Abstract:Luke's Gospel contains a number of passages involving children. Already its first scene (1:5–25) narrates the well-known story of a childless priestly couple, whom God endows with offspring, as shown by a mention of Elizabeth's pregnancy that concludes the narrative. The child, John the Baptist, whose birth the evangelist describes in 1:57–66, thus emerges as God's gift to Elizabeth and Zechariah. Luke's narrative then includes several pericopes that are similarly concerned with parents deprived of children. This defective status results not only from the loss of an only child, as in the case of both Nain's widow (7:11–17) and Jairus (8:41–42, 49–56), but also from a death-threat against a child in the form of unceasing demonic seizures, as in the case of an anonymous father (9:37–43). The scenes in question then unmistakably portray Jesus as the one to bestow children on the parents. This article focuses on the above-referenced texts, drawing attention to those features that support the claim that the evangelist envisions the children in question as a gift from Jesus. This focus explains the similarity with 1:5–25, where the child appears as a gift from God. The article points out that child-giving represents a motif that assimilates Jesus to God. As such, the article offers a modest contribution not only to the study of children in biblical narratives, but also to the interpretation of Luke's Christology.

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路加福音中的儿童作为礼物

摘要：路加福音包含许多涉及儿童的段落。它的第一个场景（1:5-25）已经讲述了一对没有孩子的牧师夫妇的众所周知的故事，上帝赋予他们后代，正如在叙述结束时提到伊丽莎白的怀孕所表明的那样。孩子，施洗约翰，福音书作者在 1 章 57-66 节描述了他的出生，因此成为上帝赐给伊丽莎白和撒迦利亚的礼物。然后，路加的叙述包括几个类似地关注被剥夺孩子的父母的细节。这种有缺陷的状态不仅是因为失去了独生子，如拿因的遗孀（7:11-17）和睚鲁（8:41-42, 49-56），而且还来自死亡威胁以不断的恶魔癫痫发作的形式对抗一个孩子，就像匿名父亲的情况一样（9:37-43）。这些场景明确无误地将耶稣描绘成将孩子赐给父母的人。本文侧重于上述引用的文本，提请注意那些支持传道者将所讨论的儿童视为耶稣的礼物这一说法的特征。这个焦点解释了与 1:5-25 的相似之处，其中孩子作为上帝的礼物出现。文章指出，生育孩子代表了一个主题，使耶稣与上帝同化。因此，这篇文章不仅对圣经叙述中的儿童研究做出了适度的贡献，而且对路加的基督论的解释也做出了贡献。提请注意那些支持以下说法的特征，即福音传道者将所讨论的儿童视为耶稣的礼物。这个焦点解释了与 1:5-25 的相似之处，其中孩子作为上帝的礼物出现。文章指出，生育孩子代表了一个主题，使耶稣与上帝同化。因此，这篇文章不仅对圣经叙述中的儿童研究做出了适度的贡献，而且对路加的基督论的解释也做出了贡献。提请注意那些支持以下说法的特征，即福音传道者将所讨论的儿童视为耶稣的礼物。这个焦点解释了与 1:5-25 的相似之处，其中孩子作为上帝的礼物出现。文章指出，生育孩子代表了一个主题，使耶稣与上帝同化。因此，这篇文章不仅对圣经叙述中的儿童研究做出了适度的贡献，而且对路加的基督论的解释也做出了贡献。