Luke: A Bible Commentary in the Wesleyan Tradition (Biblia.com)

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Luke’s Gospel, along with Matthew and Mark, presents a common story and relates substantially the same incidents of the life of Christ. Yet Luke is different, because it provides us with insights into the life and ministry of Jesus which complement and complete the picture given by the other writers. If Luke’s contribution were absent, the portrait would be incomplete. Without Luke, we would have...

4. Jesus Weeps for Jerusalem (13:31–35) Jesus often had a volatile relationship with the Pharisees, since He was quick to expose their hypocrisy and self-righteousness. However, among the bad Pharisees there must have been some good ones who were God-fearing and God-loving. At least Luke puts in a favorable light some Pharisees who came to Jesus and warned Him that Herod wanted to kill Him. They said to him, “Leave this place and go somewhere else” (13:31). In His response, Jesus called Herod “that

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