in his gospel.9 IV SURVEY A PREPARING TO SURVEY As a starting acquaintance with Luke’s gospel, observe how many chapters there are in the book Then turn the pages of your Bible and note the average length of Luke’s chapters After that, compare the opening historical paragraph (1:5-7) and the concluding one (24:50-53) What are your observations? B FIRST READING Now scan the book of Luke in one sitting if possible It is not necessary to read every word or line at this time If your Bible has paragraph divisions, reading the rst sentence of each paragraph will su ce If your Bible has chapter or paragraph headings, note those as you scan the book The purpose of this initial scanning is to get the feel and atmosphere of the book and to catch its major purposes Write down your rst impressions of the book and any key words and phrases that stand out as of this reading C WORKING WITH INDIVIDUAL SEGMENTS Refer to Chart 34, page 162, and note that Luke is divided into twenty-four segments All the segments begin at verse 1, with what exceptions? CHART 33: SEGMENT TITLES OF LUKE Now go through the book of Luke once again (still in cursory fashion), and assign a segment title to each segment Recall that a segment title is a strong word or short phrase, preferably taken from the text, intended to serve as a clue to at least one main part of the segment Some Bible students like to memorize these titles as an aid in recalling the movement of the entire book Record your titles on a worksheet similar to Chart 33 What are some of your impressions of this gospel so far? What have you noticed so far about these subjects: the various groups Jesus spoke to and worked with the constant action in the book — Jesus moving from place to place how much speaking, compared to working, that Jesus did where miracles mainly appear where parables mainly appear? D SEEKING INTEGRATING RELATIONSHIPS The gospels are not unorganized collections of the recorded words and deeds of Jesus Each gospel is a uni ed story of selected parts of Jesus’ life The Holy Spirit’s inspiration determined the selectivity in each case A general chronology is followed, with some parts written mainly with a ... RELATIONSHIPS The gospels are not unorganized collections of the recorded words and deeds of Jesus Each gospel is a uni ed story of selected parts of Jesus’ life The Holy Spirit’s inspiration determined the. .. taken from the text, intended to serve as a clue to at least one main part of the segment Some Bible students like to memorize these titles as an aid in recalling the movement of the entire book... What are some of your impressions of this gospel so far? What have you noticed so far about these subjects: the various groups Jesus spoke to and worked with the constant action in the book — Jesus