Étude 1 sur 4 · Pourquoi et comment Luc a-t-il écrit son Évangile ?

  1. Study 1: Why and how did Luke write his Gospel?
  2. Étude 2 : L’Enfant Jésus âgé de 12 ans dans le temple
  3. Étude 3 : L'introduction de Luc
  4. Étude 4 : Entretien des apôtres avec Jésus

The life of Jesus up to the age of 12

  • PER001 Why and how did Luke write his Gospel?

    This article details Luke’s reasons and method for writing his Gospel, highlighting his careful, historical approach to compiling reliable accounts of the life of Jesus.

    Luke 1.1-4 (King James Version) :
    Forasmuch as many have taken in hand to set forth in order a declaration of those things which are most surely believed among us,Even as they delivered them unto us, which from the beginning were eyewitnesses, and ministers of the word;It seemed good to me also, having had perfect understanding of all things from the very first, to write unto thee in order, most excellent Theophilus,That thou mightest know the certainty of those things, wherein thou hast been instructed.
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    Level: Intermediate Level: Intermediate

  • Supplementary material
    • ANN001 The Gospel of Luke

      The Gospel of Luke and the Acts of the Apostles form a two-volume work devoted to the origins of Christianity. Luke was not a witness…

  • PER028 The twelve-year-old Jesus in the Temple

    This article discusses the event in Luke's Gospel in which twelve-year-old Jesus teaches in the Temple. It highlights the coexistence of his divine knowledge and human life, explaining his spiritual and physical growth. Luke and the Gospels omit his adolescent years, a choice intended to emphasise his ordinary divine journey.

    Luke 2.41-52 (King James Version) :
    Now his parents went to Jerusalem every year at the feast of the passover.And when he was twelve years old, they went up to Jerusalem after the custom of the feast.And when they had fulfilled the days, as they returned, the child Jesus tarried behind in Jerusalem; and Joseph and his mother knew not of it.But they, supposing him to have been in the company, went a day’s journey; and they sought him among their kinsfolk and acquaintance.And when they found him not, they turned back again to Jerusalem, seeking him.And it came to pass, that after three days they found him in the temple, sitting in the midst of the doctors, both hearing them, and asking them questions.And all that heard him were astonished at his understanding and answers.And when they saw him, they were amazed: and his mother said unto him, Son, why hast thou thus dealt with us? behold, thy father and I have sought thee sorrowing.And he said unto them, How is it that ye sought me? wist ye not that I must be about my Father’s business?And they understood not the saying which he spake unto them.And he went down with them, and came to Nazareth, and was subject unto them: but his mother kept all these sayings in her heart.And Jesus increased in wisdom and stature, and in favour with God and man.
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Peter's ministry

  • ADA001 Luke's introduction

    First commentary in the series on the Acts of the Apostles, this article analyzes Luke's introduction (Acts 1.1-3). It presents Luke as the author of the two works addressed to Theophilus, raises the hypothesis that Theophilus was the one who commissioned them, and stresses the forty days of post-resurrection teaching on the Kingdom of God. These verses provide the transition between the Gospel and the history of the nascent Church under the guidance of the Holy Spirit.

    Mark 1.14-15 (King James Version) :
    Now after that John was put in prison, Jesus came into Galilee, preaching the gospel of the kingdom of God,And saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe the gospel.
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  • ADA002 The apostles' conversation with Jesus

    Luke reports Jesus' last conversation with his eleven apostles before the Ascension (Acts 1.4-8). Jesus commands them to wait in Jerusalem for the baptism of the Holy Spirit, refuses to reveal the eschatological times reserved to the Father, and entrusts them with a universal mission: to be his witnesses from Jerusalem to the ends of the earth. This passage forms the structural outline of the book of Acts.

    Colossians 1.23 (King James Version) :
    If ye continue in the faith grounded and settled, and be not moved away from the hope of the gospel, which ye have heard, and which was preached to every creature which is under heaven; whereof I Paul am made a minister;
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