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Luke 3: A Commentary on the Gospel of Luke 19:28–24:53 is unavailable, but you can change that!

François Bovon’s commentary on the Gospel of Luke is justly renowned for its combination of judicious historical and literary treatment of the Evangelist’s context and for its theological sensitivity, informed by the wealth of the Christian interpretative tradition. Luke is clearly writing history in the manner of his Hellenistic and Jewish contemporaries, but Bovon insists he remains as well “a...

This description removes any ambiguity. These two creatures belong to the divine world, and their intervention will also be as rapid as lightning (ἀστραπή).46 ■ 5 The women then understand what is happening.47 In their uncertainty, but not abandoning the legitimate fear of God, they throw themselves to the ground in an act of veneration.48 The angelic message has a number of dimensions. It begins with a question, but it is a question that can be read in two ways depending on whether one understands