Lesson #9 Jesus Revealed

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In Lesson #7 we saw Luke recast Ma2hews Sermon on the Mount, redirec

In Lesson #9 Jesus scales his ministry, sending out his inner circle of twelve to teach and to preach, giving them power and authority over demons, and the ability to heal. Meanwhile, Jesus lands on Herod An

Chapter 9 begins with Jesus sending out his twelve disciples:

He summoned the twelve and gave them power and authority over all demons and to cure diseases, and he sent them to proclaim the kingdom of God and to heal [the sick]. He said to them: Take nothing for the journey, neither walking sKck, nor sack, nor food, nor money, and let no one take a second tunic. Whatever house you enter, stay there and leave from there. And as for those who do not welcome you, when you leave that town, shake the dust from your feet in tesKmony against them. Then they set out and went from village to village proclaiming the good news and curing diseases everywhere.

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He summoned the twelve and gave them power and authority over all demons and to cure diseases, and he sent them to proclaim the kingdom of God and to heal [the sick].

Only God can perform miracles. In Daniel 7: 13-14, the Ancient of Days gives the son of man dominion, splendor, and kingship, and in St. Peters sermon on Pentecost, reported in Acts 2: 22 he says: Jesus the Nazorean was a man commended to you by God with mighty deeds, wonders and signs, which God worked through him in your midst.

It is this power and authority given to Jesus that he delegates to his Apostles.

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He said to them: Take nothing for the journey, neither walking sKck, nor sack, nor food, nor money, and let no one take a second tunic. Whatever house you enter, stay there and leave from there.

Jesus instruc

And as for those who do not welcome you, when you leave that town, shake the dust from your feet in tesKmony against them.

Shaking the dust from ones feet certainly presents a vivid metaphor of total disassocia

Then they set out and went from village to village proclaiming the good news and curing diseases everywhere.

As our 1st century historian Josephus writes, in arranging a mee

When Jesus sends out his twelve on their mission in Galilee, Herod An

This is the rst instance of Herods intense interest in Jesus. Here, Herod hears about Jesus, and his curiosity is piqued; in Luke 13: 31-33 Herod is hun

Luke weaves the rela

Recall that there are four Herods in Scripture: 1. Herod the Great (37 - 4 B.C.)

King during the birth of Jesus; slaughters the Innocents of Bethlehem (Ma2hew 2: 1-19)

2. Herod An

Our historian Josephus writes in his Jewish AnKquiKes:

Many people came in crowds to him [John the Bap

Herod the Great (37 4 B.C.) built three major fortresses to safeguard his territories and to serve as safe houses for himself:

1. Herodium 2. Masada 3. Machaerus

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Herodium !

Masada !

!Machaerus

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Tel of Machaerus, located in Jordan, 15 miles southeast of the Jordan River,

as it emp

Caravaggio, The Beheading of St. John the BapKst (oil on canvas), 1608. St. Johns Co-Cathedral (Altarpiece in the Oratory), Valle2a, Malta.

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Caravaggio, Salome with the Head of John the BapKst (oil on canvas), c. 1607-1610. Na

As a sidebar, John the Bap

And Johns right arm is displayed at the Topkapi Palace Museum, Istanbul, Turkey.

RIP = Rest in Pieces!

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Not me.

We all know the story of John the Bap

Indeed, in the Gospel according to Mark, Herod killing John the Bap

Luke presents a more measured message, as he tells us in his prologue to Theophilus:

In as much as many have undertaken to draw up an account of the things that have been fullled among us, just as they were handed down to us by those who from the rst were eyewitnesses and servants of the word, it seemed good to me also, having carefully invesKgated everything from the beginning, to write an orderly account for you, most excellent Theophilus, so that you may know the certainty of the things you have been taught.

(Luke 1:1-4, my transla

There is no drama here; rather, Luke presents a carefully-researched, me

Not me.

Wow! Thats quite the dierence between Mark and Luke. If we understand Mark to

be Lukes source, Lukes reshaping of Marks material for his own purpose is very

deliberate and quite well done.

I bet well see it again!

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We sure will! As we con

Sea of Galilee (Google Earth)

Capernaum !

The other side

Jesus & Disciples !

" Crowds

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Eric Feather, Christ Feeding 5,000 (mixed media), 2012. Reproduced by permission. See the ar

Sea of Galilee (Google Earth)

Capernaum !

The other side

" Jesus & Disciples Migdal ! Gennesaret !

Tiberias !

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Amde Varin, Christ Walking on the Sea (etching and engraving), 1866. Bri

Once back home, Jesus encounters increasing opposi

Luke performs major surgery on this sequence from Mark, focusing not on the dynamics of Jesus ac

Not me.

We know from our studies of Ma2hew and Mark, that Jesus takes his disciples north to

Caesarea Philippi where Peters confession of faith takes place, and then he leads them further north to Mt. Hermon for the

Transgura

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Ok, here we go!

Caesarea Philippi ! (30 miles north of Capernaum)

Capernaum !

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Caesarea Philippi The pagan Greek city of Panias dated back to the 2nd century B.C.

Panias was renovated by Herod the Greats son Phillip II in A.D. 14, and he renamed the city Caesarea Philippi in honor of Caesar Augustus.

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Caesarea Philippi In Greek

William Bouguereau. Nymphs and Satyr [Pan] (oil on canvas), 1873. Clark Art Ins

Trail to the cave and the Temple of Pan at Caesarea Philippi.

Photography by Ana Maria Vargas

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Caesarea Philippi and the Banias River, owing out from beneath the cave. In Jesus day it gushed out of the cave itself.

Photography by Ana Maria Vargas

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Archaeological remains of the Temple of Pan Photography by Ana Maria Vargas

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More archaeological remains of the Temple of Pan Photography by Ana Maria Vargas

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At Caesarea Philippi Jesus asks his disciples Who do people say that I am? in direct contrast to what they see before them: the pagan gods of the Greco-Roman world.

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(30 miles north of Capernaum)

Mt. Hermon ! 9,232 W.

Mt. Tabor ! 1,880 W.

Capernaum !

Caesarea Philippi ! 1,150 W.

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Mt. Tabor

Mt. Hermon on the Israel/Lebanon border, 43 miles north of the Sea of Galilee. The mountain range stretches 50 miles!

Photography by Ana Maria Vargas

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Giovanni Bellini. TransguraKon of Christ (oil on wood), 1487-1495. Museo Nazionale di Capodimonte, Naples.

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Now, watch how Luke reshapes this sequence from Mark, focusing on Jesus iden

As we move through Luke 9 we see Luke once again taking raw material from Mark and reshaping it to accomplish his purpose of giving an orderly account, presen

1. When Jesus sends out his core group of twelve disciples, what does he expect them to do?

2. Why do you think Luke omits the juicy details of Johns beheading at Herods birthday party, the back story of Herod arres

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