lukes and first part of passion

synoptic gospels

matthew, mark, and luke are all similar because they are based on mark’s

lukes background

gentile who coverts from paganism to christianity + follower of st. paul

lukes community

diverse people with lots of backgrounds

lukes themes

1. universal savior

2. importance of women

3. forgiveness and conversion

the rich official + on riches and renunciation

1. a rich official who asks jesus how to get in heaven

2. this is so he can do the minimum

3. jesus tells him to sell his possessions and follow him

4. rich official cannot do that!

zaccheus the tax collector

tax collector = has sinned

1. jesus tells zaccheus to selll his possessions and follow him

2. zaccheus actually listens!

pardon of the sinful woman

in the house of simon, a pharisee

1. jesus and simon and having dinner together

2. a women comes to interrupt the dinner and bows down to ask for forgiveness

3. simon is disgusted

4. jesus asks him that if a person that owes 50 and a person who owers 500 are both excused, who would be happier

5. simon says the one who owers 500

prople who have sinned more are pften more loyal followers of God

martha and mary

jesus comes over to their house

martha = busy cooking and doing everything

mary = sitting with jesusu and talking to him

1. martha mad that she is doing eevertyhing

2. jesus says that mary is right, for choosing to spend time with God more than doing her responsibilities

the cruxifixion

two criminals are also being crucified on the sdies of jesus

one criminal is mad and tells jesus to save all of them if he is the son of God

other criminal tells that criminal that they deserve whatever is happening to them

EVEN IF YOU HAVE SINNED, YOU CAN ALWAYS BE FORGIVEN AS LONG AS YOU WANT TO REPENT

the call of simon (peter the fisherman)

peter = unsuccessful fisherman

1. jesus uses his powers to create fish for him

2. tells peter to follow him

3. peter does not think he is worhty, says no

4. jesus says he should be a fisher of men (spread faith to others')

the call of levi (matthew)

levi/mattheew = tax collector

jesus asks him to follow and he does

passion

story of end of jesus mission as savior

days celebrated during holy week

palm sunday, holy/maudy thursday, good friday, holy saturday, easter sunday

apostles

jesus 12 closest followers

disciple

anybody who is a follower of jesus

pharisees

middle dlass, fundamentalists

sadducees

rich powerprful upper class

• dont like jesus because think he is going to take their money away

zealots

wanted jesus to be a power warrior who lead rebellion of jews against romans

sanhedrin

supreme court, will decide jesus trials

as jesus enteres jerusalem, how is he received by the people

they are very excited and wave palm leaves at him

why does jesus get upset with the people of the temple snd drive them out

ebavshe they have turned the temple i to a marketplace

what is jesus talking abiut when he says that the stones of the temple woll be thrown down?

that he himself will be killled and resurrected

healing

healing of an injury

nature

doing something that defies the laws of nature

exocirsms

making evil come out of a person

ressurection

bring back the dead to life