Tag Archives: hope

Luke 10:25-37 On another occasion Jesus is confronted by an “expert in the law” who asks what he must to “inherit eternal life”. Jesus, as He often did, answered with a question: “What is written in the law; how do … Continue reading →

Luke 10:17-24 When the 72 return from their mission, they are filled with joy and are quite moved by the fact that even demons were subject to them in Jesus’ name. Jesus acknowledges that they are safe from the forces … Continue reading →

Luke 10:1-16 Some of our questions from the last passage are answered in this one; Luke now tells us that Jesus was about to send 72 of those following Him on a mission. No, there isn’t time to bury the … Continue reading →

As they were walking toward Jerusalem, there were a number of conversations between Jesus and those with His party. Luke has recorded for us several brief exchanges in which Jesus tells people about the high cost of being His follower. … Continue reading →

As the time approached for him to be taken up to heaven, Jesus resolutely set out for Jerusalem. And he sent messengers on ahead, who went into a Samaritan village to get things ready for him; but the people there did not welcome him, … Continue reading →

Luke 9:37-50 In this text are several events that take place right after the Transfiguration. First, as they were coming down the mountain a crowd gathers to meet Jesus. When they arrive, there is a man whose son has been … Continue reading →

Luke 9:28-36 A little more than a week after the last story that Luke has told us, Jesus took His disciples Peter, John and James up to a mountain to pray and that is where this story takes place. We … Continue reading →

Jesus strictly warned them not to tell this to anyone. And he said, “The Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders, the chief priests and the teachers of the law, and he must be killed and on the third … Continue reading →