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Luke 1 serves as the opening chapter to Luke's Gospel narrative, setting the stage for the arrival of John the Baptist and Jesus Christ. It recounts two extraordinary birth announcements, marked by divine intervention, prophecy fulfillment, and expressions of faith, joy, and praise.
Luke was a companion of Paul (Acts 16:10-11; 2 Timothy 4:11; Philemon 1:24) and Paul called him the beloved physician (Colossians 4:14). Luke was a doctor and therefore a man of science and research, and this is reflected in his history of the life of Jesus.
The promises are fulfilled in unexpected ways, in that they include everyone: Jews and gentiles, men and women, tax collectors and outcasts. Luke draws Jesus as hospitable and caring for the poor and the marginalised. Mary and a number of women disciples play an important part in the gospel.
Jesus came to turn our world order, our expectations of greatness, upside-down. Luke, one of the gospel writers and a traveling companion of the Apostle Paul (Colossians 4:14), was a medical doctor and historian who investigated the life of Jesus Christ.
Five themes keep re-occurring in Luke’s Gospel: 1 Salvation a) a historical event Jesus Christ’s coming to earth as a man is the centre point of history. Luke points out the exact time and situation of Jesus’ birth. (Luke 2). Jesus sets his face towards Jerusalem (9:51) where he completes his work, commits his Spirit
Luke 1:1-2. New International Version. Introduction. 1 Many have undertaken to draw up an account of the things that have been fulfilled[a] among us, 2 just as they were handed down to us by those who from the first were eyewitnesses and servants of the word. Read full chapter.
Introduction. 1 Many have undertaken to draw up an account of the things that have been fulfilled among us, 2 just as they were handed down to us by those who from the first were eyewitnesses and servants of the word. Read Chapter Compare.
