Luke says that he has written an account about Jesus in logical order and with accuracy. So he speaks about Elizabeth, Zechariah’s wife, a priest, both faithful people, but they had no child. One day, when Zechariah was serving in the temple, God’s angel appears to him and tells him they are going to have a child and they will call him John. He mustn’t drink alcohol and he will be filled with holy spirit before his birth. And many people in Israel will go back to God and he will prepare the way. But for some time he won’t be able to speak because he didn’t believe the words of God’s angel. So Elizabeth becomes pregnant. And the angel Gabriel appears to Mary in Galilee and he tells her that she will become pregnant and she will give birth to a son she must call Jesus who will rule as King of a kingdom with no end. And the angel also tells her about Elizabeth being pregnant in her old age. So Mary goes to Elizabeth. Elizabeth’s baby jumps in her womb and she is filled with holy spirit so she starts saying that Mary is blessed among women. Then Elizabeth gives birth to a son and they call him John. Then Zechariah starts prophesying. And John keeps growing until he shows himself openly to Israel.
Luke 1
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Luke 2
Here we are told that Joseph goes from Galilee into Judea, from Nazareth to Bethlehem to register according to a roman decree. There Mary gives birth to a child among shepherds keeping watch in the night over their flocks. Suddenly God’s angel appears and shepherds become fearful but the angel tells them there is no need and he tells them about the birth about Christ the Lord. Then many angels are there. After eight days Jesus is circumcised and names Jesus. Then his parents go to Jerusalem to present Jesus to God and they offer a sacrifice. And a righteous man named Simon filled with holy spirit takes Jesus in his arms and he praises god for letting him see the Christ before dying and he tells many things about Jesus. There is also a prophetess, she is 84 and serving at the temple and she thanks God for Jesus. Now Jesus’ parents goes every year to Jerusalem to celebrate the Passover. Jesus is 12. After the celebration, they leave Jerusalem and after some time they realize that Jesus misses so they go back and after three days they find him in the temple listening and asking questions to the teachers. Everybody is amazed. And his parents ask him why he is here and Jesus is surprised because it is normal for him to be in his father’s house. But they don’t understand that he speaks about God’s temple.
Here we are told that Joseph goes from Galilee into Judea, from Nazareth to Bethlehem to register according to a roman decree. There Mary gives birth to a child among shepherds keeping watch in the night over their flocks. Suddenly God’s angel appears and shepherds become fearful but the angel tells them there is no need and he tells them about the birth about Christ the Lord. Then many angels are there. After eight days Jesus is circumcised and names Jesus. Then his parents go to Jerusalem to present Jesus to God and they offer a sacrifice. And a righteous man named Simon filled with holy spirit takes Jesus in his arms and he praises god for letting him see the Christ before dying and he tells many things about Jesus. There is also a prophetess, she is 84 and serving at the temple and she thanks God for Jesus. Now Jesus’ parents goes every year to Jerusalem to celebrate the Passover. Jesus is 12. After the celebration, they leave Jerusalem and after some time they realize that Jesus misses so they go back and after three days they find him in the temple listening and asking questions to the teachers. Everybody is amazed. And his parents ask him why he is here and Jesus is surprised because it is normal for him to be in his father’s house. But they don’t understand that he speaks about God’s temple.
Luke 3
John preaches baptism in symbol of repentance for forgiveness of sins. So many people come to him to be baptized and he calls them “offspring of vipers” because they say Abraham is their father. But it is necessary to produce fine fruit. He tells to everybody to behave properly with others. He tells them he is not the Christ who is coming and will baptize with holy spirit and fire whereas he baptizes with water. And he continues preaching to people. And Herod puts him in prison because he took Herodias his brother’s wife and because of all his bad deeds. Before that, Jesus is baptized by John and the heaven opens up and the holy spirit comes upon him like a dove and a voice says Jesus is his son, the beloved whom he has approved. When Jesus starts preaching he is 30. Then again we are told about his genealogy.
John preaches baptism in symbol of repentance for forgiveness of sins. So many people come to him to be baptized and he calls them “offspring of vipers” because they say Abraham is their father. But it is necessary to produce fine fruit. He tells to everybody to behave properly with others. He tells them he is not the Christ who is coming and will baptize with holy spirit and fire whereas he baptizes with water. And he continues preaching to people. And Herod puts him in prison because he took Herodias his brother’s wife and because of all his bad deeds. Before that, Jesus is baptized by John and the heaven opens up and the holy spirit comes upon him like a dove and a voice says Jesus is his son, the beloved whom he has approved. When Jesus starts preaching he is 30. Then again we are told about his genealogy.
