2 Timothy 3:14-4:5, Jeremiah 31:27-34, Luke 18:1-8, Psalm 119:97-104
Ancient lens What's the historical context? Jesus' Strangest Tales Occasionally Jesus tells a parable that just doesn’t quite fit the framework of his teaching. Already in Luke we had...
Philemon 1:1-21, Jeremiah 18:1-11, Luke 14:25-33, Psalm 139:1-6, 13-18
Introduction Hard Sayings These hard sayings of Jesus come at the end of a section spanning two chapters (Luke 13:10-14:35). In it, Jesus’s actions and teachings are set in parallel structure: hea...