Scripture index: Luke

Lk 1:1–4
- Scripture › Apostles were agents of canon
Lk 1:13–17
- Baptism › Both connected with radical change of life
- John the Baptist › Was the Elijah to come
Lk 1:15
- Old Testament canon › Judges-Ruth (one book)
Lk 1:17
- Subjects of baptism › Children/offspring included in virtually every mention of new covenant
Lk 1:32
- God the Father › Of Jesus
- Jesus is God › Jesus is Son of God
- Jesus, son of David › Jesus called son of David
Lk 1:34–35
- Hypostatic union › Union brought to pass by virgin birth
Lk 1:35
- God the Father › Of Jesus
- Holy Spirit is God › Omnipotence (all-powerful)
- Jesus is God › Jesus is Son of God
- Trinity › Triadic pattern explicit in NT
Lk 1:36
- Jesus is God › Omnipotence (all-powerful)
Lk 1:43
- Jesus is God › Lord
Lk 1:52
- Providence › Concurrence in human life
Lk 1:54–55
- Abrahamic covenant › Jesus fulfills the promises made to the fathers
Lk 1:67–75
- Abrahamic covenant › Jesus fulfills the promises made to the fathers
Lk 1:68
- Definite atonement › Christ died for the elect
Lk 2:1
- Definite atonement › “World” doesn’t always mean everyone in the world
Lk 2:7
- Hypostatic union › Was subject to ordinary human experiences, needs, and suffering
Lk 2:11
- Jesus is God › Lord
Lk 2:23
- Old Testament canon › Exodus
Lk 2:24
- Old Testament canon › Leviticus
Lk 2:40
- Hypostatic union › Was subject to ordinary human experiences, needs, and suffering
Lk 2:48–49
- Family › But Jesus held faith above family
Lk 2:49
- God the Father › Of Jesus
Lk 2:49–50
- Subjects of baptism › Children/offspring included in virtually every mention of new covenant
Lk 2:51
- Family › Jesus affirmed family values, honored his earthly parents
Lk 2:52
- Hypostatic union › Was subject to ordinary human experiences, needs, and suffering
- Jesus is God › Son limited in knowledge?
Lk 3:3
- Baptism › Both stand in sacramental relation to forgiveness of sin
Lk 3:4–6
- Old Testament canon › Isaiah
Lk 3:7
- Baptism › All New Testament accounts of
Lk 3:9
- Hell › “Unquenchable fire”, “lake of fire”, “second death”, “outer darkness”, etc.
- Subjects of baptism › Some church members are unregenerate (i.e. new covenant community is “mixed”)
Lk 3:12
- Baptism › All New Testament accounts of
Lk 3:16
- Baptism › Baptism refers to washing away of sin and spiritual renewal
- Baptism › Yet they are distinct
Lk 3:17
- Hell › “Unquenchable fire”, “lake of fire”, “second death”, “outer darkness”, etc.
Lk 3:21
- Baptism › All New Testament accounts of
Lk 3:21–22
- Baptism › All New Testament accounts of
- Theophany › Possible appearances of God
- Trinity › Triadic pattern explicit in NT
- Trinity › Distinction between persons
Lk 3:22
- God is love › The Father loves the Son, the Son loves the Father, etc.
