CONTENTS Editor's Preface vii Author's Preface ix List of Interpretive Asides and Figures xi Abbreviations xii Bibliography xxvi INTRODUCTION 1. Reading the Gospel of Luke 1 1.1. The Gospel of Luke as "Narrative" 1 The Genre of the Gospel of Luke 2 1.2. Th Unity of Luke-Acts 6 1.3. Method in Reading the Gospel of Luke 11 Some Key Terms 13 Narrative, History and Historcity 14 1.4. What of the Questions of Authorship? 20 2. The Purpose an Theology of the Gospel of Luke 21 OUTLINE OF THE GOSPEL OF LUKE (WITH PAGE REFERENCES) 25 TEXT, EXPOSITION, AND NOTES 1. The Prologue 33 2. The Birth and Childhood of Jesus (1:5-2:52) 47 3. The Preparation for the Ministry of Jesus (3:1-4:13) 159 4. The Ministry of Jesus in Galilee (4:14-9:50) 197 5. On the way to Jerusalem (9:51- 19:48) 394 6. Teaching in the Jerusalem Temple (20:1-21-38) 696 7. The Suffering and Death of Jesus (22:1-23:56) 744 8. The Exaltation of Jesus (24:1-53) 832 INDEXES 864 Subjects 864 Modern Authors 870 Scripture References 884 Early Extrabiblical Literature 922