1 3 rd SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME Cycle C UNROLLING THE SCROLL TodaLJ this scripture passage is fulfilled in your heaƌiŶg. (Lk 4:21) Gospel: Lk 1:1-4, 4:14-21 TEXT PARALLEL TEXT MAIN VERSE MAIN TEXT FOOTNOTE Prologue a Lk. 1:1-4 - a - This prologue uses a classical vocabulary and construction; it is similar to the formal prefaces of historians during the Hellenistic age. Your brother has returned ƌeplied the servant, aŶd LJouƌ fatheƌ has killed the calf he had fattened because he has got him back safe and souŶd. Well then, in the first place, I taught you what I had been taught myself, namely that Christ died for our sins, in accordance with the sĐƌiptuƌes… But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you, i and then you will be my witnesses j not only in Jerusalem but throughout Judea and Samaria, and indeed to the ends of the earth. k I have been made the servant of that gospel by a gift of grace from God who gave it to me by his own power. Lk 15:27 1 Co 15:3 1 Co 11:2+, 23 Lk 1:2 Ac 2:23 Ac 1:8+ Is 43:10 Mt 28:19 =Lk 24:47-48 Ep 3:7 2 Co 3:6 Col 1:23 1 Th 2:4 1 Seeing that many others b have undertaken to draw up accounts of the events that have taken place among us, Lk 1:1- b - HLJpeƌďole; uŶdeƌstaŶd seǀeƌal. Foƌ the narratives used and known by Luke, see Introduction to the Synoptic Gospels. Ac 1:8 - i – The Holy Spirit is a favorite theme of Luke (Lk 4:1+); he talks mostly about the Holy Spirit as a Power, Lk 1:35; 24:49;Ac 1:8;10:38; Rm 15:13,19; 1 Co 2:4,5; 1 Th 1:5; Heb 2:4, sent from God by Christ, Ac 2:38, to broadcast the Good News. 1. The Spirit gives the charismata, 1 Co 12:4f, that guarantee the message; the gift of tongues, Ac 2:4+, of miracles, 10:38, of prophecy, 11:27+; 20:23; 21:11, of wisdom, 6:3,5,10:2, the Spirit fives strength to proclaim Jesus as Messiah in spite of persecution 4:8,31; 5:32; 6:10;cf. Ph 1;19 and to bear witness to him, Mt. 10;20p; Jn 15:26; Ac 1:8; 2 Tm 1:7f,cf. following note; 3. The Spirit guides the Church in her major decisions: the admission of pagans, Ac 8:29,40; 10:19,44- 47; 11;12-16; 15:8, without obligation to