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Text -- Luke 5:24-39 (NET)
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5:24 But so that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins ”– he said to the paralyzed man – “I tell you , stand up , take your stretcher and go home .”
5:25 Immediately he stood up before them , picked up the stretcher he had been lying on , and went home , glorifying God .
5:26 Then astonishment seized them all , and they glorified God . They were filled with awe , saying , “We have seen incredible things today .”
The Call of Levi; Eating with Sinners
5:27 After this , Jesus went out and saw a tax collector named Levi sitting at the tax booth . “Follow me ,” he said to him .
5:28 And he got up and followed him , leaving everything behind.
5:29 Then Levi gave a great banquet in his house for Jesus , and there was a large crowd of tax collectors and others sitting at the table with them .
5:30 But the Pharisees and their experts in the law complained to his disciples , saying , “Why do you eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners ?”
5:31 Jesus answered them , “Those who are well don’t need a physician , but those who are sick sick do.
5:32 I have not come to call the righteous , but sinners to repentance .”
The Superiority of the New
5:33 Then they said to him , “John’s disciples frequently fast and pray , and so do the disciples of the Pharisees , but yours continue to eat and drink .”
5:34 So Jesus said to them , “You cannot cannot make the wedding guests fast while the bridegroom is with them , can you?
5:35 But those days are coming , and when the bridegroom is taken from them , at that time they will fast .”
5:36 He also told them a parable : “No one tears a patch from a new garment and sews it on an old garment . If he does, he will have torn the new , and the piece from the new will not match the old .
5:37 And no one pours new wine into old wineskins . If he does, the new wine will burst the skins and will be spilled , and the skins will be destroyed .
5:38 Instead new wine must be poured into new wineskins .
5:39 No one after drinking old wine wants the new , for he says , ‘The old is good enough .’”
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics
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Names, People and Places:
Dictionary Themes and Topics:
Jesus, The Christ |
JESUS CHRIST, 4C1 |
ABSTINENCE |
Matthew |
Bottle |
LEVI |
FORGIVENESS |
Wine |
Miracles |
Physician |
Bridegroom |
Salvation |
Self-denial |
BED; BEDCHAMBER; BEDSTEAD |
TOLL |
FASTS |
TEXT AND MANUSCRIPTS OF THE NEW TESTAMENT |
TRICLINIUM |
WINE; WINE PRESS |
WINE-SKINS |
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NET Notes -> Luk 5:24; Luk 5:24; Luk 5:24; Luk 5:24; Luk 5:24; Luk 5:24; Luk 5:25; Luk 5:25; Luk 5:25; Luk 5:25; Luk 5:26; Luk 5:26; Luk 5:26; Luk 5:26; Luk 5:26; Luk 5:26; Luk 5:26; Luk 5:27; Luk 5:27; Luk 5:27; Luk 5:27; Luk 5:27; Luk 5:27; Luk 5:27; Luk 5:28; Luk 5:28; Luk 5:29; Luk 5:29; Luk 5:29; Luk 5:29; Luk 5:30; Luk 5:30; Luk 5:30; Luk 5:30; Luk 5:30; Luk 5:31; Luk 5:31; Luk 5:32; Luk 5:32; Luk 5:33; Luk 5:33; Luk 5:33; Luk 5:33; Luk 5:33; Luk 5:33; Luk 5:33; Luk 5:34; Luk 5:34; Luk 5:34; Luk 5:34; Luk 5:35; Luk 5:35; Luk 5:36; Luk 5:36; Luk 5:36; Luk 5:36; Luk 5:37; Luk 5:38; Luk 5:38; Luk 5:39; Luk 5:39; Luk 5:39; Luk 5:39; Luk 5:39
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NET Notes: Luk 5:25 Note the man’s response, glorifying God. Joy at God’s work is also a key theme in Luke: 2:20; 4:15; 5:26; 7:16; 13:13; 17:15; 18:43; 23:47...
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NET Notes: Luk 5:27 Follow me. For similar calls on the part of Jesus see Luke 5:10-11; 9:23, 59; 18:22.
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NET Notes: Luk 5:28 The participial phrase “leaving everything behind” occurs at the beginning of the sentence, but has been transposed to the end in the tran...
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NET Notes: Luk 5:29 Grk “reclining.” This term reflects the normal practice in 1st century Jewish culture of eating a meal in a semi-reclining position. Since...
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NET Notes: Luk 5:30 The issue here is inappropriate associations (eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners) and the accusation comes not against Jesus, but his disci...
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NET Notes: Luk 5:31 Jesus’ point is that he associates with those who are sick because they have the need and will respond to the offer of help. A person who is wel...
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NET Notes: Luk 5:32 Though parallels exist to this saying (Matt 9:13; Mark 2:17), only Luke has this last phrase but sinners to repentance. Repentance is a frequent topic...
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NET Notes: Luk 5:33 Grk “but yours are eating and drinking.” The translation “continue to eat and drink” attempts to reflect the progressive or du...
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NET Notes: Luk 5:34 Questions prefaced with μή (mh) in Greek anticipate a negative answer. This can sometimes be indicated by using a “tag” at the ...
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NET Notes: Luk 5:36 The piece from the new will not match the old. The imagery in this saying looks at the fact that what Jesus brings is so new that it cannot simply be ...
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NET Notes: Luk 5:37 Wineskins were bags made of skin or leather, used for storing wine in NT times. As the new wine fermented and expanded, it would stretch the new wines...
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NET Notes: Luk 5:38 The meaning of the saying new wine…into new skins is that the presence and teaching of Jesus was something new and signaled the passing of the o...
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