Luke

Who are Luke and Acts dedicated to?

Theophilus

What do the two books share in common?

Gentiles, women, and universal appeal

According to what passages in Acts, the author was a companion of Paul?

the “we passages”

Which NT passage states Luke was a medical doctor?

Colossians 4:14

External evidence unanimously in support of Lukan authorship

Muratorian Canon, Justin Martyr, Irenaeus, Origen

2 main factors determining the date of Luke

1 - Luke’s relationship to acts - being written before Acts

2 - Luke’s relationship to Mark

Comparison of Synoptics

Most of Mark is in Matthew - unique to mark is the seed growing by itself, deaf and dumb man, and blind man of bethsaida

Luke has birth stories, the travel narrative, good Samartian, Zacchaeus, Lazarus, ten lepers, rich man, etc

Identity of Jesus in the gospels

Matthew - King

Mark - Messiah/Son of God

Luke - Son of David/Suffering Servant

Apostolic voice of the gospels

Matthew - Matthew

Mark - Peter

Luke - Paul

Emphases of the gospels

Matthew - fulfillment of Scripture

Mark - identity of Jesus, discipleship

Luke - women, poor, gentiles

What does the geneology of Luke stress?

Jesus’s humanity

What does Markan priority emphasize?

Matthew and Luke borrowed from Mark to write their gospels.

Problems with Markan Priority

downplays harmony, questions historical accuracy, focuses on changes of Matt and Luke from Mark

What is the Great Omission?

no explanation for why Matthew and Luke both Omitted Mark 6:45-8:26

How does Luke emphasize the lowly?

Jesus born to a poor couple, welcomed by shepherds, visited by people like Anna

Key point of Mary’s song

“He has brought down rulers from heaven but lifted up the humble” 1:52

Was the people’s response to Jesus’s sermon typical during his ministry?

Yes

How does Luke begin his report of Jesus’s ministry?

With the sermon in Nazareth - framework and preparation for the rest of the gospel

What is the travel narrative for?

To train his disciples

Major emphasis of Jesus’s ministry in Luke?

to seek out the most distant person in order to offer salvation

What will the coming of the kingdom be like?

After the rejecting, like lightning, and an instantaneous event with no warning

What happens when Jesus refuses to silence his disciples?

He says that the rocks would cry out his identity

Jesus weeps over what?

Jerusalem being destroyed by the Romans

What end times does Luke focus on?

Soon destruction and eschatological destruction

Jesus’s ministry shows…

He is the Servant of Isaiah

Key point of Mary’s song

He has brought down rulers from their thrones but has lifted up the humble

What does Zechariah exalt the Messiah as?

the rising son

What does Anna recognize the baby Jesus as?

redemption

The gospel of Luke records miracles and teachings that….

substaintiate Jesus’s claim to be the one spoken of by Isaiah

What is Isaiah 61 understood as?

describing the Servant - the Spirit was upon Him

3 main views on the sermon of the plain

1. same sermon

2. different sermons

3. both are made up representative anthologies