Contents Introduction 1. Textual Tradition and Early Reception 2. Author, Date, and Provenance 3. Sources 4. The Lukan Story of Jesus as an Episodic Narrative 5. Intended Readers 6. The Theological Place of the Story of Jesus in Luke–Acts 9.51–18.34: The Journey to Jerusalem 9.51-56: An Inhospitable Samaritan Village 9.57-62: Consequences of Discipleship 10.1-16: The Commission of the Seventy-Two 10.17-24: The Return of the Seventy-Two 10.25-37: The Scribe and the Merciful Samaritan 10.38-42: Martha and Mary 11.1-13: On Prayer 11.1-4: The Prayer of the Disciples 11.5-13: Jesus’s Speech on Prayer 11.14-28: Jesus and the Evil Spirits 11.29-32: "This generation is an evil generation" 11.33-36: The Eye as Lamp of the Body 11.37-54: The Woes against the Pharisees and Scribes 12.1–13.9: Jesus and the Disciples in the Midst of a Huge Crowd 12.1-12: The Encouragement of the Disciples to Public Confession 12.13-21: On the Worthlessness of Earthly Riches 12.22-34: Do not Be Anxious but Seek the Kingdom of God 12.35-48: On the Watchfulness and Reliability of Service Personnel 12.49-53: Fire That Destroys Families 12.54-59: This Kairos as the Time of Decision 13.1-9: Last Call to Repentance 13.10-21: On the Sabbath in a Synagogue 13.10-17: Sabbath III 13.18-21: Two Parables on the Kingdom of God 13.22-35: Travelling to Jerusalem 13.22-30: Outside before the Narrow Door 13.31-35: Herod and Jerusalem 14.1-24: As a Guest at the House of a Leading Pharisee 14.1-6: Sabbath IV 14.7-11: "Whoever exalts himself will be lowered" and Vice Versa 14.12-14: The Nullification of the Principle of Symposial Reciprocity 14.15-24: The Parable of the Rejected Invitation 14.25–18.34: Somewhere on the Way 14.25-35: Conditions for Discipleship 15.1-32: The Controversy Dialogue over the Repentance of Tax Collectors and Sinners 15.1-3: Exposition 15.4-10: The Double Parable of the Lost Sheep andthe Lost Drachma 15.11-32: The Parable of the Prodigal Son 16.1-31: On Rightly Dealing with Money and Possessions 16.1-13: The Speech to the Disciples 16.14-31: The Speech to the Pharisees 17.1-10: Another Speech to the Disciples 17.11-21: The Thankful Samaritan and the Question of the Pharisees 17.11-19: The Thankful Samaritan 17.20-21: The Question of the Pharisees 17.22–18.8: When the Son of Man Comes 17.22-37: The Day of the Son of Man 18.1-8: The Parable of the Judge and the Widow 18.9-14: The Parable of the Pharisee and the Tax Collector 18.15-17: The Children and the Kingdom of God 18.18-30: Riches and Discipleship 18.31-34: Jesus’s Second Announcement of the Passion and the Resurrection 18.35–19.46: The End of the Peregrination 18.35–19.28: Jericho 18.35-43: The Healing of a Blind Man before Jericho 19.1-10: Zacchaeus 19.11-28: The Parable of the Throne Claimant 19.29-46: The Entrance into Jerusalem 19.47–21.38: "And he was teaching daily in the temple" 19.47-48: Initial Frame 20.1-26: Jesus as Teacher of the Jewish People and His Opponents 20.1-8: The Questioning of Jesus’s Authority 20.9-19: The Parable of the Tenants of the Vineyard 20.20-26: The Question about the Tax for Caesar 20.27-40: The Question about the Resurrection of the Dead 20.41-44: Is the Messiah David’s Son? 20.45-47: Warning against the Scribes 21.1-4: The Gift of the Widow 21.5-36: Jesus’s Last Public Speech 21.37-38: Concluding Frame 22.1–24.52(53): Passion and Easter 22.1-6: The Prelude: The Agreement between Judas and Jesus’s Opponents 22.7-65: On the Day of Unleavened Bread 22.7-13: The Preparation for Passover 22.14-38: The Last Supper 22.14-20: Passover Meal, Breaking of Bread, and the New Covenant 22.21-23: The One Who Hands Over 22.24-30: On Serving and Ruling 22.31-34: The Announcement of the Denial 22.35-38: Coats to Swords! 22.39-53: On the Mount of Olives 22.39-46: Jesus Prays and the Disciples Sleep 22.47-53: The Handing Over 22.54-65: In the House of the High Priest 22.54-62: The Denial 22.63-65: Mocking 22.66–23.56: On the Next Day 22.66-71: Jesus before the Sanhedrin 23.1-25: Jesus before Pilate 23.1-5: Accusation and Trial 23.6-12: The Transfer to Herod Antipas 23.13-25: The Dispute over the Verdict 23.26-49: Crucifixion and Death 23.50-56: Burial and Preparation for the Anointing of the Dead 24.1-52(53): On the First Day of the New Week 24.1-12: The Empty Tomb 24.13-35: The Emmaus Disciples Encounter the Risen One 24.36-52(53): Jesus Appears to All the Disciples in Jerusalem Bibliography
In this fifth volume of the Baylor–Mohr Siebeck Studies in Early Christianity series, Michael Wolter provides a detailed, verse-by-verse interpretation of the Third Evangelist’s Gospel (Luke 9:51–24). Wolter’s commentary fully complements the great tradition of "Handbooks of the New Testament" published by Mohr Siebeck. Replacing the third edition of Erich Klostermann’s commentary on Luke, Wolter’s volume rightly joins those by Conzelmann (Acts), Käsemann (Romans), and Lietzmann (1 Corinthians) in this venerable series. Wolter’s approach to a sustained reading of Luke’s Gospel is comprehensive. He carefully places Luke’s narrative of Jesus in its cultural context, paying close attention to the relationship of the Gospel with its Jewish and Greco-Roman environment. Wolter performs form-critical and narrative analysis of the specific stories; however, Wolter also emphasizes Luke as a theologian and his Gospel as a work of theology. Centrally, Wolter recognizes how Luke’s narrative of Jesus forms the first part of a unified work—the Acts of Apostles being the second—that represents a new moment in Israel’s history. But in surprising new ways, Wolter makes clear that it is God alone who works in and through the words and deeds of Jesus to bring salvation to Israel. His commentary shows that Luke succeeds in preserving the history of Jesus and its theological impact and that this history stands on equal footing with the history of early Christianity. Wolter’s thorough, careful reading follows Luke as the Evangelist seeks to explain how the fulfillment of the Old Testament promises of God for Israel results in a parting of the ways between the Christian church on the one side and Judaism on the other. Scholars and students alike will benefit from access to new German scholarship now available to English-language audiences.
Michael Wolter is Professor Emeritus of New Testament at the Faculty of Protestant Theology at the University of Bonn in Germany. His book Paul - An Outline of His Theology is also available from Baylor University Press. Wayne Coppins is Professor of Religion at The University of Georgia. Simon Gathercole is Reader in New Testament Studies at the University of Cambridge.