Luke 4
And Jesus finds himself in the wilderness for 40 days and night without eating and the devil starts tempting him by telling him to turn stones into loaves of bread but Jesus answers him that man must not only lives on bread. After that, the devil shows him all the kingdoms of the earth and offers them to him if he worships him. Jesus answers him that man must only worship God and render him sacred service. Then he brings Jesus on the battlement of the temple and tells him to throw himself down saying that the angels would save him but Jesus answers him that man must not put God on the test. And the teaching of Jesus spreads everywhere in Galilee and he keeps teaching in the synagogues. After that, he goes to Nazareth where he had been brought and he goes into a synagogue during the sabbath and he opens the Bible where it is said that the Christ would proclaim liberty to the captives and a recovery of sight to the blind and then he says to the people inside the synagogue that this scripture is fulfilled. And Jesus tells them that he is not going to cure people in his home country because a prophet is not accepted in his home country and the people get angry and they want to kill him by throwing him down a mountain but he escapes. So Jesus goes to Capernaum and there he goes to a synagogue during the Sabbath and teaches and a possessed man calls him Jesus the Nazarene and the Holy One of God but Jesus expels him. So the people are astonished. So the news about him keep spreading. After that he cures Simon’s mother-in-law who suffers with a high fever. And many people come to be cured and Jesus cures them. Then he goes away but people keep following him but he tells them he must teach to other cities so he keeps teaching in the synagogues of Galilee.
And Jesus finds himself in the wilderness for 40 days and night without eating and the devil starts tempting him by telling him to turn stones into loaves of bread but Jesus answers him that man must not only lives on bread. After that, the devil shows him all the kingdoms of the earth and offers them to him if he worships him. Jesus answers him that man must only worship God and render him sacred service. Then he brings Jesus on the battlement of the temple and tells him to throw himself down saying that the angels would save him but Jesus answers him that man must not put God on the test. And the teaching of Jesus spreads everywhere in Galilee and he keeps teaching in the synagogues. After that, he goes to Nazareth where he had been brought and he goes into a synagogue during the sabbath and he opens the Bible where it is said that the Christ would proclaim liberty to the captives and a recovery of sight to the blind and then he says to the people inside the synagogue that this scripture is fulfilled. And Jesus tells them that he is not going to cure people in his home country because a prophet is not accepted in his home country and the people get angry and they want to kill him by throwing him down a mountain but he escapes. So Jesus goes to Capernaum and there he goes to a synagogue during the Sabbath and teaches and a possessed man calls him Jesus the Nazarene and the Holy One of God but Jesus expels him. So the people are astonished. So the news about him keep spreading. After that he cures Simon’s mother-in-law who suffers with a high fever. And many people come to be cured and Jesus cures them. Then he goes away but people keep following him but he tells them he must teach to other cities so he keeps teaching in the synagogues of Galilee.
Luke 5
Jesus is standing by the lake of Gennesaret and the crowd is pressing on jesus and listening to God’s Word. So Jesus sits on a boat and speaks to the people. When stops speaking he tells Simon to pull out his net where the water is deep but Simon tells him that they have fished all night without taking any fish. But finally he does as Jesus tells him and there is so much fish that he needs help to get all the fish. And Simon Peter and James and John are astonished. And Jesus tells them not being afraid and follow him. Later in a city a leper sees Jesus and begs him to cure him so Jesus does it and tells him to go to the priest and make an offering for his cleansing but the news about Jesus keep spreading and more people look for him. And Jesus often goes away to pray. Later he teaches Pharisees and teachers of the Law and a paralyzed is brought to him but they have to go through the roof because there is no way to reach him. So he tells the man that his sins are forgiven and the scribes and the Pharisees start to argue about what Jesus says so he cures the man to show them that he has power to forgive sins. And everybody is astonished. Then he meets a tax collector named Levi and tells him to follow him. Later Levi organizes a big meal with many tax collectors and other people? And the Pharisees and their scribes argue with his disciples because Jesus eats with tax collectors and sinners. But Jesus answers them that a physician cures those who are ill and not healthy.
