LUKE—NOTE ON LUKE 9:1 For POWER AND AUTHORITY, see Luke 4:36; for power to HEAL, see Luke 5:17. Some think this power and authority was only for this mission, as its absence in Luke 9:40 and the equipping in Luke 24:49 and Acts 1:8 suggest. SENT. The verb form of the noun “apostle.”... [ Continue Reading ]
LUKE—NOTE ON LUKE 9:3 TAKE NOTHING FOR YOUR JOURNEY. See note on Mark 6:8–9. Perhaps this is due to the brevity of their mission and to teach them to trust God to supply their needs (Luke 12:22). NO STAFF. According to Mark 6:8, the disciples _were_ allowed to take a staff. Here in Luke’s account, J... [ Continue Reading ]
LUKE—NOTE ON LUKE 9:4 WHATEVER HOUSE. Rather than moving from house to house, perhaps in a quest for better housing, the apostles were to establish their ministry headquarters in one home. Compare Luke 10:7. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, i... [ Continue Reading ]
LUKE—NOTE ON LUKE 9:5 WHEREVER THEY DO NOT RECEIVE YOU. “Receive” is used elsewhere with respect to welcoming and receiving God’s word (Luke 8:13), Jesus (Luke 9:48, Luke 9:53), Jesus’ followers (vv. Luke 9:5, Luke 9:48), and the kingdom of God (Luke 18:17). shake off [ Continue Reading ]
LUKE—NOTE ON LUKE 9:7 HEROD THE TETRARCH (see Luke 3:1 and note on Matt. 14:1). As a careful historian, Luke uses the proper title (“tetrarch”) to describe Herod Antipas rather than the less precise, general term “king” (Matthew 14:9; Mark 6:14). IT WAS SAID BY SOME. On the various misunderstandings... [ Continue Reading ]
LUKE—NOTE ON LUKE 9:9 JOHN I BEHEADED. See Matthew 14:1; Mark 6:14; and notes. AND HE SOUGHT TO SEE HIM foreshadows Luke 13:31 and Luke 23:6. It refers to either Herod Antipas’s desire to see Jesus perform a miracle (Luke 23:8) or his desire to kill him ... [ Continue Reading ]
LUKE—NOTE ON LUKE 9:10 The APOSTLES (see note on Rom. 1:1), the “twelve” (Luke 9:12), and the “disciples” (vv. Luke 9:14, Luke 9:16) are used interchangeably here. BETHSAIDA was just northeast of where the Jordan flows into the Sea of Galilee from the north. ⇐ ⇔... [ Continue Reading ]
LUKE—NOTE ON LUKE 9:11 KINGDOM OF GOD. Jesus’ and the apostles’ message was identical (compare vv. Luke 9:2, Luke 9:6 with Luke 4:43; Luke 8:1). ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document. [ Continue Reading ]
LUKE—NOTE ON LUKE 9:14 ABOUT FIVE THOUSAND MEN. See note on John 6:10–11. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
LUKE—NOTE ON LUKE 9:15 AND THEY DID SO. As in Luke 5:5, the disciples’ obedience precedes understanding. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
LUKE—NOTE ON LUKE 9:17 TWELVE BASKETS. Much food is left over, and Jesus did not want any food to be wasted. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
LUKE—NOTE ON LUKE 9:18 PRAYING ALONE. Jesus may have been praying that his disciples would truly understand who he is. JOHN THE BAPTIST. The disciples repeat the same possibilities mentioned in vv. Luke 9:7 (see note on Matt. 16:14). BUT WHO DO YOU SAY. “You” is plural and is emphasized in the Greek... [ Continue Reading ]
LUKE—NOTE ON LUKE 9:21 For the first time, Jesus clearly teaches the Twelve that his role as God’s anointed Messiah (Christ) involves suffering and death. TELL THIS TO NO ONE. Peter’s confession (v. Luke 9:20) is correct, but proclaiming it widely at this time would be misunderstood because of Jewis... [ Continue Reading ]
LUKE—NOTE ON LUKE 9:23 The following teachings on discipleship are addressed not just to the Twelve but to “all” (v. Luke 9:23). ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
LUKE—NOTE ON LUKE 9:24 SAVE HIS LIFE... LOSE IT. See note on Mark 8:35. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
LUKE—NOTE ON LUKE 9:26 WHEN HE COMES IN HIS GLORY. The second coming (see Luke 21:27; Luke 24:26). ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
LUKE—NOTE ON LUKE 9:27 SOME STANDING HERE refers to Peter, James, and John, who will witness the transfiguration. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
LUKE—NOTE ON LUKE 9:28 ABOUT EIGHT DAYS AFTER indicates that this account should be understood in light of vv. Luke 9:20. MOUNTAIN. See note on Matt. 17:1. TO PRAY. Perhaps Jesus prayed that the three disciples would see him in his glory. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img... [ Continue Reading ]
LUKE—NOTE ON LUKE 9:29 DAZZLING WHITE (literally, “bright as a flash of lightning”). Compare 2 Peter 1:16. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
LUKE—NOTE ON LUKE 9:30 MOSES AND ELIJAH represent the Law and the Prophets. Their appearance counters the incorrect guesses of vv. Luke 9:8, Luke 9:19, indicating that Jesus is the fulfillment of both (see note on Mark 9:4). ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (v [ Continue Reading ]
LUKE—NOTE ON LUKE 9:31 Jesus’ DEPARTURE is his future death, resurrection, and ascension. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
