![]() ![]() Luke slows time to a crawl, narrating almost no significant plot points, but having Jesus draw out in great detail the nature of his kingdom over the course of the next 10 chapters. Then he demonstrates and explains how salvation is received by faith (Luke 7-8), before dedicating attention to shaping his followers (Luke 9:1-50). He proclaims a new covenant morality to his covenant people (Luke 6:12-49). He declares himself to be the Spirit-filled servant of the Lord Isaiah foretold (Luke 4:16-30) then he demonstrates the fact by giving liberty, sight, and favor to many (Luke 4:31-6:11). ![]() And the doing and the teaching are nearly always linked. Jesus’ Galilean ministry begins by focusing on all that Jesus began to do and teach. Will we see it? Image by Lars_Nissen from Pixabay Part 2 Walkthrough And that salvation shows up in the man whom God declares to be his Son (Luke 3:22), a wildly contested claim (Luke 4:3, 9). John’s purpose is to prepare the world to “see the salvation of God” (Luke 3:6). In the second subdivision, we see John’s and Jesus’ credentials for the ministries to which they’ve been called. Zechariah confesses his son’s role to give knowledge of salvation (Luke 1:77), and Simeon’s eyes get to see for themselves God’s salvation embodied in the baby Jesus (Luke 2:30). Then John is born, Jesus is born, and a multitude of angels celebrate the coming of the Savior, who is Christ the Lord (Luke 2:11). Mary and Elizabeth celebrate the two coming children, sent from God the Savior (Luke 1:47). The angel Gabriel predicts John’s birth, and then Jesus’ birth. The early chapters go out of their way to link Jesus with his cousin John. See this post for a detailed analysis of how each section subdivides further. These markers suggest four main divisions to the narrative, plus a brief preface in Luke 1:1-4. And from Luke 19:28, Jesus remains in Jerusalem (with the exception of a 7-mile hike to the suburbs in Luke 24:13). ![]() From Luke 9:51, Jesus is on the way to Jerusalem. Then Luke 4:14 returns to Galilee, remaining there until Luke 9:50. He begins in Judea in the days of King Herod (Luke 1:5), shifting the setting from Judea to Galilee and back again a few times in the opening chapters. Luke’s chief markers are geographical statements. This post now summarizes most of the work done in those other places, to provide a single interpretive walkthrough of the book. How the charges against Paul frame Luke’s purpose.The circumstances behind the writing of Luke.I have written quite a few posts on Luke’s gospel, by way of overview, including: And in particular, the things being corroborated in this “first book” are “all that Jesus began to do and teach” (Acts 1:1). “It seemed good to me … to write an orderly account … that you may have certainty concerning the things you have been taught” (Luke 1:3-4). Luke writes to a Roman official to corroborate the facts of the early Christian movement. ![]()
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