Jesus is standing by the lake of Gennesaret and the crowd is pressing on jesus and listening to God’s Word. So Jesus sits on a boat and speaks to the people. When stops speaking he tells Simon to pull out his net where the water is deep but Simon tells him that they have fished all night without taking any fish. But finally he does as Jesus tells him and there is so much fish that he needs help to get all the fish. And Simon Peter and James and John are astonished. And Jesus tells them not being afraid and follow him. Later in a city a leper sees Jesus and begs him to cure him so Jesus does it and tells him to go to the priest and make an offering for his cleansing but the news about Jesus keep spreading and more people look for him. And Jesus often goes away to pray. Later he teaches Pharisees and teachers of the Law and a paralyzed is brought to him but they have to go through the roof because there is no way to reach him. So he tells the man that his sins are forgiven and the scribes and the Pharisees start to argue about what Jesus says so he cures the man to show them that he has power to forgive sins. And everybody is astonished. Then he meets a tax collector named Levi and tells him to follow him. Later Levi organizes a big meal with many tax collectors and other people? And the Pharisees and their scribes argue with his disciples because Jesus eats with tax collectors and sinners. But Jesus answers them that a physician cures those who are ill and not healthy.
Luke 6
On a Sabbath Jesus and his disciples are passing through grainfields and his disciples pluck and eat the heads of grain and some Pharisees asks Jesus why during the Sabbath and Jesus them that David did it and moreover the Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath. On another Sabbath Jesus teaches in a synagogue and a man with a withered hand comes to him. And the scribes and Pharisees wonder whether he is going to cure him in order to find a way to accuse him. But he cures him. One day he goes to a mountain and prays the whole night. In the morning he chooses twelve of his disciples then he cures people. And Jesus says happy are those who are persecuted because of his name. And people must love their enemies and stop judging people and keep forgiving and not look the straw into their brother’s eye. A good man must produce fruit from his heart. There is no use calling Jesus Lord Lord and not do what he says.
On a Sabbath Jesus and his disciples are passing through grainfields and his disciples pluck and eat the heads of grain and some Pharisees asks Jesus why during the Sabbath and Jesus them that David did it and moreover the Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath. On another Sabbath Jesus teaches in a synagogue and a man with a withered hand comes to him. And the scribes and Pharisees wonder whether he is going to cure him in order to find a way to accuse him. But he cures him. One day he goes to a mountain and prays the whole night. In the morning he chooses twelve of his disciples then he cures people. And Jesus says happy are those who are persecuted because of his name. And people must love their enemies and stop judging people and keep forgiving and not look the straw into their brother’s eye. A good man must produce fruit from his heart. There is no use calling Jesus Lord Lord and not do what he says.
Elizabeth and Mary are cousins which makes John the Baptist and Jesus Christ second cousins born 6 months apart.
Also, we know that Jesus is The Christ and John was the greatest Prophet that announced The Christ as The Lamb of God that takes away the sin of the world.
The anti-christ and false prophet will be a cheap imitation of the TRUE Christ (Jesus) and TRUE Prophet (John the Baptist).
I wonder if the anti-christ and false prophet will have mothers that are cousins?
Also, we know that Jesus is The Christ and John was the greatest Prophet that announced The Christ as The Lamb of God that takes away the sin of the world.
The anti-christ and false prophet will be a cheap imitation of the TRUE Christ (Jesus) and TRUE Prophet (John the Baptist).
I wonder if the anti-christ and false prophet will have mothers that are cousins?
Jesus referred to John the Baptist as the greatest prophet and that he was the spirit of Elijah that would prepare the way for the coming of the Lord....
Matthew 11:9-15 (King James Version)
9 But what went ye out for to see? A prophet? yea, I say unto you, and more than a prophet.
10 For this is he, of whom it is written, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee.
11 Verily I say unto you, Among them that are born of women there hath not risen a greater than John the Baptist: notwithstanding he that is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he.
12 And from the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven suffereth violence, and the violent take it by force.
13 For all the prophets and the law prophesied until John.
14 And if ye will receive it, this is Elias, which was for to come.
15 He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.
There is a spirit of false prophet that has been operating and there is a spirit of anti-christ also operating in the world. The disciple John tells us this...
1 John 4:1-3 (King James Version)
1 Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.
2 Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God:
3 And every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God: and this is that spirit of antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come; and even now already is it in the world.
However, in the final days there will arise in human form an anti-christ and a false prophet because they have to be thrown ALIVE into the Lake of Fire...they will be in a physical body, just like Jesus Christ and John the Baptist had human bodies.
....and I would not be surprised if the anti-christ and false prophet are second cousins born 6 months apart.
Matthew 11:9-15 (King James Version)
9 But what went ye out for to see? A prophet? yea, I say unto you, and more than a prophet.
10 For this is he, of whom it is written, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee.
11 Verily I say unto you, Among them that are born of women there hath not risen a greater than John the Baptist: notwithstanding he that is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he.
12 And from the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven suffereth violence, and the violent take it by force.
13 For all the prophets and the law prophesied until John.
14 And if ye will receive it, this is Elias, which was for to come.
15 He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.
There is a spirit of false prophet that has been operating and there is a spirit of anti-christ also operating in the world. The disciple John tells us this...
