An Exegesis of Luke 18:35-43

This paper aims to look at the structure of the Greek text, and the context in which it was written. We shall look at the writer of the Gospel of Luke, and understand why he inscribed the events in the text in such details manner. In the footnotes for the translation, we shall look at the word study of key words in the passage. Throughout this paper, we shall do a literary analysis of the text, and understand why this portion of text is placed in this passage with relation to the whole gospel.

Exegesis of Luke's account of the Gerasene demoniac, considering Luke's purpose for including it at this point in the narrative context. This was my final exegetical research paper for a Fuller Online course on the Gospel of Luke in fall 2016.

In this paper, I will argue that the main point of Luke 20:27-40 is that the true people of God are guaranteed to be resurrected from death into eternal life. To establish this, I will follow Jesus' two-part argument: he corrects the Sadducees' misunderstanding of the resurrection and presents the right understanding (verses 34-36), and he shows from Scripture that resurrection from the dead is necessary (verses 37-38). I. Understanding the Resurrection By asking Jesus a trick question (verses 28-33), the Sadducees attempt to undermine Jesus' authority at a fundamental level. The Sadducees were a Jewish sect that had significant power in politics and religious leadership in Jesus' time, as the elders and high priests at that time were also associated with this group. 1 Luke identifies the Sadducees as the people who say that there is no resurrection (verse 27). In our passage, the word 'resurrection' (ἀνάστασιν) has two uses: when it is anarthrous, 2 it denotes the phenomenon of resurrection from the dead, and when it has an article, it denotes the future age in which the people of God are resurrected from the dead. 3 Jesus has performed the miracle of resurrection and it was widely known (Luke 7:14,17), and he publicly teaches the reward or judgment after death (e.g. 6:23; 14:14), which is a presupposition for repentance and salvation (cf. 3:6-14). So, resurrection is a crucial element in Jesus' ministry. The context of our passage is that the Temple leaders were seeking to destroy Jesus, but the authority of Jesus' teaching has attracted crowds surrounding him in the Temple. Therefore, if the

Reading Acts, 2022

This new volume in the third series of the Tyndale New Testament Commentary series replaces the original volume by Leon Morris, originally published in 1973 (revised 1988). Perrin is president of Trinity International University, Perrin previously contributed Jesus the Temple (Baker Academic, 2010) and Jesus the Priest (Baker Academic, 2013). He co-edited Jesus, Paul and the People of God: A Theological Dialogue with N. T. Wright (IVP Academic, 2011) and the second edition of Dictionary of Jesus and the Gospels (IVP Academic 2013). Perrin begins with the premise that Luke’s central character is Jesus Christ, the fulfillment of the Scripture and the human climax of redemptive history (11). But Luke is also the first historian of the church, a fact that Perrin takes seriously. History begins in Israel’s Scripture, so a redemptive-historical storyline must be considered (the Hebrew Scriptures). As he says in his introduction, in the commentary, he is quick to point out intertextual correspondence with Scripture. Perrin points out this is exactly what Jesus told us to do in Luke 24:27. He states this commentary is “a rather robust contemplation of ‘the Old in the New,’” focusing on” a compositional reading approach.”

In Pr. Ioan Mihoc and Pr. Iosif Stancovici (eds.), Fides quae per caritatem operatur: Studii biblice. Ed. a 2-a, reviz. şi adăug. Iaşi (România): Editura Doxologia, 2023, 40-55., 2023

On the occasion of the Second International Symposium on Biblical Exegesis (ISBE), hosted by the University of West, Timişoara (Romania, November 11-13, 2021), I was invited to present the results and finding of my Doctoral Thesis on Luke 16:16, which had already been published under the same title, in April 2019, by Mohr Siebeck Tübingen (https://www.mohrsiebeck.com/en/book/the-strength-needed-to-enter-the-kingdom-of-god-9783161568596), and reviewed, in July 2021, in Reading Religion (https://readingreligion.org/books/strength-needed-enter-kingdom-god), by Dr. Ioan Mihoc, PhD, lecturer of New Testament Studies and Biblical Archaeology at the above-mentioned University. This paper is the summary of my Plenary Presentation at such Symposium, as it appears from the Proceedings of the First Symposium Edition.

A device called a Chreia is used to understand Luke's rhetorical device on the story of Zaccheus. This device is usually divided into 3 parts, first a Narratio (this sets the scene for the chreia), secondly a Questio (challenge or question, amplified by the hostile reaction to the suggestion) and thirdly an Argumentio (an extensive response that engages the objectors). I will proceed to apply this device to the passage to draw out its meaning and apply it to our present circumstances.

HTS Teologiese Studies / Theological Studies, 2002

Do the parables of Luke hold the key to an understanding of the overall purpose of Luke’s Gospel? This question is pursued by Greg W Forbes (2000) in a book entitled The God of Old: The role of the Lukan parables in the purpose of Luke’s Gospel. Although the Lukan parables address a variety of subjects of a diverse nature, there is one unifying factor that runs like a golden thread through all the parables: a new vision of God. This vision seems new in-so-far as it presents a challenge to conventional Israelite perceptions regarding God at the time when the parables were written, but in fact, it is not new at all. It is a vision of the God of Old as witnessed in the Hebrew Scriptures. This article presents an overview of Forbes’ book.

Luke: A Concise Commentary - Central Concepts, 2024

Rather than a verse-by-verse commentary, this volume is arranged in sections or divisions (as noted in the Overview) where the primary thrusts or central concepts of each section/division are highlighted. It, nevertheless, is an exhaustive commentary, covering the entirety of each chapter. Thus, the main focus will be the main focus of each section of scripture. This will establish continuity and clarity without overcrowding readers with particulars which could shift attention away from Luke's central aim and purpose.