Today we join Jesus in another synagogue. This is one place where He can be found quite often. He has gone back to Capernaum. Jesus was once again teaching out of the Torah. He was expounding on the scriptures with perfect authority. Why not, He was the author of it all to begin with. Even […]
Jesus is visiting His hometown today. He has been going to the synagogue since He was a child. He has probably been reading in the synagogue too since His bar mitzvah. But today was different. When Jesus left Nazareth to start His ministry He first went to be baptized by John. From there He went […]
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 […]