8.5

Worship in the Gospel of Luke

Events

Mary magnifies (megalynō) the Lord when she visits Elizabeth (1:46).

Zechariah blesses (eulogeō) God at the birth of John (1:64).

Angels praise (aineō) and give glory (doxa) to God when Jesus is born (2:13–14).

Shepherds praise (aineō) and glorify (doxazō) God after seeing the baby Jesus (2:20).

Simeon blesses (eulogeō) God when presented with the baby Jesus (2:28).

Anna serves/worships (latreuō) God with prayer and fasting in the temple (2:37).

Jesus is glorified (doxazō) by all when he teaches in synagogues (4:15).

A paralytic glorifies (doxazō) God after he is healed by Jesus (5:25).

People glorify (doxazō) God after Jesus heals a paralytic (5:26).

A crowd glorifies (doxazō) God after Jesus raises a widow’s son from the dead (7:16).

A woman glorifies (doxazō) God after Jesus heals her (13:13).

A leper glorifies (doxazō) God after Jesus heals him (17:15).

A leper prostrates himself to give thanks (eucharisteō) to Jesus for healing him (17:16).

In a parable told by Jesus, a Pharisee gives thanks (eucharisteō) to God that he is not like other people (18:11).

A blind man glorifies (doxazō) God after he is healed by Jesus (18:43).

People give praise (ainos) to God after Jesus heals a blind man (18:43).

When Jesus enters Jerusalem, a multitude of disciples praise (aineō) God for all the mighty works they have seen (19:37).

A centurion glorifies (doxazō) God when he witnesses Jesus’s death on the cross (23:47).

Jesus’s disciples worship (proskyneō) him when he ascends into heaven (24:52). (Text uncertain.)

Jesus’s disciples bless (eulogeō) or praise (aineō) God in the temple after the ascension (24:53). (Wording uncertain.)

Also:

Jesus rejects the temptation to worship (proskyneō) the devil (4:7–8).

Sayings

Zechariah prophesies that, being delivered from the hands of their enemies, God’s people will serve/worship (latreuō) God without fear (1:74).

Jesus quotes Scripture to Satan: “Worship [proskyneō] the Lord your God, and serve [latreuō] only him” (4:8).

After Jesus heals ten lepers, he asks why only one (a foreigner) returns to give glory (doxa) to God (17:18).