Jesus returns from the wilderness in our story today. Luke gives a general broad statement as to how the beginning of His ministry went. First thing that Luke tells us is that “Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit” (verse 14). We know from the other gospel writers that Jesus didn’t begin doing miracles […]
We are at the beginning of Jesus’ earthly ministry now with Luke. Jesus has just finished being baptized by John in the river Jordan. During His baptism God sent miraculous signs to at least John to cement Jesus’ deity in John’s mind and heart. Now it is time for Jesus final preparations. Before beginning this […]
I’m sorry but I have to say this. “Begats” are the driest part of the bible for me. I have never been into genealogy. I understand Luke and Matthew’s reasons for including them in their narratives. Matthew did it to prove to his Jewish readers that Jesus was a direct descendant of Abraham and specifically […]
Luke concludes the stories of John the Baptist in today’s verses. I don’t know if we will run into John again later in Luke’s narrative because Luke didn’t share John’s final fate. Let’s look at what he did share. John is credited as preaching the good news to the people. The news was that their […]
Luke shares with us some specifics of John the Baptist’s words. We have heard John reproach the religious leaders when they came to him but this time we get to hear what he says to the common man. He certainly didn’t believe in sprinkling honey on his words to get a bigger crowd. Luke starts […]