Luke 9:21-18:34, Volume 35B

John Nolland, Bruce M. Metzger, David Allen Hubbard, Glenn W. Barker, John D. W. Watts, James W. Watts, Ralph P. Martin, Lynn Allan Losie, Bruce M. Metzger, David Allen Hubbard, Glenn W. Barker, John D. W. Watts, James W. Watts, Ralph P. Martin, Lynn Allan Losie

• Publisher: Zondervan Academic
• Year: 2018
• eBook ISBN: 9780310588566
• Topic: Theology & Religion
• Subtopic: Biblical Commentary

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Overview of Commentary Organization:

• Introduction—covers issues pertaining to the whole book, including context, date, authorship, composition, interpretive issues, purpose, and theology.
• Pericope Bibliography—a helpful resource containing the most important works that pertain to each particular pericope.
• Translation—the author’s own translation of the biblical text, reflecting the end result of exegesis and attending to Hebrew and Greek idiomatic usage of words, phrases, and tenses, yet in reasonably good English.
• Notes—the author’s notes to the translation that address any textual variants, grammatical forms, syntactical constructions, basic meanings of words, and problems of translation.
• Form/Structure/Setting—a discussion of redaction, genre, sources, and tradition as they concern the origin of the pericope, its canonical form, and its relation to the biblical and extra-biblical contexts in order to illuminate the structure and character of the pericope. Rhetorical or compositional features important to understanding the passage are also introduced here.
• Comment—verse-by-verse interpretation of the text and dialogue with other interpreters, engaging with current opinion and scholarly research.
• Explanation—brings together all the results of the discussion in previous sections to expose the meaning and intention of the text at several levels: (1) within the context of the book itself; (2) its meaning in the OT or NT; (3) its place in the entire canon; (4) theological relevance to broader OT or NT issues.
• General Bibliography—occurring at the end of each volume, this extensive bibliography contains all sources used anywhere in the commentary.

Confident Prayer to the Father (11:1–13)

It is Jesus’ own practice of prayer that is the starting point for the Christian practice of prayer. Jesus teaches the disciples, in the pattern prayer that he provides, to pray simply and directly to God as Father, but what they are to pray for is much the same as might be expected in Jewish prayer of their environment. They should pray in confident trust that God as their Father will delight to answer their prayer, just as a human father does the requests of his child.

Praying like Jesus (11:1–4)

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ON ἐπιούσιος:

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Translation

1When he was praying in a particular place, it transpired that, when he stopped, a certain one of his disciples said to him, “Lord, teach us to pray, just as John taught his disciples.” 2He said to them, “Whenever you pray say,

Father,a

May your name be sanctified,

May your kingdom come.b^,c

3Our bread for the day give us day by day,

4And forgive us our sins

(For we ourselves practice forgiveness to

everyone who is indebted to us).

And do not lead us into [th...

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Dedication
• Editor’s Note
• Table of Contents
• Editorial Preface
• Author’s Preface
• Abbreviations
• Commentary Bibliography
• General Bibliography
• Making Ready for the Trip to Jerusalem (9:21–50)
• Accompanying Jesus to Jerusalem (9:51–10:24)
• Love of God and Love of Neighbor (10:25–42)
• Confident Prayer to the Father (11:1–13)
• Conflict and Contrast (11:14–54)
• Preparing for the Coming Judgment (12:1–13:9)
• Reversals Now and to Come (13:10–14:35)
• That Which Was Lost Is Found (15:1–32)
• Use and Abuse of Riches (16:1–31)
• Fitting Response to the Demand and Working of the Kingdom of God (17:1–19)
• Who Will Be Ready When the Son of Man Comes? (17:20–18:8)
• Entering the Kingdom like a Child (18:9–30)
• Indexes