Luke

for

Everyone

Tom

Wright

Copyright © 2001, 2004 Nicholas Thomas Wright

First published in Great Britain in 2001 by

Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge

36 Causton Street

London SW1P 4ST

This second edition copublished in 2004 by the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, London, and Westminster John Knox Press, 100 Witherspoon Street, Louisville, KY 40202.

All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 36 Causton Street, London SW1P 4ST.

British Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library.

ISBN: 978-0-281-05300-1 (U.K. edition)

United States Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data is on file at the Library of Congress,Washington, D.C.

ISBN: 978-0-664-22784-5 (U.S. edition)

For

Margaret Eleanor Forman

(herself a historian)

with gratitude for the love, support and prayers of over fifty years

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