The Gospel According to Luke

Session 4 is the Gospel according to Luke.

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9:06

Session 4 Video

Luke’s Purpose (Inclusio):
- 1:1-4 “Orderly account…So that you might know with certainty…” (ἐπιγνῷς).
- 24:31 “And their eyes were opened, and they recognized (ἐπιγινώσκω) him.”
Luke-Acts:
- Theophilus: May have been benefactor of the Luke-Acts writing project.
- Historical anchors (names of rulers, census, etc.)
- Holy Spirit Birth narratives with the Holy Spirit playing a prominent role in both
- Prayer
- Geographic Chiastic Structure (see Blomberg, 161)
  - LUKE: Rome - Galilee of the Gentiles - Samaria - Judea - Jerusalem
  - ACTS: Jerusalem - Judea - Samaria - World of the Gentiles - Rome
  - The resurrection and ascension form a narrative overlap between Luke-Acts.
    - May indicate why Luke leaves out Galilean resurrection appearances

and other geographic material that does not fit into his structure.

Gentile inclusion
- examples:
  - 3:38 | Luke’s genealogy goes all the back to Adam
  - 3:6 | Longer quotation of Isaiah 40:3-5 compared to // in Mt & Mk 1:3
  - 4:14-30 | Jesus’ reading of Isaiah 61 in Nazareth
Focus on outsiders & reversal:
- Gentiles
- Tax collectors [Pharisee and the publican (18:9-14); Zacchaeus (19:1-10)]
- Poor
- Prostitutes
- Foreigners
- Samaritans
- Women
Banquets/Meals/Tables — Luke includes 10 scenes of table fellowship and is the only one to mention the Pharisee’s accusation that Jesus “eats with sinners” (three times—5:29; 15:1;19:7).
Parables (28/40 total parables appear in Luke, 18 unique to Luke).
Emphasis on Savior/Salvation (8 times in Luke, 9 in Acts, 0 in other Synoptics)
- “I must be” (δεῖ) — key theme in Luke-Acts often in connection to Jesus’ mission.
  - 4:43 | “I must preach the good news…”
  - 9:22 | “The Son of Man must suffer many things…”
  - 13:33 | “I must go on my way…”
  - 17:25 | “But first he must suffer…”
  - 19:5 | “Come down, for I must stay at your house today…”
  - 22:37 | “Scripture must be fulfilled in me…”
  - 24:7 | “The Son of Man must be delivered into the hands…”
  - 24:26 | “Was it not necessary that the Christ should suffer…”
  - Acts 1:16 | “The Scripture had to be fulfilled…”
  - Acts 5:29 | “We must obey God rather than men…”
  - Acts 9:16 | “I will show him how much he [Paul] must suffer…”

The Gospel According to Luke Instructions

Lesson

9:06

Session 4 Video

Luke’s Purpose (Inclusio):
- 1:1-4 “Orderly account…So that you might know with certainty…” (ἐπιγνῷς).
- 24:31 “And their eyes were opened, and they recognized (ἐπιγινώσκω) him.”
Luke-Acts:
- Theophilus: May have been benefactor of the Luke-Acts writing project.
- Historical anchors (names of rulers, census, etc.)
- Holy Spirit Birth narratives with the Holy Spirit playing a prominent role in both
- Prayer
- Geographic Chiastic Structure (see Blomberg, 161)
  - LUKE: Rome - Galilee of the Gentiles - Samaria - Judea - Jerusalem
  - ACTS: Jerusalem - Judea - Samaria - World of the Gentiles - Rome
  - The resurrection and ascension form a narrative overlap between Luke-Acts.
    - May indicate why Luke leaves out Galilean resurrection appearances

and other geographic material that does not fit into his structure.

Gentile inclusion
- examples:
  - 3:38 | Luke’s genealogy goes all the back to Adam
  - 3:6 | Longer quotation of Isaiah 40:3-5 compared to // in Mt & Mk 1:3
  - 4:14-30 | Jesus’ reading of Isaiah 61 in Nazareth
Focus on outsiders & reversal:
- Gentiles
- Tax collectors [Pharisee and the publican (18:9-14); Zacchaeus (19:1-10)]
- Poor
- Prostitutes
- Foreigners
- Samaritans
- Women
Banquets/Meals/Tables — Luke includes 10 scenes of table fellowship and is the only one to mention the Pharisee’s accusation that Jesus “eats with sinners” (three times—5:29; 15:1;19:7).
Parables (28/40 total parables appear in Luke, 18 unique to Luke).
Emphasis on Savior/Salvation (8 times in Luke, 9 in Acts, 0 in other Synoptics)
- “I must be” (δεῖ) — key theme in Luke-Acts often in connection to Jesus’ mission.
  - 4:43 | “I must preach the good news…”
  - 9:22 | “The Son of Man must suffer many things…”
  - 13:33 | “I must go on my way…”
  - 17:25 | “But first he must suffer…”
  - 19:5 | “Come down, for I must stay at your house today…”
  - 22:37 | “Scripture must be fulfilled in me…”
  - 24:7 | “The Son of Man must be delivered into the hands…”
  - 24:26 | “Was it not necessary that the Christ should suffer…”
  - Acts 1:16 | “The Scripture had to be fulfilled…”
  - Acts 5:29 | “We must obey God rather than men…”
  - Acts 9:16 | “I will show him how much he [Paul] must suffer…”