From Tragedy to Triumph

Throughout his Gospel, Luke depicts the divine plan of salvation unfolding in Jesus' life. From the beginning, Luke makes clear that God was at work, fulfilling what Israel's Scriptures had promised concerning a Savior.

Many Jews in Jesus' day expected God to act for their salvation through the Anointed One, an individual called the Messiah in Hebrew or the Christ in Greek. They hoped a military ruler like King David or Judas Maccabeus would deliver them from their Roman overlords and establ...