Notes in Luke chapters 6 through 10

Luke 6:36 - Be ye therefore merciful, as your Father also is merciful.

Compare Ephesians 4:32.

Luke 7:3-5 - The centurion sending the Jewish elders, and their good report of him, is unique to Luke. Not mentioned in the Matthew 8 account. Luke very thorough in his research.

Luke 7:20-22 - When the men were come unto him, they said, John Baptist hath sent us unto thee, saying, Art thou he that should come? or look we for another? And in that same hour he cured many of their infirmities and plagues, and of evil spirits; and unto many that were blind he gave sight. Then Jesus answering said unto them, Go your way, and tell John what things ye have seen and heard....

Miracles are always confirmatory signs of the message and the messenger. Same note at Matthew 11:2-5; Mark 2:10-11; Luke 5:24.

Luke 8:31 - And they besought him that he would not command them to go out into the deep.

"The deep" is the abyss, the bottomless pit where the worst of demons are imprisoned. See Revelation 9; Revelation 20:1-3. Probably the same as Tartarus ("hell") in II Peter 2:4. See also Jude 6.

Luke 9:26 - For whosoever shall be ashamed of me and of my words, of him shall the Son of man be ashamed, when he shall come in his own glory, and in his Father's, and of the holy angels.

"In his own glory, and in his Father's" - Jesus returns in the glory of God. But compare Isaiah 42:8, "My glory will I not give to another." So either Jesus is God, or God is a liar. And God is no liar!

Compare Luke 9:51 with Luke 9:62, below.

Luke 9:51 - And it came to pass, when the time was come that he should be received up, he stedfastly set his face to go to Jerusalem.

Luke 9:62 - And Jesus said unto him, No man, having put his hand to the plough, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God.

Compare "looking back" vs. "stedfastly set His face." The Lord's faithfulness to His task is our example.

Note at Luke 9:54-56 - Our faithfulness to task does not demand our rudeness, harshness or violence against the opposition.

Luke 10:30-37 - The Parable of the Good Samaritan is unique to Luke.

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