{"id":1655,"date":"2015-01-13T09:00:44","date_gmt":"2015-01-13T14:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.danielgoepfrich.com\/?p=1655"},"modified":"2022-09-05T23:13:45","modified_gmt":"2022-09-06T03:13:45","slug":"luke-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theologyisforeveryone.com\/luke-7\/","title":{"rendered":"Luke 7"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Chapter seven<\/strong> continues Jesus\u2019 ministry in Galilee during the early part of his ministry (approximately the first year). This selection includes four incidents, each of which demonstrates Jesus\u2019 compassion on those around him. <em>First<\/em>, like Matthew, Luke recorded Jesus\u2019 healing of a&nbsp;centurion\u2019s servant. The healing at a distance would especially interest Doctor Luke, but the focus on Gentiles is also important. Based on the Roman commander\u2019s statement, Jesus marveled at the man\u2019s simple faith, a faith that was noticeably missing among the Jewish people.<\/p><p>The <em>second<\/em> event is unique to Luke, the touching story of a widow\u2019s only son who died, leaving her alone. Luke never mentioned the cause of death, only that Jesus \u201csaw her [and] he had compassion for her\u201d (7:13). He brought the young man back to life, bringing joy to the widow and the community.<\/p><p>The <em>third<\/em> event was a conversation between John the Baptizer and Jesus. Although Luke did not mention it, Matthew records that this happened after John had been imprisoned (Matthew 11:2). Given the circumstances, he asked if Jesus was really who John thought he was. Jesus\u2019 response was not to scold John for his disbelief or condescendingly teach him; he simply said, \u201cWhat have you seen that would prove I\u2019m not? Go with what you know to be true.\u201d Jesus, then, used the opportunity to explain to the crowd who John really was \u2013 the prophet who would announce the Messiah (Malachi 3:1) \u2013 and scolded them for demonizing John and not believing him.<\/p><p><em>Finally<\/em>, Luke gave the account of the woman who anointed Jesus\u2019 feet. All four gospels give a similar account with varying details. In Luke, the woman was called \u201ca sinner\u201d (7:37), the owner of the home was a Pharisee named Simon (7:36, 44), and it happened while Jesus was ministering in Galilee (northern Israel). Jesus\u2019 response was to forgive the woman\u2019s sins. The other three gospels (Matthew 26:6; Mark 14:3; John 12:1) place the event in Bethany (southern Israel), a week before his crucifixion. Simon (a common name) was a leper, not a Pharisee. The woman is not called a sinner, and her sins were not forgiven. Instead, Jesus considered this a preview of preparing his body for burial. As we have noted before, similar details should cause us to read carefully, not assume the events are the same and that the differences are contradictions in the text.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chapter seven continues Jesus\u2019 ministry in Galilee during the early part of his ministry (approximately the first year). This selection includes four incidents, each of which demonstrates Jesus\u2019 compassion on those around him. First, like Matthew, Luke recorded Jesus\u2019 healing of a&nbsp;centurion\u2019s servant. The healing at a distance would especially interest Doctor Luke, but the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_eb_attr":"","_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[99],"tags":[37,38,114,39,40],"class_list":["post-1655","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bible-studies","tag-john","tag-luke","tag-malachi","tag-mark","tag-matthew"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"gutentor_comment":0,"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":false,"thumbnail":false,"medium":false,"medium_large":false,"large":false,"1536x1536":false,"2048x2048":false,"widget-thumbnail":false,"rpwe-thumbnail":false,"woocommerce_thumbnail":false,"woocommerce_single":false,"woocommerce_gallery_thumbnail":false},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"Daniel Goepfrich","author_link":"https:\/\/www.theologyisforeveryone.com\/author\/dgoepfrich\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"Chapter seven continues Jesus\u2019 ministry in Galilee during the early part of his ministry (approximately the first year). 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