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Bible Study Magazine delivers tools and methods for Bible study, as well as insights from respected teachers, pastors, and scholars. In every issue, you’ll be challenged to engage more deeply with Scripture through personal stories, interpretive articles, and in-depth passage studies.
Like Matthew, Luke sets the story of Jesus’ birth during the reign of Herod the Great, and he shows how Jesus fulfills the story of Israel and the prophetic expectations of the Old Testament.2 But there is another important context for Luke’s story: the Roman Empire. The references in Luke 2:1 to Caesar Augustus and a census establish this second setting. The concern with the Roman Empire continues all through the Gospel of Luke. There are references to Roman rulers,
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