Gospel Of Luke Resurrection Term Papers

My housemates and I were recently conversing of how excited we all were of the fast approaching Easter break. Everyone chimed in with their plans of visiting friends, loved ones, sleeping in and enjoying the relaxing time away from school. In retrospect no one, myself included, acknowledged the true reason for this time away, which is to celebrate the resurrection of Jesus Christ analogous to the eschatological hope. Through this class I acquired a better comprehension of Easter and its significance through the Gospel of Luke. The Gospel of Luke begins with Jesus traveling to the land of Jericho to continue his ministry. On the way, he encounters a blind man begging along the roadside. The word of Jesus’s adventures and miracles had spread

He immediately showed his gratitude by following Jesus and giving praise to the lord almighty. This account much like many others in bible correlates as to how just how controversial, miraculous and inclusive Jesus was through his healing and faith, all which eventually lead to his crucifixion.

The gospel of Luke illustrates the controversies that surround Jesus through a triangular pattern where a person or group of people, usually the Romans or Pharisees, have a problem with Jesus’s actions, miracles, healing of and interactions with the marginalized. Byrne illustrates the controversies that surround the actions of Jesus Christ through triangular relationships of himself, the marginalized and a third party that’s usually very critical and disapproving which all gives evidence ultimately to his death. The pattern usually involves someone unhappy with Jesus and another who is hospitable to him, in this instance the blind man showed hospitality by simply beckoning Jesus referring to him as the Son of David despite the crowd’s interference. Son of David was the title used to refer to the Jesus, the blind man recognizes

The parable is comparable in Luke Mark and Matthew since the blind man was encountered along the roadside, when the man refers to Jesus as the son of David as well as how the messiah responds to him by saying “what do you want me to do for you”. The first alteration within the three stories is in Matthew there are two blind men who hear Jesus coming and reach out to him immediately instead of inquiring from the crowd about him. Another deviation from the lukan version occurs when in Mark and Matthew Jesus asks what he can do for the man and he replies “Lord let our eyes be opened” then Jesus physically touches their eyes in his healing. In Mark when the blind man is beckoned he immediately jumps up refers to Jesus as master and Jesus restores his sight due to his never fleeting faith. These small variations in the books of Mark and Matthew helps lead us to access its meaning on a deeper level, they still portray the same themes of compassion, healing, controversy, faith and