Complete Commentary On Luke

1 1 An Easy English Commentary on Luke We invite you to download, print, and use any of these commentaries free of charge, but you must include the Copyright Statement included in each document. They are written in Level B EasyEnglish (2800 word vocabulary) unless it says otherwise. 2006, Wycliffe Associates (UK) This publication is written in EasyEnglish Level B (2800 words). August 20 2 Table of Contents Section 1 .. 6 Luke: The Man Christ Jesus .. 6 About the *Gospel of Luke .. 6 The writer .. 6 Purpose .. 7 The beginning of the life and work of Jesus Luke 1:1 to 4:13 .. 7 The reason why Luke wrote this book Luke 1:1-4 .. 7 The birth of John the *Baptist Luke 1:5-80 .. 8 The *angel comes to Zechariah Luke 1:5-25 .. 8 The *angel announces the birth of Jesus Luke 1:26-38.

2 13 Mary visits Elizabeth Luke 1 16 Mary s song Luke 1:46-56 .. 17 The birth of John the *Baptist Luke 1:57-66 .. 19 Zechariah s song Luke 1:67-80 .. 20 The birth and childhood of Jesus Luke 2:1-52 .. 23 The birth of Jesus Luke 2:1-7 ..23 The *shepherds and the *angels Luke 2:8-20 .. 25 Mary and Joseph take Jesus to the *temple Luke 2 27 The boy Jesus in the *temple Luke 2:41-52 .. 31 John the *Baptist *preaches Luke 3:1-20 .. 33 John *baptizes Jesus Luke 3:21-22 .. 37 The devil tests Jesus Luke 4:1-4 40 Word List for Section 1 .. 42 SECTION 2 .. 47 Luke: The Man Christ Jesus .. 47 Jesus in 47 Luke 4:14 to 9:50 .. 47 The good news of the *kingdom Luke 4:14 5:16 . 47 The people in Nazareth refuse to accept Jesus Luke 4:14-30 .. 47 Jesus sends an evil spirit from a man Luke 4:31-37.

3 51 Jesus cures many people Luke 4:38-44 .. 52 Jesus chooses the first *disciples Luke 5:1-11 .. 55 A man with a serious skin disease Luke 5:12-16 .. 58 The *Pharisees begin to oppose Jesus Luke 5:17 6:11 .. 60 Jesus cures a man who could not move Luke 5:17-26 ..60 Levi becomes a *disciple Luke 5 When to go without food Luke 5:33-39 ..64 Jesus is *Lord of the *Sabbath Luke 6:1-11 ..66 3 Jesus teaches the crowd Luke 6:12 49 .. 68 The 12 *apostles Luke 6 Jesus teaches and cures Luke 6:17-19 ..70 Jesus teaches his *disciples Luke 6:20-26 ..71 Love your enemies Luke 6:27-36 ..73 Do not act as if you are a judge of other people Luke 6:37-42 ..75 A tree and its fruit Luke 6:43-45 ..77 Wise and foolish builders Luke 6:46-49 ..78 Examples of Jesus good deeds Luke 7:1 50.

4 79 The belief of the *centurion Luke 7:1-10 ..79 The widow s son Luke 7:11-17 ..81 Jesus and John the *Baptist Luke 7:18-35 ..82 The *Pharisee and the *sinful woman Luke 7:36-50 ..86 Jesus teaches in stories Luke 8:1 21 .. 90 The story of the seeds Luke 8:1-15 ..90 The purpose of a lamp is to give light Luke 8:16-18 ..94 Jesus mother and brothers Luke 8:19-21 ..95 Jesus works *miracles Luke 8:22 56 .. 96 Jesus orders the storm to be calm Luke 8:22-25 ..96 The man with many *demons Luke 8:26-39 ..97 A dead girl and a sick woman Luke 8:40-56 .. 100 Jesus and the 12 *disciples Luke 9:1 50 .. 104 Jesus sends out the 12 *disciples Luke 9:1-9 .. 104 Jesus feeds 5000 men Luke 9:10-17 .. 106 Peter says that Jesus is the *Christ Luke 9:18-22 .. 107 How to follow Christ Luke 9:23-27.

5 109 Jesus shows his *glory Luke 9:28-36 .. 111 Jesus cures a boy with an evil spirit Luke 9:37-45 .. 113 A question of importance Luke 9:46-50 .. 115 Word List For Section 2 .. 116 Section 3 .. 120 Luke: The Man Christ Jesus .. 120 Jesus on his way from Galilee to Jerusalem .. 120 No welcome in a *Samaritan village Luke 9:51-56 .. 121 The cost to be a *disciple Luke 9 121 Jesus sends 72 *disciples ahead of him Luke 10 122 The good *Samaritan Luke 10:25-37 .. 127 Martha and Mary Luke 10:38-42 .. 130 Jesus teaches us how to pray Luke 11:1-13 .. 130 Jesus and the prince of *demons Luke 11:14-28 .. 133 A lesson from Jonah Luke 11 135 The eye is as the lamp of the body Luke 11:33-36 .. 136 With the *Pharisees and experts in the law Luke 11 137 Jesus teaches the people Luke 12:1-59.

