Gospel Of Luke 2: 1-21

The Gospel of Luke was written by a Greek- speaking Christian. It was not written to replace the Gospel of Mark, but as a new account written for an audience under different circumstances than Mark’s community. The church was becoming more Gentiles than Jews. Most people in Luke’s community were not familiar with the Jewish traditions that were referred to by many preachers. Many members of the community were well off as well. This community struggled to follow a church that had a Hebrew core. These issues are what influenced Luke’s writing. Luke wanted his community to know that they were all included in God’s plan for salvation even though in history the Jews would have been the first to know. A few of the major themes of Luke’s Gospel were: salvation for all, mercy and forgiveness, and modern

I chose to read The Gospel of Luke for my project. It is said that The Gospel of Luke was written somewhere between 80 CE - 90 CE. The Gospel of Luke was written for Theophilus, who was called “Friend of God”. But The Gospel was also written for a wider audience, including converts and potential converts.

The gospel of Luke and John are gospels about Jesus and John the Baptist. They have several differences and similarities. The Gospel of Luke describes the conception and birth of John the Baptist and Jesus while the gospel of Luke describes their life after birth. Summaries, variances, and connections of these two gospels are discussed below.

The gospel of Luke is an in-depth story of Jesus life, his purpose, his vision and his sacrifice; from birth to death Luke does an amazing job painting a beautiful picture of Jesus, showing his ancestry, portraying him as a human just like you and I. Luke does tell a lot of the same things as Matthew and Mark but a much more in depth description and explains Jesus identity, his journey, the religious leaders of the time, and his resurrection and crucifixion.

Mary delivered the child, wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger. Mary, joseph, and baby Jesus were visited by shepherds from nearby fields, called on by angels. Once they reached the stable, the shepherds and their flock knelt down before the manger, in respect for this newborn king. When they did this, the child’s parents were amazed that these shepherds were so reverent to and amazed by their own child! The Holy Family’s travel back to Nazareth was a long and dangerous one. It was so dangerous because of King Herod. Herod heard that Jesus was to be the new king, and Herod did not like this at all! His solution to this was to find baby Jesus and destroy him. Luckily, Joseph was visited in a dream by an angel, who said,” Rise and take the child and his mother, flee to Egypt, and stay there until I tell you” (Mt. 2:13). The Blessed family stayed in Egypt until the death of Herod. By doing so, Jesus fulfilled yet another prophecy, “When Israel was a child I loved him, out of Egypt I called my son” (Hos. 11:1). Before that, Herod realized he had been tricked, he became enraged. He ordered the boys of Bethlehem, and its vicinity, that were at the two and younger to be massacred. It was then that what the prophet Jeremiah had said had been fulfilled: “A voice was heard in Raman, sobbing and loud lamentation; Rachel weeping for her children, and since she would not be consoled, since they were gone no more.” The

Luke’s introduction of the Gospel started with an angel visiting a priest named Zechariah and informing him that his old barren wife will give birth to a son named John. Around the same time the angel Gabriel visited the virgin Mary in Nazareth and told her that

According to Carter-Levine, “For some readers, Luke is an ancient feminist seeking to enfranchise women and erase gender distinctions’ (Pg. 69). What I found most interesting from our first set of readings was the idea that the Gospel of Luke may have been written by a woman. I do not believe this is the case; however, Carter and Levine do give good arguments as to why this may be. Luke talks about many women in his Gospel: Anna, Tabitha, Mary, Martha, Lydia, and even recognizes Elizabeth, the mother of John the Baptist, as a prophet. I just cannot buy the concept that women were writers in this time period. It seems to me that women had a place and men had a place and even today, in that part of the world, women tend to certain jobs and

All of the Gospels have a special and important message within them. It is the Gospel of Luke that today’s Christians need the most, because of the powerful message that it provides. It seems as though today's Christians have lost the understanding that God loves everyone and that Jesus came for everyone.

