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The Davidic Messiah in Luke-Acts: The Promise and its Fulfillment in Lukan Christology is unavailable, but you can change that!

The nature of Lukan Christology has been much debated in recent years, with scholars claiming the pre-eminence of such categories as Lord, Prophet, Christ, or Isaianic Servant. In the present work the author examines one major theme within Luke’s Christology, that of the coming king from the line of David. A study of the Lukan birth narrative and the speeches in Acts reveals that Luke shows a...

with his otherwise amply attested interest in portraying Jesus as the Servant of the Lord’.1 vi. The Trial and Crucifixion: Jesus as ὁ δίκαιος. The motif of Jesus’ innocence, present in all the Gospels, becomes in Luke a central theme of the trial and crucifixion.2 Pilate four times declares that he has found no guilt (αἴτιον) in Jesus (23:4, 14, 15, 22; cf. Acts 13:28) and Herod confirms this judgment (23:15). The repentant criminal also claims Jesus has done nothing wrong (αἴτοπος, 23:41),
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