2. In general we have followed the
story of Jesus’ life in Mark’s
Gospel.This does not always
provide the fullest account but
is simple in structure. However
it does mean that at times we
need to add in some extra
information from the other
Gospels.This is one such
section, though we shall not
spend much time here as it is
not necessarily about the life of
Christ but about his teaching
and that will be covered in
other courses.
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3. This includes:
- 2 sections in Matthew,
chapters 10 and 18
- the main central section in
Luke 9:51-18:34
- the visits of Christ to
Jerusalem and controversies
therein in John 5-11
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4. Matthew 10 & 18
Missionary Teaching
9:36-10:42
At some time during his Galilean
ministry Jesus started to send out
the disciples to replicate his work
- they were to teach, preach and
heal
- the harvest was / is plentiful,
workers few 9:35
- teaching on what to do and how
to deal with coming persecution
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5. 11 Whatever town or village you enter, search there
for some worthy person and stay at their house until
you leave. 12 As you enter the home, give it your
greeting. 13 If the home is deserving, let your peace
rest on it; if it is not, let your peace return to you.14 If
anyone will not welcome you or listen to your words,
leave that home or town and shake the dust off your
feet.15 Truly I tell you, it will be more bearable for
Sodom and Gomorrah on the day of judgment than
for that town.
These twelve Jesus sent out with the following
instructions:‘Do not go among the Gentiles or enter
any town of the Samaritans. 6 Go rather to the lost
sheep of Israel.7 As you go, proclaim this message:
“The kingdom of heaven has come near.”8 Heal
those who are ill, raise the dead, cleanse those who
have leprosy,[a]drive out demons. Freely you have
received; freely give.
9 ‘Do not get any gold or silver or copper to take with
you in your belts –10 no bag for the journey or extra
shirt or sandals or a staff, for the worker is worth his
keep.
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6. 11 Whatever town or village you enter, search there
for some worthy person and stay at their house until
you leave. 12 As you enter the home, give it your
greeting. 13 If the home is deserving, let your peace
rest on it; if it is not, let your peace return to you.14 If
anyone will not welcome you or listen to your words,
leave that home or town and shake the dust off your
feet.15 Truly I tell you, it will be more bearable for
Sodom and Gomorrah on the day of judgment than
for that town.
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7. What Jesus taught about going
- to the Jews initially (others later
28:18ff)
- travel light
- depend on peoples hospitality
10:17-42 deals with the future
- there will be hostility, it is
inevitable
- the HSp will enable them
- be on guard but do not worry
(17,19)
- in all of this fear God not man
- this will show the need for a
response; follow Jesus or reject him
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8. What Jesus taught about going
- to the Jews initially (others later
28:18ff)
- travel light
- depend on peoples hospitality
10:17-42 deals with the future
- there will be hostility, it is
inevitable
- the HSp will enable them
- be on guard but do not worry
(17,19)
- in all of this fear God not man
- this will show the need for a
response; follow Jesus or reject him
It will be worth it all in the end!
‘Anyone who welcomes you welcomes
me, and anyone who welcomes me
welcomes the one who sent me.
41 Whoever welcomes a prophet as a
prophet will receive a prophet’s
reward, and whoever welcomes a
righteous person as a righteous person
will receive a righteous person’s
reward. 42 And if anyone gives even a
cup of cold water to one of these little
ones who is my disciple, truly I tell you,
that person will certainly not lose their
reward.’
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9. Humility and Forgiveness
Matthew 18:1-35
Following on from the idea of
Jesus building his church in this
section we find some ideas of
its foundational principles
Humility 1-14
Forgiveness 15-35
Whilst much could be said on
the nature of this teaching once
again we shall leave that for
other classes
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10. Luke’s central section
9:51-18:14
This is also known as Luke’s
travel narrative and is almost
exclusively teaching material of
Jesus.
9:51 starts as if it is going to be
a geo/chronological
episode...As the time
approached for him to be taken
up to heaven, Jesus resolutely set
out for Jerusalem.
But little else is then
mentioned - only 3 indicators
1. 9:52-56 Jesus is rejected in
Samaria - does he go to
another village or change
route along the eastern side of
the Jordan?
2. 10:38-42 is with Mary &
Martha in Bethany (Jn 11:1)
3. 17:11 he is travelling the
border between Galilee and
Samaria
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11. Luke’s central section
9:51-18:14
This is also known as Luke’s
travel narrative and is almost
exclusively teaching material of
Jesus.