- God the Father › Of Jesus
- Jesus is God › Jesus is Son of God
Lk 3:23
- God the Father › Of Jesus
- Hypostatic union › Union brought to pass by virgin birth
Lk 3:38
- God the Father › Of Adam
Lk 4:1–2
- Jesus is God › “God cannot be tempted with evil”
Lk 4:1–12
- Trinity › Triadic pattern explicit in NT
Lk 4:1–13
- Amillennialism › Satan bound during church age
Lk 4:3
- God the Father › Of Jesus
- Jesus is God › Jesus is Son of God
Lk 4:4
- Old Testament canon › Deuteronomy
Lk 4:8
- Jesus is God › “You shall worship the Lord your God and him only shall you serve”
- Old Testament canon › Deuteronomy
Lk 4:9
- God the Father › Of Jesus
- Jesus is God › Jesus is Son of God
Lk 4:10–11
- Old Testament canon › Psalms
Lk 4:12
- Old Testament canon › Deuteronomy
Lk 4:14
- Holy Spirit is God › Omnipotence (all-powerful)
Lk 4:18
- Trinity › Plurality of persons implicit in OT
- Trinity › Triadic pattern explicit in NT
Lk 4:18–19
- Father is God › The Father is Yahweh
- Old Testament canon › Isaiah
Lk 4:32
- Church government › Has all authority
Lk 4:36
- Church government › Has all authority
Lk 4:40
- Laying on of hands › To heal
Lk 4:41
- God the Father › Of Jesus
- Jesus is God › Jesus is Son of God
Lk 4:43
- Church › Right preaching of the word
- Eternal generation › Son sent by Father
- Means of grace › Preaching/teaching of the Word
Lk 5:20–21
- Jesus is God › Did not recant or explain away claims taken as blasphemy
Lk 5:22
- Jesus is God › “You, you only, know the hearts of mankind”
Lk 5:24
- Church government › Has all authority
Lk 5:33–35
- Marriage › Metaphor for Christ and Church
Lk 5:34–35
- God the bridegroom › Jesus the bridegroom
- Jesus is God › Bridegroom/husband
Lk 5:36–39
- Parables › The wine and wineskins
Lk 6:1–5
- Sabbath › Jesus, Son of Man is Lord of Sabbath
Lk 6:3
- Scripture › NT authors assume OT is easy to understand
Lk 6:5
- Jesus is God › He is greater than the temple, Lord of the Sabbath, David’s Lord
Lk 6:6–11
- Sabbath › Jesus, Son of Man is Lord of Sabbath
Lk 6:8
- Jesus is God › Omniscience (all-knowing)
Lk 6:12–16
- Ordination › Without mention of laying on hands
Lk 6:19
- Jesus is God › Omnipotence (all-powerful)
Lk 6:35–36
- God the Father › Of believers, the elect (the true Israel)
Lk 6:38
- Financial stewardship › Tithing
Lk 6:43–45
- Epistemology › By their fruits
- Gospel › Saved by grace, works follow
Lk 6:45
- Free will › Will is determined by heart nature
Lk 6:46–49
- Parables › The wise and foolish builders
Lk 6:47–49
- Preservation of the saints › A house built on a rock cannot fall
Lk 7:1–10
- Jesus is God › Omnipresence (everywhere-present)
Lk 7:24–28
- John the Baptist › Was the Elijah to come
Lk 7:27
- Old Testament canon › Twelve Minor Prophets (one book)
Lk 7:30
- Arminianism › Grace is resistible
- Baptism › Rejecting or neglecting baptism is sin
- Free will › Most explicit affirmations of
Lk 7:41–43
- Parables › The two debtors
Lk 8:4–8
- Parables › The sower
Lk 8:9–10
- Purpose of parables › Purpose of Jesus’ parables
Lk 8:10
- Old Testament canon › Isaiah
Lk 8:16–18
- Parables › The lamp under a bushel
Lk 8:19–21
- Family › But Jesus held faith above family
Lk 8:28
- God the Father › Of Jesus
- Jesus is God › Jesus is Son of God
Lk 8:31
- Hell › “Unquenchable fire”, “lake of fire”, “second death”, “outer darkness”, etc.
Lk 9:1
- Church government › Source of all the church’s authority
Lk 9:3–4
- Paid ministry › Apostles and seventy instructed to carry no money and receive their living from the gospel
Lk 9:26
- God the Father › Unspecified (simply “the” Father)
- Holy Spirit is God › “My glory I give to no other”
- Jesus is God › “My glory I give to no other”
Lk 9:35
- God the Father › Of Jesus
- Jesus is God › Jesus is Son of God
- Scripture › New Testament canon
- Scripture › Apostles recognized each others’ writings as Scripture
- Trinity › Distinction between persons
Lk 9:43–45
- Purpose of parables › Literal things were also misunderstood
Lk 9:47
- Jesus is God › Omniscience (all-knowing)
- Jesus is God › “You, you only, know the hearts of mankind”
Lk 10:1–12
- Ordination › Without mention of laying on hands
Lk 10:4–7
- Paid ministry › Apostles and seventy instructed to carry no money and receive their living from the gospel
Lk 10:7
- Paid ministry › Paul’s defense of paid ministry
- Scripture › New Testament canon
- Scripture › Apostles recognized each others’ writings as Scripture
Lk 10:13
- Free will › God has true knowledge of counterfactuals of creaturely freedom
Lk 10:13–15
- Jesus is God › Omniscience (all-knowing)
Lk 10:15
- Hell › Hades (NT intermediate state?, only unrighteous)
Lk 10:16
- Eternal generation › Son sent by Father
- Scripture › Apostles were agents of canon
Lk 10:17–18
- Amillennialism › Satan bound during church age
Lk 10:17–19
- Adamic covenant › Continuity with Covenant of Grace
Lk 10:19
- Church government › Source of all the church’s authority
Lk 10:21–22
- God the Father › Of Jesus
Lk 10:21–24
- Deception › God conceals things
Lk 10:22
- Attributes of God › Ineffability (unknowable)
- Creator-creature distinction › God’s thoughts are higher than our thoughts
- Jesus is God › Jesus is Son of God
- Jesus is God › Ineffability (unknowable)
- Simplicity › Genus-species composition
Lk 10:25–28
- Essential practices › Keeping the commandments (non-specific)
Lk 10:25–37
- Questions asked of Jesus › “What shall I do to inherit eternal life?”
