LUKE OUTLINE
A. Ralph Johnson
THEME: Jesus the wisdom of God. Written from the Greek viewpoint.
Written by Luke, a Greek doctor to Theophilus, a Greek, about 62 AD
Luke later wrote Acts
CHAPTERS & KEY WORDS |
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Luke |
Matt |
Mark |
John |
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I. 30 YEARS JESUS PRIVATE LIFE (1:1—2:52) |
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1: Annunciation |
Preface |
1-4 |
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John The Baptist's birth promised |
5-25 |
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Annunciation to Mary |
26-38 |
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Mary visits Elisabeth |
39-56 |
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John The Baptist’s birth |
57-80 |
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2: Birth |
Jesus' birth |
1-7 |
1:18 |
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Angels and Shepherds |
8-20 |
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Circumcision |
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Temple presentation at age 12 Simeon Anna the prophetess |
22-39 25-35 36-38 |
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Nazareth childhood |
39-40 |
2:23 |
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41-50 |
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18 years at Nazareth |
51-52 |
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II. BEGINNING MINISTRY EVENTS (3:1—4:13) |
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3: Baptism |
John the Baptist's ministry |
1-20 |
3:1 |
1:1 |
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Jesus' baptism--Holy Spirit |
21-22 |
3:13 |
1:9 |
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Genealogy |
23-38 |
1:1 |
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4: Temptation |
Temptation |
1-13 |
4:1 |
1:12 |
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III. FIRST GALILEAN MINISTRY (4:14—6:11) |
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Fame grows |
14-15 |
4:12 |
1:28 |
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Rejection at Nazareth |
16-30 |
13:54 |
6:1 |
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Teaching in Capernaum on Sabbath |
31-32 |
4:13 |
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Casting out Evil spirit that cried out |
33-37 |
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1:21 |
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Peter's wife's mother healed |
38-39 |
8:14 |
1:29 |
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Many healed and demons cast out |
40-41 |
8:16 |
1:32 |
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Preaching in Galilee |
42-44 |
4:23 |
1:39 |
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5: Called |
Call of Matthew, Mark, Luke, John |
1-11 |
4:18 |
1:16 |
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Leper healed |
12-16 |
8:1 |
1:40 |
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Paralytic let down through the roof healed |
17-26 |
9:2 |
2:1 |
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Matthew, the tax collector, called |
27-32 |
9:9 |
2:13 |
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Questions about fasting |
33-39 |
9:14 |
2:18 |
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6: Twelve |
Plucking grain on Sabbath |
1-5 |
12:1 |
2:23 |
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Withered hand healed on Sabbath |
6-11 |
12:9 |
3:1 |
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IV. SECOND GALILEAN MINISTRY (6:12—9:17) |
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Twelve apostles commissioned |
12-19 |
10:2 |
3:13 |
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Sermon on level place |
20-49 |
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7: Baptist |
Centurion's servant |
1-10 |
8:5 |
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Widow's son at Nain |
11-17 |
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John Baptist's question concerning Jesus |
18 -35 |
11:2 |
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Jesus anointed in house of Simon Pharisee |
36-50 |
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8: Parables |
Women who ministered |
1-3 |
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Parables by the sea |
4-18 |
13:1 |
4:1 |
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Family of Jesus |
19-21 |
12:46 |
3:31 |
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Stilling the tempest |
22-25 |
8:23 |
4:35 |
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Gadarene demoniac |
26-39 |
8:28 |
5:1 |
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Jairus's daughter |
40-56 |
9:18 |
5:22 |
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Woman's issue of blood |
43 -48 |
9:20 |
5:25 |
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9: Beheaded |
Twelve sent out |
1-6 |
10:1 |
6:7 |
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Herod’s confusion about Jesus—was this John the Baptist who he had beheaded? |
7-9 |
14:1 |
6:14 |
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Five thousand fed |
10-17 |
14:13 |
6:30 |
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V. THIRD GALILEAN MINISTRY (9:18-50) |
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Peter's confession—who Jesus is |
18-21 |
16:13 |
8:27 |
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Coming death & resurrection |
22-27 |
16:21 |
8:31 |
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Transfiguration |
28-36 |
17:1 |
9:2 |
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Demoniac boy |
37-43 |
17:14 |
9:14 |
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Coming death & resurrection |
43-45 |
17:22 |
9:30 |
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Humble like a child |
46-48 |
18:1 |
9:33 |
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One casting out demons “Not against me is for me” |
49-50 |
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9:38 |
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Samaritans reject him |
51-55 |
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Excuses of followers |
56-62 |
8:19 |
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10: Seventy |
Mission of seventy |
1-24 |
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Good Samaritan |
25-37 |
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Martha and Mary |
38-42 |
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11: Blasphemy |
Teaching on prayer |
1-13 |
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Blasphemy of the Holy Spirit |
14-23 |
12:24 |
3:22 |
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Demon returns |
24-26 |
12:43 |
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Obedient ones are greater than Jesus' mother |
27-28 |
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Sign-seeking |
29 -32 |
12:38 |
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Eye is body's lamp |
33-36 |
