Gospel of Luke Lecture

Abraham and Sarah are equal to Elizabeth and Zachariah

Descendants of Aaron (Moses brother); elite Jews

John the Baptist and Jesus are blood relatives

Grew up in

Joseph is prominent in Marys pregnancy and Jesus early years but not really anywhere else

Mary is clueless to Jesus messiahship

Very positive, special woman, chosen woman

Followed Lukes positive portrayal of Mary

Written by Jesus brother

about the boyhood of Jesus

Gabriel (one of two angels in the New Testament) warns Mary about Jesus

Holy Spirit impregnates Mary

Elizabeth is carrying him miraculously just as women in the Old Testament had

Mary is the first and only virgin birth

Poem Mary Sings

Early Christian Hymn

Connects to the Tanakh and Hannahs barren birth

mid 80s

Why not mentioned in other and earlier places

Not the first time because other cultures; may have been gotten from other sources

Barer of God, Mother of God

She never has sex with Joseph; brothers and sisters are actually cousins or children from Josephs previous marriage (Roman Catholic, Episcopalian, Anglican, Methodist, Lutheran)

Mary must be untainted for Jesus to be; Seen in pseudepigraphal texts (Gospel of James)

Marys mother Ann was also overshadowed by the Holy Spirit

Mary didnt die, she ascended into Heaven

No record of this at this time; Mary and Joseph travel to Bethlehem (because David was born there so the Messiah would be too)

outcasts and poor people in that society; Angel tells shepherds that Jesus (the Savior) has been born

Caesar Augustus birth was sometimes connected to miracles so Luke uses it as a device showing the similarities but foiled

resurrection

creation; so eight is recreation

Peter, John, James

Dazzling white robes

Personification of the Law

Represents Prophets (because he was a standout prophet)

Foreshadow of the resurrection

introduces Jesus teachings (Q and L)

Samaritans typically bad, so Jesus shows them as good

the saved do not look for loopholes or a minimum, its a transformation

Sisters of Lazarus

Martha portrays traditional women working, Mary represents women in the kingdom sitting at the feet of Jesus

parables are meant to speak to all groups of people, the poor, tax collectors, and pharisees

religious leaders (99), the sinners and tax collectors (1), shepherd does the illogical thing (a message of affirmation for the sinners and tax collectors having a place in Heaven)

God is portrayed as a woman finding the lost coin

goes against the practice of violently forcing your children to respect you; pigs were unclean so it was the lowest of low; Jewish leaders should not run, but the father did; No public affection, but the father kisses his son; older brother is the religious leaders; were called to be more like the father (accepting and joyful)

it means taking them in and caring for them

familial inheritance

putting shoes on someone is restoring the dignity

they mean a party

Rich man is not named (minor character), Lazarus is named (major character)

Poor person is in Heaven and the rich man is in Hades

those in misery on the world is bless in the afterlife; those in joy (rich) on the world will weep in the afterlife

"it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle"; wealthy man did not notice Lazarus (did not sacrifice for the kingdom of God)

though chronology is different and Jesus speaks on the cross

Speaks to the men on crosses with him

changes line from Matthew and Mark

statement of injustice not Messiahship

Soldier did not view Jesus as the savior

Soldier did not proclaim belief that Jesus was the savior

A lot of women at the tomb and immediately report to the disciples

runs back to find the tomb empty too

where disciples are going and they did not recognize him when they saw him on the road, not until they did communion together

Lukes disciples go here so the Jesus movement can begin with the Jews and spread throughout the rest of the world

End of Luke and Beginning of Acts and all the disciples worshipped (but in Matthew some doubted)