1 John 4:1-3 (King James Version)
1 Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.
2 Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God:
3 And every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God: and this is that spirit of antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come; and even now already is it in the world.
However, in the final days there will arise in human form an anti-christ and a false prophet because they have to be thrown ALIVE into the Lake of Fire...they will be in a physical body, just like Jesus Christ and John the Baptist had human bodies.
....and I would not be surprised if the anti-christ and false prophet are second cousins born 6 months apart.
ok for John but about the false prophet, Revelation 19:20 speaks about the wild beast and the false prophet being both cast alive into a lake of fire (online Greek interlinear Bible) and in Revelation 20:10 the Devil was also cast into the lake of fire where the wild beast and the false prophet are and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever and in Revelation 20:14 and death and hell (hades) were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death.
So the wild beast, the false prophet, the Devil, death and hell (hades) are thrown into the lake of fire?
So the wild beast, the false prophet, the Devil, death and hell (hades) are thrown into the lake of fire?
Luke 7
In Capernaum, an army officer sends some elders of the Jews to come and cure his slave. And they speak in his favor. So Jesus comes with them but before arriving the army officer sends friends to tell him not to come to his house because he was not worthy of it but he just says to Jesus to say it to cure his servant. And Jesus said that he had not found a man with such a faith in Israel. When the men came back to the house the slave had recovered. So Jesus goes to another city with a great crowd a dead man is carried out and a great crowd follows. When Jesus sees his mother weeping, he tells her to stop weeping and resurrect her son and the crowd starts being afraid and glorifying God. And this news about Jesus spreads out into all Judea. So John sends two of his disciples to Jesus to ask him if he the Christ so Jesus cures many people and tell John’s disciples to tell what they have seen to John. And Jesus speaks to the crowd about John the Baptist as a prophet and much more than a prophet. And Jesus accepts the invitation of a Pharisee to come and eat at his house. And a woman who is known as a sinner comes to Jesus and puts perfumed oil on his feet. And the Pharisee who invited Jesus thinks that if Jesus was a prophet he would know that the woman is a sinner. So Jesus tells him a story and then speaks about the woman and all she did to him whereas the pharisee did nothing. Then he tells her that her sins are forgiven.
In Capernaum, an army officer sends some elders of the Jews to come and cure his slave. And they speak in his favor. So Jesus comes with them but before arriving the army officer sends friends to tell him not to come to his house because he was not worthy of it but he just says to Jesus to say it to cure his servant. And Jesus said that he had not found a man with such a faith in Israel. When the men came back to the house the slave had recovered. So Jesus goes to another city with a great crowd a dead man is carried out and a great crowd follows. When Jesus sees his mother weeping, he tells her to stop weeping and resurrect her son and the crowd starts being afraid and glorifying God. And this news about Jesus spreads out into all Judea. So John sends two of his disciples to Jesus to ask him if he the Christ so Jesus cures many people and tell John’s disciples to tell what they have seen to John. And Jesus speaks to the crowd about John the Baptist as a prophet and much more than a prophet. And Jesus accepts the invitation of a Pharisee to come and eat at his house. And a woman who is known as a sinner comes to Jesus and puts perfumed oil on his feet. And the Pharisee who invited Jesus thinks that if Jesus was a prophet he would know that the woman is a sinner. So Jesus tells him a story and then speaks about the woman and all she did to him whereas the pharisee did nothing. Then he tells her that her sins are forgiven.
Luke 8
Jesus keeps preaching the good news of the Kingdom of God from villages to villages. There were also some women who had been cured that is Magdalene, Joanna, Susanna and other women. Then he tells the crowd about the good and the bad seeds, producing or not fruit. But he only explains it to his disciples. And he tells them how easy it is to hear about the good news and forget it but the one who listens carefully produces fruit with endurance. It’s the same when we light a lamp it is for people to see the light not to hide it. So we must be careful and act consequently. One day they cross the lake and a storm starts and Jesus is asleep. They are in danger so they wake Jesus so he asks them if they have faith and he calms the storm down and they are astonished. After that Jesus meets a possessed man among tombs. This man is possessed by many demons. They ask Jesus to let them get into a herd of swine and they rush over a precipice. And the herders go to the city and tell the people who come to Jesus and tell him to go away. Later Jesus meets a man names Jairus who is a presiding officer of the synagogue. He asks Jesus to come to his house and cure his 12 year old daughter who is dying. The crowd presses him and a woman with a flow of blood touches him to be cured. Jesus feels it and he asks who has touched him. So the woman tells him and he tells her to go in peace. While going to the house of Jairus someone comes and says that his daughter is dead. But Jesus goes to the house and he says that the girl sleeps when everybody knows she is dead and he resurrects her.