Jesus Christ was born during the reign of Herod the Great who ruled over Palestine at the end of the first century B.C. on the twenty-fifth of December, which is celebrated by Christians every year in honor of the day the Son of God was born to bring eternal salvation to all. Jesus was born in the city of Bethlehem in Judea by the Virgin Mary in a stable. Joseph was the earthly father of Jesus. During this time Herod was bothered by the birth of Jesus because he heard a new king had been born. Herod became frantic and sent his soldiers to Bethlehem to kill all the boys under the age of two. Joseph and Mary fled to Egypt before the soldiers could reach them. When Herod died and all settled, Joseph and Mary went to Galilee and settled in a town

This essay will look at Luke 7:11-17 the retelling of when Jesus Christ raised the child of a widowed woman, and 1 Corinthians 3:10-15 a section of the Pauline letter to the church at Corinth where he is trying to address in this section the issue of the division of Corinth.

The second Part of a two-volume work related to the Gospel of Luke,1 called, “The Acts of the Apostles,” known as the most important book of the New Testament.2 Scholars overlooked the absolute purpose of Luke’s writings in Acts. Many lost focus of Luke’s apologic defense of the Christian movement concerning the Gospel of Jesus Christ that was addressed to the Jews. Instead, many evolving issues developed in the early church, as many Scholars dissected Luke’s purpose of his work. Whether the book is historically accurate, theological, or as the history book of the early church,3 it should be gleaned as Luke’s apologic plead to his unknown friend Theophilus, a senior Christian Roman official, or symbolically the entire

The story of Jesus' birth was announced to Mary by an angel. She was a virgin, and the angel was informing her she would bear a child since she has found favor with the Lord.[1 Luke 1:28-32] Also mentioning he will be the Son of God. [1 Luke 1:35] The angel also informs that Elizabeth in her old age will also conceive a son and nothing is impossible with God. [1 Luke

Throughout the Gospel we are exposed to the notions of materialism and wealth and we can see how it is easy for this emphasis on such temptations to colour and erode the spiritual priority that should characterize the church (AG, 2014). In the biblical passage, Jesus reminds the rich young man that obedience to the Ten Commandments is necessary in order to “inherit eternal life”. The Commandments are essential points of reference if we are to live in love, to distinguish clearly between good and evil, and to build a life plan that is solid and enduring. Jesus is asking us too, whether we know the Commandments, whether we are trying to form our conscience according to God’s law, and putting the Commandments into practice (Benedict XVI, 2010). The rich young man was seeking to enter the eternal kingdom of heaven, and although he had kept the Commandments, what was keeping the rich young man from spiritual perfection was his love of money. As the apostle Paul wrote, “For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some people, eager for money, have wandered from the faith and pierced themselves with many grief’s” (1 Timothy 6:10). Jesus, who lived his life in humility and obscurity, never accumulating wealth or possessions (AG, 2014), asked the young man, “Go, sell your possessions and give to the poor, and then you will have treasure in heaven”. Whatever is standing in our way, keeping us from perfection and maturity is an obstacle that can keep us out of the kingdom of

From the time when Jesus ascended into heaven to the present day, Jesus sovereignly works through His children to continue to spread the gospel. For a time, the apostles of Jesus did not have either Jesus with them or His Spirit. During this time, though, the eleven apostles continued to seek God even as they chose a new apostle to take the place of Judas Iscariot. The apostles of Jesus spent this time waiting but not waiting and doing nothing. They prayed and worshiped God together. During one of the times of worship and prayer, the Spirit of God descended upon each one of them. Empowered by the Spirit, they went out preaching and telling people about Jesus in all different languages as the Spirit gave them utterance. As they were preaching, Peter stood up and addressed the gathering crowd and began to preach about Jesus and the crowd’s need for Him. As Peter preached, God pricked many in their hearts and they were convicted of their sins. After Peter’s sermon, many were baptized.

Jesus is portrayed as a compassionate healer and teacher in Luke's gospel. Luke also portrays Jesus as a saviour in the image of a divine man. Like was a well educated jew that was struggling with the christians new faith. Luke is one of the synoptic gospels in the New Testament whose audience appears to be gentiles. Luke portrays Jesus as a person who reaches out to the poor and brings Justice to all. In Luke 10:38-42 Jesus visited Martha and Mary. Martha was disrespectful to Jesus as she put cleaning before Jesus, where as Mary sat down at Jesus’ foot and stayed with him. Jesus then says “Martha, you are worried and distracted by many things” Jesus is showing compassion and love even though Martha was showing disrespect towards Jesus. Overall,