The Gospel of Luke 5
Study Guide Questions for Ch. 9-10
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)
Wilderness vs. Civilization, Pride vs. Humility, Love, Indifference
Grammar Questions: (The Information of the Text)
What did Jesus send out “the twelve” to do?
Why, according to the text, was Herod “perplexed”?
How many loaves and fish did Jesus take and turn into a meal for 5,000?
Who did many of the people think and say that Jesus was?
Whom did Peter, James, and John see Jesus speaking with on the mountain?
What did Jesus’ disciples get into a debate about among themselves?
What did James and John want to do to the Samaritan village that rejected Jesus?
What did Jesus instruct the 72 disciples to do and not do?
According to Jesus, how does a person come to “know who the Father is”?
What commandments did Jesus approve of as a good summary for what one must do “to inherit eternal life”?
What two kinds of people did Jesus depict in his story as passing by the man who was beaten by robbers?
What did Mary do which Jesus told Martha was the “one thing necessary”?
Logic Questions: (Interpreting, Comparing/Contrasting, Reasoning)
Why might the number of baskets that were retrieved after the feeding of the five thousand be significant?
Peter clearly answered correctly that Jesus is “the Christ of God”, so why did Jesus “strictly” command his disciples “to tell this to no one”?
What did Jesus mean by saying “If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me”?
Jesus told his disciples that some of them would not taste death “until they see the kingdom of God.” What did he mean? What is the kingdom of God?
What is the significance behind the two specific people who appeared on the mountain with Jesus?
What did Jesus mean by saying, “the one who is not against you is for you”?
What did Jesus mean by saying, “No one who puts his hand to the plow and looks back is fit for the kingdom of God”?
Why might the story of the good Samaritan be particularly hard for “the lawyer” to hear?
Why was Mary praised over Martha? Isn’t serving a good thing?
Rhetoric Questions: (The Analysis of Ideas in the Text)
In the Gospels and Acts we see a lot of demonic activity. How common do you think demonic activity is in our own day? Do you think people are still liable to demon possession? Why or why not?
Consider Jesus’ tough words to Chorazin and Bethsaida (Luke 10:13-16). Are all sins the same? Are some sins worse than others? If so, what makes the difference? Explain your answer with reason.
What would be an example of a way in which Jesus’ story of the Good Samaritan is just as relevant today as ever? Point to a situation in our own time and culture where we need to apply this message.
Theological Analysis: (Sola Scriptura)
Read Deuteronomy 18:15-22 and Hebrews 3:1-6. How do these two passages connect with what took place on the mountain in Luke 9:28-36?
Read Mark 3:17. Given what we read in the current assignment, why might Jesus have nicknamed James and John what he did?
Thank you