Jesus keeps preaching the good news of the Kingdom of God from villages to villages. There were also some women who had been cured that is Magdalene, Joanna, Susanna and other women. Then he tells the crowd about the good and the bad seeds, producing or not fruit. But he only explains it to his disciples. And he tells them how easy it is to hear about the good news and forget it but the one who listens carefully produces fruit with endurance. It’s the same when we light a lamp it is for people to see the light not to hide it. So we must be careful and act consequently. One day they cross the lake and a storm starts and Jesus is asleep. They are in danger so they wake Jesus so he asks them if they have faith and he calms the storm down and they are astonished. After that Jesus meets a possessed man among tombs. This man is possessed by many demons. They ask Jesus to let them get into a herd of swine and they rush over a precipice. And the herders go to the city and tell the people who come to Jesus and tell him to go away. Later Jesus meets a man names Jairus who is a presiding officer of the synagogue. He asks Jesus to come to his house and cure his 12 year old daughter who is dying. The crowd presses him and a woman with a flow of blood touches him to be cured. Jesus feels it and he asks who has touched him. So the woman tells him and he tells her to go in peace. While going to the house of Jairus someone comes and says that his daughter is dead. But Jesus goes to the house and he says that the girl sleeps when everybody knows she is dead and he resurrects her.
Luke 9
Jesus gives power to his disciples to expel demons and cure people and sends them out to preach the Kingdom of God. And king Herod is perplexed about what happens because people say that John has been raised up from the dead and others that it is Elijah or a prophet. So he wants to meet Jesus. In Bethsaida crowds follow Jesus and his disciples and he teaches them and cures them. And the disciples tell Jesus to send the people away so they can get food. There are about 5,000 people. And he feeds them multiplying fish and bread and there is some food left. Later he asks his disciples who the crowds think he is John the Baptist or Elijah or a prophet who has risen. Then he asks them who they think he is and Peter answers the Christ of God. And he tells them that he must suffer and be rejected by elders and chief priests and scribes and be killed and raised up the third day. And he adds that to save one’s life one must be ready to lose it. If someone is ashamed of Jesus he will be ashamed of him when he comes back. Later Jesus goes with Peter, John and James to a mountain and he starts to shine and they can see Jesus speaking with Elijah and Moses. And the disciples start to be sleepy and they wake up when they see Jesus and the two men. Then a cloud appears and a voice speaks about Jesus as “my Son” and the one who has been chosen. And Elijah and Moses disappear. And the disciples don’t speak about what they have seen. The following day there is a great crowd and a man asks Jesus to cure his possessed son because his disciples couldn’t cure him. And Jesus tells his disciples that he is going to betrayed. But they don’t understand what he says. Then they star arguing who is the greater among them and Jesus tells them to be second if they want to be first. Then they tells him about a man who is expelling demons in his name and they tried to stop him but Jesus tells them not to because who is not against them is for them. As the time approaches for Jesus to be killed he decides to go to Jerusalem. And to those who want to follow him he tells them it is now not later and he must look ahead and not backwards.
Jesus gives power to his disciples to expel demons and cure people and sends them out to preach the Kingdom of God. And king Herod is perplexed about what happens because people say that John has been raised up from the dead and others that it is Elijah or a prophet. So he wants to meet Jesus. In Bethsaida crowds follow Jesus and his disciples and he teaches them and cures them. And the disciples tell Jesus to send the people away so they can get food. There are about 5,000 people. And he feeds them multiplying fish and bread and there is some food left. Later he asks his disciples who the crowds think he is John the Baptist or Elijah or a prophet who has risen. Then he asks them who they think he is and Peter answers the Christ of God. And he tells them that he must suffer and be rejected by elders and chief priests and scribes and be killed and raised up the third day. And he adds that to save one’s life one must be ready to lose it. If someone is ashamed of Jesus he will be ashamed of him when he comes back. Later Jesus goes with Peter, John and James to a mountain and he starts to shine and they can see Jesus speaking with Elijah and Moses. And the disciples start to be sleepy and they wake up when they see Jesus and the two men. Then a cloud appears and a voice speaks about Jesus as “my Son” and the one who has been chosen. And Elijah and Moses disappear. And the disciples don’t speak about what they have seen. The following day there is a great crowd and a man asks Jesus to cure his possessed son because his disciples couldn’t cure him. And Jesus tells his disciples that he is going to betrayed. But they don’t understand what he says. Then they star arguing who is the greater among them and Jesus tells them to be second if they want to be first. Then they tells him about a man who is expelling demons in his name and they tried to stop him but Jesus tells them not to because who is not against them is for them. As the time approaches for Jesus to be killed he decides to go to Jerusalem. And to those who want to follow him he tells them it is now not later and he must look ahead and not backwards.
