LUKE CHAPTER 5

OBSERVATION STAGE

TABLE OF CONTENTS

The purpose of the observation stage is to maintain focus on the text at hand within the normative rules of language, context and logic which limits the observer to the content offered by the book of Luke. This will serve to avoid going on unnecessary tangents elsewhere; and more importantly, it will provide the framework for a proper and objective comparison with passages located elsewhere in Scripture.

Note that similar or the same subject matter describing an historic event which matter is essentially the same as the subject matter in another passage in Scripture does not necessarily prove that the passages in view portray the same event. This is so, including those passages in which Jesus Himself is in view. For not everyone who lived or passed through the Palestinian region - which numbered in the millions - were present every time and in every place that Jesus preached and healed people. So it stands to reason that the subject matter that He preached bore frequent repetition in order to reach the greatest numbers.

On the other hand, passages in Scripture which not only have similar or the same subject matter describing an event but which also have different subject matter from one another, may or may not have the same event in view depending upon a full examination of the context of each of the passages. Given the brevity of the bible - the limited time, space and resources such as paper, ink, etc. - not everything was capable of being included in each of the writings or even in all of the writings together. There are going to be similarities and differences. But a careful examination of Scripture will reveal that there is nevertheless a miraculous harmony and complete absence of contradiction.

Remember that something elsewhere may be true, but in the text at hand it may not be in view.

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[Lk 4:31-44]:

(Lk 4:31-44) JESUS CAME DOWN TO CAPERNAUM, A CITY OF GALILEE. HE WAS TEACHING THE PEOPLE ON THE SABBATHS THERE. THEY WERE ASTONISHED AT HIS TEACHING, FOR HE SPOKE WITH AUTHORITY. ONE TIME IN THE SYNAGOGUE THERE WAS A MAN WHO HAD A DEMON, WHO CRIED OUT THROUGH THE MAN, "AWAY, WHAT TO US AND TO YOU JESUS O NAZARENE? DID YOU COME TO DESTROY US; I HAVE KNOWN YOU WHO YOU ARE - THE HOLY ONE OF GOD" - A DECLARATION OF WHO JESUS WAS - THE MESSIAH, THE CHOSEN ONE OF GOD. JESUS ESTABLISHED THAT HE INDEED WAS THE HOLY ONE OF GOD BY DEMONSTRATING HIS AUTHORITY OVER THE DEMON BY REBUKING HIM TO BE QUIET AND COMMANDING HIM COME OUT OF THE MAN. AND THE DEMON OBEYED. THE PEOPLE WERE AMAZED AT HIS AUTHORITY AND POWER. THE REPORT ABOUT HIM SPREAD THROUGHOUT THE SURROUNDING DISTRICT. JESUS LEFT THE SYNAGOGUE, WENT INTO THE HOUSE OF SIMON, WHEREUPON HE HEALED SIMON'S MOTHER IN LAW OF A FEVER. WHILE THE SUN WAS SETTING MANY CAME TO THE HOUSE WITH ILLNESES / DEMONS AND HE HEALED THEM ALL. HE CONTINUALLY DEMONSTRATED HIS AUTHORITY AND WHO HE WAS - THE SON OF GOD, THE CHRIST AS TESTIFIED TO BY THE DEMONS, WHOM HE COMMANDED TO COME OUT OF THOSE THEY POSSESSED. THE DAY HAVING GONE, JESUS WENT OUT TO A DESERT - A SOLITARY PLACE BUT THE MULTITIDUDES CAME AFTER HIM, DETAINING HIM SO THAT HE COULD NOT GO AWAY FROM THEM. BUT HE SAID TO THEM, "I MUST PROCLAIM THE GOOD NEWS ABOUT THE KINGDOM OF GOD TO THE OTHER TOWNS ALSO, BECAUSE I HAVE BEEN SENT FOR THIS PURPOSE." AND SO HE WAS PREACHING IN THE SYNAGOGUES OF GALILEE

[Compare Lk 4:14-15]:

An examination of the gospels of Matthew and Mark relative to this section in Lk 4:31-44, corroborates what Luke wrote without contradiction or conflict with the other gospel account:

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I) [Lk 5:1-11]:

A) (Lk 5:1-3) [As The Crowd Which Was Following Jesus Was Pressing In On Him To Hear God's Word, He Was Standing By Lake Gennesaret, i.e., The Sea Of Galilee. And Jesus Saw Two Boats Lying At The Edge Of The Lake; But The Fishermen Had Gotten Out Of Them And Were Washing Their Nets. And Having Entered Into One Of The Boats, That Was Simon's, He Asked Him To Put Back A Little From The Land, And Having Sat Down, Was Teaching The Multitudes Out Of The Boat]:

1) [Manuscript Evidence For Lk 5:2]:

2) [Expositor's Bible Commentary On Lk 5:1-3]:

3) Although Mt 4:18-22, Mk 1:16-20 and Jn 1:35-42 are not identical to Lk 5:1-11, they are passages which portray some events which fit into the sequence of events in Lk 5:1-11 and thereby are evidently parallel passages of the events in Lk 5:1-11:

a) [Compare Mt 4:18-22]:

b) [Compare Mk 1:16-20]:

c) [Compare Jn 1:35-42]:

