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Luke 6:27-28 Whether you are a Christian or not, it is easy to miss the teachings of Jesus. It can be perceived as difficult, too radical, strange, etc. There is a risk that Jesus’ message will affect your life so much that it will become uncomfortable to follow Jesus because you are already doing so well in the world. But …
Luke 6:20 The word “blessed” in Greek is “makarios” and means something like “happy”, “lucky” or “fortunate”. But to be “blessed” does not mean to be happy for a little while and then to be sad when something bad happens, but the happiness of which blessedness is the bearer is a happiness that stands above difficulties and that can rejoice …
Luke 6:17 After wrestling with the Pharisees and selecting his apostles, Jesus now stops on a plain to preach to the people. This sermon is very similar in content to Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount (Matt 5-7) and one might ask if it is exactly the same sermon described in two slightly different ways? In my opinion, the most likely …
Luke 5:1-3 Jesus, and several of the first disciples, lived near Lake Gennesaret, or the Sea of Galilee as it is better known. Working as a fisherman was a tough job in Jesus’ day. At night, people fished, and during the day they cleaned and rinsed the nets in preparation for the next fishing trip, and then sold or salted …
Luke 4:1 The Holy Spirit is a person and part of the Trinity. When the Son was born as a man, he renounced his divine attributes, with the result that he could do nothing in himself, in his own divinity (Phil 2:6-8). Thus, he became dependent on his Father to know what to do (John 5:19) and he became dependent …
Luke 2:41 Joseph and Mary lived in Nazareth, north of Jerusalem, so why does it say that they went “up” to Jerusalem? Well, because Jerusalem is on a hill. According to Exodus 34:22-23, all the men of Israel were to celebrate three feasts each year; Passover, Pentecost, and the Feast of Tabernacles. As described in the Book of Genesis, Joseph …
Luke 2:1 Augustus (ruled the Roman Empire from 31 BC to 14 AD) was originally named Octavian and was the adopted son of Julius Caesar. After defeating Mark Antony and Cleopatra, Augustus became by far the most powerful man in the Roman Empire, as evidenced by the fact that he was the first Roman to give himself the title “emperor”. …
Luke 1:26-27 Earlier in the chapter, the angel Gabriel visited Zechariah and also the prophet Daniel 500 years before Christ (Dan 8:16, 9:21). Gabriel’s name means “mighty man”. Mary was a “virgin”, i.e. she was unmarried and therefore had not had sex. Hence Mary’s surprise that she will soon become pregnant. Sometimes the biblical testimony of the virgin birth is …
Luke 1:5 This Herod was called Herod the Great and is the same Herod who murdered the boys in Bethlehem (Matthew 2:16). Luke 1:6 Zechariah and Elizabeth were both righteous before God, suggesting that, like Abraham, they believed in God (Gen 15:6) because “the righteous shall live by their faith” (Hab 2:4). In addition, they followed the laws and commandments …
Luke 1:3 Luke was a physician and one of Paul’s co-workers on his missionary journeys (Colossians 4:14) and authored both the Gospel of Luke and the Acts of the Apostles (Luke 1:1-4). In the Gospel of Luke, Luke wrote what Jesus did here on earth; in Acts, Luke writes what Jesus continues to do through his disciples. The fact that …