Reading Luke: A Literary and Theological Commentary on the Third Gospel (Biblia.com)

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Charles Talbert’s effective and insightful commentary enables the reader to grasp the full force of the literary masterpiece that is Luke’s Gospel. Talbert concentrates on Luke’s version of the prophetic nature of Jesus’ life, His anointment by the Holy Spirit and His Galilean ministry, His journey to Jerusalem and His ministry there, and His Martyrdom and Vindication. The author includes two...

with so obviously good a man as the Pharisee? What can be right about so obviously perverse a person as the publican? The parable functions first of all as the unmasking of unbelief in an unlikely situation. The introduction (v. 9) exposes the problem. The parable is told to those who (a) trusted in themselves that they were righteous (self-assured piety) and (b) despised others (spiritual condescension). Such a stance is described by the conclusion (v. 14) as exalting oneself. This was the plight

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