Luke 4:31-44; Leaving hostile Nazareth, Jesus headed NW to Capernaum on the shore of the Sea of Galilee. He taught along the way and went to Capernaum on the Sabbath to teach. There he encountered a demon possessed man whom Jesus commanded to depart and left the man unharmed. Afterwards, he went to the home […]
Luke 4:14-30; After His temptation by the devil in the wilderness, Jesus headed back north to Galilee where he will invest most of His earthly ministry. After attending several Sabbath gatherings in the local synagogues, Jesus returned to is hometown of Nazareth. He conducted the reading from Isaiah 61 on the coming of Messiah, then […]
Luke 4:1-13; Following the baptism of Jesus, where He was filled with the Spirit and affirmed by the Father, Jesus is immediately led into the wilderness. The connection between Adam as the first son of God and Jesus as the one and only Son, becomes more apparent as the devil shows up to temp Him. […]
Luke 3:21-38; Luke’s focus shifts from the ministry of John the Baptist to the appearance of Jesus in the wilderness to be baptized. Luke is the only gospel author to denote that Jesus was praying as the Holy Spirit descended from heaven upon Him like a dove. Also from heaven the voice of Yahweh-God affirmed […]
Luke 3:10-20; After hearing John the Baptist’s sermons in the wilderness, the crowds were spurred on to action beyond repentance. They asked, “What should we don then?” and John addressed each group according to their standing in the Israelite community. They crowds were also wondering if John was the prophesized Messaiah, but he immediately noted […]
Luke 3:1-9; Luke’s narrative returns to John the Baptist as an adult of around 30 years old. He anchors the precise time with Roman and Israelite rulers of the day, then joins John in the wilderness along the Jordan River. John’s bold preaching draws crowds from all over Judea, as he challenges the Jewish people […]
Luke 2:41-52; Continuing on through Luke’s gospel account, the next passages relates the only recorded incident in the life of Jesus between birth and adulthood. Traveling with his parents to Jerusalem at the age of twelve to celebrate Passorver, young Jesus chooses to remain in Israel’s capitol city. His parents didn’t realize this until a […]
Luke 2:25-35; Advent season doesn’t abruptly conclude with Luke’s birth narrative and the shepherd’s visit. A short time after Christ’s birth, Joeeph and Mary took him to the temple in Jerusalem to fulfill the mandates of the Mosaic law. Unknown by them, the Holy Spirit had prompted an elderly man by the name of Simeon […]
Luke 2:1-7, 19-20; The birth of Christ given in greater detail by Luke than the other three gospel authors. Joseph had to register in Bethlehem, his ancestral home due to an edict from Roman emperor Caesar Augustus. So he traveled the roughly 100 miles south with his new wife Mary, who was well along in […]
Luke 1:39-45; 57-66; Continuing in Luke’s gospel account of the birth narrative of John and Jesus, Mary traveled 80-100 miles south to visit pregnant relative Elizabeth. When she arrived, Luke records the unborn John reacting powerfully to the presence of Mary and the unborn Jesus Christ. Elizabeth is filled with the Holy Spirit and proclaims […]