Luke

Jesus from His birth to His ascension, set down as an orderly account for Theophilus, with the long journey to Jerusalem at its heart.

Dr. Chuck Missler’s expositional commentaries

The Gospel of Luke — Logos study notes

The Gospel of Luke, written to the Greek: Jesus presented as Son of Man, what He felt. Chuck Missler’s sessions were recorded at River Lodge, New Zealand, and at Koinonia House, Post Falls, Idaho, in 2011 — one session per chapter, twenty-four in all.

Pick a chapter to open its study note. The 24 chapters are grouped into the parts of the book. Chapters 1–14 are up; a chapter becomes a link once its note is published.

The prelude to Christ’s ministry

1–3

1Preamble to Theophilus, the annunciations to Zacharias and Mary, the visitation, the Magnificat, and John’s birth 2The nativity and the shepherds, Simeon and Anna at the temple, and the boy Jesus among the teachers 3The preaching of John the Baptist, the baptism of Jesus, and the genealogy of the Son of Man

The ministry in Galilee

4–9

4The temptation in the wilderness, rejection at Nazareth, and the first works at Capernaum 5Fishing for men, a leper cleansed, a paralytic pardoned, Levi called, and new wine in new wineskins 6The Sabbath disputes, the Twelve chosen, and the sermon on the plateau: beatitudes, woes, commandments 7The centurion’s servant, the widow’s son raised, John’s question from prison, and a sinful woman forgiven 8The parable of the sower, the storm stilled, the Gerasene demoniac, and Jairus’ daughter raised 9The Twelve sent out, five thousand fed, Peter’s confession, the Transfiguration, and the turn toward Jerusalem

III

The journey to Jerusalem

10–19

10The seventy sent out, the parable of the Good Samaritan, and Mary and Martha at Bethany 11The Lord’s prayer, the importance of importunity, the impossibility of neutrality, and woes on Pharisees and lawyers 12Lessons along the way: against hypocrisy, worldly materialism, worry, unfaithfulness, and unpreparedness 13The justice of God, a Sabbath healing, the kingdom’s growth, the narrow door, and Christ’s lament over Jerusalem 14Guest of a Pharisee: the Sabbath test, a lesson in humility, the great banquet, and the cost of discipleship 15The parables of the lost sheep, the lost coin, and the lost son 16The parable of the unjust steward, and the rich man and Lazarus 17Lessons on forgiveness, faithfulness, thankfulness in the ten lepers, and readiness for His day 18The persistent widow, the Pharisee and the publican, the rich ruler, and blind eyes opened at Jericho 19Zacchaeus, the parable of the minas, the triumphal entry, Christ weeping over the city, and the temple cleansed

The Passion Week

20–23

20The wicked vinedressers, taxes to Caesar, the Sadducees on the resurrection, and a question for the scribes 21The widow’s mites, the destruction of Jerusalem foretold, and the signs of the times 22The plot and Judas, the Lord’s Supper, the agony in the garden, the arrest, Peter’s denial, and the Sanhedrin 23The trial before Pilate, the hearing before Herod, the crucifixion, and the burial

The consummation of His ministry

24The empty tomb, the road to Emmaus, and the Ascension