Daily Devotion
The Warnings of Jesus
LUKE 20:41-44 It is important that we take this little passage by itself because it is very difficult to understand. The most popular title of the Messiah was Son of David. That is what the blind man at Jericho called Jesus (Luke 18:38-39), and...
The Sadducees' Question (Continued)
LUKE 20:27-40 The Sadducees, then, came with this question about who would be the husband in heaven of the women who was married to seven different men. They regarded such a question as the kind of thing that made belief in the resurrection of the...
The Sadducees' Questions
LUKE 20:27-40 When the Sanhedrin had been finally silenced, the Sadducees appeared on the scene. The whole point of their question depends on these two things: (1 st ) it depends upon the levirate law of marriage. (Deuteronomy 25:5.) According to...
Caesar and God
LUKE 20:19-26 Here, the Sanhedrin members return to the attack. Some of the men go to Jesus and asks a question as if it was really troubling their consciences. The tribute to be paid to Caesar was a poll-tax of one denarius about 25 cents in our...
Parable that was a Condemnation Cont'd
LUKE 20:9-18 This parable also tells us something about JESUS. (1 ST ) It tells us that He knew what was coming . He did not come to Jerusalem hugging a dream that even yet He might escape the cross. Open-eyed and unafraid, He went on. When...
Parable that was a Condemnation
LUKE 20:9-18 This is a parable whose meaning is crystal clear. The vineyard stands for the nation of Israel (Isaiah 5:1-7). The tenants are the rulers of Israel into whose hands the nation was entrusted. The messengers are the prophets who were...