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.-//+++oooooooooo++//-` {{Infobox_Contents | `://++:-:::::::::::::::::::/ooo+:` topic_name = Luke's Gospel | `/++/.`````.::::::::::::::::::::::::/oo+. subtopics = [[Gospel]] | `-/+/.``````````-:::::::::::::::::::::::::::oo: opinion_pieces = {{short_opinions}} `.://+/-````````````..-//////:::::::::::::::::::::::+* [[Luke, Gospel according to (EBD)|Easton's+` Bible Dictionary entry on the Gospel of Luke]] | `s+/:-``````-://///////:::::::::/+++oo/::::::::::::::::::/so- }} {{chapters}}[[Luke 1|1]] [[Luke 2|2]] [[Luke 3|3]] [[Luke 4|4]] [[Luke 5|5]] [[Luke 6|6]] [[Luke 7|7]] [[Luke 8|8]] [[Luke 9|9]] [[Luke 10|10]] [[Luke 11|11]] +//////////:.``` `./oo+::::::::::::::::::+s. [[Luke 12|12]] `:so::::::::::::::::::s+ [[Luke 13|13]] -os:::::::::::::::::+s` [[Luke 14|14]] -s+::::::::::::::::/y` [[Luke 15|15]] `+s::::::::::::::::/y` [[Luke 16|16]] /y::::::::::::::::+s [[Luke 17|17]] +s::::::::::::::::s/ [[Luke 18|18]] h:::::::::::::::::h`[[Luke 19|19]] oo::::::::::::::::y:[[Luke 20|20]] +o::::::::::::::::+o[[Luke 21|21]] s+::::::::::::::::/s[[Luke 22|22]] `.--://+++++++++++/::-.` .h:::::::::::::::::/s[[Luke 23|23]] .-:+o++////:::::::::::::///++o+/-. `y/:::::::::::::::::+s[[Luke 24|24]] .:+o+//::::::::::::::::::::::::::::/+oo/-` `s+::::::::::::::::::+o ./o+/:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::/+ooy/:::::::::::::::::::o+==Commentary== `:o+/:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::/os+::::::::::::::::::h. `The [[gospel]] according [[Apostle Luke|Luke]] is the third book of the [[New Testament]].It tells the story of [[Jesus]]' life, death, and resurrection.The story told in Luke is continued by the same author in the sequel the [[Acts of the Apostles]].--.` `.+yo///////::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::os+:::::::::::::::/y -+o++///+oo-:/+o++o+++++++++ooso+//::::///+//::::::::::::::::::::::::::/ss/:::::::::::::y- oo/::::::/oy+//::::::::::::::::::/+osooso+++++oso/::::::::::::::::::::::::/y+:::::::::::s+ +'''Read [[Matthew Henry'sConcise Bible Commentary]] on the [[Text::::::+s+/:::::::::::::::::::::::::/h+:::::::::/ss/::::::::::::::::::::::::ss:::::::::+s MHC Concise {{SUBPAGENAME}}|{{SUBPAGENAME}}]]''' h:::::+s+::::::::::::::::::::::::::::h/:::/osooss/:/h/::::::::::::::::::::::::oy:::::::+s` oo::/yy+/::::::::::::::::::::::::::::s:::oy/::::/y::os:::::::::::::::::::::::::oy:::::+o` `o+oo-.-h:::::::::::::::/+o++++o+/::::::-d:::::::/::os::::::::::::::::::::::::::ss:::o+ - ===Author=== /The author's`/``d::::::::::::::s/name is not recorded anywhere in the gospel.` `-/o+:::::so::::::::/y/:::::::::::::::::::::::::::h+/s: Early Christian writings such as the [[Muratorian Canon]] and the works of [[Orenaeus]] name Luke as the author.y` :`:h::////:::::::y- `Further evidence can be taken from the [[Book of Acts]], which is the continuation or companion book of the gospel of Luke, written by the same author. `+s:::::os+/::/+os/::::::::::::::::::::::::::::/d+In Acts, the writer uses the pronoun "we" suggesting that the author was a companion of [[Apostle Paul|Paul]]. s/-:/+so+/////++oo+//h /+ h:::::::+ooooys:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::h- `./s/===Recipient=== The gospel is addressed to [[Theophilus]] ([[Luke 1:-3]]).`````````````-:+y+:Theophilus may have been a Roman official.` y/:::::::::::/h:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::o+ ===Date and place of writing=== Two possible suggestions for the date of writing are between [[59 AD|59]] and [[63 AD]], or around [[80 AD]].++/.``````````````````````.-/++/.` .h:::::::::::::d:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::+s `/+.``````````````````````````````-/++===Purpose and themes=== ===Quirinius or Cyrenius?===At [[Luke 2:2]] the governor is named as Cyrenius in the Authorised Version (KJV) and as Quirinius in many modern translations.:s/::::::::::::-d:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::/y `s:````````````````````````````````````-/yo/:::::::::::::h::::::::::::::::::::::so:::::::/s /+`````-oThere is no contradiction in the Bible text in ancient Greek.`````` That certainly reads Κυρηνιου.-/``````````````````````` That word has [[Bible words and their meaning—Strong's Numbers|Strong's number]] 2958, which Strong transliterates as Kurenios.+s/:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::/h::::::::o+ /+``````-:``````-/The German Luther Bible and, later, the KJV change Kurenios into letters which existed in the Latin alphabet.`````````````````````````:h::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::/h/::::::::y- o/Although that alphabet is similar to ours, it does not, for example, contain the letter K, so that was replaced by C....- The ending -:/:::.``````````````````````````````d::::::::::::::::::::o/:::::::::oy/:::::::::h` -/os/sssd:dNmho/is replaced by -us, which would be appropriate for a Roman man. Hence Cyrenius.``````````````.. In the German language, an obvious pronunciation of the word Cyrenius is Ku-::.```rain-h::::::::::::::::::::/h:::::::/ys::::::::::oo /++m+sNNmmm//ooo+++/:::::/++ooosd:-/.`.s+:::::::::::::::::::::d:::::/ss/:::::::::::h` `y+:hmmmNo::::::://++d:oy//::+yius, which sounds similar to Kurenios.````-s/::::::::::::::::::::::so::+yy/::::::::::::s/ +s:/y+mmNy:::::::::::/oo/:/+s+````-oo::::::/:::::::::::::::::/do+:.h/:::::::::::+o Modern versions use information from elsewhere that there was a Roman called P Sulpicius Quirinius.h:::y::sdNy/////:::::///+ss+ The translators or paraphrasers replace the word used by Luke by the word Quirinius.```-oo::::::::+ There is no Q in Greek, so:::::::::::::::-d the name Quirinius, written in Greek, would have to start with the Greek letter K.y/::/+ooo+:oo y+::::y+.`{{stub}} ==Quotes== ==Links== {{returnto}} [[Christianity]] -:/++ooosssooo+/.```.:shooooooooooo+o+o/::::::::::::-d `osso-```> [[Bible]] -yo > [[New Testament]] -y::::::+so-````````````````.:++-````````` `/s/:::::::::::h .+++++++:` -ys+oo+:::[[Category:/oyy+/::-------/++/- /s/+s//++oo+y Books of the New Testament]] [[Category:s````-yo+++/:-` `..----::-. :yo.````.h: Gospels]] -////-` ./+++++[[Category:Synoptic gospels]]
This and the previous edit were just removing accents from letters in the Cyrenius section, and replacing the copied/pasted Greek by α etc. In case portability is improved.