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Introduction (1:1-12) ·          (1:1) The identity of the writer : Teacher, son of David, king in Jerusalem ·          (1:2-3) Human gain and toil without God are vanity effort ·          (1:4-7)  Generation by generation strife but the earth remain the same in its course (1:8-11) Human labors are wearisome : it is never enough, no ending cycle and nobody will remember all our toil ·          (1:12) The identity of the writer: Teacher-King Exploration of wisdom, delight and satisfaction (1:13-2:26) ·          (1:13-18) The Teacher-King exploring that wisdom is meaningless : wisdom cannot solve all human problem: the more knowledge, the more grief. ·          (2:1-11) The Teacher-King exploring that delight and pleasure are meaningless : he find no excellency in all of his accomplishment ·          (2:12-16) Wisdom of the wise is meaningless: he find that the same fate will overtake the wise and the fool, and he must leave his labor to another people. ·         

1.       Introduction Luke is one of the gospels which has special concern for the role of women compare to other gospels. Women have an prominent place in the gospel. Women mentioned frequently in almost 24 chapter of the gospel of Luke. Almost every chapter of Luke has a story related to, or mentioned about women. Luke mentions in his narrative some women which were not mentioned in other Gospels. Luke has a sympathetic concern to women, especially to the downcast women as widows, women of low state, infirmities, sick, cripple, etc. Luke is often called as  “the Gospel for the poor” and “the Gospel of Women” . At the time when women were looked down as second class citizen and common to be despised, Luke's picture of women in Jesus ministry was revolutionary and brings a new perspective about the attitude toward women. In this writing I try to find of how does Luke pictures out how Christ appreciates women in his Gospel, and how it elevated women dignity and worth in the