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Luke: A Commentary is unavailable, but you can change that!

This new, authoritative commentary on the Gospel of Luke epitomizes the New Testament Library series. Combining scholarly rigor and theological insight, John T. Carroll not only focuses on the Gospel text but also makes frequent reference to Luke’s second volume, the book of Acts, to show how the two writings work together to present a full picture of the life of Christ and the work of the...

Deuteronomy 6–8 provides the backdrop. All three of Jesus’ quotations from Scripture draw from this source, and all three tests echo it as well: hunger and trust in God’s provision (Deut 8:3, recalling Exod 16 [manna]); worship due only to God (Deut 6:4, 13–14; cf. Exod 32 [golden calf]); and questioning God’s fidelity to promise and provision for the people (Deut 6:16, recalling Exod 17 [Massah]). Jesus, in a sense, recapitulates the experience of testing that God’s “son” Israel endured in the wilderness,
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