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A dusty road climbing through bare Judean hills at dawn toward the distant walls of Jerusalem.

The Gospel According to

Luke Intro

A careful account of the Savior who came looking for the lost.

Before chapter 1≈ 2 min24 chapters

Images are artistic interpretations.

In 30 seconds

Two surprise babies, and a manger in Bethlehem.

A Savior who eats with outcasts in Galilee.

A long road, set firmly toward Jerusalem.

A cross, an empty tomb, a walk to Emmaus,

and a story that keeps going in Acts.

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Who wrote it

Luke

Doctor, traveler, careful historian

  • Paul calls him “the beloved physician.”Colossians 4:14
  • Parts of Acts switch to ‘we’, as if the writer was traveling with Paul.Acts 16:10
  • He checked everything carefully, then wrote it down for Theophilus.Luke 1:3
  • The book doesn’t name its author. Early church writers say Luke, who also wrote Acts. Likely written AD 60–85.Church tradition

How it’s built

The road to Jerusalem

Two birthschapters 1–2Galileechapters 3–9:teaching, healingThe turn9:51: He sets outfor JerusalemOn the road9:51–19:27: parableson the wayJerusalemchapters 19–24:cross and tombTo becontinuedActs: from Jerusalemto Rome

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About ten chapters happen on the way to Jerusalem. Luke tells it as a journey with a destination.

Big themes

Four threads to follow

Where it happens

Sea of GalileeSamariaJudeaBethlehemNazarethCapernaumJerichoJerusalem

Stylised map · locations approximate

Where it happened

From Galilee to Jerusalem

Born in Bethlehem, raised in Nazareth, at work around Galilee, then the long road up through Jericho to Jerusalem.

Meet the cast

Six people to know

Watch for

For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.

Luke 19:10

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Question

Quick question

Luke opens with a short note to the person he wrote for.

Who was Luke’s book first written for?

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