The Resurrection of Jesus according to Luke:
CONTEXT
Influenced by Old Testament readings, Luke’s Gospel ends where it began; Jerusalem. Jerusalem, the city of Jesus’ of destiny, is the focal point of Luke’s Gospel, especially in the Resurrection episode. In 9:51 Jesus decides to go to Jerusalem. Starting in 10:28, Jesus is rejected in Jerusalem and eventually put to death on the cross. Finally, his resurrection and appearances occur in Jerusalem in 24:1 to the end of the Gospel. Luke’s only mention to Galilee in the Resurrection episode is in retrospect, where the angel at the temple references Jesus’ prediction of His passion and Resurrection. Jerusalem is the city where Jesus reaches his destiny and enters his glory. After His Resurrection, Jesus’ appearances only occur in Jerusalem. “For Luke, Jerusalem is not only the place of rejection, but also the place of eventual triumph.” Luke uses the Resurrection episode as a transition to his second volume: The Acts of the Apostles. Christopher Francis Evans said “The Resurrection is now the point of transition from the story of the earthly Jesus to the story of the movement which went by his name, and also the basis of that movement”. In the Acts, Mark contradicts his Gospel. He says in the Acts, that Jesus appeared several times throughout a period of forty days then departs and ascends to heaven. In the Gospel, Luke states that he was carried into heaven on the night of Easter.
Luke used more then half of Mark’s Gospel in his own. He did, however, eliminate Mark’s superfluousness. Between 9:51-19:27, there is nothing in common with Luke and Mark. In both Gospels the Resurrection episodes begin the same; The Women at the Tomb. There are four di ...