Recommended: Parables in luke's gospel
His use of the quote from (Matthew 22:36-40) help him accuse the humanity others hold, and how they could allow their ‘neighbor’ to go through such emotional pains and
In chapter 3 of Speaking of Jesus, Carl Medearis talks about what it means to own Christianity. He says "If we don't truly know what the gospel is, we have to find an explanation for Christianity." Meaning that if we do not know what the gospel is or what it is teaching us, then we try to define it by our own standards, and that is where it gets messy. Medearis talks about how Christianity is more than a religion, but it is a relationship and people tend to not understand that. He explains why people are so defensive and put up their guards towards Christians, because Christians can be so judgemental.
The Actors Simon, one of the Pharisees: owner of a house large enough to have a dinner guests recline at a table. It would not be much of a stretch that this Simon had wealth and position in the city. It may reasonable to assume that Simon was a better class of Pharisee who had a certain measure of respect for our Lord’s teaching, and was half-inclined to acknowledge Him as a prophet (Luke 7v39). It would be a stretch to think that this Simon is connected to any other Simon mentioned in the NT. Simon was a very common name in Palestine, and maybe Luke’s way of making the person common with those that share his same contempt for this peculiar authority being taught by Jesus.
Chapter 2: Looking into the fourth verse, it shocks me to know that Jesus mentions His death so early in this gospel. He also mentions it at the temple in Jerusalem, where He tells the Jews to destroy the temple. Of course, the Jews didn’t really know what He meant by destroying the temple and raising it up in three days. At the Passover Feast, Jesus didn’t entrust Himself to the people who only believed in Him for His miracles. Chapter 3: Nicodemus was a man of the Pharisees who came to Jesus by night to speak with Him.
The audience of Luke 15 is given in the first two verses of the passage; there are tax collectors and sinners that came to Jesus and then the Pharisees and scribes (Luke 15:1-2). In those times it was very strange for a Pharisee to be with a sinner, because there would be the potential of pollution that the Pharisee might get which would make him unclean and look the purity that they had. Jesus on the other hand “shows a striking willingness to cross lines of purity in regard to other, potentially polluting human beings that many of his contemporaries would not cross because of their concern to guard against defilement. Jesus does this, however, in order to bring the unclean, the defiled and the sinner back to a state of cleanness, wholeness
Jesus Christ’s message and purpose are distinctly displayed in the New Testament of the Bible; “Jesus replied, Let us go somewhere else--to the nearby villages--so I can preach there also. That is why I have come,” Mark 1:36-38 implies that His goal was to preach the teachings of the word of God so that people could receive salvation (Ligonier). Contrary to popular belief, Christ does not begin His ministry until the age of 30 when John the Baptist declares Him as the Son of God after baptizing Him in the River Jordan. The earlier years of His life are not recorded as well as His adult life, but there are significant milestones that act as foreshadowing events to what He teaches during His ministry; such occurrences, as in going to a temple to discuss affairs with elders of Jerusalem at the young age of twelve, lead Christ into His extremely important evangelism of three years.
For two thousand years authors and orators have attempted to fill the gaps of biblical narratives with short stories, letters and gospel-esque works. Such attempts include narrative traditions about the life and teachings of Jesus, his family and his apostles. These writings were embraced by early and medieval Christian groups who made the writings their own. Often using and altering them according to Christian interests or concerns at the time. The Infancy Gospel of Thomas is an apocryphal text that depicts the life of child Jesus and his cursings, miracles and lessons.
Chapter 6 of the Gospel according to Luke initially reflects Christ’s teachings concerning the Sabbath, which inevitably elicits sentiments of rage from the Pharisees, further deepening the conflict shared between Jesus and the religious authorities. The aforementioned event began after the Pharisees witnessed Christ attempting to heal the withered hand of a man, but before treating the man’s wound, Christ declared to the peeping Pharisees that it would be far more destructive to let the man succumb to his wounds opposed to disregarding the sabbath for a bit to help a fellow human. Rather than truly digesting the words that were just fed to them, the Pharisees decided to seek ways to punish Christ for disobeying the sabbath. This whole scenario
The author is the apostle John, “the disciple whom Jesus loved” (13:23; 19:26; 20:2; 21:7,20,24). John not mentioned by name, but that is only natural of someone who is writing it. He knew Jewish life well. The hostility between the Jews and Samaritans. Jewish customs like the duty of circumcision on the eighth day taking priority over the prohibition of working on the Sabbath.
It says “So they went on their way from the presence of the Council, rejoicing that they had been considered worthy to suffer shame for His name.” The apostles were beaten and were commanded by the council to not speak out about the Lord’s name, but they did anyway. In fact, they rejoiced because they were beaten for preaching about God. In the verses after, it says that the apostles NEVER stopped witnessing. They did not care what was going to happen to them, as long as they were pleasing their Savior then nothing else mattered.
Another key title that Luke used in speaking of the identity of Jesus is the title of the “Son of Man.” In fact, the Gospel of Luke presents Jesus as the perfect Son of man who had authority. The term “Son of Man” refers to the authoritative figure that recorded in Daniel 7:13, who is granted with dominion, glory, and kingship from the Ancient of Days over the Kingdom. The purpose of this gift so that his dominion would be eternal and his kingdom will be unshakeable (v. 14). The realization of this promise can be seen in the way Jesus does his ministry with being as the “Son of Man.”
In more than 50 places in the book it is said that the Lord spoke to Moses. The date for the writing of the book by Moses would appear to have been between about 1446 and 1406s.c.
Luke 16:1-13 The book of Luke comforts the reader as its written “For Luke Christianity had universal significance. He clearly shared the viewpoint of Paul, his friend and companion, as evidenced in his broad out look on the world and understanding of the gospel as relevant for all”(Hiebert) From the beginning of chapter 16,The word “μαθητάς” emphasized, which has a definition of people of learning. New testament do not give emphasis point to the decision but it prefer as becoming the disciple. “some translations soften the picture by rendering the word as “servant” rather than slave.
The book of Luke is the third book and the longest of four gospel in the New Testament. The book of Luke was written by Luke, he also wrote the book of Acts. Both books was written to a Roman dignitary by name of Theophilus. Luke was a physician, a Greek gentile, and a close companion to the Apostle Paul. Luke wrote this gospel for the Greeks.
R.I.P Randy! Christ Jesus sometime calls home good people early that the world would become aware that a light has left; you were one of those lights. You did not suffer as a thief or a murderer, henceforth, your family and friends are not ashamed. We know that you are in a better place, so don’t worry about us (family & friends) we can only hope to laugh with you again. Randy, I don’t believe that the young should go and leave the old, therefore, I am so sorry that I was not there to protect you from that depraved boy.