6 141 Jesus warns against *hypocrisy Luke 12:1-3 .. 141 Be loyal to the *Lord Luke 12:4-12 .. 142 The rich fool Luke 12:13-21 .. 143 4Do not worry Luke 12 145 Be ready Luke 12:35-48 .. 147 Jesus separates people Luke 12 150 You do not understand the time Luke 12:54-59 .. 151 *Repentance Luke 13:1-9 .. 152 Jesus cures a woman on the *Sabbath Luke 13:10-17 .. 153 The *kingdom of God Luke 13 154 Jerusalem, the city where people killed many of the *prophets Luke 13:31-35 .. 157 Dinner with a *Pharisee Luke 14:1-24 .. 158 It costs to be a *disciple Luke 14:25-35 .. 163 Three stories about things that people had lost Luke 15:1-32 .. 165 A *shepherd lost a sheep Luke 15:1-7 .. 165 A woman lost a coin Luke 15:8-10 .. 166 A father lost a son Luke 15:11-32.

7 166 The wise manager Luke 16:1-18 .. 170 The rich man and Lazarus Luke 16:19-31 .. 173 *Sin, *faith and duty Luke 17:1-10 .. 175 10 *lepers Luke 17:11-19 .. 177 When the *kingdom of God comes Luke 17 178 Two stories about prayer Luke 18:1-14 .. 181 Jesus and the children Luke 18 184 The rich young ruler Luke 18 184 Jesus tells about his death Luke 18:31-34 .. 186 Jesus cures a blind man Luke 18:35-43 .. 187 Zacchaeus Luke 19 188 The story about the king s servants Luke 19:11-27 .. 190 Jesus enters Jerusalem Luke 19:28-44 .. 192 Word List For Section 3 .. 195 SECTION 4 .. 200 Luke: The Man Christ Jesus .. 200 Jesus Completes his Work in Jerusalem .. 200 Luke 19:45 to 21:38 .. 200 Jesus at the *temple Luke 19:45-48 .. 200 Question of authority Luke 20:1-8.

8 201 Story of the farmers Luke 20:9-19 .. 203 Questions to test Jesus Luke 20:20-47 .. 206 The widow s gift Luke 21 212 The end of the age Luke 21 213 Word List for section 4 .. 220 SECTION 5 .. 223 Luke: The Man Christ Jesus .. 223 Jesus Suffers Death and He Becomes Alive Again 223 Luke 22:1 to 24:53 .. 223 Judas goes to the chief priests Luke 22:1-6 .. 223 The last supper Luke 22:7-38 .. 225 5In the garden Luke 22:39-45 .. 233 The arrest of Jesus Luke 22:46-53 .. 234 Peter denies *Christ Luke 22 236 Soldiers, Pilate and Herod Luke 22:63 to 23:25 .. 238 Jesus and the *Sanhedrin Luke 22:63-71 .. 238 Jesus and Pilate Luke 23:1-25 .. 240 Jesus on the cross Luke 23:26-49 .. 246 The grave of Jesus Luke 23:50-56 .. 254 Jesus is alive again Luke 24:1-12.

9 256 The *disciples see that Jesus is alive Luke 24:13-49 .. 258 Jesus goes back to heaven Luke 24:50-53 .. 265 Word List for Section 4 .. 266 6 Section 1 Luke: The Man Christ Jesus The Birth of Jesus and the Beginning of his Work Luke 1:1 to 4:13 Ian Mackervoy This Commentary has been through Advanced Checking. Words in boxes are from the Bible. A word list at the end explains words with a *star by them. About the *Gospel of Luke The writer The *Gospel of Luke does not mention Luke s name as the author. But few people doubt that Luke did write this book. Also, he wrote the Book of Acts. He sent both books to the same person called Theophilus (Luke 1:3 and Acts 1:1). Luke was not a *Jew. We know this from Colossians 4:11-14. Paul names the three *Jews who were with him in Rome.

10 Luke was not one of them but he was with Paul there. All the other writers of the * new testament were *Jews. Luke travelled with Paul on some of his journeys. The evidence for this is that, in several places in Acts, Luke uses the words, we or us . Luke was a medical doctor by profession (Colossians 4:14). There is a tradition that he was born in the city called Antioch in Syria. Luke was not one of the original *disciples of Christ. But he studied the accounts of Christ s life that were available to him. And he talked with those people who had been with Jesus. Some of the detail shows that probably Luke spoke with Mary the mother of Jesus. We do not know whether Luke wrote this book in Israel, Rome, or somewhere else.