Lk 10:27
- Old Testament canon › Leviticus
- Old Testament canon › Deuteronomy
Lk 10:28
- Gospel › “He who does the commandments shall live by them”
Lk 10:30–37
- Parables › The good samaritan
Lk 11:2
- God the Father › Of an otherwise unspecified audience (“your” or “our” Father)
Lk 11:5–8
- Parables › The friend at night
Lk 11:9–10
- Prayer › Effectiveness of prayer
Lk 11:9–12
- Prayer › Reason for prayer
Lk 11:13
- God the Father › Unspecified (simply “the” Father)
Lk 11:21–22
- Parables › The strong man
Lk 11:27–28
- Family › But Jesus held faith above family
Lk 11:29–32
- Questions asked of Jesus › “We wish to see a sign from you.”
Lk 11:38
- Baptism › Places where baptizō and baptismos are not typically translated “baptism”
Lk 11:41
- Religious dietary rules › All things are clean
Lk 11:42
- Definite atonement › “All” or “every” (gr. pas) can be distributive (i.e., “every kind”)
Lk 11:49–51
- Revelation › John was the last prophet
Lk 11:51
- Scripture › Old Testament canon
Lk 11:52
- Church discipline › Keys of the kingdom
Lk 12:4–5
- Hell › Gehenna (final eternal state, Hell)
Lk 12:6
- Providence › Concurrence in animals
Lk 12:8–9
- Jesus is God › God’s angels are his angels
Lk 12:10
- Essential doctrines › Must not blaspheme Holy Spirit
- Holy Spirit is God › “Whoever curses God shall bear his sin”
- Unpardonable sin › Unardonable sin
Lk 12:16–21
- Parables › The rich fool
Lk 12:24
- Providence › Concurrence in animals
Lk 12:27
- Providence › Concurrence in inanimate things
Lk 12:30
- God the Father › Of an otherwise unspecified audience (“your” or “our” Father)
Lk 12:32
- God the Father › Of an otherwise unspecified audience (“your” or “our” Father)
- Heirs of God › We will inherit kingdoms, dominion
- Unconditional election › God chooses
- Unconditional election › Election is a pastoral doctrine, a great comfort to believers
Lk 12:35–48
- Parables › The faithful servant
Lk 12:39
- Free will › God has true knowledge of counterfactuals of creaturely freedom
Lk 12:40
- Second coming › “No man knows the day or the hour”
Lk 12:44
- Abrahamic covenant › There is a land inheritance in the new covenant
- Heirs of God › We will inherit the new earth
Lk 12:46
- Essential doctrines › Unbelief and heresy are damnable
Lk 12:49–53
- Family › But Jesus held faith above family
Lk 12:50
- Baptism › Christ’s atonement is the real cutting off of sin signified by circumcision and baptism
- Baptism › Baptism signifies death and resurrection (implying immersion is a necessary symbol)
Lk 13:6–9
- Parables › The barren fig tree
Lk 13:13
- Laying on of hands › To heal
Lk 13:18–19
- Parables › The mustard seed
Lk 13:20–21
- Parables › The leaven
Lk 13:34
- Free will › “Will”, “willing” (not exhaustive)
Lk 13:35
- Old Testament canon › Psalms
Lk 14:7–11
- Parables › The wedding feast
Lk 14:16–24
- Parables › The great banquet
Lk 14:20
- Family › But Jesus held faith above family
Lk 14:25–33
- Family › But Jesus held faith above family
Lk 14:28–33
- Parables › The cost of discipleship
Lk 15:3
- Parables › The dishonest manager
- Parables › The lost coin
- Parables › The prodigal son
- Parables › The rich man and Lazarus
Lk 15:3–7
- Parables › The lost sheep
Lk 15:8–10
- Parables › The lost coin
Lk 15:10
- Jesus is God › God’s angels are his angels
Lk 15:11–32
- God the Father › Parables
- Parables › The prodigal son
Lk 15:20
- Attributes of God › Love
