The Gospel Of Luke Chapter 7 Summary

Ehrman talks about how Chapter 7 introduces a comparison method when studying the Gospels. I believe that this approach is leaning more to a critical method when talking about biblical writings. I do realize when reading through the chapter there are many similarities between the stories, but also there are differences.

The Gospel of Luke a Greco-Roman biography I believe that is written by unknown person possibly Greek. Luke is the author who wrote the Acts of the Apostles. The Gospel tells us about the birth, life, death, and resurrection of Jesus, and Acts talks about how Christianity spread through the Roman Empire.

Matthew and Luke’s narrative are similar when talking was Jesus in Bethlehem to a virgin named Mary and Joseph. If you

read through the Gospels of Luke and Matthew none the stories are the same, they are quite different. I am will list a few examples for to show you what I mean; Gospel of Matthew say he has Magi, in the Gospel of Luke it says he has shepherds. Matthew wrote about the flight to Egypt, but Luke wrote about the journey to Bethlehem.
The Gospel of Luke talks about the salvation of God is for the entire world.

When you read the Gospel of Luke, Jesus is rooted traced back to Adam. Why Adam, because he was the first man created by God. Gospel of Luke he does say Jesus is a descendant of the Jews. But if you read more into scriptures it says that Jesus belongs to the world, not to the Jews.

In the Gospel of Luke, he starts off with Jesus is speaking in a synagogue where he grew up. Jesus was preaching a sermon to the Jew and said that he was a prophet. Because Jesus said, he was a prophet the Jews tried to kill him. The narrative of a gospel is Jews people rejected to Jesus say he was a prophet, but the Gentiles embraced it.

Luke talks about as a prophet Jesus that meant God sent him. Of course when it came to the Hebrew’s, and their prophets would oppose to any other prophet sent and kill them. The Gospels of Luke it states that Jesus was born as a prophet, he did miracles as a prophet and died as a prophet. Here is another comparison of the Gospels of Mark and Luke that I found interesting. In the Gospel Mark, he said that Jesus died with unbearable pain, but in the Gospel of Luke he says that Jesus must die for it is a necessity. In Luke 23:46 Jesus called out with a loud voice, “Father, into your hands I commit my spirit.” When he had said this, he breathed his

last.
What I find sad is Jesus was trying to convince his people that he was the Messiah, but instead they showed hatred and murdered him. Jesus death does relates to salvation but does talk about more in detail that repentance will bring forgiveness and salvation. Jesus was not guilty of any crimes, just wanted to bring love and peace to the world.
My conclusion from chapter 7 is that Luke, Mark, and Matthew emphasize directly on what God’s has in store for the world, which include the Jews and the Gentiles.