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3. Luke 2 is the second chapter of the Gospel of Luke in the New Testament, traditionally attributed to Luke the Evangelist, a companion of Paul the Apostle on his missionary journeys. [ 1] It contains an account of Jesus 's birth in Bethlehem, "its announcement and celebration", [ 2] his presentation in the Temple in Jerusalem, and an incident ...
Finding in the Temple. The Finding in the Temple, also called Christ among the Doctors or the Disputation (the usual names for the subject in art), is an episode in the early life of Jesus depicted in chapter 2 of the Gospel of Luke. It is the only event of the later childhood of Jesus mentioned in a canonical gospel.
The Gospel of Luke[ note 1] tells of the origins, birth, ministry, death, resurrection, and ascension of Jesus. [ 4] Together with the Acts of the Apostles, it makes up a two-volume work which scholars call Luke–Acts, [ 5] accounting for 27.5% of the New Testament. [ 6] The combined work divides the history of first-century Christianity into ...
Healing the centurion's servant is one of the miracles performed by Jesus of Nazareth as related in the Gospel of Matthew [ 1] and the Gospel of Luke [ 2] (both part of the Christian biblical canon). The story is not recounted in the Gospels of either John or Mark. According to these accounts, a Roman centurion asks Jesus for his help because ...
The Census of Quirinius was a census of the Roman province of Judaea taken in 6 CE, upon its formation, by the governor of Roman Syria, Publius Sulpicius Quirinius. The census triggered a revolt of Jewish extremists (called Zealots) led by Judas of Galilee . The Gospel of Luke uses the census to date the birth of Jesus, which the Gospel of ...
Healing the paralytic at Capernaum is one of the miracles of Jesus in the synoptic Gospels (Matthew 9:1–8, Mark 2:1–12, and Luke 5:17–26). [1] [2] [3] ...
Luke 1:5 mentions the reign of Herod shortly before the birth of Jesus. [11] This Herod died in 4 BC. Luke 2:1-2 also places the birth during a census decreed by Caesar Augustus, when Quirinius was governing Judah.
The Benedictus, in Luke 1:68–79, [137] is spoken by Zechariah, while the Nunc dimittis, in Luke 2:29–32, [138] is spoken by Simeon. [139] The traditional Gloria in Excelsis is longer than the opening line presented in Luke 2:14, [ 140 ] and is often called the "Song of the Angels" given that it was uttered by the angels in the Annunciation ...