Lk 16:1–13
- Parables › The dishonest manager
Lk 16:16
- Revelation › John was the last prophet
- Scripture › Old Testament canon
Lk 16:17
- Attributes of God › Immutability (unchanging, unchangeable)
- Impassibility › God is unchanging, immutable
- Mosaic covenant › Continuity with Covenant of Grace
- Scripture › God preserves his word
Lk 16:18
- Family › Jesus affirmed family values, honored his earthly parents
Lk 16:19–31
- No second chance › No chance to accept the gospel after death
- Parables › The rich man and Lazarus
Lk 16:22–24
- Hell › Hades (NT intermediate state?, only unrighteous)
Lk 16:28
- Hell › Hades (NT intermediate state?, only unrighteous)
Lk 16:30–31
- Free will › God has true knowledge of counterfactuals of creaturely freedom
Lk 17:7–10
- Parables › The master and servant
Lk 17:10
- Baptism › Salvation is not of works
- Creator-creature distinction › God owns all, does not depend on creatures
- Essential practices › Salvation is not of works
- Financial stewardship › Everything belongs to God
- Gospel › Salvation is not of works
Lk 18:1–8
- Parables › The persistent widow
Lk 18:7
- Jesus is God › God’s elect are his elect
- Unconditional election › Believers elected
Lk 18:9–14
- Assurance of salvation › False assurance, self-deception
- Parables › The Pharisee and the tax collector
Lk 18:10–14
- Assurance of salvation › Basis of true and false assurance
Lk 18:13–14
- Order of salvation › Faith, repentance result in justification
Lk 18:15
- Laying on of hands › To bless
Lk 18:15–17
- Baptism › Infants and children of believers should also be baptized
Lk 18:16
- Baptism › Children included in visible church, new covenant community
- Subjects of baptism › Children are included in the church
Lk 18:18–23
- Essential practices › Keeping the commandments (non-specific)
Lk 18:18–27
- Questions asked of Jesus › “What good deed must I do to have eternal life?”
Lk 18:19
- Essential practices › No one keeps the commandments
- Gospel › But no one “does the commandments”
- Jesus is God › Jesus affirmed Jewish monotheism
- Total depravity › Depravity of mankind (every man) is total
- Trinity › Father holds primacy in role
Lk 18:20
- Family › Jesus affirmed family values, honored his earthly parents
- Old Testament canon › Exodus
- Old Testament canon › Deuteronomy
Lk 18:28–30
- Family › But Jesus held faith above family
Lk 18:38–39
- Jesus, son of David › Jesus called son of David
Lk 19:9
- Baptism › Household baptisms
Lk 19:10
- Jesus is God › Jesus is Yahweh
- Jesus is God › “I myself will be the shepherd”
Lk 19:11–27
- Parables › The talents or minas
Lk 19:38
- Old Testament canon › Psalms
Lk 19:38–40
- Jesus is God › Did not correct those who called him God and/or worshipped him
Lk 19:46
- Old Testament canon › Isaiah
- Old Testament canon › Jeremiah-Lamentations (one book)
Lk 20:1–8
- Questions asked of Jesus › “By what authority are you doing these things, and who gave you this authority?”
Lk 20:2–8
- Church government › Has all authority
Lk 20:9–18
- God the Father › Parables
- Parables › The wicked tenants
Lk 20:17
- Old Testament canon › Psalms
Lk 20:19–26
- Citizenship › Earthly citizenship
- Questions asked of Jesus › “Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar, or not?”
Lk 20:27–39
- Questions asked of Jesus › “In the resurrection, therefore, of the seven, whose wife will she be?”
