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This highly original commentary on the Gospel of Luke is unique for the way it combines concerns with first-century culture in the Roman world with understanding the text of Luke as a wholistic, historical narrative. Focusing primarily on how each episode functions within Luke’s narrative development, Joel B. Green provides countless fresh perspectives on and new insights into the Third Gospel....

the need for a boat as a platform from which to teach, and the presence of “two boats” prepares for the narration of the massive catch (v 7). Simon is already familiar to us (4:38–39). This is the first occurrence of the phrase “word of God” (cf. 1:2; 3:213), used in Acts especially for the message about Jesus but also occasionally for Jesus’ own message.14 Its present usage must be understood in relation to “the good news of the kingdom” in 4:43; against an OT backdrop,15 it marks Jesus’ ministry
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