- Day 1 of the New Testament! Great day to jump in!
The book of Luke was written by a gentile for the gentiles. Luke was a Dr. writing for Theophilus. Theophilus may have been Luke’s friend, his lawyer, his financer, but I think of it this way…Theophilus means “one who loves God” in Greek. So when it is said Luke is writing it to Theophilus, I think the book is written to me, (and you) “one who loves God”. He specifically was writing to the Greeks. (This totally makes sense now that we read about the Intertestement Time “the Silent Years”.) Greeks believed in the “Perfect Man”- that is what Philopsphers preached about. So Luke will refer to Jesus as “the Son of Man”. He is the Perfect Man.
The emphasis of this book is: What Jesus Felt. This book writes about Jesus’ compassion and miracles. In fact, there are more miracles in this book than Matthew and Mark put together.
- This book will tell 20 miracles, 7 of them can only be found in Luke
- This book will tell 23 parables, 18 of them can only be found in Luke
- This book is the only one that has songs like the Magnificat and the song of Elizabeth
- This book is the only one that shares the post-resurrection account on the Road to Emmaus.
The book of Luke is the most complete narration and is relatively the most chronological.
Reading the Bible - 2021 