Lk 20:27–40
- Marriage › Ends at death
Lk 20:28
- Old Testament canon › Deuteronomy
Lk 20:34–36
- God the Father › Of believers, the elect (the true Israel)
Lk 20:35–36
- Sons of God in Genesis 6 › But seems to contradict Jesus’ teaching that angels cannot/do not marry
Lk 20:37
- Old Testament canon › Exodus
Lk 20:41–44
- Jesus is God › Lord
Lk 20:42
- Trinity › Plurality of persons implicit in OT
Lk 20:42–43
- Old Testament canon › Psalms
Lk 21:5–9
- Temple › No earthly temple under new covenant
Lk 21:8
- Essential doctrines › Unbelief and heresy are damnable
- Jesus is God › “I AM” statements
Lk 21:19
- Essential practices › Enduring to the end
- Preservation of the saints › Election, salvation (or lack thereof) evidenced by perseverance
Lk 21:29–33
- Parables › The budding fig tree
Lk 21:33
- Scripture › God preserves his word
Lk 22:14–20
- Lord’s Supper › Institution of
Lk 22:20
- Covenant theology › New covenant
- Scripture › Apostles were ministers of new covenant
Lk 22:21–23
- Jesus is God › Omniscience (all-knowing)
Lk 22:22
- Providence › Concurrence in calamity, evil
Lk 22:29
- God the Father › Of Jesus
- Heirs of God › We will inherit kingdoms, dominion
Lk 22:29–30
- Jesus is God › God’s kingdom is his kingdom
Lk 22:31–32
- Atonement › Christ’s intercession redeems us
- Definite atonement › Christ intercedes for the elect
- Hypostatic union › Permanence of union necessary for intercession
- Preservation of the saints › Christ intercedes for the elect
Lk 22:31–34
- Jesus is God › Omniscience (all-knowing)
Lk 22:32
- Effectual grace › Jesus and apostles pray to God asking that people would be saved
Lk 22:37
- Old Testament canon › Isaiah
Lk 22:42
- Cup of God’s wrath › Jesus drank a cup
- God the Father › Of Jesus
Lk 22:67–68
- Free will › God has true knowledge of counterfactuals of creaturely freedom
Lk 22:69
- Old Testament canon › Psalms
Lk 22:69–70
- Hypostatic union › Union is permanent
Lk 22:70
- God the Father › Of Jesus
- Jesus is God › Jesus is Son of God
- Jesus is God › “I AM” statements
Lk 23:4
- Jesus is God › Impeccability (without sin)
Lk 23:25
- Free will › “Will”, “willing” (not exhaustive)
Lk 23:30
- Old Testament canon › Twelve Minor Prophets (one book)
Lk 23:34
- God the Father › Of Jesus
- Trinity › Distinction between persons
Lk 23:39–43
- Baptism › Examples of salvation before or without circumcision/baptism
Lk 23:41
- Jesus is God › Impeccability (without sin)
Lk 23:45
- Temple › No earthly temple under new covenant
Lk 23:46
- God the Father › Of Jesus
- Hypostatic union › Had a soul, spirit, body, flesh, and blood
- Jesus is God › “You will never die”
- Old Testament canon › Psalms
Lk 23:47
- Jesus is God › Impeccability (without sin)
Lk 24:1
- Sabbath › Jesus’ resurrection was on a Sunday
Lk 24:27
- Scripture › Between resurrection and ascension, Jesus focused on teaching Scripture
- Scripture › All Scripture is profitable (tota Scriptura)
Lk 24:32
- Scripture › Between resurrection and ascension, Jesus focused on teaching Scripture
Lk 24:36–39
- Attributes of God › Incorporeality (“without body”, immaterial, invisible, spirit)
- Incorporeality › God is Spirit, not flesh
- Simplicity › Form-matter composition
Lk 24:39
- Hypostatic union › Had a soul, spirit, body, flesh, and blood
Lk 24:39–43
- Hypostatic union › Union is permanent
Lk 24:42–43
- Father is God › The Father is Yahweh
Lk 24:44
- Scripture › Old Testament canon
Lk 24:45
- Arminianism › Prevenient grace
- Scripture › Between resurrection and ascension, Jesus focused on teaching Scripture
Lk 24:46–47
- Scripture › Old Testament foretells that new revelation would be given
Lk 24:49
- God the Father › Of Jesus
Lk 24:52–53
- Jesus is God › “You shall worship the Lord your God and him only shall you serve”

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