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In this highly readable and engaging commentary on the Gospel of Luke, Diane Chen introduces her readers to the particularities of the world of Jesus, steeped in Jewish history and convictions yet threatened by Roman power and hegemony. In story after story, Chen brings to focus the diligence of a faithful historian, the artistry of a masterful storyteller, and the courage of an insightful...

ruminations surrounding Jesus’ divine sonship and messianic kingship. Now that Jesus has been filled with the Holy Spirit and commissioned as Israel’s Messiah (3:21–22), he must demonstrate his unwavering fidelity to his Father’s purposes, to make good on his claim that he must be about his Father’s business (2:49). The setting of the first test/temptation is replete with allusions to the exodus. First, Jesus is the Son of God, but so is Israel in a metaphorical sense (Exod 4:22–23; Hos 11:1). The
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