Luke 10
Jesus designates 70 others and sends them by twos telling them the harvest is great but the workers are few. They will be lambs among wolves and they won’t get anything and when people bless them they will bless them. But many people won’t repent. And he tells them to rejoice not because they expel demons but because their names have been written in the heavens. And he tells them to rejoice because they are personally with Jesus and they receive his teaching. Then a man asks Jesus what he must do to inherit everlasting life and Jesus tells him about the commandments but wanting to prove himself righteous he asks Jesus who is his neighbor. So Jesus tells him about the parable of the good Samaritan who saves a man who is left half-deaf compared to a priest and a Levite who don’t do anything. And he tells the man to do the same. Then in a village he is received in her house by a woman named Martha who has a sister called Mary. But Mary listens to Jesus’ teaching while Martha attends to many duties. So Martha complains about what her sister does. But he tells her that Mary does well.
Jesus designates 70 others and sends them by twos telling them the harvest is great but the workers are few. They will be lambs among wolves and they won’t get anything and when people bless them they will bless them. But many people won’t repent. And he tells them to rejoice not because they expel demons but because their names have been written in the heavens. And he tells them to rejoice because they are personally with Jesus and they receive his teaching. Then a man asks Jesus what he must do to inherit everlasting life and Jesus tells him about the commandments but wanting to prove himself righteous he asks Jesus who is his neighbor. So Jesus tells him about the parable of the good Samaritan who saves a man who is left half-deaf compared to a priest and a Levite who don’t do anything. And he tells the man to do the same. Then in a village he is received in her house by a woman named Martha who has a sister called Mary. But Mary listens to Jesus’ teaching while Martha attends to many duties. So Martha complains about what her sister does. But he tells her that Mary does well.
Luke 11
His disciples ask Jesus to teach them how to pray so Jesus gives them an example. Then Jesus tells them and after that he gives a parable of a man who asks a friend to give him bread late at night because one of his friends has just arrives. But he doesn’t want because it is late so he insists till the man gets up and gives it to him. So Jesus tells to his disciples to keep on asking in their prayers and keep on seeking and knocking and God will give them. Later he expels a demon and some say he does it thanks to the devil. And Jesus answers them that a kingdom which is divided can’t last. And he adds if he expels demons thanks to the devil what about their sons meaning they expels demons thanks to the devil. Then a woman says that Jesus’ mother is blessed; And Jesus tells the crowd that the only sign that will be be given to them will be the sign of Jonah that is Jesus will rise three days after his death. And Jesus condemns the Jews for not believing. And he tells people to bring brightness and not darkness. Then a pharisee invites him to dinner but he is surprised because Jesus doesn’t wash like the Pharisees do so Jesus calls the Pharisees unreasonable because they wash their exterior but not their inside. And he condemns them because they disregard justice and God’s love and they like to be first. And they and their forefathers killed and will kill prophets and apostles. And they are responsible for all this blood shed and because they take away God’s knowledge. So they put extreme pressure on him to be able to catch him.
His disciples ask Jesus to teach them how to pray so Jesus gives them an example. Then Jesus tells them and after that he gives a parable of a man who asks a friend to give him bread late at night because one of his friends has just arrives. But he doesn’t want because it is late so he insists till the man gets up and gives it to him. So Jesus tells to his disciples to keep on asking in their prayers and keep on seeking and knocking and God will give them. Later he expels a demon and some say he does it thanks to the devil. And Jesus answers them that a kingdom which is divided can’t last. And he adds if he expels demons thanks to the devil what about their sons meaning they expels demons thanks to the devil. Then a woman says that Jesus’ mother is blessed; And Jesus tells the crowd that the only sign that will be be given to them will be the sign of Jonah that is Jesus will rise three days after his death. And Jesus condemns the Jews for not believing. And he tells people to bring brightness and not darkness. Then a pharisee invites him to dinner but he is surprised because Jesus doesn’t wash like the Pharisees do so Jesus calls the Pharisees unreasonable because they wash their exterior but not their inside. And he condemns them because they disregard justice and God’s love and they like to be first. And they and their forefathers killed and will kill prophets and apostles. And they are responsible for all this blood shed and because they take away God’s knowledge. So they put extreme pressure on him to be able to catch him.
