Sermon Tone Analysis

Luke Book 1

Understanding the New Testament You need 3 key Historical Background Information

Judaism

Greek

Rome

Destruction of the Temple & Jerusalem: The Babylonian Exile

Jeremiah

Daniel

Nehemiah

Ezra

Kings & Chronicles

7  “I have forsaken my house;

I have abandoned my heritage;

I have given the beloved of my soul

into the hands of her enemies.

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How Shall We Sing the LORD’s Song?

137 By the waters of Babylon,

there we sat down and wept,

when we remembered Zion.

2  On the willows there

we hung up our lyres.

3  For there our captors

required of us songs,

and our tormentors, mirth, saying,

“Sing us one of the songs of Zion!”

4  How shall we sing the LORD’s song

in a foreign land?

5  If I forget you, O Jerusalem,

let my right hand forget its skill!

6  Let my tongue stick to the roof of my mouth,

if I do not remember you,

if I do not set Jerusalem

above my highest joy!

The Hellenized World

Alexander the Great of Macedonia conquered the ancient near east.

He promoted the spread of Greek culture to all conquered lands: Hellenism

Hellenized Jews: Jews who lived outside of Israel after exile

After his death the kingdom of divided among his generals

Greek Language

Greek was becoming the language of and literature

Aramaic main language in Middle East including Israel

Bible Translated in Greek: Septuagint LXX or 70

Maccabean Revolt

Jews rebel against Antiochus Epiphanes because he tries to force the Jews to accept Greek ways

Romans

Independent Jewish Kingdom called Hasmonean:

Priest Kings from the Maccabean family

Rome

Rome takes over the Greek Empire

Rome gives control of Israel to Herod and Idumean who converts to Judaism

Herod brings in a lot of Infrastructure including upgrading the 2nd Temple

1 Inasmuch as many have undertaken to compile a narrative of the things that have been accomplished among us, 2 just as those who from the beginning were eyewitnesses and ministers of the word have delivered them to us, 3 it seemed good to me also, having followed all things closely for some time past, to write an orderly account for you, most excellent Theophilus, 4 that you may have certainty concerning the things you have been taught.

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1 In the first book, O Theophilus, I have dealt with all that Jesus began to do and teach, 2 until the day when he was taken up, after he had given commands through the Holy Spirit to the apostles whom he had chosen.

3 He presented himself alive to them after his suffering by many proofs, appearing to them during forty days and speaking about the kingdom of God.

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Wheaton, IL: Crossway Bibles.

Birthdate of Jesus