New Testament III: Luke

by Arthur A. Just Jr.

Publisher:

IVP

, 2003

Overview

Readers will find materials ranging from East to West and from the first to the eighth centuries. Among well-known fathers cited are Origen, Cyril of Alexandria, Ambrose, Athanasius, Augustine, the Cappadocians, John Chrysostom, John of Damascus and Bede the Venerable. Among lesser-known fathers are John Cassian, Philoxenus of Mabbug and Theophylact.

Contents

Top Highlights

“Beginning with the strips of cloth for the infant Jesus as a sign of the Messiah’s birth and concluding with his dead body wrapped in a shroud at his burial,¹ Luke connects Jesus’ birth, death and resurrection (Gregory of Nazianzus).” (Page 36)

“This, in my opinion, is the gulf, which is not an earthly abyss, that the judgment between the two opposite choices of life creates. Once one has chosen the pleasure of this life and has not remedied this bad choice by a change of heart, he produces for himself a place empty of good hereafter. He digs this unavoidable necessity for himself like some deep and trackless pit.” (Page 261)

“To love friends is the custom for all people, but to love enemies is customary only for Christians.” (Page 108)

“He bears witness that the kingdom of heaven is not given to, found by and opened to those who are idle and unoccupied but to those who ask for it, seek after it and knock at its gates. The gate of the kingdom must be asked for by praying. It must be sought after by living properly. It must be knocked at by persevering.” (Page 189)

“Legalists who cross-examine Jesus make no progress until they recognize that they are the man half dead and Jesus is the one who does mercy as neighbor, for he is the one who wishes to be called our neighbor (Augustine), and we now love him as we love our neighbor (Ambrose).” (Page 178)

Product Details

• Title: New Testament III: Luke
• Author: Arthur A. Just Jr.
• Series: Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture (Rev.)
• Publisher: IVP
• Print Publication Date: 2003
• Logos Release Date: 2005
• Era: era:nicene
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• Subject: Bible. N.T. Luke › Commentaries
• ISBNs: 9780830897445, 0830897283, 9780830897285, 0830897445
• Resource ID: LLS:ACCSREVNT03
• Resource Type: Bible Commentary
• Metadata Last Updated: 2024-03-25T19:04:55Z

About Arthur A. Just Jr.

Arthur A. Just Jr. is dean of graduate studies and a professor of exegetical theology at Concordia Seminary in Fort Wayne, Indiana. He is also the author of a two-volume exegetical commentary on Luke.