IDENTINGFYING THE MESSIAH OF GOD
In 7.1-9.50: Jesus mission moves beyond speaking to his disciples. His role is publicly tested.
Read Luke 7.1-23. In 7.1-50: Jesus the prophet of God. In verses 1-10: Jesus' encounter with a trusting foreigner has prophetic precedent in Elisha (2 Kings 5.1-14; Lk 4.27). In verses 2-5: The centurion is a "friend of Israel" (see also Acts 10.2). In verses 11-17: The great prophet and God's visitation. In verse 14: Touching the bier would have made Jesus ritually unclean. In verse 15; Like Elijah (see 4.26) Jesus raised the widow's son and gave him to his mother (1 Kings 17.17-24; see also 2 Kings 4.18-37). In verse 16: God has looked favorably on his people is literally "God has visited his people," picking up the promising and fearsome theme of divine "visitation" (1.68; 19.44). In verses 18-23: John's question. In verses 19-20: The one who is to come was announced by John (Isa 29.18; 35.5-6; 61.1). In verse 22 Jesus has done what he announced at Nazareth (4.18). Comments or Questions..
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