1. Luhlobo luni lweVangeli uLuka aliloba?

IVANGELI likaLuka lalotshwa indoda eyayinomqondo okhaliphile nenhliziyo enomusa, futhi lenhlanganisela enhle yezimfanelo, kanye nokuqondisa komoya kaNkulunkulu, kuye kwaphumela ekulandiseni kokubili okunembile nokugcwele imfudumalo nozwela. Emavesini okuqala, uthi, “Kwasengathi kuhle nakimina, lokhu ngizihlolisisile zonke izinto, kusukela ekuqaleni, ngikulobele ngokulandelana.” Ukulandisa kwakhe okuningiliziwe, okucophelelayo kuwafakazela ngokugcwele lamazwi.​—⁠Luka 1:⁠3.

 4. Cishe, yalotshwa nini incwadi kaLuka, futhi yiziphi izimo ezisekela lombono?

⁴ ULuka waliloba nini iVangeli lakhe? IzEnzo 1:⁠1 zibonisa ukuthi umlobi wencwadi yezEnzo (okusewuye uLuka) ngaphambili wayelobe “incwadi yokuqala,” iVangeli. Ngokunokwenzeka kakhulu incwadi yezEnzo yaqedwa cishe ngo-61 C.E. lapho uLuka eseRoma noPawulu, owayelindele icala lakhe ayelidlulisele kuKesari. Ngakho cishe ukulandisa kwaleliVangeli kwalotshwa uLuka eKesariya cishe ngo-56-58 C.E., ngemva kokuba ebuye noPawulu eFilipi ekupheleni kohambo lwesithathu lukaPawulu lobuthunywa bevangeli nangesikhathi uPawulu esalinde iminyaka emibili etilongweni laseKesariya ngaphambi kokuba ayiswe eRoma ayodlulisa icala lakhe. Njengoba uLuka ayelapho ePalestina, phakathi nalesikhathi wayesesimweni esihle ‘sokuhlolisisa zonke izinto, kusukela ekuqaleni’ eziphathelene nokuphila nenkonzo kaJesu. Ngalokho, kubonakala sengathi ukulandisa kukaLuka kwandulela iVangeli likaMarku.

 5. Kungenzeka ukuthi uLuka ‘wazihlolisisa’ kumiphi imithombo izenzakalo zokuphila kukaJesu?

⁵ Yebo, uLuka wayengeyena ufakazi wokuzibonela wazo zonke izenzakalo aziloba eVangelini lakhe, njengoba ayengeyena omunye wabangu-12 futhi mhlawumbe engelona ngisho nekholwa kwaze kwaba ngemva kokufa kukaJesu. Nokho, wayejwayelene kakhulu noPawulu ensimini yezithunywa zevangeli. (2 Thim. 4:​11; Filem. 24) Ngakho, njengoba kungase kulindeleke, ukuloba kwakhe kubonisa ubufakazi bethonya likaPawulu, njengoba kungabonakala ngokuqhathanisa ukulandisa kwabo bobabili ngeSidlo SeNkosi Sakusihlwa, kuLuka 22:​19, 20 nakweyoku-⁠1 Korinte 11:​23-25. Njengomunye umthombo wokwaziswa, uLuka wayengacaphuna eVangelini likaMathewu. ‘Ekuhlolisiseni zonke izinto,’ wayeyokwazi ukuxoxa mathupha nofakazi abaningi bokuzibonela bezenzakalo zokuphila kukaJesu, njengabafundi ababesaphila futhi mhlawumbe nonina kaJesu, uMariya. Singaqiniseka ukuthi wageqa amagula ekuhlanganiseni imininingwane enokwethenjelwa.