Questions tagged [luke]
The first half of Luke's history of the church which, along with Acts, was addressed to a certain "Theophilus". The gospel of Luke covers the life of Jesus from his birth to his resurrection.
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The anointing at Bethany
In all four gospel accounts we can read that Jesus visited Simon the leper's house in Bethany, in Matthew 26:6-13. Beside Matthew in the three other accounts Mark 14:2-9, Luke 7:36-50 & John 11:2, ...
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How could have Judas felt remorse, considering he was possessed by Satan?
We know from the Bible that Satan entered Judas before he betrayed Jesus. From Luke 22:3 (NIV):
Then Satan entered Judas, called Iscariot, one of the Twelve.
We also know however that Judas later ...
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What does "filled with the Holy Spirit" mean in Luke 1:15?
Luke 1:15
"for he will be great before the Lord. And he must not drink wine or strong drink, and he will be filled with the Holy Spirit, even from his mother's womb." ESV. My emphasis.
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Why Luke uses ἀνήρ (man) for Mary (a woman)?
As I was studying the use of the Greek word ἀνήρ (anēr, G435), I discovered surprisingly that Luke used this word for Mary in Luke 1:34.
Luke 1:34
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Should "Abraham's bosom" be interpreted as a physical destination or is as a metaphor for embracing relationship?
Luke 16:22 KJV - And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was
carried by the angels into Abraham's bosom: the rich man also died,
and was buried;
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Destruction of Jerusalem Prophecy
In Luke 19:41 Jesus speaks about the destruction of ALL Jerusalem. In verse 44, Jesus says that "they will not leave one stone upon another". This prophecy sounds similar to others regarding ...
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How do Mark 6:1-6 and Luke 4:16-30 compare?
Mark 6:1
"He went away from there and came to his hometown, and his disciples followed him".
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In this story Jesus returns to his hometown where he is recognised and known. Mark 6:3 : &...
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How does "huios" compare with "teknon" in Luke 15:30-31?
Luke 15:30-31
"But when this son[huios] of yours came, who has devoured your property with prostitutes, you killed the fattened calf for him!" 31 And he said to him, "Son,[teknon] you ...
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Why did the Jews accept the Synagogue built by a non-Jew in Luke 7:4?
Luke 7:4 KJV
And when they came to Jesus, they besought him instantly, saying, That he [the Centurion] was worthy for whom he should do this: 5 For he loveth our nation, and he hath built us a ...
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Divorce and adultery is no longer as the law is dead by Christ risen? This is my question [closed]
From these scriptures bellow I’m asking for understanding of their meaning.
I think that the reference to husband is metaphor to the law. Or is this just about divorce?
Romans 7:1-6
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Is Greek "e basileia" in the NT Pater Noster to be interpreted as Princess?
The logic behind this reasoning is the following: the Pater Noster is a paraphrase of Proverbs 3:19 which can be translated as following "God through (female) Sophia has stated the Earth and ...
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What does "Smote their breasts" signify in Luke 23:48?
After witnessing the crucifixion of Christ and the phenomena accompanying it the witnesses are said to have smote their breasts and went away.
KJV Luke 23 : 48
And all the people that came together ...
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Was the use of the woman's hair to clean Jesus' feet considered an indecent act (Luke 7:36-50)?
As I was thinking about the cultural view of women's hair in the modern Middle East, and in the Ancient Near East too, it raised significant questions for me about the story in Luke 7:36-50 (I'm ...
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Did Jesus use a reference to Herod Archelaus in the Parable of the Ten Minas?
The Parable of the Ten Minas (Luke 19:11-27) is nearly identical to the Parable of the Talents (Matthew 25:14-30).
Perhaps the most surprising variation of the Ten Minas is that it references the ...
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In Jesus' parables, how does the value of Talents differ from Minas, and what does the change signify?
The Parable of the Talents (Matthew 25:14-30) is nearly identical to the Parable of the Ten Minas (Luke 19:11-27).
One major change is that the values and quantities of the money is very different in ...
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If Mark was dependent on Luke, then why would Mark exclude the Q material from Luke?
If Mark had access to Luke, and his edition of Luke already included the so-called "Q material," how can we reasonably explain his failure to include that material in his Gospel?