Luke 12
Jesus tells his disciples to be careful of the leaven of the Pharisees which is hypocrisy. And they must not fear those who only kill the body but the One who has authority to throw into Gehenna. Whoever blasphemes against the holy spirit will not be forgiven. And he tells them that they will be brought in court but the holy spirit will teach them what to say. And he says not to be greedy and he speaks about a rich man who possesses a land which produces well so he decides to build bigger storehouses to store all his grain and his goods. And then he can enjoy all that he has. But if he dies he won’t take advantage of it. So it is better to be rich toward God. So he tells them not to be anxious about their lives or what they will eat or about what they will wear. But they must keep seeking God’s Kingdom. He tells to be ready for the coming of the Son of man who will come when people don’t expect him. He says he has come to bring division among people.
Jesus tells his disciples to be careful of the leaven of the Pharisees which is hypocrisy. And they must not fear those who only kill the body but the One who has authority to throw into Gehenna. Whoever blasphemes against the holy spirit will not be forgiven. And he tells them that they will be brought in court but the holy spirit will teach them what to say. And he says not to be greedy and he speaks about a rich man who possesses a land which produces well so he decides to build bigger storehouses to store all his grain and his goods. And then he can enjoy all that he has. But if he dies he won’t take advantage of it. So it is better to be rich toward God. So he tells them not to be anxious about their lives or what they will eat or about what they will wear. But they must keep seeking God’s Kingdom. He tells to be ready for the coming of the Son of man who will come when people don’t expect him. He says he has come to bring division among people.
Hope it is OK if I answer this ------Sorry for the disruption here of your Thread --but I feel that this should be addressed and be clarified ---as we should always try to rightly divide the Word ------
I say ---I think if you do some research you will find that this Scripture is not actually saying that John the Baptise is the Spirit of Elijah incarnate ---it is actually saying that John the Baptise is likened to Elijah in power and spirit ---
This is commentary on verse 14 from your scripture above ----Matthew 11
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
If ye will receive it - This is a mode of speaking implying that the doctrine which he was about to state was different from their common views; that he was about to state something which varied from the common expectation, and which therefore they might be disposed to reject.
This is Elias ... - That is, "Elijah." Elias is the "Greek" mode of writing the Hebrew word "Elijah." An account of him is found in the first and second books of Kings. He was a distinguished prophet, and was taken up to heaven in a chariot of fire, 2 Kings 2:11.
By this was evidently meant, not that he should appear "in person," but that one should appear with a striking resemblance to him; or, as Luke Luk 1:17 expresses it, "in the spirit and power of Elijah."
But the Jews understood it differently. They supposed that Elijah would appear in person. They also supposed that Jeremiah and some other of the prophets would appear also to usher in the promised Messiah and to grace his advent. See Matthew 16:14; Matthew 17:10; John 1:21. This prevalent belief was the reason why he used the words "if ye will receive it," implying that the affirmation that "John" was the promised Elijah was a doctrine contrary to their expectation.
I say -----The prophet Malachi predicted that Elijah would be sent to pave the way for the Day of the Lord in the end times ---and the Jews thought that John the Baptise was Elijah incarnate ------John Himself denied to the people that he was the Prophet Elijah or the Christ ---
John 1:21NIV
21 They asked him, “Then who are you? Are you Elijah?”
He said, “I am not.”
“Are you the Prophet?”
He answered, “No.”
Malachi 4 AMP B
Final Admonition
4 “For behold, the day is coming, burning like a furnace, and all the arrogant (proud, self-righteous, haughty), and every evildoer shall be stubble; and the day that is coming shall set them on fire,” says the Lord of hosts, “so that it will leave them neither root nor branch. 2 But for you who fear My name [with awe-filled reverence] the sun of righteousness will rise with healing in its wings. And you will go forward and leap [joyfully] like calves [released] from the stall. 3 You will trample the wicked, for they will be ashes under the soles of your feet on the day that I do this,” says the Lord of hosts.
4 “Remember [with thoughtful concern] the Law of Moses My servant, the statutes and the ordinances which I commanded him on [Mount] Horeb [to give] to all Israel.
5 “Behold, I am going to send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and terrible day of the Lord. 6 He will turn the hearts of the fathers to their children, and the hearts of the children to their fathers [a reconciliation produced by repentance], so that I will not come and strike the land with a curse [of complete destruction].”
I say ---so we see that John the Baptise came to bring repentance in the Beginning and Elijah will do the same at the end ----so john is likened to Elijah in both spirit and power ------
now back to posting Luke --
Good, but there is no disruption. There is nothing better than dialogue and expressing oneself. People must feel free to express to add any idea and agree or disagree. John the Baptist announced the coming of Jesus but he didn't cure people or bring them back to life. Think about the apostle Paul and the Bereans in Acts 17:11, the Bereans not only listening to Paul but also checking in the bible if it was so.
