The Gospel of Luke

S4E1: Introduction

New Testament timeline (PDF)

Synoptic Gospel relationships (PDF)

Ched Myers, Binding the Strong Man (archive.org link)

Context and Themes (PDF)

S4E2: Prologue (1.1-4)

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S4E3: introduction to Zechariah and Elizabeth (1.5-9)

The reigns of Herods (PDF)

Characterization in Luke 1 (PDF)

S4E4: "and you will name him John" (1.10-23)

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S4E5: The Annunciation, Part 1 (1.24-33)

Interaction with the heavenly realm in Luke 1-2 (PDF)

Echoes of Hebrew Scripture in characterizations in Luke 1-2 (PDF)

S4E6: The Annunciation, Part 2 (1.34-38)

Language of amazement in Luke (PDF)

SE7: Mary and Elizabeth (1.39-45)

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S4E8: the Magnificat (1.46-55)

Hebrew Scripture echoes in the Magnificat (PDF)

S4E9: the birth of John (1.56-66)

Luke 1-2 Scenes and Subjects (PDF)

S4E10: Zechariah's song

The Benedictus in Luke 1.68-79 (PDF)

S4E11: the imperial census (2.1-5)

Raymond Brown, The Birth of the Messiah (archive.org link)

Excerpt from Josephus, Antiquities, 18.1 (PDF)

Excerpt from 2 Samuel 24 (PDF)

S4E12: the birth of the Messiah (2.6-14)

English translations of Luke 2.14 (PDF)

S4E13: the shepherds' response (2.15-20)

Chiasms in Luke 2 (PDF)

Glorifying God in Luke (PDF)

S4E14: fulfilling "the law" (2.21-27)

Torah/nomos of Moses in Luke (PDF)

S4E15: Simeon's praise of God (2.28-35)

Luke 1-2 songs of praise compared (PDF)

S4E16: the prophet Anna (2.36-40)

Male/female pairs in Luke (PDF)

Summary statements in Luke/Acts (PDF)

Hannah, Mary, Elizabeth and Anna (PDF)

S4E17: Jesus in the temple (2.40-52)

Words for young Jesus and John in Luke 1-2 (PDF)

Seeking and finding in Luke (PDF)

Scripture echoes in Luke 2 (PDF)

S4E18: empire vs. wilderness (3.1-2)

Religion of creation vs. religion of empire (PDF)

Luke 3-4 chiasms (PDF)

John the baptist in Mark 3 and Luke 1, compared (PDF)

Josephus on John the Baptist (Antiquities 18.5, PDF)

S4E20: "What should we do?" (3.7-14)

John the Baptist in Matthew 3 and Luke 3 compared (PDF)

“Fruit” in Luke’s Gospel (PDF)

“Stone” theme in Luke (PDF)

James Scott, Domination and the Arts of Resistance: Hidden Transcripts (publisher’s website link)

James Scott, Weapons of the Weak: Everyday Forms of Peasant Resistance (publisher’s website link)

Richard Horsley, Hidden Transcripts and the Arts of Resistance: Applying the Work of James C. Scott to Jesus and Paul (publisher’s website link)

S4E21: "One more powerful than I is coming" (3.15-20)

John the Baptist in all three synoptic gospels (PDF)

Excerpt from Josephus’ Antiquities of the Jews on John the Baptist (PDF)

Excerpt from O.F. Robinson, Penal Practice and Penal Policy in Ancient Rome (PDF)

Imprisonment in Luke (PDF)

S4E22: "You are my Son, the Beloved" (3.21-23a)

Jesus’ baptism in the synoptic gospels compared (PDF)

Prayer in Luke (PDF)

Holy Spirit in Luke (PDF)

S4E23: "son of Adam, son of God" (3.23b-38)

Jesus’ genealogy in Luke and Matthew compared (PDF)

S4E24: Jesus is tempted by the "devil": introduction (4.1-14)

The temptations of Jesus in Luke and Matthew (PDF)

The temptations of Jesus echoing through Luke’s Gospel (PDF)

New Testament language for the devil or satan (from Farrar and Williams, PDF)

Diabolos and satan in the Bible, revised to include “satan in the New Testament” (PDF)

S4E25: "Command this stone to become bread" (4.1-4)

Deuteronomy in Luke 4.1-14 (PDF)

S4E26: "all the kingdoms of the world" (4.5-8)

“Kingdom” in Luke (PDF)

Excerpt from Josephus’ “Jewish War” on Caligula and Agrippa (PDF)

Connections between Luke 4.5-8 and the Book of Daniel (PDF)

S4E27: "Throw yourself down" (4.9-13)

Psalm 91 in relation to Luke 4.9-13 (PDF)

Deuteronomy 6-8 in relation to Luke 4.1-13 (PDF)

