WORD BIBLICAL COMMENTARY Volume 358 Lui<e 9:21-18:34 JOHN NOLLAND WORD BOOKS, PUBLISHER • DALLAS, TEXAS _______O eneral &:lltors ______ David A. Hubbard Glenn W. Barker t ______O ld 7estament &:lltor_ ____ John D. W. Watts ______N ew 7estament &:lltor_ ____ Ralph P. Martin WIIIII nlhlll III C: IIIIIIIII'lIlnl y I.lIkr U::U I":~H (:uI'YI'IKhl CJ II"I~ lIy WIIIII, hll III pili 1111,,1 All rlKhlK I'r"rl'Vrd. Nil P"I'IIII" IIllhl~ 1"lIIk IIIl1y hI' "'I"II,hl,rc' ill allY li'l'm without the written per mission of til(' pllhIiMhr ... Ubrary of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Main entry under title: Word biblical commentary. Includes bibliographies. I. Bible-Commentaries-Collected works. I\S49J.2.Wfi7 220.7'7 81-71768 ISI\N U-IWI!I-02!i4-1 (v. 35B) AACR2 ",11110'''111,1 ... IIIIilo'" Slah's ..f 'AII1<'I'i('a 1'1,,' IlIlIh"1 ._ "WII II ,111_1,1.11 III .. I II,,· S, I il'"lIo' ,C'X' al'P"al's in italic type under the heading Translatirm. '\ ., ~ II 1\. II' \I H '/11 'I -I .\ 'J I To my mother and in memory of my father Editor's Note For the convenience of the reader, page numbers for volumes one and two of this commentary on Luke (35A and 35B) are included in the Contents. Page num bers for the volume in hand are printed in boldface type, while those for the other volume are in lightface. In addition, all of the front matter from Vol. 35A but the Introduction has been repeated in Vol. 35B so that the reader may have abbreviations, bibliogra phy, and other pertinent information readily at hand. Contents Editorial Preface xi Author's Preface xii Abbreviations xv Commentary Bibliography xxxiv General Bibliography xxxvi TEXT AND COMMENTARY 1 Dedicatory Preface (1:1-4) 3 The Infancy Prologue (1:5-2:52) 13 John's Birth Announced (1:5-25) 13 Jesus' Birth Announced (1:26-38) 36 Mary Visits Elizabeth (1:39-56) 59 Birth, Circumcision, and Naming ofJ ohn (1:57-66) 77 Zechariah's Prophecy (1:67-80) 81 The Birth ofJ esus (2:1-21) 93 Presentation and Recognition in the Temple (2:22-40) 113 In the House of His Father (2:41-52) 126 Preparation for the Ministry ofJ esus (3:1-4:13) 136 John the Baptist (3:1-6) 136 The Preaching ofJ ohn (3:7-18) 145 The Imprisonment ofJ ohn (3:19-20) 155 Jesus Endowed with the Spirit and Affirmed as Son (3:21-22) 157 The Genealogy ofJ esus (3:23-38) 166 Temptations of the Son in the Wilderness (4:1-13) 174 Preaching in the Synagogues of the Jews (4: 14-44) 184 Return to Galilee (4:14-15) 184 Preaching in Nazareth (4:16-30) 188 Preaching in Capernaum (4:31-37) 203 Healing Simon's Mother-in-Law (4:38-39) 209 Healing Mary at Sundown (4:40-41) 212 Leaving Capernaum for a Wider Judean Ministry (4:42-44) 214 Making a Response to Jesus (5:1-6:16) 218 Fishing Associates for Jesus (5:1-11) 218 The Cleansing of a Leper (5:12-16) 224 The Forgiveness of a Paralyzed Man (5:17-26) 229 The New and the Old: The Call of Levi, Eating with Sinners, and the Question of Fasting (5:27-39) 239 Provision for the Sabbath by the Son of Man (6:1-5) 251 Doing Good on the Sabbath (6:6-11) 259 viii CONTENTS The Call of the Twelve Apostles (6:12-16) 262 A Sermon for the Disciples: The Status and Demands of Being the Eschatological People of God (6: 17-49) 273 Disciples and People Come to Hear and Be Healed (6:17-19) 273 Beatitudes and Woes (6:20-26) 277 The Call to Love of Enemies and Nonjudgmental Generosity (6:27-38) 291 The Importance of What Jesus Teaches and the Need to Act upon It (6:39-49) 304 Something Greater than John Is Here (7:1-50) 312 The Authority ofJ esus over Life and Death (7:1-10) 312 God Has Visited His People (7:11-17) 319 Are You the Coming One? (7:18-23) 325 What Was in the Wilderness? (7:24-28) 333 John and Jesus, and This Generation and the Children of Wisdom (7:29-35) 339 The Pharisee and the Sinful Woman (7:36-50) 349 Itinerant Preaching with the Twelve and the Women (8:1-9:20) 363 Itinerant Preaching with the Twelve and the Women (8: 1-3) 363 Potent Seed and Varied Soils (8:4-8) 368 Knowing the Secrets of the Kingdom of God (8:9-10) 377 The Parable Explained (8:11-15) 381 Take Care What You Hear (8:16-18) 388 Jesus' Mother and Brothers (8:19-21) 392 The Stilling of the Storm (8:22-25) 395 The Healing of the Gerasene Demoniac (8:26-39) 402 Jairus' Daughter and the Woman with the Flow of Blood (8:40-56) 415 Sharing in Jesus' Ministry (9:1-6) 424 Who Then Is This? (9:7-9) 429 Feeding the Multitudes (9:10-17) 433 "[We Say You Are] the Christ of God" (9:18-20) 447 Making Ready for the Trip to Jerusalem (9:21-50) 457 Tell No One, Because the Son of Man Must Suffer (9:21-22) 457 Excursus: Son ofM an 468 To Follow Me, You Must Give Away Your Life to Gain It (9:23-27) 474 A Foretaste ofJ esus , Future Glory (9:28-36) 487 Jesus Heals a Possessed Boy When the Disciples Cannot (9:37-43a) 505 The Son of Man Is to Be Delivered Up (9:43b-45) 511 Who Is the Greatest? (9:46-48) 516 The Exorcist Who Was Not Part of the Group (9:49-50) 522 Hxrur.~us: '1nl!.Iourrury to1eru.mif.m 525 Contents ix AccompanyingJesus to Jerusalem (9:51-10:24) 532 Rejection in a Village of the Samaritans (9:51-56) 532 FollowingJesus without Qualification (9:57-62) 538 Mission Charge for the Seventy Who Are Sent Ahead (10:1-16) 545 The Return of the Seventy(-Two) (10:17-20) 560 Jesus Rejoices at What God Has Now Been Pleased to Reveal (10:21-24) 567 Love of God and Love of Neighbor (10:25-42) 578 What Shall I Do to Inherit Eternal Life? (10:25-28) 578 Who Is My Neighbor? (10:29-37) 586 The One Necessary Thing (10:38-42) 598 Confident Prayer to the Father (11:1-13) 607 Praying like Jesus (11:1-4) 607 Help from a Friend (11:5-8) 621 Asking as a Son of the Father (11:9-13) 627 Conflict and Contrast (11:14-54) 633 Casting out Demons by the Finger of God (11:14-23) 633 The False Hope of a Temporary Benefit (11:24-26) 644 Who Is Blessed? (11:27-28) 647 No Sign but the "Sign" ofJ onah (11:29-32) 649 Making Good Use of the Lamps (11:33-36) 655 Woes against Pharisees and Lawyers (11 :37-54) 659 Preparing for the Coming Judgment (12:1-13:9) 673 The Need for a Clear-cut Acknowledgment ofJ esus (12:1-12) 673 The Folly of Preoccupation with Possessions (12:13-21) 682 The Generous Provider Requires Generous Disciples (12:22-34) 689 Be Ready and Alert, and on the Job for the Master (12:35-48) 696 The Prospect of Fire, Baptism, and Division (12:49-53) 706 Interpreting the Present Time (12:54-56) 710 Under Accusation and on the Way to the Court of Justice! (12:57-59) 713 The Need for Timely Repentance (13:1-9) 715 Reversals Now and to Come (13:10-14:35) 721 Releasing on the Sabbath the One Bound by Satan (13:10-17) 721 The Kingdom of God Is like Mustard Seed (13:18-19) 726 The Kingdom of God Is like Leaven (13:20-21) 729 "Is It True that Those Who Are Saved Will Be Few?" (13:22-30) 731 Jesus' Fate in, and the Fate of, Jerusalem (13:31-35) 737 Healing on the Sabbath the Man with Dropsy (14:1-6) 744 "When You Are Invited to a Banquet ... " (14:7-11) 747 x CONTENTS "When You Are Going to Give a Luncheon or a Dinner, , ," (14:12-14) 749 Who "Shall Eat Bread in the Kingdom of God"? (14:15-24) 752 The Disciple's Fate, and the Possibility of Failed Discipleship (14:25-35) 759 That Which Was Lost Is Found (15:1-32) 767 The Joy of Finding the One Lost Sheep (15:1-7) 767 The Joy of Finding the Lost Coin (15:8-10) 774 The Father and His Two Sons: ''We Had to Make Merry" (15:11-32) 777 Use and Abuse of Riches (16:1-31) 792 The Dishonest Steward: ''What Am I Going to Do?" (16:1-8) 792 Serving God and Using Mammon (16:9-13) 804 Lovers of Money and Seekers of Honor (16: 14-15) 809 The Demands of the Law and the Prophets, and Those of the Gospel of the Kingdom of God (16:16-18) 811 The Outcome of Life for the Rich Man and Lazarus (16:19-31) 828 Fitting Response to the Demand and Working of the Kingdom of God (17:1-19) 8M Dealing with Sin in the Disciple Community (17: 1-6) 884 ''We Are Slaves to Whom No Favor Is Owed" (17:7-10) 840 The Response of Faith to the Healing Mercy of God (17:11-19) 848 Who Will Be Ready When the Son of Man Comes? (17:20-18:8) 849 When Will the Kingdom of God Come? (17:20-21) 849 The Days of the Son of Man (17:22-37) 854 Speedy Vindication for Any Who Have Faith (18:1-8) 864 Entering the Kingdom like a Child (18:9-30) 872 The Pharisee and the Tax Collector at Prayer (18:9-14) 872 Entering the Kingdom of God like a Child (18: 15-17) 880 "What Must I Do to Inherit Eternal Life?" (18:18-23) 883 "How Hard It Is for Those Who Have Money to Enter the Kingdom of God!" (18:24-30) 888 "Everything Written about the Son of Man Will Be Carried Out" (18:31-34) 894