volume 15, issue 1, 2023, pages 86-96

DOI: https://doi.org/10.64438/sbsBCNL4534
Published online: 2023-06-01
Published in print: 2023-06-30

Abstract: Luke implicitly compares Jesus’ ministry to that of Elijah (Lk 4:25-27; 7:16; 9:8, 19, 62). In his gospel appears also references to a ministry of fire (Lk 9:54; 12:49), recalling Elijah’s ministry of judgment at Mt. Carmel (1 Kings 18) and his calling fire down on the messengers of King Ahaziah (2 Kings 1). The present study aims to trace a typology of Elijah in Jesus´ logia about fire and baptism in Lk 12:49-50.