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Did the Jews truly have nothing to do with the Samaritans? (John 4:9)
Note: this question does not deal with WHY the Jews shunned Samaritans. Rather, it questions the extent to which such shunning actually took place in the Biblical and historical records.
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Luke 5:32. I have not come to call the righteous to repentance, but sinners [duplicate]
What do you think Jesus meant by saying these words?
Is He saying that there are righteous people among the sinners? If so, then Paul theology that "everybody is a hopeless sinner" seems ...
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Tithing in the churches today [closed]
Q. Why are there so many debates about tithing today?
JC Pennys' chain of malls in America has the testimony of tithing; why is it negated today?
Looking unto Abraham, he gave a tithe, Jacob vowed and ...
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Did Luke get the figures mixed up Luke 19:11-20?
According to Luke's narrative the king called ten servants and gave each a pound.Yet when the king returns he only accounts for three servants and nothing is said about the other seven servants and ...
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Is the Greek verb βιάζεται from Luke 16:16 in the middle or the passive voice?
Luke 16:16
The Law and the Prophets were until John; since then the good news of the kingdom of God is preached, and everyone (βιάζεται) into it.
Grammatically, the verb βιάζεται could be either ...
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Luke 23:34 “Father, forgive them” forgive or tolerate? Hermeneutics and Atonement
The text at hand:
“Then Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, for they do not know what
they do.” And they divided His garments and cast lots.” Luke
23:34 NKJV
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What is Acts 11:28 and Luke 2:1 referring to with the greek word "οἰκουμένην"?
I'm just curious as to what Luke is referring to here. Is he referring to "the world" or "the inhabited land" as the whole Roman Empire or only the province of Judaea?
Now in ...
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Does "Least in the Kingdom" mean the same in Mt. 5:19 as it does in Mt. 11:11 and Luke 7:28?
Jesus is quoted as speaking of those who are "least in the Kingdom" in two situations: the Sermon on the Mount (or the Plain as in Luke) and in reference to John the Baptist, after John asks ...
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Was Mary pregnant when she visited Elizabeth? [closed]
Luke 1:
39 In those days Mary arose and went with haste into the hill country, to a town in Judah, 40and she entered the house of Zechariah and greeted Elizabeth. 41And when Elizabeth heard the ...
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Is there any significant lexical difference between ἀναπήρος and χωλός in Luke 14:13, and how does this impact our interpretation?
Luke 14:13
But when you give a feast, invite the poor, the crippled (ἀναπήρος), the lame (χωλός), the blind...
The word ἀναπήρος is a unique word in the NT (it is only used by Luke, and only twice ...
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How to understand Luke 17:20-21 in light of John 3:3 and Mark 9:1?
KJV Luke 17 : 20 - 21
And when he was demanded of the Pharisees, when the kingdom of God should come, he answered them and said, The kingdom of God cometh not with observation: 21 Neither shall they ...
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What exactly did Jesus say in Matthew 16:28? [duplicate]
Matthew 16:
27 For the Son of Man is going to come with his angels in the glory of his Father, and then he will repay each person according to what he has done.
Jesus was talking about his second ...
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Matthews account of Jesus' conception appears from the perspective of Joseph. It is often conflated with Lukes version. Are the sources the same? [closed]
It is tempting to counter Mary and the Holy Spirit’s silence in the Matthean account of Jesus' conception with Luke’s poetic detailing through conflation of materials from two gospels. However some ...
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Were Joseph and the Virgin Mary cousins?
Scholar Bruce R. McConkie wrote:
Mary’s ancestors were the same as Joseph’s. She was a descendant through the royal line of King David. “Matthew says Joseph was a son of Jacob, and Luke says that he ...
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Is the Mishnah a reliable source for analyzing the norms of Jewish shepherds in Luke 2?
It all started when reading a question about the shepherds in the field at the birth of Jesus:
And in the same region there were shepherds out in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night.
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Why does the angel say to Mary "you have found" in Luke 1:30?
Luke 1:30
"And the angel said to her, 'Do not be afraid Mary, for you have found favor with God'". ESV [you have found/heures-indicative, active. My emphasis].
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What is the meaning of "paradise" in Luke 23:43? [duplicate]
"And he said to him, “Truly, I say to you, today you will be with me in paradise.”"Luke 23:43, ESV.
