The Gospel of Luke

I. Howard Marshall

Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing, Nov 14, 1978 - Religion - 928 pages

The Gospel of Luke was written, says its author, as an historical account of the ministry of Jesus. Not only would it serve as the basis for a sound faith on the part of professing Christians, but it would also claim a place for Christianity in history. Christ's ministry, as Luke shows, is realized prophecy; it is that time during which God's promise of salvation was fulfilled. His teachings, healing, and acts of compassion are all part of the good news. In Luke's Gospel, Christ's message of salvation is directed to the weak, poor, and needy, with an emphasis on the importance of self-denial and of whole-hearted discipleship. Thus, while Luke is the most conscious historian of the Gospel writers, his history is a vehicle of theological interpretation in which the significance of Jesus is expressed.

In this commentary I. Howard Marshall calls attention to the theological message of Luke the Evangelist. His primary purpose is to exegete the text as it was written by Luke, so that the distinctiveness of Luke's Gospel may be seen.

Basing his commentary on the third edition of The Greek New Testament, Dr. Marshall also refers to many variant readings which are significant in this study. He provides fairly full information on the meanings of the Greek words used by Luke and shows which words and constructions occur frequently and are therefore characteristic of his style. It is by this meticulous analysis of the Greek that Luke's theological intentions can be objectively determined.

Contents

• PREFACE 114: 39
• THE BIRTH AND CHILDHOOD OF JESUS 15252: 45
• 525: 49
• 2638: 62
• 3956: 77
• 5780: 86
• 120: 96
• 2140: 114
• 4152: 125
• JOHN THE BAPTIST AND JESUS 31413: 131
• 16: 132
• 79: 137
• 1014: 141
• 1517: 144
• 1820: 148
• 2122: 150
• 2338: 157
• 113: 165
• THE MINISTRY IN GALILEE 414950: 175
• 1415: 176
• 1630: 177
• 3144: 190
• 3132: 191
• 3337: 192
• 3839: 194
• 4041: 195
• 4244: 197
• 111: 199
• 12611: 206
• 1726: 210
• 2732: 217
• 3339: 221
• 15: 228
• 611: 233
• 1249: 236
• 1216: 237
• 1719: 241
• 2049: 243
• 2026: 245
• 2738: 257
• 3949: 267
• 150: 276
• 1117: 283
• 1823: 287
• 2428: 292
• 2935: 297
• 3650: 304
• 121: 314
• 13: 315
• 48: 317
• 910: 321
• 1115: 323
• 1618: 327
• 1921: 330
• 2256: 332
• 2639: 335
• 84056: 341
• 150: 348
• 16: 349
• 79: 355
• 1017: 357
• 1820: 363
• 2122: 367
• 2327: 371
• 2836: 380
• 3743a: 389
• 43b45: 392
• 4648: 394
• 4950: 398
• PROGRESS TOWARDS JERUSALEM 9511910: 400
• 511024: 402
• 5156: 403
• 5762: 408
• 116: 412
• 1720: 427
• 2124: 430
• 251113: 439
• 2528: 440
• 2937: 444
• 3842: 450
• 14: 454
• 58: 462
• 913: 465
• 1454: 470
• 1426: 471
• 2728: 480
• 2932: 482
• 3336: 487
• 3754: 490
• 11321: 508
• 112: 509
• 1321: 521
• 2234: 525
• 3548: 532
• 4959: 545
• 19: 552
• 1017: 556
• 1821: 559
• 221435: 562
• 3133: 568
• 3435: 573
• 16: 577
• 711: 581
• 1214: 583
• 1524: 584
• 2535: 591
• 132: 597
• 13: 598
• 47: 600
• 810: 602
• 1132: 604
• 131: 613
• 19: 614
• 1013: 622
• 1617: 626
• IS: 630
• 1931: 632
• 110: 639
• 12: 640
• 34: 641
• 56: 643
• 710: 645
• 11188: 648
• 2021: 652
• 2237: 656
• 18: 669
• 91910: 677
• 1517: 681
• 1823: 683
• 2430: 686
• 3134: 689
• 3543: 691
• 110: 694
• THE MINISTRY IN JERUSALEM 19112138: 700
• 2840: 709
• 4148: 717
• 4546: 719
• 4748: 721
• 1214: 722
• 18: 723
• 919: 726
• 2026: 733
• 2740: 737
• 4144: 743
• 4547: 749
• 14: 750
• 538: 752
• 56: 759
• 711: 760
• 1219: 766
• 2024: 770
• 2528: 774
• 2933: 778
• 3436: 781
• 3738: 784
• THE PASSION AND RESURRECTION OF JESUS 2212453: 785
• 12: 786
• 36: 787
• 713: 789
• 1418: 792
• 1920: 799
• 2123: 807
• 2427: 810
• 2830: 814
• 3134: 818
• 3538: 823
• 392325: 827
• 3946: 828
• 4753: 833
• 5462: 838
• 6365: 845
• 6671: 846
• 15: 851
• 612: 854
• 1325: 857
• 2649: 861
• 2631: 862
• 3238: 865
• 3943: 870
• 4449: 873
• 502453: 877
• 5056a: 878
• 56b2412: 882
• 1335: 889
• 3643: 900
• 4449: 903
• 5053: 907
• INDEX OF AUTHORS: 911
• INDEX OF SUBJECTS: 919
• SELECT INDEX OF GREEK WORDS AND PHRASES: 926

Popular passages

Page 5 - ALMIGHTY GOD, who calledst Luke the physician, whose praise is in the Gospel, to be an evangelist and physician of the soul; may it please thee, that by the wholesome medicines of the doctrine delivered by him, all the diseases of our souls may be healed, through the merits of thy Son JESUS CHRIST our Lord. Amen.

Page 20 - WF Arndt and FW Gingrich, A Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament and other Early Christian Literature (Cambridge: University Press; Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1957).

Page 23 - WD Davies, The Setting of the Sermon on the Mount (Cambridge, 1964), p.

Page 20 - F. Blass and A. Debrunner, A Greek Grammar of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, trans, and rev.

About the author

I. Howard Marshall is professor emeritus of New Testament exegesis and honorary research professor at the University of Aberdeen, Scotland. His many books include New Testament Theology: Many Witnesses, One Gospel and Beyond the Bibl

Bibliographic information

• Title: The Gospel of Luke; New international Commentary on the new Testament; The New International Greek Testament Commentary
• Author: I. Howard Marshall
• Edition: reprint
• Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing, 1978
• ISBN: 0802835120, 9780802835123
• Length: 928 pages
• Subjects: Religion / Biblical Commentary / New Testament / General