By Douglas K. Wilson, Ph.D. Dean of Christian Studies, University of Mobile PREPARED Luke 3:7–18 Luke’s account provides the political context of the promised land into which Jesus was born. In Chapter 1, Luke highlights Herod the king, patriarch of the Herods. The familiar Christmas story of Luke 2 mentions two political figures: Caesar Augustus and Quirinius. To mark the…
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