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| Repeated motifs in Luke | |||
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| Things Luke may be trying to emphasize. Also see the Jesus and the issues pages. | |||
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 Setting
the story of Jesus in the context of the Roman empire |
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| Luke is the only gospel writer
who mentions Roman emperors and uses them to establish chronology . Data: 1:5, 2:1f, 3:1-2 |
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| A
pattern of promise/fulfillment/praise (set up in 1:1) |
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| Data: 1:13: Zchariah's wife would have
a son / 1:57: John is born / 1:67 Song of Zechariah 1:31: Mary would conceive a son / 1:41-42: Unborn John bears witness / 1;46-55: Song of Mary 2:26: Simeon would see the Messiah / 2:28: He sees Jesus / 2:29: Song of Simeon |
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| Two
great journeys: Jesus to Jerusalem (9:51), Paul to Rome (in Acts) |
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| The
role of women in the gospel |
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| See Prof. Felix
Just's site for a full list. Some highlights include: ch. 1: Mary and Elizabeth ch. 2: Anna 7:36-50 the woman at Simon's house 8:1-3: the women who provide for Jesus 10:38-42: Mary and Martha 13:10-17: healing of a woman (among other healings) 17:35: two women grinding grain 18:1-8 Parable of the persistent widow (to include only incidents unique to Luke) |
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| The
crucifixion is a miscarriage of justice. |
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Rather than seeing the crucifixion of Jesus in the
light of how it appeases God, or of direct theological terms, Luke emphasizes
how "Jesus was innocent" and that the cross is justice gone
amok. |
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| The
Samaritans |
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| They are mentioned at 9:52, 10:25-37, 17:11-16 and Acts 8:25 and in a uniformly positive way. John has one story (4:4) involving them, but otherwise they are not mentioned, or mentioned positively in the gospels. | |