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Luke
The gospels were written by 4 men discussing the same topic (the incarnation of Christ), but from 4 different points of view and they emphasize different areas. Matthew presents Jesus Christ as Messiah the King - events are presented in chronological order. Luke presents Jesus Christ as the 'Son of Man' - the ideal Man and is presented in logical order. Mark presents Jesus as the Servant of the Father. And, John presents Jesus Christ as the Eternal Son of God - emphasizing the deity of Christ.
The Recipients of the 'good news' (gospel) were also different. Matthew was written to the Jews and was written in Aramaic or the Hebrew of the time. Mark was written to the Romans. Luke was written to the Gentiles. And, John was written to everyone.
The divine author is God the Holy Spirit. The human author was Doctor Luke who also wrote the book of Acts.
Chapter
1
{Explanatory
Preface}
1-4``Foreasmuch
as it is well known and a fact of importance
that
many have undertaken to draw up in its historical sequence
a
narrative of events concerning which there has been a wide
diffusion
of knowledge among us, 2``
even
as they delivered them to us for safekeeping,
those
who from the beginning were personal witnesses
of
and ministered the Word, 3``
it
seemed good to me also,
having
traced the course of all things
from
the beginning in the minutest detail,
to
write to you in a consecutive order,
Your
Excellency, Theophilas, 4``
in
order that you may come to have
a
'full and accurate experiential knowledge' {epiginosko}
concerning
the undoubted truth of the matters/Words {logos}
in
which you were instructed.
{Birth
Announcement of John the Herald/Baptist}
5``There
arose in the days of Herod king of Judea,
a
certain priest named Zechariah/Zacharias
of
the class of priests
whose
time of service was designated by the name of Abia.
And
his wife was of the daughters of Aaron,
and
her name was Elizabeth.
6``
And, they were righteous {dikaios}
both
of them, before God,
following
all the commandments
and
ordinances of the Lord blamelessly.
7``Also
they had no child,
because
Elizabeth was barren,
and
they were both very old.
8-9``Now
it came to pass,
while
he {Zechariah} was discharging his duties
as
priest in the fixed succession of his appointed
time
of service before God
according
to the custom of the office of priest, 9``
as
a result of casting lots it fell to his lot to burn incense,
having
gone into the inner sanctuary of the Lord.
10``
Now the whole crowd of people
kept
on praying outside
at
the hour of the incense offering.
11``And,
there appeared to him {Zechariah}
an
angel/messenger of the Lord,
having
stood on the right side
of
the altar {thusiasterion} of incense {thumiama}.
12``And
Zechariah was troubled when he saw the angel,
and
'fear fell on him' {was seized with fear}.
13-17``But
the angel said face to face with him,
"Do
not be afraid, Zechariah,
because
{dioti} your prayer has been heard,
and
your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son.
You
will call his name John
{Ioannes - the future John the Herald/Baptizer - 'John the Baptist'
was more appropriately 'John the Herald of the King'}. 14``
And,
will be joy and gladness for you,
and
many will rejoice at his birth 15^~
For
he {John the Herald}
will
keep on being great
in
the sight of the Lord,
he
will drink neither wine nor whiskey.
Furthermore,
he will be filled with the Holy {hagios} Spirit {pneuma}
'out
from' {ek} his mother's womb. 16``
He
will 'turn back'/'cause the return'
many
of the 'small children' {huios} of Israel
{huios - used for a 'baby' meaning no spiritual growth}
to
the Lord their God. 17``
And
he will go before Him {as the Herald to the King}
in
the spirit
{pneuma - enduement of God the Holy Spirit (this is not yet the
Church Age - no indwelling of God the Holy Spirit)}
and
power {dunamis} of Elijah,
to
turn the 'right lobes'/hearts {thinking part of the soul}
of
the fathers
back
to their 'children learning under authority'
{teknon - used for people learning doctrine and growing in spiritual
maturity}
and
the disobedient ones {apeithes}
to
the 'divine viewpoint'/'objective thinking' {phronesis}
of
the just/righteous {dikaios},
to
make ready for the Lord
a
people furnished/prepared {kataskeuazo}."
{Note: John did baptize people but his main function was to act as a herald announcing the arrival of the King of kings. His job was to prepare/furnish the people with doctrine.}
18``Then
Zechariah said face to face with the angel,
"How
can I come to know {ginosko}
{for
sure about } this?
For
I keep on being an old man,
and
my wife/woman {gune}
is
'well advanced' {probaino}
in
her days {meaning is of old age}."
19``The
angel/messenger {aggelos}
'had
an answer for'/'gave a discerning answer
from
the ultimate source of himself to' {apokrinomai} him,
"I
keep on being Gabriel
{an very high ranking archangel - along with Michael},
'having
stood ready' {paristemi}
in
the presence of God;
and
'have been sent on a mission under His authority' {apostello}
to
speak {laleo} face to face {pros} with you
and
to bring you this 'good news'/gospel {euaggelizo}."
