historian. He was a close companion of Paul, and was with him during both the first and second imprisonments at Rome (Colossians 4:14; Philemon 1:24; 2 Timothy 4:11). He was not a Jew. His name, his style of writing, and his pattern of thought, all point to Greek training. He may have been one of the first Gentile converts at the metropolitan city of Antioch (Acts 11:20-21), where the first Gentile church outside the borders of Palestine was planted.
Both Matthew and John were “eyewitnesseses” of the life of Christ. Mark based his work on the “eyewitness account” of Peter. Luke draws on authentic material already in circulation, and carefully studies and compares it [he says this in Luke 1:1-4], probably consulting with Paul about it. In every case, these writers wrote under the guidance of God [INSPIRATION] and what they wrote was EXACTLY what God wanted them to write (2 Timothy 3:16-17).
Evidence points to Luke writing this Gospel while Paul was imprisoned at Caesarea (Acts 23:33; Acts 24:27). Luke probably wrote the Acts during Paul’s first imprisonment at Rome, since he was there with him, and, because the Book of Acts terminates with Paul’s first imprisonment and mentions nothing of the years between the release in 63–64 A.D. and the second imprisonment of 68 A.D. Luke’s statement in Acts 1:1 shows the Gospel of Luke already written when the Acts is begun. With the death of Jesus being in 30 A.D. [by the corrected calendar], this means both Luke and Acts were written within 34 years of the Cross. In fact, of all the New Testament writers, only John wrote later than this, toward the end of the First Century [the Gospel of John , 1, 2, 3 John, Revelation].
From THE BIBLE, AUTHORIZED VERSION to commemorate THE THIRD JUBILEE of THE BRITISH AND FOREIGN BIBLE SOCIETY. 1804–1954.
