Looking for Jesus according to Luke

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Jesus vs the religious leaders

Luke 6:

The scribes and the Pharisees are now watching Jesus closely to see whether he will cure on the sabbath, in order to find some way to accuse him.

- Jesus has no time to lose but apparently the religious leaders have nothing to do and plenty of time to lose: once again the choice is clear, according to whom you choose, you show what you are looking for! So the religious leaders are not the only ones to be guilty but also those who decide to follow them! It’s up to us to make the right decision!

- Jesus does everything he can to help!

- The scribes and the Pharisees don’t care!

- On the contrary!

- They speak a lot but they don’t act!

- There is no difference when people try to understand the Bible!

- The way you act shows if you really want to understand or if you don’t care!

- Yah.weh’s message is nothing new!

- He has been repeating it to mankind during the whole history of mankind!

- And mankind doesn’t want to understand!

- The Hebrews didn’t want to understand and Jerusalem was destroyed twice!

- And mankind will be destroyed again and again!

 

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Jesus vs the religious leaders


Luke 6:

A student is not above his teacher, but everyone who is perfectly instructed will be like his teacher.

- Jesus taught his disciples and the apostles and when he died they replaced him which shows they were perfectly instructed.

- We can’t say the same with religious leaders, on the contrary!

- When you teach someone, on time he must be able to teach others!

- If it stops, it means something is wrong!

- When you look inside the Bible, you can see a small fire which keeps on burning whatever may happen!

- It doesn’t matter if darkness is everywhere!

- Jesus will come back to throw darkness in the trash!

- And he will do it a second time!

- We live only a few years!

- Thus we may not understand!

- In fact, people even believe that living forever would be boring!

- It shows how primitive and limited the world is!

- When you realize to which extent you can increase your abilities when you get older and that there are no limits, it is just crazy!

- It is just crazy to think how many people lose their mental abilities as they get older!

 

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Someone said:

Just thought you might like my post today as I begin studying Luke. One interesting fact is Luke was a Gentile. That would make Luke the only Gentile to pen any books of Scripture.

 

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- What does the internet say?

The traditional view is that the Gospel of Luke and Acts were written by the physician Luke, a companion of Paul. Many scholars believe him to be a Gentile Christian, though some scholars think Luke was a Hellenic Jew. Let's have a look!

The gospel of Luke and the Acts of the Apostles make up a two-volume work which scholars call Luke–Acts. Together they account for 27.5% of the New Testament, the largest contribution by a single author, providing the framework for both the Church's liturgical calendar and the historical outline into which later generations have fitted their idea of the story of Jesus.

The author is not named in either volume, but he was educated, a man of means, probably urban, and someone who respected manual work, although not a worker himself; this is significant, because more high-brow writers of the time looked down on the artisans and small business-people who made up the early church of Paul and who were presumably Luke's audience. According to a Church tradition beginning with Irenaeus (c. 130 – c. 202 AD) he was the Luke named as a companion of Paul in three of the Pauline letters, but "a critical consensus emphasizes the countless contradictions between the account in Acts and the authentic Pauline letters": an example can be seen by comparing Acts' accounts of Paul's conversion (Acts 9:1–31, Acts 22:6–21, and Acts 26:9–23) with Paul's own statement that he remained unknown to Christians in Judea after that event in Galatians 1:17–24,), and while the author of the Gospel of Luke clearly admired Paul, his theology differs significantly from Paul's on key points and he does not represent Paul's views accurately. Many modern scholars have therefore expressed doubt that the author of Luke-Acts was the physician Luke, and critical opinion on the subject was assessed to be roughly evenly divided near the end of the 20th century. Most scholars maintain that the author of Luke-Acts, whether named Luke or not, met Paul.

