LUKE

VOLUME 1:
1:1–9:50

DARRELL L. BOCK

Baker Exegetical Commentary on the New Testament

©1994 by Darrell L. Bock

Published by Baker Academic

a division of Baker Publishing Group

P.O. Box 6287, Grand Rapids, Michigan 49516–6287

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Fifth printing, December 2004

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Bock, Darrell L.

Luke / Darrell L. Bock.

  p. cm. — (Baker exegetical commentary on the New Testament ; 3A)

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN 0–8010-1053–5 (v. 1)

1. Bible. N.T. Luke—Commentaries. I. Title. II. Series.

BS2595.3.B58 1994

226.4´077—dc20 94–33507

With Appreciation

Dave Krentel

William D. Taylor

Harold Hoehner

Don Glenn

Elliott Johnson

Eugene Merrill

Ken Barker

Ed Blum

Stan Toussaint

Howard Hendricks

Don Campbell

I. Howard Marshall

M. Daniel Carroll R.

Scott B. Rae

Craig A. Blaising

It has been a privilege to learn so much from you,
and a joy to know the Lord’s fellowship and
share in the Lord’s work with you.

Contents

Series Preface

Author’s Preface

Abbreviations

Transliteration

Introduction to the Gospel of Luke

I. Luke’s Preface and the Introduction of John and Jesus (1:1–2:52)

A. Preface: Luke Carefully Builds on Precedent (1:1–4)

B. Infancy Narrative: Forerunner and Fulfillment (1:5–2:40)

C. Jesus’ Revelation of His Self-Understanding (2:41–52)

II. Preparation for Ministry: Anointed by God (3:1–4:13)

A. John the Baptist: One Who Goes Before (3:1–20)

B. Jesus: One Who Comes After (3:21–4:13)

III. Galilean Ministry: Revelation of Jesus (4:14–9:50)

A. Overview of Jesus’ Ministry (4:14–44)

B. Gathering of Disciples (5:1–6:16)

C. Jesus’ Teaching (6:17–49)

D. First Movements to Faith and Christological Questions (7:1–8:3)

E. Call to Faith, Christological Revelation, and Questions (8:4–9:17)

F. Christological Confession and Instruction about Discipleship (9:18–50)

Excursuses

1. John the Baptist and Elijah (1:17)

2. The Census of Quirinius (2:1–2)

3. Date of John the Baptist’s Ministry (3:1–2)

4. Sources and Synoptic Relationships

5. The Genealogies of Matthew and Luke (3:23–38)

6. The Son of Man in Aramaic and in Luke (5:24)

7. The Sermon on the Plain in Luke: Its Relationship to Matthew and Its Theological-Ethical Function (6:20–49)

8. The Parables of Jesus

9. Luke’s “Great Omission” (9:18) from Mark 6:45–8:26

10. Authenticity of the Suffering-Son-of-Man Sayings and of the Passion Predictions (9:22)

Provisional Bibliography

Index of Subjects

Index of Authors

Index of Greek Words

Index of Scripture and Other Ancient Writings

Old Testament Pseudepigrapha

New Testament Apocrypha

Mishnah

Tosepta

Babylonian Talmud

Jerusalem (Palestinian) Talmud

Targumim...