4) Although Mt 13:2-3; Mk 3:9-11; 13-14; 4:1-2 each portray an event of Jesus' teaching from a fishing boat to a crowd of people ashore in a manner similar to when Jesus preached in Lk 5:1-11, these passages do not fit into the sequence of events of Lk 5:1-11. Hence they are not parallel passages which corroborate the context of Luke 5:1-11

a) [Compare Mt 13:2-3]:

b) [Compare Mk 3:9-11; 13-14]:

c) [Compare Mk 4:1-2]:

B) (Lk 5:4-7) When Jesus Had Finished Speaking, He Said To Simon, 'Put Out Into The Deep Water And Let Down Your Nets For A Catch. Simon Answered And Said, 'Master, We Worked Hard All Night And Caught Nothing, But I Will Do As You Say And Let Down The Nets.' When They Had Done This, They Enclosed A Great Quantity Of Fish, And Their Nets Began To Break; So They Signaled To Their Partners In The Other Boat For Them To Come And Help Them. And They Came And Filled Both Of The Boats, So That They Began To Sink

C) (Lk 5:8-11) But When Simon Peter Saw That They Had Caught So Many Fish, He Fell Down At Jesus' Feet, Saying, 'Go Away From Me Lord, For I Am A Sinful Man!' For Amazement Had Seized Him And All His Companions Because Of The Catch Of Fish Which They Had Taken; And So Also Were James And John, Sons Of Zebedee, Who Were Partners With Simon. And Jesus Said To Simon, 'Do Not Fear, From Now On You Will Be Catching Men.' So When They Had Brought Their Boats To Land, They Forsook All And Followed Him

1) [Manuscript Evidence For Lk 5:10-11]:

2) [Commentary on Lk 5:8-11]:

II) [Lk 5:12-16]:

A) (Lk 5:12-16) While Jesus Was In One Of The Cities He Was Preaching In, There Was A Man Covered With Leprosy; And When The Man Saw Jesus, He Fell On His Face And Implored Jesus, Saying, 'If You Are Willing, You Can Make Me Clean.' and [Jesus] having stretched [Out] His hand, He [Jesus] Touched Him [The Man Covered With Leprosy], Having Said, 'I Will; Be Cleansed;' And Immediately [And Miraculously] The Leprosy Went Away From Him. And Jesus Ordered The Man To Tell No One, [Because He Was Constantly Besieged By People Which Caused Him To Have To Constantly Withdraw Into The Wilderness To Pray] Jesus Said 'But Go And Show Yourself To The Priest And Make An Offering For Your Cleansing, Just As Moses Commanded, As A Testimony To Them.' But The News About Jesus Was Spreading Even Farther, And Large Crowds Were Gathering To Hear Him And To Be Healed Of Their Sicknesses. So Jesus Himself Would Often Slip Away Into The Wilderness And Pray. For He Had Even Greater Things To Do

1) [Bible Knowledge Commentary]:

2) [Lk 4:18]:

3) [Compare Isa 61:1 which Jesus quoted from as reported in Lk 4:18 above]:

4) [In Lk 5:14 There Is Manuscript Evidence Which Needs To Be Investigated. The Verse Is Best Rendered, "And He Ordered Him To Tell No One, 'But Go And Show Yourself To The Priest And Make An Offering For Your Cleansing, Just As Moses Commanded, As A Testimony To Them [i.e., To Those Instructions.' "]

5) [Compare Lk 7-18-23]:

6) [Expositor's Bible Commentary On Lk 5:15-16]:

III) [Lk 5:17-26]:

A) (Lk 5:17) On One Of Those Days While He Was Teaching, Pharisees And Teachers Of The Law Were Sitting There Who Had Come From Every Village Of Galilee And Judea, And Also From Jerusalem. And The Lord's Power To Heal Was In Him As They Observed And Attempted To Judge What He Said And Did Relative To Their Interpretation Of The Law

1) [Manuscript Evidence For Lk 5:17a]:

2) [Manuscript Evidence For Lk 5:17b]:

3) [Commentary On Lk 5:17]:

a) [Later In Lk 11:37-54, Author Luke Goes Into Detail On The Pharisees And The Teachers Of The Law Investigating Jesus' Activities And Plotting Against Him, . Furthermore, Jesus' Words Are Of And Declare That He Is The Wisdom Of God]:

3 cont) [Commentary On Lk 5:17 cont.)]:

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[Compare Lk 4:14-15]:

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B) (Lk 5:18-19) And Some Men Were Carrying On A Bed A Man Who Was Paralyzed; And They Were Trying To Bring Him In And To Set Him Down In Front Of Him. And Not Having Found By What Way They May Bring Him In Because Of The Multitude, Having Gone Up On The House-Top, Through The Tiles They Let Him Down, With The Little Couch, Into The Midst Before Jesus.

C) (Lk 5:20) And Jesus, Having Seen Their Faith, Said To The Man Who Was Paralyzed, 'Man, [Your] Sins Have Been Forgiven [You].'

