Synagogues

A synagogue was a local Jewish community center for worship, Scripture reading, and teaching, playing a vital role in religious and social life during Jesus’ time.

People, Places, and Things

Synagogues

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People, Places, and Things

Theophilus

Theophilus, likely a wealthy patron or high-ranking believer, is the person to whom Luke dedicates his Gospel and Acts, addressing him as “most excellent” and aiming to provide a well-ordered account to strengthen his faith.

Zechariah

Zechariah, a righteous priest and husband of Elizabeth, is struck mute for doubting the angel’s promise but regains his speech when he faithfully names his son John, proclaiming God’s salvation in the Gospel of Luke.

Synagogues

A synagogue was a local Jewish community center for worship, Scripture reading, and teaching, playing a vital role in religious and social life during Jesus’ time.

Levi

In Luke’s Gospel, Jesus’ call of Levi the tax collector reveals His radical mission to welcome society’s outcasts, transforming even the most despised into disciples through mercy and table fellowship.

Quirinius (Governor of Syria)

uirinius was the Roman governor of Syria known for conducting a census around AD 6, which plays a significant historical and theological role in Luke’s account of Jesus’ birth, illustrating God’s sovereignty working through Roman political events despite controversies over the timing and historical details.

Herod Philip

Herod Philip the Tetrarch (4 BC–AD 34), son of Herod the Great, ruled peacefully over Ituraea and Trachonitis, is mentioned in the Gospel of Luke for historical context, and must be distinguished from his half-brother Philip I, the first husband of Herodias and father of Salome.