When Luke sets out to tell the story of Jesus’s life in his gospel, he includes a well-known description of his birth. The ESV (which I normally like!), reads: In those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be registered. This was the first registration when Quirinius was governorContinue reading “Animals and Babies, Homes and Barns: Why Modern Perceptions Conceal the Point of the Nativity”
Category Archives: Luke
Recovery of Sight to the Blind: Luke, the MT, and the LXX
“The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim liberty to the captives and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty those who are oppressed, to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor” (Luke 4.18–19).Continue reading “Recovery of Sight to the Blind: Luke, the MT, and the LXX”
Midrashic Reading and the Temptation of Christ in Luke (Angels, Wings, Stones, and Bones)
Bottacelli’s Temptation of Christ One of the most famous stories in the Gospels is Satan’s testing of Christ in the wilderness: Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from his baptism at the Jordan and was led by the Spirit through the wilderness for forty days, tempted all the while by the devil. He ateContinue reading “Midrashic Reading and the Temptation of Christ in Luke (Angels, Wings, Stones, and Bones)”
Midrashic Reading and the Temptation of Christ in Luke (Power and Authority)
One of the most famous stories in the Gospels is Satan’s testing of Christ in the wilderness (Luke 4.1–13). Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from his baptism at the Jordan and was led by the Spirit through the wilderness for forty days, tempted by the devil. He ate nothing during those days, soContinue reading “Midrashic Reading and the Temptation of Christ in Luke (Power and Authority)”
Midrashic Reading and the Temptation of Christ in Luke
Ilya Repin “Follow Me!” One of the most famous stories in the Gospels is Satan’s testing of Christ in the wilderness (Luke 4.1–13). Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from his baptism at the Jordan and was led by the Spirit through the wilderness for forty days, tempted by the devil. He ate nothingContinue reading “Midrashic Reading and the Temptation of Christ in Luke”
Ben Neviim 