1. Introduction
The story that I studied is found in Luke 13:10-17. The passage contains a typical example of challenge and riposte. While teaching in the synagogue one Sabbath Jesus sees a woman who was bent over due to her crippling disability. When Jesus heals her, the ruler of the synagogue indirectly challenges Jesus’ right to heal her on the Sabbath. He addresses the crowd saying that they should come to the temple the other six days of the week for healing, but they should not come on the Sabbath. Jesus replies by accusing the teachers themselves of being hypocrites. They often take care of their animals on the Sabbath, but they became unjustly indignant because Jesus heals a person on the Sabbath.
2. Honor & Shame vocabulary and/or actions
The ruler of the synagogue addresses the crowd not Jesus. I believe the leader is trying to take advantage of this supposed miscue by Jesus. Silva describes this sort of encounter in his book, “The challenge-riposte is essentially an attempt to gain honor at someone else’s expense by publically posing a challenge that cannot be answered.” The leader is seeking to gain honor and dishonor Jesus with his challenge.
Jesus calls the leaders hypocrites. He is publicly accusing them of not being what they profess to be. This is slander of their character, as Jesus sharply responds to the issued challenge.
Jesus calls the woman a daughter of Abraham. Names are an integral to honor. Jesus has not only healed this woman, but he elevates her in the eyes of the public by reminding them that she is not just a woman, but a daughter of the esteemed Abraham who is worthy of being healed.
Luke directly states that Jesus’ adversaries were put to shame. Jesus successfully defended His ho...
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...th are very arbitrary and of human design. This passage inspires me to make my ministry more active in times when a person is in need. No matter what day it is, if I am able to give aid to someone there is no better time for ministry.
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Howard Thurman in his book, “Jesus and the Disinherited” presented Jesus as a role model for the oppressed on how to find strength, freedom and peace within God and oneself. Thurman shares the story of how Jesus offered an alternative to accepting the Roman rules, like the Sadducees did in hope of being allowed to maintain their Jewish traditions; A solution to remaining silently obedient, like the Pharisees, as hatred and resentment destroyed them from within. Jesus provided an alternative solution to the Zealots of his day who resorted to physical force to advance their justified cause, often paying the ultimate cost, their life. Jesus taught love. Love of God, self, neighbor and especially your enemy. Thurman stresses that Jesus know that “it is man’s reaction to things that determines their ability to exercise power over them”.(Thurman, 18) Jesus taught and modeled the art of strength through humility. He
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Healing was essential to the ministry of Jesus because He had the power to perform miracles. Physical Healings demonstrates Jesus’ power over sin and reveal that the coming of God’s Kingdom. In a physical miracle, such as making the blind see, or walking on water, or calming a storm. In Luke's Gospel, for example, Jesus healed Simon Peter’s mother-in-law. He also healed a leper who approached him with faith, “Lord, if you wish, you can make me clean” (Luke 5:12). Jesus stretched out his hand and touched the leper and cured him. With only a word he forced out the evil spirits and healed everyone who was sick. So God’s promise came true, just as the prophet Isaiah had said, “He healed our diseases
The absence of a description of the crowd makes it inclusive to all. Now any man can relate to the text. These new principles outlined by Jesus are the foundation of Christian worship today and expresses a new covenant between god and all of mankind. Here Jesus is speaking to the people; god is no longer directly talking to mankind. This indicates another shift in the relationship between man and god. God now decides who he feels is worthy of receiving his knowledge, only a prophet. Jesus, portrayed as a prophet, is enlightening the people to god’s commands. Here he gives his own words merit and power by enforcing god’s original Ten Commandments (Matthew
This woman, like lepers and tax collectors, was also considered an outcast. However, because Jesus came to save all people, we she touched him and was healed, he was not angry at her. He simply said, “Daughter, your faith has healed you. Go in peace” (Luke 8:48).
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Jesus stated that the crowd was being hypocritical. In other words, he said that having a pretence of godliness, they were far from being godly. They didn’t even understand what the true meaning of Sabbath was. All good Jews know that according to Exodus 20:8 the Sabbath is a holy day that is set aside for resting and worshipping. It was commanded by God on the seventh day. No work should be done at all on the Sabbath day.
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