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Word Biblical Commentary, Volume 35A: Luke 1:1–9:20 is unavailable, but you can change that!

Explore the rich narrative of Luke’s gospel with leading New Testament scholar John Nolland. Examining the historical context, literary structure, and relationship to other gospels, Nolland provides a detailed reading of Luke that emphasizes the historicity of the book and its theological meaning.

Similarly, we perhaps should find in Luke’s use of ἐπορεύετο, “he went on his way,” a reference to the divine pattern laid out for the life of Jesus and finding its goal in Jerusalem (4:42; 7:6, 11; 9:51, 52, 53, 56, 57; 13:33; 17:11; 22:22—Tannehill, “Mission,” 62; Masson, “Jésus à Nazareth,” 63). The Nazareth ministry is presented as a concrete example of preaching in the synagogues of Galilee (v 15 and cf. v 16: “as was his custom”). The synagogue scene is recounted entirely with
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