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The truth about Jesus
There is a seemingly insatiable appetite for books, movies, and television shows where someone with a keen mind is on the hunt to find the truth about an important event. This explains our fascination with detectives, forensic scientists, historians, archaeologists, and crime scene investigators.
Their equivalent in the Bible is Dr. Luke who is the Indiana Jones of the New Testament. He penned the two lengthy historical books, Luke and Acts, which function as a prequel and sequel of sorts. In them, he is on the hunt to track down the facts about Christ and Christianity.
In the opening lines of Luke’s gospel we are told that Luke is aware of other biographies about Jesus Christ, which likely includes Matthew and Mark as they were probably written before Luke. Even so, he was compelled as a historian to have personally “investigated everything carefully” (NASB) so that there would be “an orderly account” (1:1–4). According to Bible scholar J. C. Ryle, every Christian should feel indebted to the Gospel of Luke because several wonderful passages of Scripture are only found in Luke’s Gospel:
The Gospel of Luke, which we now begin, contains many precious things which are not recorded in the other three Gospels. Such, for instance, are the histories of Zachariah and Elizabeth, the angel's announcement to the Virgin Mary—and, to speak generally, the whole contents of the first two chapters. Such, again, are the narratives of the conversion of Zacchaeus and of the penitent thief–the walk to Emmaus, and the famous parables of the Pharisee and Tax-collector, the rich man and Lazarus, and the Prodigal Son. These are portions of Scripture for which every well-instructed Christian feels peculiarly thankful. And for these we are indebted to the Gospel of Luke.
How did Luke undertake his epic investigation? He hit the road. We have no idea how many miles he traveled or how many months or years he investigated. But we can presume he interviewed the people Jesus met and went to places Jesus went. Luke probably sat down with Jesus’ mother Mary, Jesus’ brothers and sisters, people who knew Jesus as a child, any of Jesus’ disciples who were living, Jesus’ personal friends, and those who were among the crowds that were eyewitnesses to his preaching, miracles, deliverances, and resurrection, along with individuals Jesus ministered to and healed.
Are there specific and practical things you could be doing to learn more about Jesus (e.g. reading your Bible, praying, attending church, joining a small group, reading a Christian book, listening to teaching online, etc.)?
[1] J. C. Ryle, Luke: Crossway Classic Commentaries, Eds. Alister McGrath and J. I. Packer (Wheaton, IL: 1997), 17.
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