Keith Essex
Luke & Acts

Keith Essex's correlating video lecture(s) from The Master's Seminary:

• Lecture 8: Introduction to Luke / Acts, Part I; and
• Lecture 9: Introduction to Luke / Acts, Part II.

5. Luke & Acts
   1. The Introduction to Luke & Acts [CMINT, 201-3]
      1. The Relationship between the Gospel of Luke and Acts (Luke 1:1-4; Acts 1:1-2)
      2. The Importance of Luke & Acts
         1. The Most Complete NT History (ca. 6 BC - AD 60)
         2. The Foundation for Understanding the Letters (Epistles) of the NT
      3. The Background to Luke & Acts
         1. The Author: A ministry companion of the Apostle Paul (Acts 16:10-17; 20:5-21:18; 27:1-28:16; [Act 11:28 – Western Text "when we were gathered together"])
            The "We" Passages in Acts

            Passage in Acts

            Journeys and Locations

            Event

            Act 16:8-17

            Troas to Philippi

            Ministry in Philippi

            Act 20:5-15

            Philippi to Troas to Miletus

            On the way to Jerusalem

            Act 21:1-18

            Miletus to Jerusalem

            On the way to Jerusalem

            Act 27:1–Act 28:16

            Caesarea to Rome

            On the way to Rome
         2. The Reader: Theophilus (Luke 1:3; Acts 1:1) [GNTI, 108-10]
         3. The Purpose:
            • Gentile Christians from the Pauline mission could know with certainty that the Word taught to them was absolutely true
         4. Date: c. AD 58-63 [GNTI, 125-31, 355-65]
   2. The Major Themes of Luke & Acts [CMINT, 219-21]
      1. The Sovereign Plan (Purpose) of God
         1. The dei Motif [18x in Luke; 22x in Acts] (Luke 2:49; 4:43; 9:22; 11:42; 12:12; 13:14, 16, 33; 15:32; 17:25; 18:1; 19:5; 21:9; 22:7, 37; 24:7, 26, 44; Acts 1:16, 21; 3:21; 4:12; 5:29; 9:6, 16; 14:22; 15:5; 16:30; 17:3; 18:21; 19:21, 36; 20:35; 21:22; 23:11; 24:19; 25:10, 24; 26:9; 27:21, 24, 26)
         2. The Determination of God (Luke 22:22; Acts 2:23; 10:42; 17:26, 31)
         3. The Appointment of God (Acts 3:20; 10:41; 22:14; 26:16)
         4. The Fulfillment of Scripture (Luke 4:21; 18:31; 21:22; 22:37; 23:46; Acts 3:18; 13:27; 26:22-23)
      2. Savior
         • (soter – Luke 1:47; 2:11; Acts 5:31; 13:23);
         Salvation
         • (soteria – Luke 1:69, 71, 77; 19:9; Acts 4:12; 7:25; 13:26, 47; 16:17; 27:34;
         • soterion – Luke 2:30; 3:6; Acts 28:28);
         To save, free from disease, free from harm
         • (sozo – Luke 6:9; 7:50; 8:12, 36, 48, 50; 9:24, 56; 13:23; 17:19; 18:26, 42; 19:10; 23:35, 37, 39; Acts 2:21, 40, 47; 4:9, 12; 11:14; 14:9; 15:1, 11; 16:30, 31; 27:20, 31)
      3. The Power of God
         • (dunamai – 26x in Luke; 21x in Acts;
         • dunamis – 15x in Luke; 10x in Acts;
         • dunatos – 4x in Luke; 6x in Acts. See Luke 1:35; 4:14; 22:69; Acts 1:8; 4:7, 33; 6:8)
      4. Jesus, the Lord (about 210x; see Luke 5:8; 7:13; 10:41; 11:1; 17:5, 6; Acts 1:6, 21; 4:33; 7:59; 8:16; 9:17, 27; 15:26; 16:31; 28:31)
      5. The Death, Resurrection and Ascension of Jesus (Luke 9:22, 31, 44, 51; 13:32-33; 18:31-33; 20:14-15; 22:1-24:53; Acts 1:2-3, 9-11, 22; 2:24-34; 3:15, 21; 4:2, 10, 22; 5:30; 7:55-60; 9:3-6; 10:40; 13:30, 33, 34, 37; 17:18, 32, 23:6; 24:15, 21; 26:23)
      6. The Holy Spirit (Luke 1:15, 35, 41, 67; 2:25, 26, 27; 3:16, 22; 4:1, 14, 18; 10:21; 11:13; 12:10, 12; Acts 1:2, 5, 8, 16; 2:4, 17, 18, 33, 38; 4:8, 25, 31; 5:3, 9, 32; 6:3, 5, 10; 7:51, 55; 8:15, 17, 18, 19, 29, 39; 9:17, 31; 10:19, 38, 44, 45, 47; 11:12, 15, 16, 24, 28; 13:2, 4, 9, 52; 15:8, 28; 16:6, 7; 19:2, 6; 20:23, 28; 21:4, 11; 28:25)
      7. The Gentiles (Luke 2:32; 7:9; 12:30; 18:32; 21:10, 24, 25; 23:2; 24:47; Acts 2:5; 4:25, 27; 7:7, 45; 8:9; 9:15; 10:22, 35, 45; 11:1, 18; 13:19, 46, 47, 48; 14:2, 5, 16, 27; 15:3, 7, 12, 14, 17, 19, 23; 17:26; 18:6; 21:11, 19, 21, 25; 22:21; 24:2, 10, 17; 26:4, 17, 20, 23; 28:19, 28)
         - Gentile response: Luke 3:6; 4:25-27; 7:1-10; 10:25-37; 13:29; 17:12-19
      8. The Outcasts of Society