{Note:
The word answered is 'apokrinomai'. It is a compound
verb
. . . a preposition from the ultimate source . . . giving a
discerning answer based on knowledge. Krino means: 'to judge'.
Krinomai means: 'to be discerning in an answer'. Thus, the full
meaning of 'apokrinomai' is: "to give a discerning answer from
the ultimate source of ones self."}
20``"But/and
{kai} now,
because
{anti} you did not believe {pisteuo} my words,
which
will be fulfilled {pleroo - to fill up a deficiency}
in
their own time {kairos},
you
will be silent {siopao}
and
'unable to speak'/'without the power to speak',
until
the day these things
'take
place'/'become what they were not' {ginomai}."
1:21``
Now {kai} the people were waiting {prosdokao}
for
Zechariah,
and
they began to wonder {thaumazo}
at
his delay {chronizo}
in
the temple {naos}.
1:22``
Now {kai} when he came out {exerchomai},
he
was absolutely not {exerchomai}
able/'lacked
the power' {dunamai}
to
speak to them.
They
realized/'had higher knowledge' {epiginosko}
that
he had seen a vision in the holy place,
because
he was making signs to them
and
remained unable to speak.
1:23-25``And
it came to pass
that
when the days of his sacred service were fulfilled
he
went off to his home.
And
after these days, 24``
Elizabeth,
his wife 'became pregnant'/conceived,
and
she kept herself at home in seclusion for five months,
saying,
25``
"In
this manner to me the Lord has done in the days
when
He looked upon me
to
take away my disgrace/reproach among men."
{Birth
Announcement of Jesus the Messiah}
26``Now,
in the sixth month,
the
angel Gabriel was 'sent on a mission' {apostello}
'under
the authority of'/by God
to
a town of Galilee called Nazareth, 1:27``
to
a virgin engaged/'promised in marriage'
to
a man whose name was Joseph, a descendant of David.
And the virgin's name was Mary.
1:28``And
having come to her,
the
angel {Gabriel} said,
"Be
rejoicing . . .
because
you have been encompassed with favor!
The Lord is with you!"
1:29``But
she was greatly perplexed at this statement,
and
kept pondering what sort of 'exotic greeting' {aspasmos}
this
could be.
1:30``So
the angel {Gabriel} said to her,
"
'Stop fearing'/'Do not be afraid', Mary,
for
you have found grace {charis} from God.
1:31``And
look now,
you
shall conceive in your womb and you shall give birth to a son,
and
you must call his name 'Jesus'.
1:32``
This One will be great,
and
will be called the 'Son of the Most High'.
And the Lord God will give Him the throne of his father David.
1:33``And,
He will reign over the house of Jacob forever,
and
of His kingdom there will be no end."
1:34``But
Mary said to the angel {Gabriel},
"How
will this be . . . since I have absolutely not {ouk}
'had
sexual relations with'/
'had
an experiential knowledge of' {ginosko} a man?"
1:35``
The angel had an answer for her {apokrinomai},
"The
Holy Spirit will come upon you,
and
the power of the Most High will
'cast
a shadow over'/overshadow {episkiazo} you.
Therefore
the 'holy' that is being begotten
will
be called 'the Son of God'.
1:36``
"And, behold, your relative Elizabeth
has
also become pregnant with a son in her old age;
and
she who was called barren is in her sixth month.
1:37``For with God, nothing keeps on being impossible."
1:38``So Mary said, "Look now, I am a woman servant of the Lord . . let this happen to me according to your word."
Then
the angel departed from her.
{Mary
and Elizabeth}
1:39``And
having arisen,
Mary
in these days
went
on her way into the hill country . . .
with
haste to a town of Judah.
1:40``And
she entered the home of Zechariah and greeted Elizabeth.
1:41``
And it came to pass,
that
when Elisabeth heard Mary's greeting,
the
fetus {of John the Baptist}
moved
about in her womb
and
Elisabeth was filled with the Spirit.
1:42``
She exclaimed with a loud cry,
"Blessed
are you among women,
and
blessed is the offspring of your womb!
1:43``
And why is this granted me,
that
the mother of my Lord should come to me?
1:44``
For behold,
when
the sound of your greeting reached my ears,
the
fetus moved in my womb . . . in the sphere of joy.
1:45``
And 'blessed {is}'/
'spiritually
prosperous {is}'/'happinesses {to}' {makarios} . . .
she
who believed
because
there would be a fulfillment
of
what was said to her from the Lord."
{Mary's
Hymn of Praise}
1:46-49``
And Mary said,
"My
soul {psuche} magnifies the Lord, 1:47 ``
and
my spirit {pneuma}
has
begun to rejoice in God my Savior, 1:48``
for
He has looked upon the humble position/state
of
His woman servant.
For
take note,
from
now on all generations
will
call me blessed/'spiritually prosperous' . . . 1:49``
for
He Who is mighty
has
done great things for me . . .
and
holy is His Name."
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