The Good News According to Luke

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ISBN: 9780664223618 | 0664223613
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Copyright: 5/1/1984

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This commentary analyzes Luke's writings and gives specific explanations to enable readers to understand the special contributions Luke makes to the testimony of the New Testament. With the precision for which he is noted, Eduard Schweizer conveys the whole picture of what Jesus Christ means to the faith.

Introduction

(10)

Preface: Luke's Purpose (1:1-4)

(5)

Infancy Narratives: John and Jesus (1:5---2:52)

(53)

Annunciation (1:5-38)

(14)

God's New Beginning: Annunciation of John (1:5-25)

(6)

God's New Creation: The Annunciation of Jesus (1:26-38)

(8)

The Entwining of God's Two Acts: The Meeting of Mary and Elizabeth, The Magnificat (1:39-56)

(5)

Birth---Naming---Praise of God (1:57---2:40)

(24)

Fulfillment of the Promise: Birth and Naming (1:57-66)

(2)

Benedictus (1:67-80)

(6)

God's Visitation of His People (2:1-20)

(8)

The Presentation: Nunc Dimittis (2:21-40)

(8)

Jesus, At Home With God And Humanity (2:41-52)

(7)

The Growth of the Community (3:1---9:50)

(97)

Preparation: Appearance and Message of the Baptist and Jesus (3:1---4:30)

(28)

The Forerunner (3:1-6)

(2)

The Gospel of the Baptist (3:7-20)

(6)

The Son of God Is Proclaimed: Jesus' Baptism and Genealogy (3:21-38)

(4)

The Temptation of Jesus (4:1-13)

(3)

Jesus Programmatic Sermon (4:14-30)

(12)

``Throughout All Judea, Beginning From Galilee'' (Acts 10:37) (4:31---5:11)

(11)

The Good News of the Kingdom of God (4:31-44)

(3)

God's Call to Discipleship (5:1-11)

100

(7)

The Growth of the Community (5:12---6:11)

107

(6)

Conflict (5:12---6:11)

107

(6)

Call and Instruction (6:12-49)

113

(15)

Call to Disciples and People (6:12-19)

114

(2)

The Sermon on the Plain (6:20-49)

116

(2)

God's Partisanship on Behalf of the Poor (6:20-26)

118

(4)

The Central Commandment of Love (6:27-36)

122

(2)

Love That Does Not Judge (6:37-42)

124

(3)

Roots and Foundations (6:43-49)

127

(1)

Call to Assemble (7:1---9:50)

128

(37)

The Faith of the Centurion (7:1-10)

130

(2)

Power over Death (7:11-17)

132

(2)

God's Astonishing Work in the Baptist and in Jesus (7:18-35)

134

(3)

The Friend of Sinners (7:36-50)

137

(4)

Women Follow Jesus (8:1-3)

141

(2)

The Parable of Those Who Hear the Word (8:4-21)

143

(4)

Jesus' Authority over Storm, Demons, and Death (8:22-56)

147

(4)

The Sending of the Twelve (9:1-6)

151

(2)

Who Is This? (9:7-9)

153

(1)

Jesus' Authority in the Feeding of the Five Thousand (9:10-17)

154

(1)

Who Is This?---The Answer (9:18-27)

155

(3)

God's Affirmation of Jesus' Suffering (9:28-36)

158

(3)

The Incomprehension of the Disciples (9:37-50)

161

(4)

The Road to Jerusalem (9:51---19:27)

165

(132)

The Coming Kingdom: Call to Discipleship (9:51---11:36)

167

(30)

To Jerusalem (9:51-56)

168

(3)

Discipleship (9:57-62)

171

(1)

Mission of the Seventy (10:1-16)

172

(6)

The Fall of Satan (10:17-20)

178

(4)

The Presence of Salvation (10:21-24)

182

(2)

The Chance to Love (10:25-37)

184

(4)

The Chance to Have Faith (10:38-42)

188

(2)

The Chance to Pray (11:1-13)

190

(3)

The Chance to Encounter Jesus (11:14-36)

193

(4)

True Discipleship in Contrast to Pharisees and Scribes (11:37---12:59)

