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Healing and Miracles..
Who is Jesus?
Luke 7:1-9:50
Jesus’ Message-the parables and miracles
-what was Jesus trying to say with all the parables he told and the miracles he
performed?
-(8:9-10) Here Jesus explained the reason for teaching in parables
-the 12 apostles already had the secret to the kingdom.
-In all three gospels, the words to “see” and still not
perceive, and “hearing” to “not understand” (significance?)
-Basically, the authors are giving us the hidden message
of a way of living to get into the kingdom of God (Mark & Luke)/heaven
(Matthew) through the parables.
Examples of parables/miracles
-(Luke 8:16-18) This passage was when Jesus told the parable of the
lamp covered by a “vessel”.
-In the beginning, Mark and Luke had a lot of similarities:
“...under a bed…”; “...be made manifest; nor anything secret that shall not be
known and come to light.” (a reason?)
-Both authors were trying to reach the same religious
audience (Christians), though they were slightly different (Luke: wealthier,
complacent Christians, Mark: new Christians being persecuted)
-In the end of the passage (8:18), all three authors have the
same wording, implying the importance of the message.
Examples of parables/miracles
Luke 7:1-9:50
Parables/Miracles
-the centurion’s slave (7:1-10)—healing
-the widow’s son (7:11-17)—restoration
-stilling the storm (8:22-25)—nature
-the Gerasene Demoniac (8:26-39)—exorcism
-healing the woman’s hemorrage (8:43-48)—healing
*-raising the daughter from the dead (8:49-56)—restoration
*-Feeding the 5000 (9:10b-17)—nature
-healing boy with possessed spirit (9:37-43a)—exorcism
-These miracles are the tools that show Jesus message
and who he is…
John the Baptist’s Question
(7:18-23)
Who is Jesus?
-Why is John asking if Jesus is the one to come? Who is Jesus compared to
John the Baptist? And who are they compared to the prophets of the Old
Testament?
-In Malachi 3:1-24 the prophet speaks of sending a messenger for
judgment, specifically the prophet Elijah, to prepare the world for the day of
the Lord.
-This parallels in Luke 7:25-27, when Jesus answers John the
Baptist’s question and paraphrases the first verse of Malachi chapter 3 (3:1).
-His answer basically was “look at all the cool stuff I can do, of
course I’m the dude (Son of God).” (Luke 7:21-23)
Malachi 3:1
Luke 7:27
“See, I am sending my messenger to
prepare the way before me…”
“…Behold, I send my
messenger before thy face, who shall
prepare thy way before thee.”
Elijah vs. Elisha and
Jesus vs. John the Baptist
-Jesus said John the Baptist was to “prepare the way” for the Lord.
He was comparing John to Elijah to prepare the way for the coming of the
Lord, or the next prophet (Elisha).
-(2 Kings 2-7) Here was where Elijah ascended into heaven and Elisha asked
for double his spirit (2:9-12), and where Elisha performed many of his miracles
(4:1-7, 4:38-41, 4:42-44, 5:1-14). (importance?)
-After Elijah ascended, Elisha performed many more miracles than
him, as well as inheriting double his spirit.
-Jesus (compared to Elisha) eludes to this to emphasize that he was
indeed more powerful/important than John the Baptist (compared to Elijah).
Elijah vs. Elisha and
Jesus vs. John the Baptist
continued
-In both cases of Elijah before Elisha and John the Baptist before
Jesus the latter of the prophets is the more important.
-Usually, according to the Jewish faith, the first to come is
more important. (this could be why John asks his question in the first
place).
-Both these examples (Jesus & John, Elijah & Elisha) are
wrong; this message of “the last to come is more important” is
prevalent to Christians, roughly the same audience of Luke and
Matthew, the authors of the parallel passages from Luke 7:18-35.
Parables/miracles paralleled by Elisha
-Two of the miracles in Luke are paralleled by similar miracles of Elisha in
2 Kings.
-Raising the daughter from the dead (8:49-56) is paralleled by
raising the Shunammite woman’s son from the dead (2 Kings 4:32-37).
-The feeding of the 5000 (9:10b-17) is paralleled by feeding the
100 (2 Kings 4:42-44)
-This enforces the fact that Jesus is compared to Elisha in Luke’s Gospel to
show how he is greater than John the Baptist
Who is Jesus?
-During the Transfiguration (Luke 9:28-36), Moses and Elijah came to Jesus,
Peter, James, and John. How do these prophets explain who Jesus is?
-(Deut. 34:10-12) this passage explains how Moses is the best
prophet, and that no one has had a relationship to God like his. And Jesus
talks to him about his fate in all three gospels during the Transfiguration..
(significance?)
-Jesus and Moses must share something in common…
-Malachi (3:22-24) explains how Elijah will come before the day of
the Lord. This could be eluding to why Elijah is with Moses and Jesus.
-After all, Elijah came first like John the Baptist to prepare the way
for Jesus.
Conclusion
-So, Jesus is more important than John the Baptist, like the Old
Testament parallel of Elisha being more important than Elijah.
-This question of “who Jesus is” is answered in these passages,
especially for the audiences of the authors (Luke & Matthew) that
have the most parallels throughout Luke 7:1-9:50.
-Jesus and his message are also held in these passages in the words
of the parables and miracles too.