Bob Utley You Can Understand the Bible - Luke 24

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Bob Utley You Can Understand the Bible - Luke 24


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Luke 24

PARAGRAPH DIVISIONS OF MODERN TRANSLATIONS

UBS4 NKJV NRSV TEV NJB
The Resurrection of Jesus He Is Risen The First Easter The Resurrection The Empty Tomb. The Angel's Message Luk_23:56 to Luk_24:12 Luk_24:1-12 Luk_24:1-12 Luk_24:1-7 Luk_24:1-8 Luk_24:8-12 The Apostles Refuse to Believe the Women Luk_24:9-11 Peter at the Tomb Luk_24:12 The Walk to Emmaus The Road to Emmaus On the Road to Emmaus The Walk to Emmaus The Road to Emmaus Luk_24:13-27 Luk_24:13-27 Luk_24:13-27 Luk_24:13-17 a Luk_24:13-17 Luk_24:17-18 Luk_24:18-24 Luk_24:19 a Luk_24:19-24 The Disciples Eyes Opened Luk_24:25-27 Luk_24:25-27 Luk_24:28-35 Luk_24:28-35 Luk_24:28-35 Luk_24:28-32 Luk_24:28-32 Luk_24:33-34 Luk_24:33-35 Luk_24:35 Appearance to the Disciples Jesus Appears to His Disciples Commissioning of the Disciples Jesus Appears to His Disciples Jesus Appears to the Apostles Luk_24:36-43 Luk_24:36-43 Luk_24:36-43 Luk_24:36 Luk_24:36-43 Luk_24:37-39 The Scriptures Opened Luk_24:40-43 Last Instructions to the Apostles Luk_24:44-49 Luk_24:44-49 Luk_24:44-49 Luk_24:44 Luk_24:44-48 Luk_24:45-49 Luk_24:49 The Ascension of Jesus The Ascension Jesus is Taken Up to Heaven The Ascension Luk_24:50-53 Luk_24:50-53 Luk_24:50-53 Luk_24:50-53 Luk_24:50-53 READING CYCLE THREE (from "hyperlink")

FOLLOWING THE ORIGINAL AUTHOR'S INTENT AT THE PARAGRAPH LEVEL

This is a study guide commentary, which means that you are responsible for your own interpretation of the Bible. Each of us must walk in the light we have. You, the Bible, and the Holy Spirit are priority in interpretation. You must not relinquish this to a commentator.

Read the chapter in one sitting. Identify the subjects. Compare your subject divisions with the five translations above. Paragraphing is not inspired, but it is the key to following the original author's intent, which is the heart of interpretation. Every paragraph has one and only one subject.

1. First paragraph

2. Second paragraph

3. Third paragraph

4. Etc.



CONTEXTUAL INSIGHTS

A. The details of the post-resurrection events differ among the four Gospels. This exemplifies the genuineness of the eyewitness accounts and also the evangelistic purposes of each Gospel to a select target group. See Fee and Stuart, How to Read the Bible For All Its Worth, pp.127-148.



B. Remember the Gospel writers were not writing a history in the western, modern sense, but recording selected facts to better present the Christian message. Their purpose is not historical record, but primarily theological truth (cf. Joh_20:3-31). The Bible's primary purpose is to bring us to a personal confrontation with a holy God through His crucified Son.



C. Luke's sources about the post-resurrection period is different from the other Gospels. In Luke the forty day period between Jesus' appearance in the upper room and His ascension from the Mount of Olives are structured as if they all happened in one day (Easter Sunday)!



D. There are several Greek manuscript variations in this chapter. Luke contains most of the shorter readings found in the western family (MSS D and W) of Greek manuscripts when compared to the Alexandrian family (MSS à and B). Here is a list of the shorter readings (from A. T. Robertson, An Introduction to the Textual Criticism of the New Testament, pp. 226-227).

1. Luk_5:39

2. Luk_10:41-42

3. Luk_12:19; Luk_12:21; Luk_12:39

4. Luk_22:19 b,20,62

5. Luk_24:3; Luk_24:6; Luk_24:9; Luk_24:12; Luk_24:36; Luk_24:40; Luk_24:52-53

Notice how many of these shorter (possibly original) readings are in Luke 24!

DISCUSSION QUESTIONS

This is a study guide commentary, which means that you are responsible for your own interpretation of the Bible. Each of us must walk in the light we have. You, the Bible, and the Holy Spirit are priority in interpretation. You must not relinquish this to a commentator.

These discussion questions are provided to help you think through the major issues of this section of the book. They are meant to be thought-provoking, not definitive.

1. Why did Jesus appear to His followers so often after His resurrection?

2. Were the disciples expecting a resurrection?

3. Why did they not recognize Jesus immediately? Will we recognize one another?

4. Why did Jesus offer so many proofs to them of His physical body's reality?

5. Why are there differing accounts of the resurrection in an inspired Bible?

6. Why did Jesus appear to them for forty days?

7. Are angels still active in our world today?