by jimwalton » Mon Aug 15, 2022 8:46 pm
It's nonsense to claim that Luke-Acts contradicts the other Gospels. Luke is just writing to emphasize a different aspect of Jesus: Jesus is the Prophet who is the fulfillment of prophecy, the Spirit-empowered servant, God in history, the divine sufferer. He emphasizes Jesus as the new David. He approaches his vantage point from a socio-economic template, often using those categories to speak not only of Jesus's radical political-economic message, but also uses those as symbols of the kingdom of God and the kingdom of men. It's a brilliant motif to explain God's plan of salvation. But it certainly doesn't contradict the other Gospels.
It's nonsense to claim that Luke-Acts contradicts the other Gospels. Luke is just writing to emphasize a different aspect of Jesus: Jesus is the Prophet who is the fulfillment of prophecy, the Spirit-empowered servant, God in history, the divine sufferer. He emphasizes Jesus as the new David. He approaches his vantage point from a socio-economic template, often using those categories to speak not only of Jesus's radical political-economic message, but also uses those as symbols of the kingdom of God and the kingdom of men. It's a brilliant motif to explain God's plan of salvation. But it certainly doesn't contradict the other Gospels.