Knowing the Story – Review Retell the story with as much accuracy as possible. For example, include the language ‘on one occasion’ to emphasize the time-lapse between Jesus’ healing of Simon’s mother-in-law and Jesus’ preaching from Simon’s boat. You can also stress that the boats by the lake were empty because the fishermen were washing […]
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Knowing the Story Read Luke 4:38-39; 5:1-11 [added 4:38-39] We have four sections to recall: Who are the characters in the story?– Jesus, Simon, Simon’s mother-in-law, a crowd, fishermen, James and John Where does this story take place?– The synagogue, Simon’s house, the lake of Gennesaret (Sea of Galilee) What actions occur in Simon’s house?
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Luke 4:16-30 Understanding the Congregational Response Now, Jesus has finished reading. He has explained the passage in Isaiah and announced, “Today this Scripture has been fulfilled in your hearing (or in your ears).” In a previous essay, we saw how this sentence answers the critical question: Who is Jesus? From there, we learned what Jesus’
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Luke 4:16-30 How Luke Quotes from Isaiah The passage Jesus read was primarily from Isaiah 61:1-2. However, Luke’s account employs the Septuagint (LXX), the Greek translation, rather than the Hebrew text. Therefore, if you turn to Isaiah, you will not find the reading identical to what Luke wrote. Our English Bible translations come from the
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Matthew, Mark, and Luke all tell the story of Jesus and his hometown’s rejection of him. In all three accounts, his hometown wrestles with and ultimately refuses to believe Jesus’ Messianic claim. Matthew and Mark include this story later in Jesus’ ministry. Nevertheless, Luke places the story at the outset of Jesus’ ministry and expounds
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Luke 11:25-37 Another challenge in hearing the parable of The Good Samaritan is that our concept of neighbors is vanishing. This should sound bizarre to us. For example, in my community, I’ve been watching, for several years, the systematic replacement of the cotton and tobacco fields with new neighborhoods. But something is amiss. For, even
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Luke 11:25-37 Being Kind to Others Imagine coming across a stranger. It’s a hot Summer day – a man sits at the front of your church. Not the front of the sanctuary. He’s outside. It’s not even a Sunday, so only a few cars sit in the parking lot. The man is trying to charge
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