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- Luke emphasizes Jesus’ compassionate nature through stories of his healing miracles. Nearly 1/3 of Luke’s gospel focuses on Jesus’ healing of the sick, disabled and demon-possessed. For example, moved with pity at a funeral, Jesus raises a widow’s son from the dead (Luke 7:11-17). Upon encountering ten lepers crying “unclean!
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The gospel of Luke records about 23 miracles Jesus performed during His time of ministry. Even though, according to John 21:25, He performed more miracles than that. In this article, I list only the miracles recorded in the gospel of Luke in their chronological order.
Jan 14, 2024 · This means Luke did not directly witness Jesus’ birth, baptism, transfiguration, miracles, parables, sermons, crucifixion, or resurrection. In fact, scholars believe Luke first joined Paul on his second missionary journey around 50 A.D., which was nearly 20 years after Jesus’ death and resurrection.
According to tradition, St. Luke was a physician and possibly a Gentile. He was not one of the original 12 Apostles but may have been one of the 70 disciples appointed by Jesus (Luke 10). He also may have accompanied St. Paul on his missionary journeys.
- E. Earle Ellis
- Why was St. Luke influential?As the traditional author of two books of the New Testament, St. Luke had great influence in the development of Christianity. His Gospel According...
- Where is St. Luke buried?According to ancient sources, St. Luke was martyred at age 84 in the Greek city of Thebes. His remains were taken to Constantinople about 338 CE an...
God’s power is not restricted to Jesus himself, for in two passages, Jesus empowers his followers to heal people ( Luke 9:1-6, 10:9 ). Yet all the healings depend on God’s power. Theologian Jürgen Moltmann sums this up beautifully. “Jesus’ healings are not supernatural miracles in a natural world.
May 13, 2008 · Luke decided to focus on Jesus and John – and Matthew on Jesus alone. Thus, if Luke had depicted the holy family going down to Egypt, then this would disrupt the parallels, along with the parallels between Simeon and Anna (2:25-38).
Feb 11, 2019 · Some credit Luke's training as a medical doctor for his attention to accuracy. Today, many refer to him as Saint Luke and mistakenly believe he was one of the 12 Apostles . Luke was a gentile, probably a Greek, as implied in Colossians 4:11 . He may have been converted to Christianity by Paul. He probably studied to be a physician in Antioch ...
17 That Jesus was a miracle worker is central to the Christology of the New Testament Gospels and Acts. In Mark, the earliest Gospel, 17 stories of miracles appear in the first eight chapters. Most of the stories are repeated by Matthew and Luke. In Peter’s Pentecost speech, he recalls Jesus’ ministry by saying […]