LUKE—NOTE ON LUKE 9:33 LET US MAKE THREE TENTS. This suggestion is a mistake, as indicated by Luke’s comment (NOT KNOWING WHAT HE SAID). The CLOUD shows that God is present (see note on Matt. 17:5). ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
LUKE—NOTE ON LUKE 9:35 THIS IS MY SON. Compare Luke 3:22 and see note on Mark 9:7. LISTEN TO HIM means to follow Jesus’ teaching (see Luke 9:22). It also alludes to Deuteronomy 18:15, confirming that Jesus is the prophet Moses predicted. ⇐ ⇔... [ Continue Reading ]
LUKE—NOTE ON LUKE 9:36 KEPT SILENT... IN THOSE DAYS contrasts the situation in Jesus’ day with that of Luke’s day. After Pentecost Peter, James, and John freely proclaimed this event (see 2 Peter 1:17). ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
LUKE—NOTE ON LUKE 9:39 A SPIRIT SEIZES HIM. In the parallel account in Matthew 17:15, Matthew 17:18 the demon is apparently associated with epilepsy. But see Matthew 4:24, where epilepsy is distinguished from demon possession. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒... [ Continue Reading ]
LUKE—NOTE ON LUKE 9:40 THEY COULD NOT. The disciples’ inability to heal highlights Jesus’ greater ability. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
LUKE—NOTE ON LUKE 9:41 O FAITHLESS AND TWISTED GENERATION. See note on Mark 9:19. The first of several such references (see Luke 11:30, Luke 11:50; Luke 17:25). For “generation,” see note on 7:31–34. ⇐ ⇔... [ Continue Reading ]
LUKE—NOTE ON LUKE 9:43 The MARVELING of the “crowd” (see v. Luke 9:37) is not necessarily due to faith (compare vv. Luke 9:41, Luke 9:43). ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
LUKE—NOTE ON LUKE 9:45 The meaning of Jesus’ words was CONCEALED FROM THEM by God (compare Luke 18:34). ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
LUKE—NOTE ON LUKE 9:46 WHICH OF THEM WAS THE GREATEST. Because they thought the Messiah would be a political liberator, the disciples dream of status, honor, and power, along the lines of the Maccabean revolt (166–160 B.C.). ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len... [ Continue Reading ]
LUKE—NOTE ON LUKE 9:47 JESUS, KNOWING... THEIR HEARTS indicates divine omniscience. TOOK A CHILD... BY HIS SIDE. See note on Mark 9:36–37. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
LUKE—NOTE ON LUKE 9:48 RECEIVES THIS CHILD... RECEIVES ME; RECEIVES ME RECEIVES HIM WHO SENT ME. An example of “step parallelism” (compare Luke 10:16), in which the first thought is raised a step higher in the second thought: a child is received as a representative of Jesus; Jesus is received as a r... [ Continue Reading ]
LUKE—NOTE ON LUKE 9:49 BECAUSE HE DOES NOT FOLLOW WITH US probably refers to a believer outside the circle of the Twelve. THE ONE WHO IS NOT AGAINST YOU IS FOR YOU is the reverse of Luke 11:23. The two sayings should be seen as complementary. See note on Mark 9:40. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getEl... [ Continue Reading ]
LUKE—NOTE ON LUKE 9:51 The Journey to Jerusalem. During his ministry of teaching, healing, and making disciples, Jesus “set his face” (Luke 9:51) for his final journey to Jerusalem. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
LUKE—NOTE ON LUKE 9:52 A VILLAGE OF THE SAMARITANS. For Jewish-Samaritan relations, see note on John 4:4. TO MAKE PREPARATIONS. To arrange housing. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
LUKE—NOTE ON LUKE 9:53 DID NOT RECEIVE HIM, BECAUSE HIS FACE WAS SET TOWARD JERUSALEM (compare v. Luke 9:51). The Samaritans probably rejected the messengers because Samaritans did not accept Jerusalem as the place of worship (see John 4:20), and maybe also because Jesus seemed to be going there to... [ Continue Reading ]
LUKE—NOTE ON LUKE 9:54 Jesus rejects the suggestion of JAMES AND JOHN (TELL FIRE TO COME DOWN). His ministry at his first coming is not to bring judgment (see John 3:17) but to proclaim the gospel (see Matthew 11:28). ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("i [ Continue Reading ]
LUKE—NOTE ON LUKE 9:59 To BURY a deceased parent was an important duty, and Jesus clearly encouraged honoring one’s parents (Matthew 15:1). But Jesus knew that this man’s request was merely an excuse for not following him. Burial at this time in Judaism often involved a year-long period from the tim... [ Continue Reading ]
LUKE—NOTE ON LUKE 9:60 LEAVE THE DEAD TO BURY THEIR OWN DEAD constitutes a pun in which “dead” means both spiritually dead (compare Luke 15:24) and physically dead. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
LUKE—NOTE ON LUKE 9:61 I WILL FOLLOW YOU, LORD, BUT. This recalls 1 Kings 19:19, where Elijah permitted Elisha to SAY FAREWELL. Jesus does not permit this. Jesus’ summons to discipleship takes precedence over everything else. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, le... [ Continue Reading ]
LUKE—NOTE ON LUKE 9:62 Anyone who PUTS HIS HAND TO THE PLOW has to keep looking forward to guide the plow. If he LOOKS BACK, the plow will quickly veer off course. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]