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AN

EXPOSITION

OF THE

HISTORICAL WRITINGS

OF THE

NEW TESTAMENT,

WITH REFLECTIONS SUBJOINED TO EACH SECTION,

BY THE LATE

REV. TIMOTHY KENRICK.

WITH

MEMOIRS OF THE AUTHOR.

IN THREE VOLUMES.

VOL. II.

CONTAINING THOSE PARTS OF LUKE WHICH ARE NOT FOUND IN THE
OTHER EVANGELISTS,

AND THE ENTIRE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO JOHN.

BIRMINGHAM,

Printed and sold by 3. Reicher and Son;

Sold also by J. JOHNSON, and LONGMAN, HURST, and Co. London;

and G. DYER, Exeter.

1807.

AN

EXPOSITION,

&c. &c.

Luke iii. 1---- 14.

LUKE, the author of the history before us, and likewise of the book which is called the Acts of the Apostles, was a Jew by religious profession, the companion and fellow-labourer of Paul. He was well acquainted also with the other apostles, although not one of their number. Some of the things which are here related he might learn from them, particularly what took place in the early part of Christ's public ministry; the rest he might learn from his own observation, from attending Christ as one of his disciples. The authenticity of his history, however, does not depend upon our knowledge of this circumstance, but upon the assurance which we have, that it was received as authentic by persons of the age in which he lived, who knew his character and qualifications, or were well acquainted with the transactions of which he professes to give an account. Several other things are said of him, besides what I have just mentioned, but not with any degree of certainty. Thus he is supposed to be a physician, because Paul, in his epistle to the Colossians, iv. 14, speaks of Luke, the beloved physician; but he is not described under that character in any of the other epistles where he is mentioned, nor in the book of Acts. Vol. 2.]

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