         1. The Poor (Luke 4:18; 6:20; 7:22; 14:13, 21; 16:20, 22; 18:22; 19:8; 21:2,3)
         2. Tax Gatherers (Luke 5:29, 30; 7:29, 34; 15:1; 18:10, 11, 13; 19:2)
         3. Women (Luke 1:5, 13, 18, 24, 28, 42; 3:19; 4:26; 7:28, 37, 39, 44, 50; 8:2, 3, 43, 47; 10:38; 11:27; 13:11, 12, 21; 14:20, 26; 15:8; 16:18; 17:32; 18:29; 20:28, 29, 32, 33; 22:57; 23:27, 49, 55; 24:22, 24; Acts 1:14; 5:1, 2, 7, 14; 8:3, 12; 9:2; 13:50; 16:1, 13, 14; 17:4, 12, 34; 18:2; 21:5; 22:4; 24:24)
      9. The Temple
         • (naos Luke 1:9, 21, 22; 23:45; [Acts 17:24; 19:24];
         • hieron Luke 2:27, 37, 46; 4:9; 18:10; 19:45, 47; 20:1; 21:5, 37, 38; 22:52, 53; 24:53; Acts 2:46; 3:1, 2, 3, 8, 10; 4:1; 5:20, 21, 24, 25, 42; 21:26, 27, 28, 29, 30; 22:17; 24:6, 12, 18; 25:8; 26:21)
         Jerusalem (Luke 2:22, 25, 38, 41, 43, 45; 4:9; 5:17; 6:17; 9:31, 51, 53; 10:30; 13:4,22, 33, 34; 17:11; 18:31; 19:11, 28; 21:20, 24; 23:7, 28; 24:13, 18, 33, 47, 52; Acts 1:4, 8, 12, 19; 2:5, 14; 4:5, 16; 5:16, 28; 6:7; 8:1, 14, 25, 26, 27; 9:2, 13, 21, 26, 28; 10:39; 11:2, 22, 27; 12:25; 13:13, 27, 31; 15:2, 4; 16:4; 19:21; 20:16, 22; 21:4, 11, 12, 13, 15, 17, 31; 22:5, 17, 18; 23:11; 24:11; 25:1, 3, 7, 9, 15, 20, 24; 26:4, 10, 20; 28:17)
      10. Rejection
          • - Israel's rejection: Luke 2:34; 11:49-51; 13:7-9, 28, 33-35; 14:16-24; 19:41-44
      11. The Response to the Message
          1. "to repent" (Luke 10:13; 11:32; 13:3, 5; 15:7, 10; 16:30; 17:3, 4; Acts 2:38; 3:19; 8:22; 17:30; 26:20)
             "repentance" (Luke 3:3, 8; 5:32; 15:7; 24:47; Acts 5:31; 11:18; 13:24; 19:4; 20:21; 26:20)
          2. "to turn" (Luke 1:16, 17; [Luk 2:39; 8:55; 17:4, 31] Luk 22:32; Acts 3:19; 9:35, [Act 9:40]; Act 11:21; 14:15; 15:19 [Act 15:36; 16:18] Act 26:18, 20; 28:27)
             "conversion" (Acts 15:3)
          3. "to believe" (Luke 1:20, 45; 8:12, 13, 50; 16:11; 20:5; 22:67; 24:25; Acts 2:44; 4:4, 32; 5:14; 8:12, 13; 9:26, 42; 10:43; 11:17, 21; 13:12, 39, 41, 48; 14:1, 23; 15:5, 7, 11; 16:31, 34; 17:12, 34; 18:8, 27; 19:2, 4, 18; 21:20, 25; 22:19; 24:14; 26:27; 27:25)
             "faith" (Luke 5:20; 7:9, 50; 8:25, 48; 17:5, 6, 19; 18:8, 42; 22:32; Acts 3:16; 6:5, 7; 11:24; 13:8; 14:9, 22, 27; 15:9; 16:5; 17:31; 20:21; 24:24; 26:18)
      12. Prayer
          1. "to pray" (Luke 1:10; 3:21; 5:16; 6:12, 28; 9:18, 28, 29; 11:1, 2; 18:1, 10, 11; 20:47; 22:40, 41, 44, 46; Acts 1:24; 6:6; 8:15; 9:11, 40; 10:9, 30; 11:5; 12:12; 13:3; 14:23; 16:25; 20:36; 21:5; 22:17; 28:8)
             "prayer" (Luke 6:12; 19:46; 22:45; Acts 1:14; 2:42; 3:1; 6:4; 10:4, 31; 12:5; 16:13, 16)
          2. "to entreat" (Luke 5:12; 8:28, 38; 9:38, 40; 10:2; 21:36; 22:32; Acts 4:31; 8:22, 24, 34; 10:2; 21:39; 26:3)
             "entreaty" (Luke 1:13; 2:37; 5:33)
      13. Joy
          1. "to rejoice" (Luke 1:14, 28; 6:23; 10:20; 13:17; 15:5, 32; 19:6, 37; 22:5; 23:8; Acts 5:41; 8:39; 11:23; 13:48; 15:23, 31; 23:26)
             "joy" (Luke 1:14; 2:10; 8:13; 10:17; 15:7, 10; 24:41, 52; Acts 8:8; 12:14; 13:52; 15:3)
          2. "rejoice greatly" (Luke 1:47; 10:21; Acts 2:26; 16:34)
             "exultation" (Luke 1:14, 44; Acts 2:46)
          3. "to cheer, be glad" (Luke 12:9; 15:23, 24, 29, 32; 16:19; Acts 2:26; 7:41)
             "joy, gladness" (Acts 2:28; 14:17)
      14. The Word (Luke 1:2, 4, 20, 29; 3:4; 4:22, 32, 36; 5:1, 15; 6:47; 7:7, 17; 8:11, 12, 13, 15, 21; 9:26, 28, 44; 10:39; 11:28, 12:10; 16:2; 20:3, 20; 21:33, 22:61; 23:9; 24:17, 19, 44; Acts 1:1; 2:22, 40, 41, 4:4, 29, 31; 5:5, 24; 6:2, 4, 5, 7; 7:22, 29; 8:4, 14, 21, 25; 10:29, 36, 44; 11:1, 19, 22; 12:24; 13:5, 7, 15, 26, 44, 46, 48, 49; 14:3, 12, 25; 15:6, 7, 15, 24, 27, 32, 35, 36; 16:6, 32, 36; 17:11, 13; 18:5, 11, 14, 15; 19:10, 20, 38, 40; 20:2, 7, 24, 32, 35, 38; 22:22)
      15. Baptism (Luke 3:3-21; 7:29-30; 12:50; 20:4; Acts 1:5, 22; 2:38, 41; 8:12-16, 36-38; 9:18; 10:47-48; 11:16; 16:15, 33; 18:8; 19:3-5; 22:16)
          Breaking of the Bread (Luke 22:19; 24:30, 35; Acts 2:42, 46; 20:7, 11; 27:35)
   3. The Structure of Luke & Acts
      Luke-Acts

