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I am curious about Luke.

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  • #31
    Originally posted by TheWall View Post
    Why is it that Luke talks about Simeon Anna Elizabeth and Zechariah? I do not mean to say that those stories are not useful or good. Far from that. Why Luke however? Mathew and Mark spoke to a primarily Hebrew audience. Why did Luke choose to tell of these things to theophilus?

    I am most curious.
    St Luke shows a strong interest in the Temple Liturgy, and in worship generally. He shows an equally strong interest in “the poor of the land”; and the Lucan Jesus begins His ministry, in the synagogue, with these words from Isaiah 61:

    1The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me,
    Because the LORD has anointed me
    To bring good news to the afflicted;
    He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted,
    To proclaim liberty to captives
    And freedom to prisoners;
    2 To proclaim the favorable year of the LORD
    And the day of vengeance of our God;
    To comfort all who mourn……

    https://biblehub.com/bsb/isaiah/61.htm#

    Or as St Luke quotes it:

    18“The Spirit of the Lord is on me,
    because he has anointed me
    to proclaim good news to the poor.
    He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners
    and recovery of sight for the blind,
    to set the oppressed free,
    19to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor.”

    https://biblehub.com/bsb/luke/4.htm

    The Lucan emphasis on the poor, the blind, needy, lost, rejected, and so on, is set out in (for example) the Magnificat in St Luke 1.46-55, as well as in the parables in St Luke 15. And this emphasis is in turn probably to be understood in light of Psalm 72: https://biblehub.com/bsb/psalms/72.htm

    Some verses of the Psalm represent the emphasis on the Kingship of Jesus that is to be found mainly in St Matthew. Both Evangelists recall or echo Psalm 72, but their emphases are different. St Luke emphases the universality of Jesus’ mission, so that no-one is excluded from it - not even a crucified criminal.





    Last edited by Rushing Jaws; 07-31-2019, 12:31 AM.

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    • #32
      Originally posted by Cow Poke View Post
      And others claim it wasn't so much a name, as a title. Most of what I've seen indicates that he was a person, either named that, or holding that title.
      I lean toward it being a person. But I have to admit I go the other way in 2 John ("The elder unto the elect lady and her children, whom I love in the truth; and not I only, but also all they that have known the truth." (2 John 1)), that "elect lady", which some have given the Greek name "Eklekta Kyria", actually refers to the local church of elect believers, not to a person.
      When I Survey....

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      • #33
        Originally posted by Faber View Post
        I lean toward it being a person. But I have to admit I go the other way in 2 John ("The elder unto the elect lady and her children, whom I love in the truth; and not I only, but also all they that have known the truth." (2 John 1)), that "elect lady", which some have given the Greek name "Eklekta Kyria", actually refers to the local church of elect believers, not to a person.
        yep
        The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.

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