00:27How are you, dear brothers and sisters?
00:29Welcome to our second session of our Online Bible School, delving now into the writing of Luke, who
00:38At the beginning of his gospel he gives us a lengthy literary prologue in the style of the Greek writers of his time.
00:47The evangelist begins by saying that many have tried to make an orderly account of the things that have happened.
00:57The pronoun "many" does not mean that there were numerous authors, but simply some or several.
01:07They have sought to present an orderly account of the events, but it is not simply a collection of anecdotes.
01:16and of facts, but of a well-thought-out and querygmatic narrative.
01:22The passive voice, "have been fulfilled" or "have taken place," indicates that the author of such events is God, and
01:33By using the perfect tense, the evangelist intends to refer to relatively recent events.
01:42Lucas investigated and wants to write carefully and in an orderly fashion from the beginning about the events relating to the life of
01:55Jesus.
01:55But brothers, this does not mean that he attempted an exact chronology, but a literary and didactic order.
02:05The author dedicates his work to his excellent Theophilus.
02:09The superlative Cratitos is used to address an important person at a more or less official level.
02:20Theophilus must have been a Christian who received catechesis from the church.
02:26Luke wants his recipient to have a solid understanding of the doctrine in which he has been instructed.
02:35Childhood Gospel Plan
02:39Luke has arranged the stories of Jesus' childhood in two very well-balanced triptychs.
02:46First, the announcement of the birth of John the Baptist, the announcement of the conception of Jesus, and Mary's visit to Elizabeth.
02:56In the second, the birth and manifestation of John and the birth and manifestation of Jesus, Jesus in the Temple of
03:06Jerusalem.
03:07For the writing of the Infancy Gospel, as for the rest of his work, Luke conducted research and consulted
03:17most likely the apostle John,
03:19who received Mary as his mother.
03:22And it is also known that Lucas knows the traditions very well.
03:27He certainly could not have had eyewitness accounts like Zechariah and Elizabeth regarding the birth of his son.
03:37Juan.
03:38They were already of advanced age.
03:40Joseph was supposed to have already died when Jesus began his public ministry.
03:47And as for Maria, there are serious difficulties.
03:51Luke wrote his gospel around 75 AD, that is, when Mary would have been around 97 years old.
04:03Indeed, brothers, Mary was about 16 when she gave birth to Jesus.
04:09He was born around 6 BC.
04:14However, this chronology can be shortened somewhat according to the following data.
04:20Luke first visited Jerusalem in the year 58.
04:26In Pablo's company, Maria would have been about 80 years old at this time.
04:33But even in this case, how can we know that Maria was still alive?
04:39And that she was consulted, so we believe, therefore, that Luke could not have consulted Mary personally.
04:48But he did receive information.
04:50Although Lucas received a lot of information throughout his investigations, what he conveys to us is not the
05:00not a cold, factual report of what eyewitnesses said, but a personal reflection.
05:08He has processed the data, perceived its profound theological dimension, and presented it to us in a literary outline.
05:19which is one of his works.
05:21Thus, in Luke, chapters 1 and 2, we have the theological reflection of a second-generation Christian and
05:30His Christology corresponds to an already evolved stage.
05:351. First triptych announcing the birth of John the Baptist
05:40Herod the Great ruled in Judea from 37 to 4 BC.
05:47Judea refers to the entire land of the Jews.
05:51Zechariah was a priest of the division of Abijah.
05:55There were 24 priestly classes.
05:57Abijah's was the eighth.
06:00His wife Isabel was also from a priestly family descended from Aaron.
06:07This is fulfilling the commandments and precepts of the Lord.
06:12Isabel was happy like the mothers of miraculous children.
06:17Isaac, Jacob and Esau, Joseph and Benjamin, Samson and Samuel, and both were of advanced age, as in the case
06:28of Abram and Sarah.
06:29Each class lasted one week, from Saturday to Saturday.
06:36Since the group of priests was large, the power to perform the incense ritual was determined by lot.
06:44The embers and perfumes were being touched on the altar of incense that stood before the Holy of Holies.
06:53And the madness took place before the morning sacrifice and after three in the afternoon.
07:02The expression, the angel of the Lord, comes from very ancient texts and will serve to designate Yahweh himself in the
07:11Gospels of the infancy of the angel of the Lord.
07:14He is the herald who brings messages from heaven.
07:18Discomfort and fear are man's natural reactions to the divine.
07:25Lucas points her out throughout his writings.
07:29The angel appears to announce the birth and mission of John.
07:35The father is the one who will give his son's name.
07:39He will be called John, which means Yahweh has been gracious.
07:44Furthermore, the birth will be a cause of joy and happiness.
07:48This is messianic joy, which is a favorite theme of the evangelist.
07:57John will be great in the Lord's sight and will be like the culmination and crowning achievement of important figures in the people of
08:07God.
08:08Isabel's concealment for six months is meant to mean that only through revelation will Maria learn of her relative's pregnancy.
08:18Sterility was considered a disgrace or a punishment.
08:25Announcement of the conception of Jesus
08:28To elaborate on the account of the Annunciation, Luke drew upon a tradition that ultimately could not have come
08:37but of the Virgin Mary.
08:39This is a real and historical event, the conception of Jesus, the Son of God.
08:47It was a personal experience of Maria's that no one can reproduce in its external details.
08:55The evangelist presents the event to us with all the theological content it entails through a dialogue woven into
09:04biblical reference database.
09:07This literary genre, used by Lucas, is not a midrash, but it does have a style similar to it.
09:14In the sixth month, after the announcement to Zechariah and the conception of John, the same angel Gabriel was
09:22sent by God to a Galilean city called Nazareth.
09:28Nazareth is not known from the Old Testament.
09:32It must have been a small, unimportant hunting trip.
09:37The angel has been sent to a young woman betrothed to a man named Joseph from the family of David.
09:44The young woman's name was Maria.
09:48The Greek word, patenos, means a young woman, a virgin, was legally married to Joseph.
09:58However, they were not yet living together.
10:02Jewish law allowed a period of time between marriage and the wife's entry into the home of
10:11her husband.
10:28Thank you.
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