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Introduction - Many have undertaken to draw up an account of the things that have been fulfilled among us, just as they were handed down to us by.
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Luke 18 The Parable of the Persistent Widow 1 Then Jesus told them a parable about their need to pray at all times and not lose heart: 2 “In a certain town there was a judge who neither feared God nor respected men.
Bible portal. Christianity portal. v. t. e. The Gospel of Luke [note 1] tells of the origins, birth, ministry, death, resurrection, and ascension of Jesus. [4] Together with the Acts of the Apostles, it makes up a two-volume work which scholars call Luke–Acts, [5] accounting for 27.5% of the New Testament. [6]
Whether Luke was a Jew or gentile, or something in between, it is clear from the quality of the Greek language used in Luke-Acts that the author, held in Christian tradition to be Luke, was one of the most highly educated of the authors of the New Testament.
The Birth of Jesus. 2 In those days Caesar Augustus issued a decree that a census should be taken of the entire Roman world. 2 (This was the first census that took place while[ a] Quirinius was governor of Syria.) 3 And everyone went to their own town to register.
11 Then an angel of the Lord appeared to him, standing at the right side of the altar of incense. 12 When Zechariah saw him, he was startled and was gripped with fear. 13 But the angel said to him: “Do not be afraid, Zechariah; your prayer has been heard.
New King James Version. Dedication to Theophilus. 1 Inasmuch as many have taken in hand to set in order a narrative of those things which [ a]have been fulfilled among us, 2 just as those who from the beginning were eyewitnesses and ministers of the word delivered them to us, 3 it seemed good to me also, having [ b]had perfect understanding of ...
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Finally, Luke relates the story of Jesus and the church to contemporaneous church history. Luke is concerned with presenting Christianity as a legitimate form of worship in the Roman world, a religion that is capable of meeting the spiritual needs of a world empire like that of Rome.
