I. "Luke's" Second Volume
A. Who was Luke?
B. The Genre(s) and Purposes of Luke-Acts (Luke 1:1-4)
III. Why do so many scholars mistrust Luke?
A. Does the preface (Luke 1:1-4) mean Luke is a historian, a literary critic, a rhetorician, or what?
B. What are we to conclude about Luke from his use of sources?
1. The Rewriting the Beginning of Jesus' Ministry in Mark (cf. Mark 1:9-45 to Luke 4:1-5:16)
2. Rewriting Gethsemane (cf. Luke 22:40-46 to Mark 14:32-42)
3. Rewriting Jesus' Last Words (cf. Mark 15:21-29 to Luke 23:26-49; Mark 15:33-39 to Luke 23:44-49)
4. Rewriting the Location of Jesus' Resurrection Appearances
C. Speeches in Ancient Histories
D. Luke's Emphases
A. The Necessary Delay of the Parousia (Luke 21:23-24; cf. Acts 1:6-11)
B. The Present Work of God through the Spirit (Luke 4:16-21; cf. Acts 1:1-5; 2:17-21)
C. The Plan of God and Salvation History (Luke 2:34-35; Acts 2:22-23; 4:26-28)
D. Paul's Law-free Gentile Mission (Luke 2:28-32; 4:24-30; cf. Acts 15)
E. Collegiality or Harmony in the Church
II. Traditions About the Earliest "Nazarenes"/"Followers of the Way" (ca. 33-36 C.E.)
A. Commission and Ascension (chap. 1)
B. Pentecost and Empowered Preaching (chap. 2)
C. Peter's Mighty Words and Deeds (chap. 3)
D. Arrest, Witness, and Koinōnia (chap. 4)
E. Wonders and Persecution (chap. 5)
F. The Hebrews and the Hellenists: The First Church Split? (6:1-7)
G. Stephen the Hellenist's Radical Rhetoric and the Reaction (6:8 - 8:3)
H. Saul's (a.k.a. Paul) Persecution of the Believers (7:58 - 8:3; see 13:9 for the "a.k.a." verse)
I. Samaritan and More Gentile Conversions (8:4 - 40)