Title: Chapter 06: Fill-in-the-blank/Short Answer Questions: The Gospel according to Luke
Course: Engaging the Christian Scriptures Instructor's Manual

Q: Briefly describe the opening prologue to the Gospel of Luke (Luke 1:1–4).
- a sophisticated sentence resembling prefaces found in classical Greek histories; it reveals the author’s awareness of other writings about Jesus (a sophisticated sentence resembling prefaces found in classical Greek histories; it reveals the author’s awareness of other writings about Jesus)

Q: In Luke’s Gospel, what does the interwoven parallelism between John the Baptist and Jesus illustrate?
- continuity with and compatibility between God’s past work and present work, as well as the fact that God’s work in and through Jesus is superior (continuity with and compatibility between God’s past work and present work, as well as the fact that God’s work in and through Jesus is superior)

Q: What does Luke emphasize in his account of Jesus’s birth?
- the humble circumstances surrounding Jesus’s birth (the humble circumstances surrounding Jesus’s birth)

Q: What is the theological significance of Jesus’s commissioning of the seventy-two disciples in Luke 10:1–24?
- it shows that discipleship is not limited to the twelve apostles, that other disciples are empowered to perform actions similar to Jesus and the Twelve, and that these other disciples should also anticipate rejection (it shows that discipleship is not limited to the twelve apostles, that other disciples are empowered to perform actions similar to Jesus and the Twelve, and that these other disciples should also anticipate rejection)

Q: Which element of Jesus’s post-resurrection events appears only in Luke’s Gospel?
- Jesus’s ascension into heaven (Jesus’s ascension into heaven)