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Using Luke's own prologue as the guideline for this commentary, Fred B. Craddock calls attention to the continuities between Jesus and his heritage in Judaism and the church after him. Evidence is provided by the frequency of echoes from the Old Testament and by Luke's clear assumption that the reader is familiar with the book of Acts. While attending to the text of Luke, Craddock provides an...

(v. 45), worshipful (v. 46), and devoted to Jewish law and piety (2:22–51). Luke names her in the company of believers when the church began (Acts 1:14). To one Lukan scholar, Mary is presented as the ideal Christian and is too much neglected in the Protestant Church (Charles H. Talbert, Reading Luke, pp. 22–26). However, we must be careful to notice that none of her qualities is offered as the reason God chose her; that reason lies tucked away in the purposes of God. Gabriel’s message to Mary, as
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