Search The Scriptures — Study 56 —Luke 22:47-62

Study 56 From The Book of Luke Is:

Luke 22:47-62

    1.     Verses 47-54.  Compare the attitude of Jesus with that of His disciples (Cf. also Mk. 14:50), and His enemies.  What made the difference? Do verses 41, 42, 45, 46 suggest an answer?

    2.     Verses 54-62. What does this passage show both of the strength and of the weakness of Peter? Trace the stages of his failure from verse 33 to verse 60.  What brought him to repentance?

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Search The Scriptures — Study 55 —Luke 22:31-46

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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Search The Scriptures — Study 54 —Luke 22:14-30

Study 54 From The Book of Luke Is:

Luke 22:14-30

    1.     Verses 14-23. What indication do you find in this passage o f (a) the necessity and (b) the purpose of Jesus’ death?

    2.     Verses 24-30.  How does Jesus here reverse the world’s standards? Consider how His own life and work exemplified His teaching.

Note. Verses 19b, 20. Luke’s Gospel apparently did not originally contain the fuller account of the institution of the Lord’s Super found in Matthew, Mark and 1 Corinthians 11, from which it was later inserted here. 

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Search The Scriptures — Study 53 —Luke 22:1-13

Study 53 From The Book of Luke Is:

Luke 22:1-13

    1.     Verses 1-6. As events move towards the climax, what interested parties are mentioned here, and what is the attitude of each to Jesus?  What ought we to learn from the part played by Judas, who was ‘of the numbers of the twelve’?

    2.     Verses 7-13.  Do you think it is significant that Jesus’ death occurred at Passover time? Cf. 1 Cor. 5:7; Ex. 12:3-13; 1 Pet. 1:18-20.

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Search The Scriptures — Study 52 —Luke 21:25-38

Study 52 From The Book of Luke Is:

Luke 21:25-38

If details predictions are first given about AD 70 in verses 5-24, and about our Lord’s second coming in verses 25-28, it seems probable that in a concluding summary our Lord first referred again to AD 70 in verses 29-32, and then to the end of the age and the final day of the Lord in verses 33-36.

1.     Contrast the attitude of Christians with that of other men in times of crisis and judgement. What makes the difference?

2.     In the light of our expectation of our Lord’s return, how ought we to live? What will enable us to stand firm?

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Search The Scriptures — Study 51 —Luke 21:5-24

Study 51 From The Book of Luke Is:

Luke 21:5-24

In this chapter two themes seem to be intertwined; the coming destruction of Jerusalem and its Temple (which happened in AD 70), and the second coming of the Lord. It is not always clear which is in view, but in verses 5-24 the reference is probably to AD 70 throughout.

     1.     Jesus speaks of the destruction of Jerusalem as ‘days of vengeance’ (verse 22); what then was its cause? Cf. 11:49-51; 13:34, 35; 19:41-44.

2.     What dangers and problems will confront the disciples? How are they to be ready to meet them? Cf. Jn. 15:18-21; Rev.12:11.

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Search The Scriptures — Study 50 — Luke 20:27-21:4

Study 50 From The Book of Luke Is:

Luke 20:27-21:4

      1.     20:27-40. The Sadducees repudiated the doctrine of a life after death, both because of the practical difficulties it involved, and because it was not taught in the Five Book of Moses, which they regarded as the only authority.  How did Jesus meet their objections on both grounds? Cf. Mk. 12:24.

    2.     21:1-4. What does God look for in those who make gifts for His work?   Cf. 2 Cor. 8:12. Contrast these verses with 20:46, 47.

3.     20:41-44. ‘Son of David’ as a title for the Messiah carried the implication of a national, political deliverer. What does Jesus here tech about the true status of the Messiah, and about the character of His reign?

Note. 20:37, 38. God’s covenant with those who are His is such that death cannot break it.  If He is still called the God of Abraham, then Abraham cannot be dead.

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Search The Scriptures — Study 49 — Luke 19:47-20:26

Study 49 From The Book of Luke Is:

Luke 19:47-20:26

     1.     Observe the atmosphere of hostility and intrigue in this passage. In this situation, what was the purpose of the parable of 20:9-18? To whom does it refer, and what does it imply about the status of Jesus?

     2.     20:19-26. Why was Jesus’s answer so effective? Apply both halves of verse 25 to your own situation.

3.     20:1-8. Why did Jesus answer one question by asking another? Or was He treating their inquiry seriously? If so, why did He refuse to tell them the answer to their original question?

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Search The Scriptures — Study 48 — Luke 19:29-46

And…..we are back into the book of Luke

Study 48 From The Book of Luke Is: Luke 19:29-46

     1.     Verses 29-40.  What was Jesus’ purpose in making this public entry into Jerusalem? Cf. Zc. 9:9. What was he intending to teach about the nature of His Kinship? Contrast Rev. 19:11

     2.     Verses 41-46. What was it about Jerusalem that moved Jesus to pity and to anger? How do these verses show that love does not exclude Judgment?

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LAST LESSON IN GENESIS #42

OUR LAST STUDY IN LUKE WAS: Lesson 47:Luke 19:11-28

Search The Scriptures — Study 42 — Genesis 37-50-Revision

Study 42 of "Search The Scriptures” Is:

Genesis 37-50: Revision

Today is our last study on the book of Genesis. We will then go back to the remaining study of the book of Luke tomorrow.

     1.     Why did Joseph remain so free from bitterness in the face of undeserved suffering, and so unspoiled by sudden great responsibility? See Gn. 39:9c; 50:20; Acts 7:9, 10.

2.     Consider Joseph as a type of Christ.  How many parallels can you find?

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