Luke’s Gospel The Perfect Man Who was Luke? Companion of Paul (Acts 16.1-10) Doctor (Col. 4.14) Women with issue of blood Healthy don’t need a doctor.

Luke’s Gospel

The Perfect Man

Who was Luke?• Companion of Paul (Acts 16.1-

10)• Doctor (Col. 4.14)

•Women with issue of blood•Healthy don’t need a doctor

• Historian – accurate and thorough•Wrote Luke and Acts•Very precise terms

Who was Luke?• Phenomenally intelligent

•Greek standards•Knowledge of Old Testament •Knowledge of culture and Mediterranean•Lake of Galilee

• Loved by churches (2 Cor. 8.18)

Who was Luke?• Gentile (Col 4.14)

•This is a radical issue in Bible days.

•His gospel reflects this fact – •Roman Names

The Gospel of Luke• Longest book in the New

Testament• Focuses on Jesus as a human

•What He felt•Researched book

• Written between AD 60 and AD 64• Richest vocabulary of any gospel• Universal appeal

•All men...

Jesus in Luke• The Perfect Man

•The Son of Man who came to seek and save the lost (Luke 19.10)

•As perfect man, Jesus is after all people. •Matthew was written to the Jews

•Mark was written to the Romans

•Luke was written to all people

Theophilus (Luke 1.1-4)• Friend of God• “Most Excellent”

•Legal title

• Possibly a lawyer/ judge investigating Paul and his message.

Purpose • To provide a factual and orderly

account of the events of Jesus’ life, ministry, death and resurrection.•Paul’s trial?

• Faith is not believing without regard to evidence, it is believing without regard to consequence.

Structure• Luke 1-4.13 Private Life• Luke 4.14-9.50 Galilee• Luke 9.51-19.44 Going to

Jerusalem

• Luke 19.45-23.56 In Jerusalem• Luke 24 Resurrection

Structure• Birth stories

•Mary’s point of view•Genealogy of Jesus goes

through Mary to Adam• The only childhood story

of Jesus•Just before Bar Mitzvah•“My Father’s house...”

Key Features •Women

•Mary, Elizabeth, lost coin, women with the offering, the widow’s son at Nain

•Mary and Martha•Supporters of Jesus’ ministry were women

•Women weeping for Jesus

Key Features •Samaritans

•The “thank you” leper•Fire from heaven•The Good Samaritan

•Gentiles•Zarephath widow and Naaman

•The Seventy

Key Features • The Outsiders

•Healing of lepers•Zaccheus is unique to Luke•Shepherds•The prostitute anointing Jesus’

feet – it is Luke that tells us about her lifestyle

•Tax Collector and Pharisee•Thief on cross

Key Features •Medicine

•Luke 4.38 high fever•Luke 7.15•Luke 8.55 – feeding the girl who was raised from the dead

•Luke 14.1-2 edema

Key Features

•Prayer•Praise and Worship•Joy•Happy Gospel! It is good news!

Key Features • Holy Spirit

•More references than Matthew and Mark combined!

• John the Baptist and the Spirit•Spirit on Mary and Elizabeth•The Spirit on John and Simeon • Jesus full of the power of the

Spirit•The book ends with the promise

of the Spirit

Key Features • Unique Parables

•Good Samaritan•Prodigal Son•Persistent Widow•Pharisee and Tax Collector•Friend at Midnight•Barren Fig Tree•Crooked Manager

Key Features • Unique Events

•Miraculous fish catch (Luke 5)

•The mission of the seventy

•The ascension (linking to Acts)

Key Features • Unique Events

•Miraculous fish catch (Luke 5)

•The mission of the seventy

•The ascension (linking to Acts)

The Perfect Man• Human

•Compassionate and merciful• Happy

• Joy of finding the lost•Laughter (Luke 6.21)

• Heavenly•Holy Spirit is there!•Bringing people to heaven.

Bringing heaven to people.

The Perfect Man• Human

•Compassionate and merciful• Happy

• Joy of finding the lost•Laughter (Luke 6.21)

• Heavenly•Holy Spirit is there!•Bringing people to heaven.

Bringing heaven to people.

The Perfect Man• Human

•Compassionate and merciful• Happy

• Joy of finding the lost•Laughter (Luke 6.21)

• Heavenly•Holy Spirit is there!•Bringing people to heaven.

Bringing heaven to people.