But he said to him, Child, you are always with me, and all of my things are yours. But to be merry and to rejoice was right, for this brother of yours was dead, and lived again; he was lost and he was found. Luke …
Allusions Gems
Bible Gem 1043 – Links to the Right and to Left (Luke 15:11-32)
and he said, “A certain man had two sons. The younger son told his father, ‘I want my share of your estate now before you die.’ So his father agreed to divide his wealth between his sons. “A few days later this younger son packed …
Bible Gem 1042 – The Certain Man is . . . (Luke 15:11)
and he said, “A certain man had two sons. The younger son told his father, ‘I want my share of your estate now before you die.’ So his father agreed to divide his wealth between his sons. “A few days later this younger son packed …
Bible Gem 1041 – A Certain Man had Two Sons (Luke 15:11)
And He said, A certain man had two sons. And the younger of them said to the father, Father give me that part of the inheritance falling to me. And he divided the inheritance between them. And not many days after, gathering up all things, …
Bible Gem 1033 – Picking up on the Allusions (Luke 15:1-32)
And all the tax collectors and sinners were coming near to Him, to hear Him. And the Pharisees and the scribes murmured, saying, This one receives sinners and eats with them. And He spoke to them this parable, saying, Suppose one of you having a …
Bible Gem 119 – I’m Going Fishing (John 21:1-14)
Peter said, “I’m going fishing.” The others said “Yeah we’ll come with you.” When push comes to shove we tend to resort to what we know best; the tried and true. After the trials and stresses of the events from the arrest in the garden …
Bible Gem 72 – The Ultimate Commentary – The Bible Itself (Luke 23:31)
Well, how did you go? Have you got it worked out? Did the commentaries help or confuse you? Did you read all of the sense unit surrounding Ezekiel 20:47? If so, you would have found all you needed to understand Luke 23:31. Say to the …
Bible Gem 71 – Do the Commentaries Help? (Luke 23:31)
Do the commentaries help? I have told you before, use the commentaries when you have done the work on the passage. Otherwise we are prey to what the commentators tell us and we don’t know how to refute them. What follows has been clipped from …
Bible Gem 70 – Of Green and Dry Things (Luke 23:31)
Well how did you get on? Do you realise Jesus is doing the same thing again as we saw him do with John 10 and the reference to Good Shepherds / Bad Shepherds. I thought I would give you a chance to see if you …