Jesus used parables to draw his audience or readers into the story, encouraging them to engage with the parable. For the audience to participate in a parable, it must be based on situations that could actually happen, rather than being impossible scenarios. This is why Jesus chose the subjects of his parables from the everyday […]
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Hello, readers of MacroBible.com. Today, we’d like to explore a new perspective on Bible interpretation based on a recent paper. https://www.kci.go.kr/kciportal/ci/sereArticleSearch/ciSereArtiView.kci?sereArticleSearchBean.artiId=ART003074222 This paper discusses Luke’s literary approach to interpreting specific parts of the Bible, and we want to use it as a reference to gain a fresh understanding of Bible interpretation. Luke’s paper interprets the
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A mathematical approach to the parable of the Good Samaritan Luke connects the three stories as if they were one continuous story through the points of two different contacts. Then, what message does Luke want to convey through this? As you know, the parable of the Good Samaritan is unique to the Gospel of Luke.
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In the Old Testament, we find significant metaphors such as the images of the bridegroom and the bride, as well as that of the shepherd and the sheep. As we move into the New Testament, we find Jesus identifying Himself as both the bridegroom of the people of Israel, as indicated in Mark 2:19, and
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The parable of the Good Samaritan, a unique material in the Gospel of Luke, is a complete story in itself. Reading it without considering the intentions of Jesus and the literary composition of Luke can cause readers to lose its original meaning and interpret it arbitrarily. Misunderstanding the interpretation of the Bible directly affects our
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Luke connected the parable of the Good Samaritan with the story of raising the dead son of the widow of Nain. Luke goes one step further and connects the story of the Good Samaritan with the story of the coronation as king at Bethany. One is the image of “the road down to Jericho.” Jesus,
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The parable of the Good Samaritan is a parable introduced by Jesus with the image of the shepherd and the sheep of Ezekiel 34 in mind.The narrator, Jesus, draws an image of the fulfillment of the prophecy in Ezekiel 34:16 by using the word “καταδέω” in the parable of the Good Samaritan.Therefore, the Good Samaritan
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The parables Jesus used are mostly based on everyday life, which makes them easy to understand and relate to the audience and readers of the time. Since the parables Jesus used are based on situations that could actually happen or have happened, not on impossible scenarios, therefore, there’s no inherent difficulty in understanding the parables.
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