9:51 starts as if it is going to be
a geo/chronological
episode...As the time
approached for him to be taken
up to heaven, Jesus resolutely set
out for Jerusalem.
But little else is then
mentioned - only 3 indicators
1. 9:52-56 Jesus is rejected in
Samaria - does he go to
another village or change
route along the eastern side of
the Jordan?
2. 10:38-42 is with Mary &
Martha in Bethany (Jn 11:1)
3. 17:11 he is travelling the
border between Galilee and
Samaria
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12. Much is made of the structure of
this section:
- is it simply a gathering of the
teachings of Jesus as he approached
the cross
- do we need to read it all as being
“in the shadow of the cross”?
- is it an extended chiasmus with
the pronouncement of 13:31-35 as
the climactic centre?
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13. Blomberg suggests the following
are the major passages in this
section which are unique to
Luke (others are found
elsewhere in the synoptics)
- Ideas about discipleship
9:52-60
- mission of the 70 (72?) 10:1-24
- loving God and our neighbour
10:25-42
- teaching about prayer 11:1-13
- controversy with Pharisees
11:14-54
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14. Blomberg suggests the following
are the major passages in this
section which are unique to
Luke (others are found
elsewhere in the synoptics)
- Ideas about discipleship
9:52-60
- mission of the 70 (72?) 10:1-24
- loving God and our neighbour
10:25-42
- teaching about prayer 11:1-13
- controversy with Pharisees
11:14-54
- preparing for the coming
judgement 12:1-13:9
- changing expectations about
the kog 13:10-14:24
- cost of discipleship 14:25-35
- the joy of repentance 15:1-32
- use and abuse of riches
16:1-32
- teaching about faith 17:1-19
- when and how will the kog
appear 17:20-18:8
- the pharisee and the tax
collector 18:9-14
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15. John 5-11
In the gospel of John, only in
chapter 6 do we find any detail of
Jesus’s Galilean ministry (and thus
the overlap with the synoptics)
Chapters 5, 7-11 all involve Jesus’
visit’s to Jerusalem
Although John tells us of Jesus
attending feasts, his primary
intention was not chronological
but to show Jesus fulfilling Judaism
- and in each situation we see him
generating a lot of controversy
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16. John 5 is either Passover
(spring) or Tabernacles
(autumn) - and is relatively
early in Jesus ministry
7:1-10:21 is at the time of
Tabernacles and is late in
the ministry of Jesus
10:22-29 is at the time of
Hanukkah (December)
during Jesus’ last year
Jn 11 has Jesus in Bethany
and 12 has him in Jerusalem
for the final week of his life
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17. Healing the paralytic on the
Sabbath
5:1-47
Jesus as fulfilment of the
feast of Tabernacles
7:1-10:21
The feast of Dedication
(Hanukkah) 10:22-42
The raising of Lazarus
11:1-54
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21. 11:20 - Martha rushes out (in her
busy fashion, Mary stays at home
Mary is portrayed as thinking more
and understanding in greater depth
who Jesus is (and what he can do)
- Jesus cries 11:35 upon arrival and
then gets angry 11:38 - the word
translated “deeply moved” here is
more often used for anger (is the
anger also referring to unbelief of
the people?)
This is arguably the greatest miracle
Jesus performs - it is a climactic
event that divides Johns gospel.
- Jewish tradition said your soul
hovered near your body for 3 days
after death
- Jesus emphasises God’s timing in
leaving it 4 days
- the result is that God will get the
glory 11:4 - in effect this was not
God’s design but he will use it
- 11:1-16 set the scene - compare
with Lk 10:38-42
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22. 11:20 - Martha rushes out (in her
busy fashion, Mary stays at home
Mary is portrayed as thinking more
and understanding in greater depth
who Jesus is (and what he can do)
- Jesus cries 11:35 upon arrival and
then gets angry 11:38 - the word
translated “deeply moved” here is
more often used for anger (is the
anger also referring to unbelief of
the people?)
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23. - verifying 11:25, Jesus calls Lazarus
out
- the only miracle Jesus prays before
- it is for the benefit of the people
not for himself 11:41-42
- Caiaphas and the Sanhedrin
pronounce it is better for this man
to die than live
- 11:50 is interpreted by John as
referring to the atonement whilst
for Caiaphas it is to avert Roman
disapproval
- Jesus withdraws to Ephraim
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