 

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Who wrote the book of Luke? Who was the author of Luke?​

Luke, the third book in the New Testament canon, was written by Luke, a physician and companion of Paul on some of his journeys. Often referred to as the “Gospel of mercy,” the book portrays Jesus as showing compassion toward the marginalized, poor, and outcast. In Luke’s Gospel, Jesus is presented as the Savior of all people, not exclusively the Jews, suggesting that the author is a Gentile. The Gospel of Luke distinguishes itself by providing many historical and chronological details. Notably, Luke also includes much information on the women who followed Jesus, mentioning them about 45 times. A large section of Luke contains material unique to that book, including 14 parables not found in the other Gospels.

The author of the third Gospel does not explicitly identify himself. The recipient is indicated as “most excellent Theophilus,” the same person who received the book of Acts (Luke 1:1–4; Acts 1:1). As Acts is obviously a sequel to Luke, the same author likely wrote both books. Christian tradition attributes them to Luke, a physician and close companion of Paul. In his letter to Timothy, Paul mentions Luke as someone who stuck with him through hard times (2 Timothy 4:11). The use of the first-person we in Acts (e.g., Acts 27:1) confirms that the author witnessed the events firsthand. It is probable that Luke was a Gentile, making him the only non-Jewish author in Scripture. His purpose for writing the book of Luke was both theological and apologetic, aiming to reinforce Theophilus’ faith (Luke 1:4).

Luke’s awareness of other disciples’ accounts indicates that Mark and Matthew were likely already written when he compiled his account, alongside other reports and sermons the Twelve probably left. This places the Gospel of Luke sometime after the writing of both Matthew and Mark. Since Acts concludes before Paul’s death in AD 68, Luke-Acts and the first two Gospels were likely written before then.

In alignment with his goal of reinforcing Theophilus’ faith, Luke diligently conducted his research. Although not an eyewitness to the life of Jesus, he had access to eyewitness testimony and various sources, including songs, letters, speeches, and trial transcripts. Leveraging his physician’s eye for detail, he crafted an extensive and orderly account.

The early church unanimously attributed the third Gospel to Luke, and all the ancient manuscripts we have of the Gospel bear his name. Early church fathers like Irenaeus, Ignatius, Clement, and Tertullian affirmed Luke’s authorship, considering his account of the life of Christ authoritative and inspired Scripture.

We have no reason to doubt the traditional attribution of the book to Luke, and Luke is properly acknowledged as the author of the Gospel bearing his name.

 

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Someone said:

Jesus came to seek out and gather the TEN LOST TRIBES OF ISRAELITES - todays ANGLO-SAXON CHRISTIANS.

Most of the Jews had rejected him.

- My answer:

- Have a look at Revelation chapters 7, 14, 20,21 and 22!

 

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Someone said:

Rev 7:6 Of the tribe of Manasses were sealed twelve thousand. Manasseh also included Ephrain - the ancestors of the English and American Christians.

Jesus came to seek out and gather the TEN LOST TRIBES OF ISRAELITES - todays ANGLO-SAXON CHRISTIANS.

Most of the Jews had rejected him.

 

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- My answer:

- Revelation 7:4-8: We are told about a limited number!

- Revelation 7:9: We are told about an unlimited number!

- Revelation 14:1-5: We are told about a limited number, they are virgins, they are blameless, they are called firstfruits!

- In the rest of the chapter, we are told about the crop of the earth!

- Revelation 20:3, we are told about the nations

- Revelation 20:4, “the souls of those who had been beheaded for their testimony of Jesus and for the word of God, and those who had not worshiped the beast or its image, and had not received its mark on their foreheads or hands. And they came to life and reigned with Christ for a thousand years.”

- Revelation 20:5, “The rest of the dead did not come back to life until the thousand years were complete.”
- Revelation 20:6, “Blessed and holy are those who share in the first resurrection! The second death has no power over them, but they will be priests of God and of Christ, and will reign with Him for a thousand years.”

- Revelation 20:8, “the nations”

- Revelation 20:12,13 “And there were open books, and one of them was the Book of Life. And the dead were judged according to their deeds, as recorded in the books. The sea gave up its dead, and Death and Hades gave up their dead, and each one was judged according to his deeds.”

- Revelation 21:3, “His people”

- Revelation 21:26, “the nations”

- Revelation 22:3, “His servants”