Shared Uniquely Matthew Uniquely Mark Uniquely Luke Notice that Luke is the only one of the three to call the man a ruler or a leader. I am sure this is a continuation of the interaction with the leaders of Israel which has been continuing chapter after chapter …
Colour Coding Gems
Bible Gem 1122 – The Disciples Didn’t Connect the Dots (Luke 18:31-34)
Many Bibles and Gospel harmonies give this passage the title, The Third Prediction of the Death and Resurrection of Jesus. In fact, it is the seventh time in Luke’s Gospel. Luke records two occasions either side of the transfiguration, before and after (Luke 9:22 and …
Bible Gem 1119 – The Definition of Impossibility: Putting a Camel Through the Eye of a Needle (Luke 18:22-27)
Shared Uniquely Matthew Uniquely Mark Uniquely Luke In the previous Gem we looked at the nature of the Rich Young Ruler’s question. We pulled apart Jesus answer to it. What he lacked in order to enter eternal life would certainly not be found in keeping …
Bible Gem 1117 – Good Teacher or Good Thing? (Luke 18:18-30)
Shared Uniquely Matthew Uniquely Mark Uniquely Luke Firstly, some general observations to give you the time to look at the colour coding if you haven’t had a chance to do it for yourself yet. We will begin the detailed analysis of the passage in the …
Bible Gem 1116 – Crossing the Divide into Comparative Country Again (Luke 18:18-22/Matt 19:16-20:16/Mark 10:17-31)
Yes, I am sure it is apparent to you that we have finished the last segment of the Greater Interpolation (Luke 9:51 – 18:14). We crossed boundary of the Greater Interpolation a couple of days ago when we started the segment on “Let the children …
Bible Gem 851 – What was so Remarkable about this Centurion? (Luke 7:1-10)
After Jesus had finished saying all these things in the hearing of the people, he went to Capernaum. There a centurion’s servant, whom he valued highly, was sick and about to die. When the centurion heard about Jesus, he sent some Jewish elders to him …
Bible Gem 850 – A Schema for Comparing the accounts of Matthew and Luke (Luke 7:1-10)
After Jesus had finished saying all these things in the hearing of the people, he went to Capernaum. There a centurion’s servant, whom he valued highly, was sick and about to die. When the centurion heard about Jesus, he sent some Jewish elders to him …
Bible Gem 824 – New Garments / New Wineskins (Luke 5:36-39)
Then Jesus gave them this illustration: “No one tears a piece of cloth from a new garment and uses it to patch an old garment. For then the new garment would be ruined, and the new patch wouldn’t even match the old garment. “And no …