Reading the New Testament as Christian Scripture
A Literary, Canonical, and Theological Survey
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8: The Gospel according to Luke
Study Questions
- Read through Luke 1-2 and note themes and ideas that Luke is trying to communicate. Then note ways in which these themes appear in other places in Luke鈥檚 Gospel.
- Read Luke 4:16-30. What did Jesus mean by saying that the Scripture he read had been fulfilled today? What echoes of the Scripture Jesus quotes here do you see throughout the rest of Luke鈥檚 Gospel?
- Which parables did Jesus introduce while the Pharisees grumbled about His welcoming sinners and eating with them?
- Luke traces Jesus鈥檚 genealogy all the way back to which Old Testament figure?