Luke 13
Jesus tells about the necessity to repent. Then he speaks about a man who has a fig tree which hasn’t produce fruit for three years so he says to the vinedresser to cut it down but the vinedresser tells him not to do it but let him dig around and purt on manure. Then if it doesn’t produce any fruit it will be the right time to cut it down. Later on the sabbath Jesus teaches in a synagogue and he cures a woman who had been ill for 18 years. But the presiding officer of the synagogue is indignant because it is the Sabbath. But Jesus calls such people hypocrites because they untie their bulls or their donkeys from the stall and give them something to drink during the Sabbath. And Jesus’ opponents begin to feel shame but the people rejoice. Then Jesus compares the Kingdom of God to a mustard grain which becomes a tree or to leaven a woman mixes with flour until the whole mass ferments. On his way to Jerusalem Jesus keeps teaching. Answering a man about the fact that many won’t be saved he tells him to exert himself vigorously to get in through the narrow door because when the householder locks the door many will lock at the door and ask the lord to open it but he will answer them that he doesn’t know them, those he calls workers of unrighteousness. And those who are last will be first and those who are first will be last. Then some Pharisees tell him to go away because Herod wants to kill him. And he tells them to go and tell that fox that this same day and the next one he is casting demons and healing people but the third day he will be finished. Because he can’t be killed outside Jerusalem as prophets used to be killed inside Jerusalem. But time is coming when Jerusalem will be destroyed.
Jesus tells about the necessity to repent. Then he speaks about a man who has a fig tree which hasn’t produce fruit for three years so he says to the vinedresser to cut it down but the vinedresser tells him not to do it but let him dig around and purt on manure. Then if it doesn’t produce any fruit it will be the right time to cut it down. Later on the sabbath Jesus teaches in a synagogue and he cures a woman who had been ill for 18 years. But the presiding officer of the synagogue is indignant because it is the Sabbath. But Jesus calls such people hypocrites because they untie their bulls or their donkeys from the stall and give them something to drink during the Sabbath. And Jesus’ opponents begin to feel shame but the people rejoice. Then Jesus compares the Kingdom of God to a mustard grain which becomes a tree or to leaven a woman mixes with flour until the whole mass ferments. On his way to Jerusalem Jesus keeps teaching. Answering a man about the fact that many won’t be saved he tells him to exert himself vigorously to get in through the narrow door because when the householder locks the door many will lock at the door and ask the lord to open it but he will answer them that he doesn’t know them, those he calls workers of unrighteousness. And those who are last will be first and those who are first will be last. Then some Pharisees tell him to go away because Herod wants to kill him. And he tells them to go and tell that fox that this same day and the next one he is casting demons and healing people but the third day he will be finished. Because he can’t be killed outside Jerusalem as prophets used to be killed inside Jerusalem. But time is coming when Jerusalem will be destroyed.
Luke 14
Jesus goes to eat to the house of one of the leaders of the Pharisees on the Sabbath. There Jesus cures a man who has a dropsy after asking the Pharisees if it is lawful to cure someone but they don’t answer. And Jesus puts the shame on them. In a parable he tells them not to try to be first. If someone who is more prominent comes to a wedding feast he may be invited to take the first seat of the one who took it and this one would be ashamed. And he tells the man who invited him to invite people he doesn’t know and who are poor and handicapped and who can’t repay him instead of his family or rich neighbors. He will be repaid in the resurrection of the righteous ones. In another parable he tells about a man who invites people to his wedding but nobody comes so he sends his slaves to look for strangers to invite. Then he tells people to be ready to abandon members of their family and their own lives and their belongings to follow him.
Jesus goes to eat to the house of one of the leaders of the Pharisees on the Sabbath. There Jesus cures a man who has a dropsy after asking the Pharisees if it is lawful to cure someone but they don’t answer. And Jesus puts the shame on them. In a parable he tells them not to try to be first. If someone who is more prominent comes to a wedding feast he may be invited to take the first seat of the one who took it and this one would be ashamed. And he tells the man who invited him to invite people he doesn’t know and who are poor and handicapped and who can’t repay him instead of his family or rich neighbors. He will be repaid in the resurrection of the righteous ones. In another parable he tells about a man who invites people to his wedding but nobody comes so he sends his slaves to look for strangers to invite. Then he tells people to be ready to abandon members of their family and their own lives and their belongings to follow him.