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Luke 1–5: The MacArthur New Testament Commentary is unavailable, but you can change that!

Luke 1–5 begins The MacArthur New Testament Commentary’s look at the longest of the four gospels. The commentary provides a verse by verse and phrase by phrase exposition of the text, taking into account the cultural, theological, and, where appropriate, Old Testament contexts of each passage. Interpretive challenges are fully dealt with, and differing views are fairly evaluated. The gospel of...

But what Isaiah had predicted centuries earlier concerning the Messiah, “By oppression and judgment He was taken away” (53:8), would come to pass. After Jesus was taken from them, His disciples did fast (cf. Matt. 6:16–18; Acts 13:2–3; 14:23). And He was also telling them a parable: “No one tears a piece of cloth from a new garment and puts it on an old garment; otherwise he will both tear the new, and the piece from the new will not match the old. And no one puts new wine into
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