LUKE 9:51 TO LUKE 18:14. Lk. now more than atones for his great
omission (of Mark 6:45 to Mark 8:26) by a great insertion. This
section is mainly peculiar to Lk. It describes incidents of the last
journey from Galilee to Jerusalem.... [ Continue Reading ]
EXHORTATIONS TO REPENTANCE. The theme of Luke 12:57 is continued and
illustrated by references to two incidents and by a parable. The
section is peculiar to Lk. A company of Galilean pilgrims had come
into collision with the Romans and had been massacred by Pilate's
orders while they were sacrificin... [ Continue Reading ]
A WOMAN HEALED ON THE SABBATH. (Lk. only; _cf. Luke 6:1_). Loisy is
too fanciful in connecting this section with what precedes by
suggesting that as the barren tree stands for unrepentant Israel so
the healed woman, and those who rejoice with her, represent those Jews
who accepted Jesus as Messiah.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE NARROW ENTRANCE INTO LIFE. Parallels are found in Matthew 7:13 f.,
Matthew 25:11 f., Matthew 7:21; Matthew 8:11 f; Matthew 19:30. The two
preceding parables serve to lead up to a resumption of teaching
concerning the Judgment. The villages are apparently in Peræ a. An
inquirer wonders if there a... [ Continue Reading ]
THE ENMITY OF HEROD. Peræ a was part of Herod Antipas's territory. It
is possible that the Pharisees wished to get Jesus into Judæ a and so
nearer the arm of the Sanhedrin. The reference of Jesus to His death
in Jerusalem (Luke 13:33) may point this way. If so they, more than
Herod, were the fox. Th... [ Continue Reading ]
LUKE 13:34 F. LAMENT OVER JERUSALEM. Matthew 23:37 *. where the
setting is more suitable. Lk. omits desolate. For the saying _cf._
Esther 1:30, and also the LXX of Isaiah 16:1 f., a passage which was
Messianically interpreted, and has the word desolate and a reference
to scattered birds. It is more... [ Continue Reading ]