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What makes this commentary on Luke stand apart from others is that, from beginning to end, this is a literary analysis. Because it focuses solely on the Gospel as it appears and not on its source or origin, this commentary richly and thoroughly explores just what Luke is saying and how he says it.

Lord, does it not concern you: Compare the question posed Jesus in Mark’s account of the stilling of the storm (4:38). Martha’s “question” is in fact an accusation against her sister: “she abandoned me to do all the work.” tell her to help me: Jesus will again be asked to intervene in a domestic dispute, this time over property, in 12:13; as here, he responds with a pronouncement. We are reminded as well of the complaint of the resentful elder brother in 15:28–29. 41. anxious and troubled: The term
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