Infancy Narratives VII

Outline for Preface & Infancy (1:1-2:52)

Preface (1:1-4)
Announcement to Zechariah of the Birth of John (1:5-25)
Announcement to Mary of the Birth of Jesus (1:26-38)
Mary’s Visitation to Elizabeth and Her Magnificat (1:39-56)
Birth of John and Zechariah’s Benedictus (1:57-80)
Birth of Jesus (2:1-20)
Presentation of Jesus in the Temple (2:21-40)
Finding of Jesus in the Temple (2:21-40)

Luke firmly situates Jesus’ birth within a historical context, reign of Herod King of Judea