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Gospel Of Luke Women Essay

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The gospel of Luke pays special attention to women. Women are prominently featured in a way that is unique to this gospel. There are several stories featuring men which are paralleled by similar stories featuring women. This also fits into the larger themes in the gospel of Luke since there tends to be a focus on marginalized people. It also goes to show that the word of God and salvation can apply to everyone, not only those who the Pharisees thought were eligible to be saved.
The first main female characters in the Gospel of Luke are Elizabeth and Mary. Mary finds out she is going to be impregnated by the Holy Spirit and bring Jesus the son of God into the world, she then sings of God’s love to her and of all His blessings. Elizabeth is also chosen to bear a son who would prepare the way for Jesus and thus we have the birth of John the Baptist. In Luke 2, there is a prophetess named Anna who was living as a widow and who was in the temple praising God, giving thanks, and prophesying. Later, when Jesus went to a town called Nain, there was a widow who was grieving the loss of her dead son as he was being carried out of the village. They feared God and glorified His name when Jesus raised the widow’s son from the dead. Another story featuring a woman happens in Luke 7:36-50. This is when Jesus is eating at the house of …show more content…

The sermon on the mount found in the book of Matthew shows this when Jesus gives several examples of “you have heard it said/ but I tell you”. In those cases, Jesus is not getting rid of the law from the Torah, but is rather adding to it. An example of this is when the commandment to not murder is extended to hating your neighbour and therefore hatred is condemned. It was also a radical idea that salvation could apply not only to the Jews but also to the Gentiles and that circumcision was not necessary to enter the kingdom of

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