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In this book, Andrew Arterbury seeks to read and expound upon the final form of the Gospel of Luke from both a literary and theological angle. To buttress both endeavors, Arterbury routinely asks how the first readers (or listeners) of Luke’s Gospel likely made sense of both the literary flow of the book as well as the theological convictions it espouses. To ask about the readers Luke first...

(e) Finally, the angel provides a sign that authenticates the angel’s instructions (1:19–20). Unfortunately for Zechariah, his own inability to speak will serve as the sign that substantiates God’s calling in Luke 1. Zechariah will be mute until the birth of John. That Luke narrates Gabriel’s instructions to Zechariah in the same literary style and sequence that writers used when describing OT call stories in the past is highly significant. In particular, Luke likely hoped his readers would recognize
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