      Luke

      Acts

      Luk 1:1-4

      1. Preface

      Act 1:1-2

      Luk 1:5–Luk 4:13

      2. Preparation by the Spirit

      Act 1:3–Act 2:13

      Luk 4:14-30

      3. Ministry opened by a Sermon stressing fulfillment and rejection.

      Act 2:14-40

      Luk 4:31–Luk 8:56

      4. Ministry emphasizing theme of fulfillment and conflict

      Act 2:41–Act 12:24

      Luk 5:17-26

      a. Lame Man Healed

      Act 3:1-10

      Luk 5:29–Luk 6:11

      b. Conflicts with Religious Leaders

      Act 4:1–Act 8:3

      Luk 7:1-10

      c. Centurion's Request for a Visit

      Act 10:1-48

      Luk 7:11-17

      d. Widow and Resurrection

      Act 9:36-43

      Luk 7:36-50

      e. Criticism by Pharisees

      Act 11:1-18

      Luk 9:1-50

      5. Messengers sent out

      Act 12:25–Act 19:20

      Luk 9:51–Luk 19:28

      6. Last Journey to Jerusalem

      Act 19:21–Act 21:17

      Luk 19:29–Luk 23:56

      7. Events in Jerusalem (and consequences)

      Act 21:17–Act 28:16

      Luk 19:37

      a. Good reception

      Act 20:17-20

      Luk 19:45-48

      b. Temple entrance

      Act 21:26

      Luk 20:27-39

      c. Sadducees and the Resurrection

      Act 23:6-9

      Luk 22:19

      d. Taking and Blessing Bread

      Act 27:35

      Luk 22:54

      e. Seizure by Mob

      Act 21:30

      Luk 22:63-64

      f. Slapping at High Priest's Command

      Act 23:2

      Luk 22-23

      g. Four Trials / Declared innocent three times (Lk 23:4, 14, 22 / Acts 23:9; 25:25; 26:31

      Act 22-26

      Luk 24:1-53

      8. Conclusion: Ministry ends on the positive note of fulfillment of Scripture

      Act 28:17-31

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