197

(21)

Conflict with Pharisees and Scribes (11:37---12:1)

198

(5)

Discipleship Without Anxiety (12:2-12)

203

(3)

A Bad Investment (12:13-21)

206

(3)

Freedom from Anxiety (12:22-34)

209

(2)

Openness to Whatever Comes (12:35-48)

211

(3)

Trial by Fire and Baptism (12:49-53)

214

(2)

Blindness to God's Signs (12:54-59)

216

(2)

Repentance and the Coming Kingdom (13:1-21)

218

(6)

Time to Repent (13:1-9)

218

(2)

The Sabbath as a Sign of God's New Creation (13:10-17)

220

(3)

The Littleness and Greatness of the Kingdom of God (13:18-21)

223

(1)

Jerusalem: City of Decision (13:22-35)

224

(8)

The Nearness to Jesus of the Distant (13:22-30)

224

(4)

Jerusalem, City of Decision (13:31-35)

228

(4)

The Joy of Repentance (14:1---15:32)

232

(20)

Table Conversation as Call to the Kingdom of God (14:1-24)

233

(1)

Sabbath Healing (14:1-6)

233

(1)

The Life Shaped by the Coming Kingdom (14:7-14)

234

(3)

The Kingdom of God as a Banquet (14:15-24)

237

(3)

Considered Discipleship (14:25-35)

240

(2)

Two Seekers (15:1-10)

242

(4)

The Powerless Almighty Father (15:11-32)

246

(6)

Discipleship and Possession (16:1---17:10)

252

(13)

Liberation for God's Future (16:1-13)

253

(3)

The Function of the Law (16:14-18)

256

(3)

Wealth as Separation from God (16:19-31)

259

(3)

The Life of a Disciple (17:1-10)

262

(3)

Jerusalem and God's Final Judgment (17:11---19:27)

265

(32)

Healing and Salvation (17:11-19)

266

(3)

Present and Future of the Kingdom (17:20-37)

269

(8)

Perseverance in Prayer (18:1-8)

277

(3)

Right Self-Assessment Before God (18:9-14)

280

(4)

Childlikeness and Freedom from Possessions (18:15-30)

284

(3)

Blindness to God (18:31-43)

287

(2)

The Repentance of Those Far Off (19:1-10)

289

(3)

Life That Looks for God's Coming (19:11-17)

292

(5)

Passion and Resurrection (19:28---24:53)

297

(84)

Days in Jerusalem (19:28---21:38)

297

(32)

Jesus Takes Possession of the Temple (19:28-48)

297

(5)

Jesus' Teaching in the Temple (20:1---21:4)

302

(1)

The Authority of His Teaching (20:1-8)

302

(1)

The Parable of the Rejected Messenger (20:9-19)

303

(2)

A Trick Question: Religion and Politics (20:20-26)

305

(1)

The Theology of the Resurrection (20:27-40)

306

(2)

Jesus' Counterquestions (20:41---21:4)

308

(1)

Presence and Future of God's Kingdom (21:5-38)

309

(20)

Jesus' Passion (22:1---23:56)

329

(35)

Passover Preparations in the Shadow of the Cross (22:1-13)

329

(1)

Passover (22:14-38)

330

(12)

Jesus' Struggle with God's Will (22:39-46)

342

(2)

The Hour of Darkness (22:47-53)

344

(1)

Peter's Denial and Jesus' Confession (22:54-71)

345

(4)

``Before King and Governor'' (23:1-25)

349

(7)

The End as a Sign of the New Beginning (23:26-56)

356

(1)

The Way of the Cross (23:26-32)

356

(2)

Jesus' Crucifixion and Death (23:33-49)

358

(5)

The Burial of Jesus (23:50-56)

363

(1)

New Beginning---Gift of the Risen Lord (24:1-53)

364

(17)

God's Message to the Women (24:1-12)

365

(2)

Word and Sacrament---Gift of the Risen Lord (24:13-35)

367

(7)

The Road into the Future---Gift of the Risen Lord (24:36-53)

374

(7)

Retrospect

381

(5)

Indexes

Index of Names and Subjects

386

Index of Excursuses

xvi

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