Study 55 of
"Search The Scriptures” Is:
Luke 22:31-46
1. Verses 31-34. Compare the empty confidence of Peter with
Jesus’s knowledge of his danger. What
may we learn from this? What is the safeguard against similar failure?
2. Verses 39-46 Why did Jesus shrink from the
cross? Could the physical suffering alone have caused this? What does this teach
us both about Jesus Himself and about His death? Consider your share in the
responsibility for that agony.
3. What sort of impression of the quality of
Jesus’s disciples do you get from this passage as a whole? Is this an
encouragement to you?
Notes
1. Verse 32. Jesus’s prayer referred not to
the denial (He knew Peter would deny Him) , but to the time after it, when
Peter’s role would be vital. For he
would be the key to the restoration of the whole group of disciples, who were
all to be the objects of Satan’s attack. Note that ‘you’, verse 31, is plural
and ‘you’ verse 32 is singular.
2. Verse 36. Not a command to resist, but a picturesque
warning of dangerous times ahead. Cf. Mt.
26:52.
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