The Greek word used for paradise (Παραδείσῳ) has three meanings, according to Strong's ...
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Luke 9:60 Did Jesus actually encourage the man to bury his Father?
Why, in Luke's account does Jesus specifically tell the disciple to go after he requests to go and bury his father?
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Matthew 4 vs Luke 5:6?
In Matthew's narrative the first call of the disciples does not involve a miraculous catch of Fish but in Luke's narrative the disciples somehow catch a lot of fish after Christ direction.
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Are there contextual cues which suggest Jesus calming the storm does not require Jesus to be God Almighty?
In all three Synoptic Gospels, Jesus is recorded as calming a storm. The incident happens about Matthew 8:24, Mark 4:37, and Luke 8:23.
Here is the complete pericope from Matthew:
Matthew 8:23-27 (...
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Luke 2:52 Jesus grew in favour OR Jesus grew in grace?
This Q asked, HOW did Jesus grow in favour?
When I look up the Greek for this word χάριτι (favour), of the 24 occurrences, only ONE renders favour - all the others, 'grace'.
I wondered why this one ...
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Does John the Baptist's ministry precede that of 'God'?
Gabriel, who stands in the presence of God, says of John the Baptist, whose birth he predicts and pronounces, that 'he shall go before him' that is to say, in context, before 'the Lord their God' - '...
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How did Luke 17:33 associate with Lot's wife?
It appears that Luke 17:32 and 17:33 are associated context. If so, how Lot's wife was used as an example to explain 17:33?
32 Remember Lot’s wife!
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Does Luke 17:26–31 describe the destruction of Jerusalem?
In Luke 17:26–31, Jesus brings up Noah and the flood as well as Lot and Sodom, saying, “Even so will it be in the day when the Son of Man is revealed” (v. 30, NKJV, emphasis mine). Then, in the next ...
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Matthew's Use of Luke? [duplicate]
Does anyone know of any critical scholars who argue for Matthew's use of Luke? I think I recall Hengel once argued this, but I do not know where. This is an option that hardly anyone even considers in ...
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Should Cainan be included or excluded from the geneology of Jesus?
In the Masoretic Text, Genesis 11:12-13 reads like this:
And Šëm lived after he begat ´Arpa¢šað five hundred years, and begat sons and daughters. And ´Arpa¢šad lived five and thirty years, and begat ...
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Why was John the Baptist restrained from drinking wine?
We read in Luke 1:13-15 (NRSVCE) of the Angel foretelling the birth of John the Baptist:
Do not be afraid, Zechariah, for your prayer has been heard. Your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you ...
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What is referred to as 'strong drink' which John the Baptist was restrained from drinking in Lk 1:15?
We read in Luke 1:13-15 (NRSVCE) of the Angel foretelling the birth of John the Baptist:
“Do not be afraid, Zechariah, for your prayer has been heard. Your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you ...
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Is the command to pray for laborers in Luke 10:2 for all time?
It reads in Luke 10:2 (parallel is Matt 9:37-38):
Therefore said he unto them, The harvest truly is great, but the labourers are few: pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he would send ...
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Does Jesus quote portions of Scripture with the expectation that his listeners will fill in the parts he leaves unsaid?
I've heard this theory before, but I'm trying to find a reliable source to cite. In English, sometimes we say things like, "when in Rome..." and expect our hearers to complete the figure of ...
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Luke 3:1 "In the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar" - convention for counting years (NOT what the actual A.D. year was)
1In the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, Pontius Pilate
being governor of Judea, and Herod being tetrarch of Galilee, and his
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When Jesus grew in wisdom and stature (Luke 2:52), did he learn from trial and error?
And Jesus grew in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and man. Luke 2:52
This question seeks to understand the process by which Jesus learned
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Luke 1:20 why plural demonstrative
Why “these things” in Lk 1:20 when only the birth of John the Baptist and not the “things” he would do seems sufficient for Zacharias’ voice to return?
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Koine Greek: Is the writing style of Luke the same as Acts?
The authorship of the first two chapters and last two verses of Luke and Acts are contested because they were not part of Marcion's Canon. Does the writing style in those disputed texts match the ...