S4E28: Introduction to Jesus' ministry in Galilee(Luke 4.14-9.50)

Jubilee in Hebrew Scripture (PDF)

The “four Ds of Jubilee” in Luke (PDF)

S4E29: "The Spirit of the Lord is upon me..." (Luke 4.14-21)

Luke 4.18-19 and Isaiah 61 (PDF)

“The Spirit of the Lord” in the Bible (PDF)

S4E30: "All in the synagogue were filled with rage" (Luke 4.22-30)

Leviticus 25.10 and the widow/Naaman stories (PDF)

S4E31: "have you come to destroy us?" (Luke 4.31-37)

Demons and evil spirits: cultural context (PDF)

Mark 1 and Luke 4 synagogue exorcism scenes (PDF)

Nazareth and Capernaum synagogue sabbath scenes in Luke 4 (PDF)

S4E33: standing beside the lake of Gennesaret (Luke 5.1-3)

Scenes in Luke 5 (PDF)

Hansen article on Galilean fishing economy (PDF)

Hansen article, annotated by Wes (PDF)

Key points from Hansen article (PDF)

Names for the body of water in Galilee (PDF)

S4E34: "you will be catching people" (Luke 5.4-11)

Luke 5 and John 21 (PDF)

Paula Parker, Luke 5.1-11 (PDF)

The language of “catching” in Luke 5.4-10 (PDF)

S4E35: Jesus cleanses a leper (Luke 5.12-16)

Ways NOT to read the New Testament healing and exorcism stories (PDF)

“Chomai” words in Luke 5.12-16 (PDF)

Shinall, “The Social Condition of Lepers in the Gospels” (PDF)

Baden and Moss, “The Origin and Interpretation of sara`at in Leviticus 13-14″ (PDF)

Etukumana, “The Reconciliation of Lepers in Luke 5:12-15 and its Implications for Human Dignity” (PDF)

S4E36: Down through the roof (Luke 5.17-19)

Mark 2.1-12 and Luke 5.17-26 compared (PDF)

Jesus’ opponents in Luke’s Gospel (PDF)

Language of healing in Luke’s Gospel (PDF)

S4E37: "your sins are forgiven" (Luke 5.20-26)

“Questioning” in Luke (PDF)

S4E38: Jesus flips a tax collector named Levi (Luke 5.27-32, part 1)

Jesus’ ministry of Jubilee in Luke 5 AND the birth and rebirth of the Levites (PDF)

Mark 2.16-22 and Luke 5.30-39 compared (PDF)

Meal scenes in Luke (PDF)

S4E39: Jesus flips a tax collector named Levi (Luke 5.27-32, part 2)

Righteousness/justice/justification in Luke (PDF)

S4E40: Weddings, garments and wineskins
(Luke 5.33-39)

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S4E41: Plucking grain on the sabbath (Luke 6.1-5)

Mark 2.23-3.5 and Luke 6.1-11 (PDF)

Sabbath in Luke (PDF)

Pharisees in Luke’s Gospel (PDF)

Jesus’ argument in Luke 6.4 (PDF)

S4E42: "...to save life or to destroy it?"
(Luke 6.6-11)

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S4E43: Disciples into apostles (Luke 6.12-16)

Apostles in the Gospels (PDF)

“The Twelve” in the New Testament (PDF)

S4E44: Introduction to the Sermon on the Plain (Luke 6.18-49)

Sermon on the Plain outline (PDF)

Parallel elements in Luke’s Sermon on the Plain and Matthew’s Sermon on the Mount

Traditional scholarly view of the relationship between Matthew and Luke (PDF)

S4E45: Sermon on the Plain, Prologue
(Luke 6.17-19)

Luke 5.15-17 and 6.17-19 (PDF)

S4E46: Sermon on the Plain: Beatitudes (Luke 6.20-23)

Beatitudes in Luke (PDF)

The “poor” in Luke (PDF)

Beatitudes in Luke 6.20-23 echoed elsewhere in Luke/Acts

S4E47: Sermon on the Plain: "Woe to you!" (Luke 6.24-26)

“Woe” in Luke (PDF)

Woes in 1 Enoch 94-95 (PDF)

Translation issues around Greek, ouai (“woe”) (PDF)

S4E48: Sermon on the Plain: "Love your enemies" (Luke 6.27-35a)

“Love” in Luke (PDF)

Variations on “the golden rule” (PDF)

S4E49: Sermon on the Plain: "Love your enemies," part 2 (Luke 6.35b-38)

Biblical roots of God’s mercy (PDF)

Greek words for “release” or “forgive” (PDF)

S4E50: Sermon on the Plain: come, hear, be healed, then heal others

“Building” in Luke (PDF)