The Perseus Project is a tremendous collection of all sorts of things relating to the ancient world: coins, art, buildings, maps, documents, and much more.

The World of Jesus Christ is just one part of the useful Daily Bible Study site, offering free maps, information about the New Testament Roman emperors, and much more. You'll find Luke here.

If Luke didn't come from Philippi, at least he spent considerable time there, and clearly thought highly of the city. To learn about Philippi click here.

Investigate history at The Jewish Roman World of Jesus" - an extremely attractive site.

Luke talks a lot about Jesus' work in Capernaum. Learn what Capernaum was like, as archaeologists have reconstructed it.

Most of our information about Jesus comes from the Gospels... but not all. To find out what contemporary Jewish sources say about Jesus, click here.

MAPS

Bible Atlas Maps is a free set of 40 maps of the Holy Land and other Bible locations. The maps are in a single Microsoft PowerPoint .ppt file.

For a map of Jerusalem in Jesus' day, click here .

There's a map of where each of the four Gospels was best known and most used in the early Church.

THE TEXT OF LUKE

The Parables of Jesus in Luke page provides the complete text and comments on some of the parables.

Gain a new view of Luke by reading through the Color-coded Luke in which separate colours are used for material which comes from Mark; from Q; or from Luke's own original sources. It makes it much easier to visualize just how Luke went to work and combined his different strands together.

The Polyglot Bible supplies `a parallel corpus of the entire Gospel of Luke in 30 languages, allowing full-text searching and side-by-side comparison of up to seven languages'.

Of course, the best way to read Luke properly is to learn Greek first; Greek Grammar on the Web is an excellent Belgian site which links you to several different online courses which can help you learn New Testament Greek. And then Bible Search will supply you with five different editions of the New Testament Greek text of Luke, not to mention twelve English versions including New American Standard, Today's English Version (Good News), New King James and the Contemporary English Version. If you aren't interested in the Greek, at least go here for the powerful search engine which can show you the different translations of a single verse simultaneously - a great aid to understanding what difficult verses mean!

WRITING ABOUT LUKE

A useful, basic commentary on Luke is at Fourth Watch.

You can take a JesusWalk through Luke with Ralph F. Wilson. This is an online study group in which you will be taken through the Gospel chapter by chapter. Ralph (who is a veteran of online Bible studies) explains: `The point of this JesusWalk is not the destination but the process. For the most part, we'll be taking our time. Once a week we'll be looking at an incident or teaching, and meditating on it, letting it sink into our hearts. My prayer is that over time we will learn what only close followers learn about their Master. I want to take on his way of thinking, his way of acting, his faith. I want to be immersed in the process, this school of discipleship. ' You can receive the studies either by e-mail or by navigating to Ralph's web site.

Cathryn B. Riley of St Peter's Nottingham has written a concise guide to Luke.

Martyn Barrow provides a useful summary of the Gospel.

UK preacher Philip Nevard offers four Sermons from Luke's Gospel at his site - here's a sample: `If the story of Jesus rising from death had been made up by his followers, do you think they would have written about themselves failing to recognise their Risen Lord so many times? If they had made it up, wouldn't they have had a much more human superhero of a Risen Lord? A bright shiny halo ... dazzling lights ... spangly clothes ... They would have invented a Risen Lord we could recognise, an obvious one.'

A longer series of useful sermons on Luke is online from Peter Blackburn of Buderim Uniting Church (in Australia?).

Luke: A Bible study comes from Dick Worth, an enthusiastic Zionist but a competent Bible teacher.

Don Schwager (who is a nice guy and says he likes the Belmont Chapel web site!) is the author of `The Gospel of Luke: a commentary and meditation for daily reflection and study'. You'd learn a lot by working through this every day, alongside your study of Luke.

ASPECTS OF LUKE

An interesting article on the distinctiveness of Luke is written by Marilyn Mellowes.

Professor Jane Kopas writes about Jesus and Women: Luke's Gospel. Her conclusion: "The attitude of Luke's Gospel toward women is not so much a totally revolutionary picture of their discipleship as it is an appreciation of their inner resources and ability to centre themselves to receive and act upon the word of God in truth."

In Good News to the Poor in Luke's Gospel, Mel Shoemaker argues that the intended readership was actually quite wealthy. `To Luke's readers God has given the responsibility of governing cities, using worldly wealth, and living out their discipleship in positions of influence. They are to become God's means of invitation and welcoming the poor into the kingdom.'

`The Authorship of Luke-Acts' is defended in depth by Barry L. Davis.

SCHOLARSHIP AND ACADEMIC STUDY

For those who want to delve into Lucan scholarship, The Synoptic Problem Home Page is a crucial site for studying the Synoptic Gospels and their intentions.

Richard H. Anderson is a scholar who bluntly declares on his home page, `This website is dedicated to the writings of Luke.' And as you might expect, his site is a treasure trove of good things related to the study of Luke - including his own articles (one of them interestingly suggesting that Theophilus was the Jewish High Priest from 37-41 AD) and lots of wonderful links. Great site.

For scholars, Jenee Woodward has lots of `general resources for Luke's Gospel'. Many valuable signposts here.

OTHER THINGS

You can play a mixed-up sentences game based on Luke's Gospel. Useful for memory training and internalising key verses!

Check out the classic writing of Augustine on Luke's Gospel.

One of the fathers of the Brethren movement, John Nelson Darby wrote a `synopsis of Luke' which is still well worth studying.

If you have trouble working out how Luke's account of the last days of Jesus fits in with the other Gospels, look at the Chronology of the crucifixion and resurrection which has been put together at CenturyOne.