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Luke The gospel of Luke is the last of the three synoptic gospels, written around 85 to 90. This evangelist was the best writer and best storyteller of the bunch. He took Mark, the lost sayings gospel Q, and some unique material and edited together into the most artistic gospel of the four. Luke is the most tender-hearted of the evangelists, and unique to his gospel are some authentic parables, such as the good Samaritan, that are perennial favorites. The gospel of Luke is the last of the three synoptic gospels, written around 85 to 90. This evangelist was the best writer and best storyteller of the bunch. He took Mark, the lost sayings gospel Q, and some unique material and edited together into the most artistic gospel of the four. Luke is the most tender-hearted of the evangelists, and unique to his gospel are some authentic parables, such as the good Samaritan, that are perennial favorites. Luke is especially emphatic that Jesus’ message is for all the world. Luke’s Jesus is especially associated with the poor, with women, with prayer, and with repentance. The material from Q appears here in a less edited form than in Matthew. This is the gospel in which, for example, we learn that Jesus’ disciples are to hate their fathers.The material from Q appears here in a less edited form than in Matthew. This is the gospel in which, for example, we learn that Jesus’ disciples are to hate their fathers. Luke is probably the best all-around gospel as far as content and reliability go. In the contest over reliable content, John’s odd gospel isn’t even in the running, so that leaves Mark, Matthew and Luke. Mark has plenty of details that Luke scrubs out, such as Jesus’ words of despair on the cross, so Luke is not perfect. But Mark doesn’t have any of the teaching material from Q, so it’s not really in the running, either. That leaves Matthew and Luke facing off. Matthew and Luke are both based on Mark and on the sayings gospel Q, so they each have basically the same content. Matthew, however, has done a lot more editing on Q. Look at the beatitudes and the lords’ prayer, for example. In addition to what they have in common, Luke and Matthew each have a mythical nativity story. Luke’s homey story of the manger and the shepherds at least represents Jesus’ humility and humanity, while Matthew’s story is all about mighty men and bloodshed. As for unique content, Luke’s emphasis on prayer, on the poor, and on women fits historical Jesus better than Matthew’s emphasis on Jesus fulfilling prophecies and assuming the role of a new and better Moses. Only Matthew references the church, and the evangelist’s story of Jesus establishing apostolic authority has helped make the gospel popular, but it also takes the reader another step away from what Jesus really said and did. Luke pulls ahead of Matthew on several points. If you can only read one gospel, read Luke. As a free bonus, Luke is also the best storyteller of the four. See also gospel, Mark, Matthew, John, little drummer boy, Passion of the Christ.
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contents table of contents you're already looking at it introduction for the inquisitive reader biographical overview who he was and wasn't
afterlife not Jesus' concern animal sacrifice bloodless religion apocalypse did Jesus preach hellfire? baptism sin wash for Jesus and others beatitudes Jesus' words and others' words beloved disciple witness for the un-gospel bible scripture old and new bishop the unjesus body focus on the physical Buddha Jesus' close kin charity key Christian virtue and legacy of Jesus The Da Vinci Code secret (and false) messages divorce women's status dreams convenient literary device Elijah Jewish prophet with his own second coming equality ancient source of modern egalitarianism exorcist Jesus and demons failure reinterpreting Jesus as a failure faith from trust to blind belief father Jesus on titles of honor Francis of Assisi the most Christlike Christian Gandhi the 20th century's most Christly holy man Galilee Jesus' inauspicious homeland gentiles Jesus' inadvertent audience god how Jesus became god golden rule key to Jesus' success gospels competing accounts heaven from sky to spiritual home hell revenge fantasy humanism Jesus' legacy inerrant Christian treatment of scripture Thomas Jefferson ethics of Jesus Jewish guilt Christian libel John's gospel the un-gospel John the baptist, see John the washer John the washer Jesus' apocalyptic mentor Judaism libeled religion of Jesus kingdom of god what Jesus promised Lao Tzu poet of the cosmic way logos jesus as the word of god C. S. Lewis famous, flawed trilemma little drummer boy Luke beats Matthew logos Jesus as the divine word LORD Yahweh transitioning to the one god of all Luke's gospel the all-around best gospel Mark's gospel the gospel that lost its point Mary of Magdala women, visions, and sex massacre of the innocents bloodshed starts early Matthew's gospel best gospel for church reading Mormon, see Joseph Smith Moses Jewish lawgiver Muhammad a prophet who got it right mystery Orpheus and transubstantiation oppression origin of Jesus' compassion The Passion of the Christ Luke as buzzkill Paul revealer of the revealer private and public public Jesus and secret Christ relativism the secret power of the golden rule sacrifice Jesus' death and Christian sacrament Albert Schweitzer Jesus as a failure sheol dark pit of death show Jesus' deeds as put-ons slavery abolished by Jesus' efforts Joseph Smith flesh-and-blood Jesus Socrates secular Jesus son of god on close terms with the man upstairs soul, see body synoptics three gospels that agree temple center of Jewish religion trinity unifying and divisive doctrinre vision, see dreams Yahweh, see LORD Zoroaster Persian dualistic holy man
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