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Characteristics in Lukes gospel.

 

            Part A - Explain some of the distinguishing Characteristics of Luke's Gospel.
             Part B - Explore the significance of Luke's teaching on the importance of prayer in the lives of believers.
             Part A.
             Luke's Gospel is said to be one of the beautiful books written in the New Testament. In a famous phrase Renan called Luke's Gospel "the most beautiful book in the world". Luke's Gospel is also one of the most important books of the New Testament it is a fact that Luke, the only Gentile writer of the New Testament wrote more of the New Testament than anyone else Therefore Luke contains a more detailed history of the life of Jesus, he has recorded events which no other gospel has recorded. .
             The most obvious outstanding Characteristic of Luke's Gospel is the Universalism. Luke is the only gospel which traces the genealogy of Jesus back to Adam - Luke ch3V38 " Enosh was the son of Seth. Seth was the son of Adam. Adam was the Son of God." All four gospels Quote the passage from Isaiah ch40v3 as the foretelling of the herald of the messiah "The voice of one crying in the wilderness: Prepare the way of the Lord, make his paths straight" But Luke is the only one to continue with this quotation: ch3v4-6 "Every valley shall be filled, and every mountain and hill shall be brought low, and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough ways shall be made smooth; and all the flesh shall see the salvation of God." Luke has continued this quotation to include the universal promise.
             Luke records the great claim of Jesus ch19v10 "the son of man has come to seek and to save that which is lost" In Luke's Gospel Jesus is portrayed as the saviour for all men, he is a pictured with outstretch arms to hold the whole and a heart to love all men. The kingdom of heaven is not shut to Samaritans. Jesus refuses to destroy the Samaritan village which will not give him hospitality (ch9v51-56). And Luke alone tells the parable of the Good Samaritan (ch10v30-37).


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1. Mark

Mark is the shortest gospel, and is believed to be the first gospel written. ... He makes note of the human characteristics Jesus shows such as anger (6:6), love (10:21), hunger (11:12), and need of rest (6:31). ... These explanations are not found in corresponding passages in Matthew or Luke. ... He adds small details to descriptions of events that Matthew and Luke tend to not have. ... Mark seems to be one of the sources relied on by both Matthew and Luke to give the accounts on the life and ministry of Jesus Christ. ...

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2. Exegetical Analysis of Luke 14:25-33

Luke portrays a different aspect that separates itself from the other gospels of Matthew, Mark, and John. ... Context There are multiple theories regarding the authorship of the Gospel of Luke. ... Both the Book of Acts and the Gospel of Luke are related very closely to each other. ... A fifth observation is Acts naturally continues on from Luke's gospel.... " (Brown 269) The Gospel of Luke serves many significant purposes. ...

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3. Mark's Gospel

The Gospel of Mark is the first of the four Gospels to be written and evidence suggests that the place of origin for this gospel was Rome. ... The author fails to mention himself and this is a characteristic of all the Gospels. ... In all The Gospel of Mark records 18 miracles of Jesus (a similar number to Matthew and Luke) but only 5 parables compared to the 18 in Matthew and 19 in Luke. ... Mark does not include the three specific temptations that we find in Matthew and Luke. ... Mark's Gospel is not the Gospel for telling of the life of Jesus, that's for Luke and Matthew. ...

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4. the birth of chirst: matthew

Like that of Luke's, Matthew's Gospel draws its content from the Gospel of Mark, the elusive "Q" source, and from stories and other preexisting information from Pagan, Jewish and Christian sources (Wilkinson: 165). ... The story of the birth of Jesus is present in the both the Gospels of Matthew and Luke, but not in the Gospels of Mark and John. ... Matthew's Gospel, along with Luke's, add to the basic story line set forth by Mark's Gospel, but essentially tend not to differ from it drastically. Concerning the story of Jesus" birth, the version presented in the Gosp...

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5. Life of christ

The Gospel of the Ebonite's appears to be a harmonization of the canonical gospels, Matthew, Mark and Luke. Another non-canonical gospel is the gospel of the Nazoreans. ... One of the most valuable aspects of Thomas is that many of its writings and most of its content seem to resemble much of the synoptic gospels, Matthew, Mark and Luke. ... The early church did not quickly or unanimously portray Jesus as one characteristic. ... Eleven of the Gospels have clear parables with the books Mark, Matthew, and Luke, but they tend to be a lot shorter, simpler, and more edited. ...

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6. Mission

(Luke 3:6) Jesus knew that he would suffer but yet he did not shy away form his calling. ... In both his letter and Confessio we see, "his immoveable conviction of his call by God to proclaim the Gospel to the early Irish." ... Luke makes it very clear in his Gospel that Jesus was emphatic that God's salvation was for all people, "From the beginning of the Gospel, the angels (2:14) and Simeon (2:32) witness to the good news that God's salvation is for all people."... This shares the same characteristics as Jesus mission. ... (Luke 7:30) Patrick's mission was not without its cost...

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7. Iconic Women of Islam and Christianity

While the former honorific goes uncontested, the latter, Bourgeault argues, has been conflated with lust or prostitution, although nowhere in the Gospel of Luke is this explicitly stated.1 A dramatic event that unwittingly led many to this conclusion concerns the woman with the alabaster jar. The story, mentioned in the Gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John, tells of a woman who anoints Jesus with an expensive perfume. ... Only in the Gospel of Luke, however, is it intimated that the woman is a sinner, and with the Pharisee's comment about "what sort of woman this is," one mi...

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8. The Missionary Practice Of Paul

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9. God through the eyes of two

In the Chi/Rho page from the Lindisfarne Gospels and the "Allah" page from the Album of Sultan Mohammed II of the Conqueror, there are examples of how two different religions interpret their "God" through paintings. The Chi/Rho page from the Lindisfarne Gospels is a Hiberno-Saxon illustration, which dates back to the 8th century. ... In the Bible there are twelve Disciples of Christ, and three of them are named Mark, Luke, and John. In religious art during the Byzantine era the ram, lion, and eagle were symbols of, Luke, Mark, and John. ... Color in this piece of art work is the most defining ...

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