This is Luke’s account of the transfiguration of Christ, an experience described in all of the synoptic gospels (Matthew, Mark, and Luke) and in each just after Jesus’ cryptic remark […]
Having seen and heard all that Jesus did in Galilee, everyone was still confused about who Jesus was, but Peter, probably speaking on behalf of himself and some of the […]
This story, the Feeding of the Five Thousand, is one of only two miracles which are described in all four Gospels, the other being the resurrection of Christ.
Having demonstrated his own absolute power and authority over all things, Jesus now confers a measure of this power upon the 12 Apostles and sends them out. When he hears […]
The last reading in Chapter 8 of Luke’s Gospel, and the last in series of four miracles in which Jesus demonstrates his power and authority over nature (storm at sea), […]
After teaching in parables and proverbs (Chapter 8 to this point) Jesus leads his disciples into a dangerous storm and, then, to a place where there is a dangerous man […]
Having finished explaining the Parable of the Sower, Jesus continues with the proverb about how no one lights a lamp for the purpose of hiding its light. He then admonishes […]
Jesus and his disciples, including many women, now travel from town to town proclaiming the good news of the Kingdom of God, including the parable of the sower. Why did […]
The last reading in Chapter 7, Luke tells of the time that Jesus was invited to a meal at the house of a Pharisee, where a woman anointed Jesus feet […]
After answering the question raised by John the Baptist about Jesus, Jesus goes on to explain John the Baptist to the multitude of people gathered around him.
As Jesus became increasingly well known for his miracles and teaching, people struggled to understand who and what he was. Even John the Baptist was uncertain. Here in Verses 11-23 […]
Having finished the “Sermon on the Plain,” Jesus proceeds to Capernaum, where he has previously performed many healing miracles. This time a Roman officer contacts Jesus through his Jewish friends, […]
Jesus “Sermon on the Plain” ends with this series of parables, proverbs, and metaphors examining the relationship between teachers, leaders, and counselors (preeminently Jesus Christ) and those whom they teach, […]
For the first time in Luke, we come to a series of moral teachings by Jesus for his disciples. These are essentially commands, however none can be obeyed except through […]
