James Tissot, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Bible Study #13, Based on Luke 4:30-44 The people of Nazareth had driven Jesus out of the town and brought him to the brow of the hill to throw him down the cliff, but Jesus was still able to pass through their midst and leave them. How exactly … Continue reading The Lord’s Ministry of Exorcisms and Healings (Luke 4:30-44)
James Tissot, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Bible Study #12, Based on Luke 4:16-29 Having defeated Satan and returned from the wilderness, Jesus returned to Galilee in the power of the Spirit, and he taught in the synagogues, and he was glorified by all (Luke 4:13-15). In Nazareth, the town where he had been brought … Continue reading When Jesus Sparked Controversy in a Synagogue
James Tissot, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Bible Study #12, Based on Luke 4:1-15 Prior to this passage in the Gospel of Luke, God anointed Jesus with the Spirit of God: therefore, at the beginning of this passage, Jesus is already filled with the Spirit. Also, prior to this passage, Luke informed us that Jesus … Continue reading The Temptation of Jesus
I, Davezelenka, CC BY-SA 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/, via Wikimedia Commons Bible Study #11, Based on Luke 3:21-22 In my previous posts, I discussed Luke 3:1-20 and Luke 3:23-38, but I did not discuss Luke 3:21-22. I did this on purpose, because I see a connection between Luke 3:21-22 and chapter 4. The baptism of our Lord … Continue reading The Baptism of Jesus
Look at the birds of the air: they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they? (Matthew 6:26, ESV)
Why seek ye the living among the dead? St Luke, Chapter XIV, verse 5 (1896). John Roddam Spencer Stanhope, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Bible Study #11, Based on Luke 3:23-38 According to Luke, the Lord was about thirty years of age when he began his ministry. Luke then traces the Lord's genealogy through Heli … Continue reading The Genealogy of Jesus
“Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you—not as the world gives, I give to you. Do not let your hearts be troubled, and do not let them be afraid." (John 14:27, LEB)
Bible Study #10, Based on Luke 3:15-20 People were wondering whether John the Baptist was the Christ (the Messiah, or Anointed One). There at least a couple of reasons why they would have wondered whether John was the Christ: They could have discerned from Daniel's prophecies that they were living in the times when the … Continue reading John The Baptist Prepares The Way (Part 3)
Bible Study #9, Based on Luke 3:7-14 People came to be baptized by John, yet John called them brood of vipers, said they were fleeing from the wrath to come, exhorted them to produce fruit that demonstrated repentance, and warned them not to think they would be saved simply because they were descendants of Abraham. … Continue reading John The Baptist Prepares The Way (Part 2)
Based on Luke 3:1-6 Luke dates the events in this chapter in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar. If we follow the list of Roman emperors in Britannica.com, this would be the year 29 AD (maybe 29 to 30 AD). [Reading about Tiberius Caesar here in Luke was exciting to me because, … Continue reading John The Baptist Prepares The Way (Part 1) – Bible Study #9
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