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Woe to hypocrites! |
37-53 |
23:13 |
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12: Be Ready |
Beware Pharisees |
16:6 |
8:15 |
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Nothing hid; Can't kill soul; Be not afraid; Confess Christ |
2-9 |
10:26 -33 |
4:22 |
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Rich fool parable |
13-21 |
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Be not anxious |
22-34 |
6:25-33 |
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Watch! |
35-49 |
24:42-51 |
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Not come to set peace |
49-53 |
10:34-36 |
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Interpreting the times |
54-59 |
5:25 -26 |
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13: O Jerusalem! |
Galileans slain by Pilate |
1-9 |
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Bowed woman healed on Sabbath |
10-21 |
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Few saved? Narrow door |
22-30 |
7:13 |
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Jerusalem, Jerusalem! |
31-35 |
23:37 |
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14: Chief Seats |
Pharisee’s house--Dropsy healed on the Sabbath |
1-6 |
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Take lower seat. Invite the poor |
7-14 |
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Excuses for not following |
15-24 |
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Take up Cross. Count Cost |
25-33 |
10:37-38 |
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Salt |
34-35 |
5:13 |
9:50 |
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15: Lost & Found |
Lost sheep |
1-7 |
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Lost coin |
8-10 |
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Lost son (Prodigal) |
11-32 |
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16: Money |
Unrighteous steward—shrewd manager |
1-13 |
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Wicked who trust in riches |
14-18 |
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Rich man and Lazarus |
19-31 |
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17: Coming |
Stumbling & forgiveness |
1-4 |
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Faith as mustard seed - Faithful service |
5-10 |
13:31 |
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Ten lepers |
11-19 |
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Kingdom comes not with observation |
20-21 |
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His coming as lighting, Noah, Lot, Eagles |
22 -37 |
24:27,
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18: Ruler |
Perseverance in prayer— Bothersome widow and the Judge |
1-8 |
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Pharisee and publican praying |
9-14 |
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Children blessed |
15-17 |
19:13 |
10:13 |
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Rich young ruler |
18 -30 |
19:16 |
10:17 |
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Crucifixion foretold |
31-34 |
20:17 |
10:32 |
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Blind men near Jericho |
35-43 |
20:29 |
10:46 |
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19: Triumph |
Zacchaeus |
1-10 |
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Parable of pounds |
11-28 |
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VII. CLOSING MINISTRY (19:29—22:62) |
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Triumphal entry into Jerusalem |
29-44 |
21:1 |
11:1 |
12:12 |
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Cleansing the temple |
45-48 |
21:12 |
11:15 |
2:13 |
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Temple confrontations (20:1—21:4) |
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20: Traps |
Scribes & Elders --By what authority? |
1-8 |
21:23 |
11:27 |
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Parable of the wicked husbandmen |
9-16 |
21:33 |
12:1 |
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The stone the builders rejected |
17-18 |
21:42 |
12:10 |
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Priests & Scribes--Tribute to Caesar? |
19-26 |
22:15 |
12:13 |
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Sadducees—Who’s wife in Resurrection? |
27-40 |
22:23 |
12:18 |
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Whose son is Christ? |
41-44 |
22:41 |
12:35 |
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Beware of the Scribes |
45-47 |
23:1 |
12:38 |
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21: Coming |
Widow's mite |
1-4 |
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12:41 |
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Mount of Olives Discourse: Destruction of Jerusalem and His coming |
5-38 |
24:1 |
13:1 |
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Tribulation on Jerusalem |
24:15 |
13:14 |
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After the tribulation Jesus comes |
24:29 |
13:24 |
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22: Supper |
Judas's conspiracy |
1-6 |
26:14 |
14:10 |
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Passover supper |
7-30 |
26:17 |
14:12 |
13:1 |
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Peter's denial predicted |
31-34 |
26:31 |
14:27 |
13:38 |
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Take wallet, sword etc. |
35-38 |
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Garden of Gethsemane |
39-46 |
26:36 |
14:32 |
18:1 |
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Arrest |
47-53 |
26:47 |
14:43 |
18:1 |
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VIII. TRIALS AND CRUCIFIXION (22:54—23:56) |
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House of the High Priest |
54-65 |
26:57 |
14:53 |
18:13 |
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Peter’s denial |
55-62 |
26:69 |
14:66 |
18:27 |
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Trial before the Jewish Council |
66-71 |
27:1 |
15:1 |
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23: Crucified |
Trial before Pilate |
1-25 |
27:11 |
15:1 |
18:28 |
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Crucifixion |
26-49 |
27:32 |
15:21 |
19:16 |
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Burial |
50-56 |
27:57 |
15:42 |
19:38 |
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IX. RESURRECTION AND APPEARANCES |
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24: Resurrected |
At the tomb |
1-12 |
28:1 |
16:1 |
20:1 |
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Appearance on the road to Emmaus |
13-35 |
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16:12 |
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Appearances in Jerusalem |
35-43 |
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16:14 |
20:19 |
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Ascension |
44-53 |
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16:19 |
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