The Gospel of Luke 9

Study Guide Questions for Ch. 17-18

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)

Temptation, Justice, Pride vs. Humility

Grammar Questions: (The Information of the Text)

1. What would it be better for a person to do rather than “cause one of these little ones to sin”?

2. How much faith did Jesus say was necessary to do great things?

3. What did Jesus command the men with leprosy to do?

4. Of the ten men who were cleansed of Leprosy, how many returned to Jesus in thankfulness?

5. What were people doing “in the days of Noah” and “in the days of Lot” right up to the moment the Lord destroyed them?

6. What did Jesus say people should not do when “the Son of Man is revealed”?

7. What was it that persuaded the unjust judge to give justice to the widow?

8. Which of the two men praying to God “went down to his house justified”?

9. What were the disciples rebuking the people for doing?

10. What did Jesus command the ruler which made him “very sad”?

11.  What did the blind man do when the crowd “rebuked him” for crying out to Jesus for help?

Logic Questions: (Interpreting, Comparing/Contrasting, Reasoning)

1. Why should we forgive someone who keeps sinning against us just because they say “I repent”?

2. Why should we call ourselves “unworthy servants” if we “have only done what is our duty”?

3. Why is it significant that the thankful man (who was cured from leprosy) was from Samaria?

4. What did Jesus mean by saying “the kingdom of God is not coming in ways that can be observed” and also that “the kingdom of God is in the midst of you”?

5. Does the text make a distinction between the coming of the “kingdom of God” and the coming of “the Son of Man”? If so, what is it?

6. Why did Jesus say the man who “beat his breast” in prayer went home justified but not the other man?

7. Jesus responded to the rich ruler, who called him “good teacher”, by saying “why do you call me good?” Was Jesus saying that he should not be called good?’

8. Jesus listed some of the ten commandments directly when speaking with the rich ruler. What commandment(s) did he indirectly refer to by telling the man to sell all that he had and “distribute to the poor”?

9. Why are Jesus’ apostles not able to understand Jesus when he tells them plainly that he will die and rise again?

Rhetoric Questions: (The Analysis of Ideas in the Text)

1. The apostles asked Jesus to “increase [their] faith!” What is faith? Offer a careful definition of this term and back up your definition with two biblical examples that support your use of the term.

2. What does it mean to have a strong faith? How can we strengthen or weaken our faith? Explain your answer fully and use good reasoning.

Theological Analysis: (Sola Scriptura)

1. Read Genesis 6 and 19. In these incidents who were wiped away, the wicked or the righteous? How should this affect our reading of Luke 17:26-37?

2. Read Matthew 22:41-46 and answer Jesus’ question therein.