Jesus' Revolutionary Elevation of Women Flashcards
When did Luke write Luke and Acts?
During Paul’s imprisonments:
Caesarea (57-59AD) and Rome (60-62AD)
What does Paul consider Luke?
Doctor and Gentile (Colossians 4:10-14)
Why was Timothy circumsiced?
To go into synagogues and reach Jews (Acts 16:3)
What was the proper order of the spreading of the gospel?
First to the Jews, then to the Gentiles (Romans 1:16)
What’s the hypothesis about Luke?
- Traveled with Paul during his missionary journeys, therefore he’s a “Gentile convert to Judaism” when met in Troas
- allows him to be with Paul preaching to Jews and Gentiles (Acts 6:5)
What are the three proofs used to support the hypothesis of Luke being a “Gentile convert to Judaism” so that he could preach with Paul?
- Luke’s masterful use of the OT
- Luke’s detailed passage on the temple in Luke 1
- Luke’s focus on the temple and Jerusalem throughout the book.
What’s the literary device used by Luke in his writings?
“Balance”
- Ex. Jew/Gentile, man/woman
- Luke 7:1-10 paired with Luke 1:11-17
What does the “balance” pairing of Luke 7:1-10 and Luke 7:11-17 entail?
1-10:
- Powerful centurion, man, Gentile, friend to the nation
11-17:
- powerless widow, woman, Jew, no friends (no one to take care of her as she’s a widow who lost her only son)
- with these pairings, the whole world is described 4 times: powerful = powerless = the whole world; man + woman = whole world; Gentile + Jew = whole world; friends of all + no friends = whole world
The “Journey Section”
Luke 9:51-19:44
FIVE POINTS
- Value the Lonely
- Value the Sinful
- Value Women’s Leadership
- Value Spiritual Family
- Value All Ages
Luke 7:11-17
- Jesus’ crowd meets funeral procession
- death and burial happen same day due to heat
- pallbearers carrying dead body on board covered with sheet
Why did Elena sob?
Her friend’s son died on that same day
Jesus’ reaction towards the lady who lost her son:
- heart went out to her since there was no husband/son to protect/provide for her
- Jesus told dead man to get up
Crowd reaction to miracle:
Jesus called a “great prophet” because He raised the dead as did the “previous great prophets:”
- Elijah - 1 Kings 17
- Elisha - 2 Kings 4
Luke 7:18-23
John the Baptist doubts Jesus
- in danger of falling away
- wasn’t the Jesus that John expected
- Jesus has two witnesses report “what they see and hear” (Luke 7:22)
What does Luke 7:18-23 “echo?”
Messianic prophecy in Luke 4 where Jesus quotes Isaiah 61
Luke 7:24-30
- not getting baptized is not fulfilling purpose
- once you’re baptized you are on a mission for and with God
Luke 7:36
Mary of Bethany
- John’s gospel makes in apparent (John 11:1-2)
- Everyone in NT named is either very evil or became prominent disciple
- only one of three synoptic gospels to not say that party host was “Simon the Leper” since he was aware he’d been cured, most likely by Jesus
- all of us have been forgiven much no matter what our sins are or how many times we’ve sinned!!!
What Scriptures talk about Simon the Leper in the 3 synoptic gospels?
- Matthew 26:6-13
- Mark 14:3-9
- John 12:1-8
Luke 7:47 PASSAGE
“Therefore, I tell you, her many sins have been forgiven – as her great love has shown. But whoever has been forgiven little loves little.”
1 Corinthians 15:10
- Paul infers that amount that one appreciates God’s grace is directly proportional to how hard one works to win souls
How many visitors did the first baptism in Manila have?
30 Visitors
4 Questions that test your appreciation of God’s grace?
- How’s Your Evangelism
- Who did you have out last Sunday?
- Who did you bring out to Bible Talk?
- Who are you studying the Bible with?
Luke 8:1-3
- Jesus not only walked with the 12 but had women followers, who needed leaders
- Luke honors “the three inner circle women” before he mentions “three inner circle men” for the first time in Luke 9:28
- Mary first in every list of women, showing she’s the leader
