Practical application of Pentecostal theology in politics, economy and social issues
who desired to be fed with what fell from the rich man’s table. Moreover, even the dogs came and licked his sores.
(Luke 16:21, ESV)
Some see the dogs as further insult to Lazarus.
Some see the dogs a sympathetic to Lazarus. Dogs likin…
Luke 9:3 and Luke 22:36 seem to form an inclusio. In chapter nine, Jesus instructs the Twelve, “Take nothing for the journey—no staff, no bag, no bread, no money, no extra tunic.” But in chapter 22, he tells them, “But now if you have a pu…
Luke 10:9-11 reads:
9 καὶ θεραπεύετε τοὺς ἐν αὐτῇ ἀσθενεῖς, καὶ λέγετε αὐτοῖς· Ἤγγικεν
ἐφʼ ὑμᾶς ἡ βασιλεία τοῦ θεοῦ. 10 εἰς ἣν δʼ ἂν πόλιν εἰσέλθητε καὶ
μὴ δέχωνται ὑμᾶς, ἐξελθόντες εἰς τὰς πλατείας αὐτῆς εἴπατε· 11 Καὶ
τὸν κονιορτὸν τ…
Luke 22:43: "When [Christ] arrived at the [Mount of Olives], He said to [his disciples], ‘Pray that you may not enter into temptation.’ And He withdrew from them about a stone’s throw, and He knelt down and began to pray, saying, ‘Fa…
If Mark had access to Luke, and his edition of Luke already included the so-called "Q material," how can we reasonably explain his failure to include that material in his Gospel?
My question is asked more fully here:
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Luke 4 states:
1And Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit in the wildernessESV
and:
13And when the devil had ended every temptation, he departed from him until an opportune time.
14And Jesus …
Matthew 13:33; Luke 13:20-21. What does this mean?
Matthew 13:33 (KJV): Another parable spake he unto them; The kingdom of heaven is like unto leaven, which a woman took, and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened.
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Luke 24:13,
“And, behold, two of them went that same day to a village called Emmaus, which was from Jerusalem about threescore furlongs.” (KJV)
As Emmaus was 60 furlongs from Jerusalem, and as 1 furlong is equal to 220 yds., that me…
Luke goes into detail concerning the beginning of Christ’s ministry. To quote:
“In the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, Pontius Pilate
being governor of Judea, and Herod being tetrarch of Galilee, and his
brother Ph…
37 The “Coming One”/”Stronger One” and His Baptism: Matt 3:11-12, Mark 1:8, Luke 3:16-17 J. Daryl Charles* Introduction In terms of significance, the figure…
Note: this question does not deal with WHY the Jews shunned Samaritans. Rather, it questions the extent to which such shunning actually took place in the Biblical and historical records.
In the Gospel of John the narrator tells us "Je…
Q. Why are there so many debates about tithing today?
JC Pennys’ chain of malls in America has the testimony of tithing; why is it negated today?
Looking unto Abraham, he gave a tithe, Jacob vowed and gave a tithe, even before Moses came a…