Overview of the Book of Luke

Moore's Corner Church

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The overview of the week for this Sunday is the gospel according to Luke. Luke is known as the beloved physician and like Mark he was not one of the twelve apostles, however he was a close associate of the

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Apostle Paul. And while Paul wrote the majority of the New Testament books,

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Luke is actually responsible for the most content. The book of Luke is the largest gospel and of course he also wrote the book of Acts.

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The theme of Luke's gospel is Christ the man. The next book, John, will highlight

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Jesus and his divinity, but Luke focuses more on Christ's humanity.

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He gives many details about the birth of Jesus and how he was born of a virgin.

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In chapter 3 he provides his genealogy on the side of his mother Mary which goes all the way back to Adam.

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Luke wrote sometime around 60 to 61 AD and he's writing to a

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Greek audience since we see in chapter 1 he's writing to a man named Theophilus.

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That's obviously a Greek name. Content that is unique to Luke includes the parable of the lost sheep, the lost coin, and the lost son.

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Luke also records the mission of the 70 disciples Jesus sent out to heal the sick.

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It is generally accepted that Luke is the only New Testament author, really the only biblical author, that is not

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Jewish. Luke contains 24 chapters. Chapter 24 begins with the resurrection.

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Jesus then appears to his disciples, he eats with them, and then makes reference to the giving of the

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Holy Spirit, at which point he is taken up into heaven. We'll close with this.

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Luke finishes the book by saying now it came to pass while he blessed them that he was parted from them and carried up into heaven and they, the disciples, worshipped him and returned to Jerusalem with great joy and were continually in the temple praising and blessing