{"id":14787,"date":"2017-12-08T08:03:09","date_gmt":"2017-12-08T13:03:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dustoffthebible.com\/Blog-archive\/?p=14787"},"modified":"2017-12-08T08:03:09","modified_gmt":"2017-12-08T13:03:09","slug":"daily-bible-reading-devotional-luke-1831-34-december-8-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dustoffthebible.com\/Blog-archive\/2017\/12\/08\/daily-bible-reading-devotional-luke-1831-34-december-8-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"Daily Bible Reading Devotional [Luke 18:31-34] December 8, 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Jesus Predicts His Death a Third Time<\/span><\/h2>\n
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Luke 18:31-34<\/h3>\n

31\u00a0<\/sup>Jesus took the Twelve aside and told them, \u201cWe are going up to Jerusalem, and everything that is written by the prophets about the Son of Man will be fulfilled.<\/span><\/span>32\u00a0<\/sup>He will be delivered over to the Gentiles. They will mock him, insult him and spit on him;<\/span><\/span> 33\u00a0<\/sup>they will flog him and kill him. On the third day he will rise again.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

34\u00a0<\/sup>The disciples did not understand any of this. Its meaning was hidden from them, and they did not know what he was talking about.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Observations & Reflections<\/h3>\n
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Of the synoptic gospels Luke is the only one that declared that Jesus’ death and resurrection was the completion of the prophets. It’s possible that in Mark and Matthew it’s implied but Luke has a habit of clearing up thing and smoothing difficult passages over. It seems here that Luke was trying to make sure the audience knew that Jesus’ death was foretold in the prophets and was expected. It would have been mockery to the gentiles to think that the messiah could be put down by the hands of the Romans. That makes him just another man.<\/p>\n

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we preach Christ crucified: a stumbling block to Jews and foolishness to Gentiles (1 Cor 1:23)<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Thus, Luke’s gospel which was going to the gentiles, does a good job of making sense of a few things that gentile thinkers would have had trouble with.<\/p>\n

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\n\n\n\n\n
Matthew 20:17-19<\/th>\nMark 10:32-34<\/th>\nLuke 18:31-34<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
17 As Jesus was going
\nup to Jerusalem,
\nhe took the twelve disciples
\naside, and on the
\nway he said to them,
\n18 “Behold, we are going
\nup to Jerusalem, and
\nthe Son of Man will be
\ndelivered to the chief
\npriests and scribes, and
\nthey will condemn him to
\ndeath, 19 and will
\nhand him over to the
\nGentiles
\nto mock, to scourge, and
\nto crucify;
\nand the third day he will
\nbe raised up.”<\/td>\n		32 They were on the
\nway, going up to Jerusalem;
\nand Jesus was going
\nin front of them, and
\nthey were amazed; and
\nthose who followed were
\nafraid. He again took the
\ntwelve, and began to tell
\nthem the things that
\nwere going to happen to
\nhim. 33 “Behold, we
\nare going up to Jerusalem.
\nThe Son of Man will
\nbe delivered to the chief
\npriests and the scribes.
\nThey will condemn him
\nto death, and will deliver
\nhim to the Gentiles.
\n34 They will mock
\nhim, spit on him,
\nscourge him, and kill
\nhim. On the third day he
\nwill rise again.”<\/td>\n		31 He took the twelve
\naside, and said to them,
\n“Behold, we are going up
\nto Jerusalem, and all the
\nthings that are written
\nthrough the prophets
\nconcerning the Son of
\nMan will be completed.
\n18:32 For he will be delivered
\nup to the Gentiles,
\nwill be mocked,
\ntreated shamefully, and
\nspit on. 18:33 They will
\nscourge and kill him. On
\nthe third day, he will rise
\nagain.”<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

It is remarkable, however, that all 3 synoptic gospels include this passage. The importance of this passage cannot be overstated. In the words of Paul, without the crucifixion and resurrection, there is no hope. It is possibly the most important feature of our faith.<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/sup>Now if Christ is proclaimed as raised from the dead,\u00a0how can some of you say that there is no resurrection of the dead?<\/span>\u00a013\u00a0<\/sup>But if there is no resurrection of the dead,\u00a0then not even Christ has been raised.<\/span>\u00a014\u00a0<\/sup>And if Christ has not been raised, then our preaching is in vain and your faith is in vain.<\/span>\u00a015\u00a0<\/sup>We are even found to be misrepresenting God, because we testified about God that\u00a0he raised Christ, whom he did not raise if it is true that the dead are not raised.<\/span>\u00a016\u00a0<\/sup>For if the dead are not raised, not even Christ has been raised.<\/span>\u00a017\u00a0<\/sup>And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile and\u00a0you are still in your sins.<\/span>\u00a018\u00a0<\/sup>Then those also who\u00a0have fallen asleep in Christ have perished. (1 Corinthians 15:12-18)<\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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