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Luke’s story of Jesus is a straightforward narrative—it has a beginning, middle, and end. Both critics and non-critics may appreciate the profound simplicity of this story, perhaps even as they read it together. David L. Tiede’s commentary on Luke assists readers by enhancing and illuminating the significant themes and avoiding obscure and tangential topics which detract from meaningful...

in a line traced through women (and what women!). Luke’s tracing his ancestry all the way back to Adam, beyond Abraham (see Matt. 1:1–2) may identify Jesus with all of humanity including the Gentiles, but Luke does not develop the idea. It is also possible that the identification of Adam as “the son of God” fits with early Christian discussion of Jesus as the “second Adam” (see Romans 5), but Luke never touches on this theme in his narrative. This list is an elaboration on Luke’s presentation of
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