The Gospel of Luke 10
Study Guide Questions for Ch. 19-20
If you are looking for the beginning of this study you can start HERE with the brief introduction. At the bottom of that introduction will be the links to each section of the study guide as it becomes available. For this study the English Standard Version is the translation that is being utilized and you can read it online HERE or pick up the copy of your choice from Amazon or your local book store. I find THIS EDITION to be useful for deeper study and annotation.
Virtues/Vices/Great Ideas: (Find them in the Text)
Joy, Prudence, Resurrection
Grammar Questions: (The Information of the Text)
What did Zacchaeus do in order to see Jesus?
What did Zacchaeus tell Jesus he would do (which showed his genuine repentance)?
Why, according to the text, did Jesus tell the parable of the “ten minas”?
In the parable of the minas what did each of his three servants receive because of what they did with the minas entrusted to them?
In what manner did Jesus enter Jerusalem and what were the people shouting?
What did Jesus say would happen to Jerusalem?
What had the temple been turned into according to Jesus?
What did the “chief priests and scribes” demand that Jesus tell them?
What did the wicked tenants do when the owner of the vineyard sent his son to collect some of the fruit of the vineyard?
What object did Jesus use to help answer the questions about paying taxes to Caesar?
What problematic scenario did the Sadducees pose to Jesus concerning the resurrection?
Logic Questions: (Interpreting, Comparing/Contrasting, Reasoning)
Why did Jesus praise Zacchaeus for giving half of his goods to the poor when he had just recently told the rich ruler (Luke 18:18-30) to sell all that he had?
Why would the master give the mina of the unfaithful servant to the servant who already had the most rather than the other faithful servant who didn’t have as much?
Why did the Pharisees want Jesus to rebuke his disciples? What did they believe they were doing wrong?
How did Jesus use a logical dilemma, concerning John the Baptist, to pin down his opponents? Why did this work so well?
In the parable of the wicked tenants, whom do the respective characters of the story (i.e. the vineyard owner, the tenants, the servants of the owner, the son of the owner) represent?
Explain how the scribes and chief priests attempted to trap Jesus in a dilemma concerning taxes, what did they hope to accomplish? How did Jesus evade their trap?
Given the definition of what a Sadducee is (see above) why is their question insincere to begin with?
Why is Jesus’ question concerning the Christ being the son of David a very good question? What is implied by David referring to his “son” as Lord?
Rhetoric Questions: (The Analysis of Ideas in the Text)
Jesus prophesied concerning the coming destruction of Jerusalem (which was fulfilled in 70 A.D. by the Roman General Titus under Emperor Vespasian). What is prophecy? Is all prophecy about foretelling future events? Do you think new prophecy is still possible or has all prophecy ceased? Explain your answers carefully with reason and Scripture.
In Jesus’ response to the Sadducees he indicates that marriage is not a part of the plan in the world that is to come (i.e. the final state of all things after the judgment). In light of this, what is the purpose(s) of marriage in this life? Be sure to be thorough in your response and use reason and Scripture.
Theological Analysis: (Sola Scriptura)
Read Zechariah 9:9 and explain why this is important to what we see Jesus doing in chapter 19 of Luke.
Read Matthew 21:1-11 to see a parallel account of Jesus’ triumphal entry into Jerusalem. How does this give us more information as to why Jesus directed his disciples to bring him the colt to ride into Jerusalem?
Read Psalm 110 (which Jesus partially quotes in Luke 20:42-43). Knowing that Jesus applies this psalm to the Messiah, how does it affect your thinking about the role the Messiah will play in judging the nations?