Once we allow for the possibility that Luke knew the scrolls or the messianic traditions expressed in them, then he would not have been the first who interpreted these passages in Isaiah as predictions of the messiah. The question is whether there is a difference between these two modern ways of understanding the Gospel of Luke. Does our interpretation of the Gospel have to change, now that we know of the Dead Sea Scrolls? Do the scrolls make a difference for our understanding of Luke’s Christology (his portrayal of Jesus)? The answer, I submit, has to be yes.