D) (Lk 5:21) The Scribes And The Pharisees Began To Reason, Saying, 'Who Is This Man Who Speaks Blasphemies? Who Can Forgive Sins, But God Alone? ' "

1) [Manuscript Evidence For Lk 5:21]:

2) (Lk 5:21) [Expositor's Bible Commentary On Lk 5:21]:

E) (Lk 5:22-24) Jesus Perceived Their Thoughts And Asked Why They Were Thinking That He Was Usurping The Authority Of God By Forgiving Sins. Whereupon He Evidently Answered Their Thoughts Proving Himself To Be God By Asking Which Is Easier, To Say, 'Your Sins Have Been Forgiven You,' Or To Say, 'Get Up And Walk?' Implying That He Did Have That Authority Because He Is God - The Son Of Man. He Explained That His Words And Actions Are So That They May Know That The Son Of Man, Himself - A Title Of Messiahship And Deity, Has Authority On Earth To Forgive Sins. Then He Said To The Paralytic - 'I Say To You, Get Up, And Pick Up Your Stretcher And Go Home.'

F) (Lk 5:25-26) After Luke Reported That Jesus Said To The Paralytic Man - 'I Say To You, Get Up, And Pick Up Your Stretcher And Go Home;' The Paralytic Man Presently Did Just That. And As He Walked Away, He Glorified God. Astonishment Came Upon All Of Them, Including The Jewish Rulers. And All Were Glorifying God, And Were Filled With Fear In The Sense Of A Reverential Fear Of God. And All Were Saying, 'We Saw Strange Things Today.'

1) (Lk 5:26) Manuscript Evidence For Lk 5:26]:

2) [(Lk 5:25-26) Commentary On Lk 5:25-26]:

IV) [Lk 5:27-39]:

A) (Lk 5:27-28) And After These Things - After Jesus Had Forgiven The Sins Of And Healed The Paralytic Man As Witnessed By The Scribes And Pharisees Who Were Pursuing Him, Whereupon All Left Astonished And Filled With A Reverential Fear Of God - Jesus Went Forth And Beheld A Tax-Gatherer, By Name Levi, Sitting At The Tax-Office, And Said To Him, '[Follow] Me.' And He [The Tax Gatherer] Having Left All, Having Arisen, Did Follow Him [Jesus]:

B) (Lk 5:29-32) Author Luke Writes Of The Big Reception That Matthew Gave For Jesus In His House Indicating That Matthew Was Wealthy - A Lot To Give Up To Follow Jesus. And There Was A Great Crowd Of Tax Collectors And Other People Who Were Reclining At The Table With Them. And The Scribes And The Pharisees Who Were Among Them Were Murmuring At Jesus' Disciples, Saying, 'Wherefore With Tax-Gatherers And Sinners Do You Eat And Drink?' And Jesus Answered And Said To Them, 'It Is Not Those Who Are Well Who Need A Physician, But Those Who Are Sick. I Have Not Come To Call The Righteous But Sinners To Repentance

1) (Lk 5:30) [Manuscript Evidence For Lk 5:30]:

2) (Lk 5:29-32) [Commentary on Lk 5:29-32]:

3) (Lk 5:29-30) Expositor's Commentary On Lk 5:29-30]:

C) [(Lk 5:33-35) The Scribes And Pharisees Challenged Jesus' Mission As Credible With, 'The Disciples Of John Often Fast And Offer Prayers, The Disciples Of The Pharisees Also Do The Same, But Yours Eat And Drink.' And Jesus Said To Them, 'You Cannot Make The Attendants Of The Bridegroom Fast While The Bridegroom Is With Them, Can You? But The Days Will Come, And When The Bridegroom Is Taken Away From Them, Then They Will Fast In Those Days.'

1) (Lk 5:33) [Manuscript Evidence For Lk 5:33]:

2) [(Lk 5:33-35) Commentary On Lk 5:33-35]:

a) [Compare Mt 9:14-17]:

D) [(Lk 5:36-39) In Order To Further Emphasize That His Mission And Teachings Are Incompatible With That Of The Scribes And Pharisees, Jesus Told A Number Of Parables To All Of Those Attending Matthew's Banquet. First He Said, "No One Tears A Piece Of Cloth From A New Garment And Puts It On An Old Garment; Otherwise He Will Both Tear The New, And The Piece From The New Will Not Match The Old. Secondly, Jesus Said, "And No One Puts New Wine Into Old Wineskins; Otherwise The New Wine Will Burst The Skins And It Will Be Spilled Out, And The Skins Will Be Ruined. But New Wine Must Be Put Into Fresh Wineskins. And Thirdly He Said, "And No One, After Drinking Old Wine Wishes For New; For He Says, 'The Old Is Good Enough.' " These Three Parables Imply That The Ways And Teachings Of The Scribes And Pharisees Are Not Compatible With The Ways And Teachings Of Jesus Christ]:

1) [(Lk 5:38) Manuscript Evidence For Lk 5:38]:

2) [(Lk 5:39) Manuscript Evidence For Lk 5:39]:

3) [(Lk 5:36-39) Commentary on Lk 5:36-39]:

a) [(Lk 5:36) Expositor's Commentary]: