As Jesus approached Jericho, a blind beggar was sitting beside the road. When he heard the noise of a crowd going past, he asked what was happening. They told him that Jesus the Nazarene was going by. So he began shouting, “Jesus, Son of David, …
Gospel Harmony Gems
Bible Gem 987 – Guys, Don’t Practise Hypocrisy; it will surely be Exposed (Luke 12:1-3)
Under these circumstances, after so many thousands of people had gathered together that they were stepping on one another, He began saying to His disciples first of all, “Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy. But there is nothing covered up that …
Bible Gem 923 – The Disciples Couldn’t Do It (Luke 9:37-43)
Well isn’t that curious. Mark’s account is by far the longest of them all. Even though both Matthew and Luke shorten Mark’s account considerably they don’t keep to the standard Markan / traditional story. Instead they add significant material of their own but material which …
Bible Gem 922 – Digging requires Perspiration – Be Prepared to Sweat (Luke 9:37-43)
As I hinted to you yesterday this passage is best investigated using all the resources at your disposal. So as I have done for you today, it is best to compare all the gospel accounts of this incident. This information is available to you in …
Bible Gem 912 – The Transfiguration in Living Colour – do it yourself version (Luke 9:28-36)
Once more I have given you the comparative columns of the account of the Transfiguration from Matthew and Mark along with Luke’s version. Time to compare all three in the way we have set as a standard. Again I will give you time to do …
Bible Gem 901 – Preparing for 5000 coming to Lunch (Luke 9:10-17)
Shared Uniquely Matthew Uniquely Mark Uniquely Luke Notice that the account from Luke is one of the shortest. He has taken all the detail that some of the others share and just told the essentials but with some differences. He has stuck closer to Mark’s …
Bible Gem 900 – Getting Ready for a Miraculous Lunch (Luke 9:10-17)
I find it hard to believe I have done 900 Gems. Amazing! It won’t be long before I have done a thousand. Time to celebrate at that point I think. Those of you who have followed Gems for a long time now know the drill. …
Bible Gem 894 – A Sneaky Touch (Luke 8:43-48)
This woman had a flow of blood or a problem with her menstruation it seems for the previous 12 years. This does not mean that she has been losing blood for 12 years straight. That would result in her death. This appears to be an …
Bible Gem 883 – Really hearing the Word of God revolutionizes relationships (Luke 8:19-21)
I hope you found this a good exercise to do. This is a very interesting passage content wise but it is also very interesting to see the way Luke has used it. He has put it out of order. Did you pick that up? Notice …
Bible Gem 881 – Finally Ian’s Answer to the 100 60 30 problem (Matt 13:8; Mark 4:8; Luke 8:8)
24 Jesus presented another parable to them, saying, “The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a man who sowed good seed in his field. 25 “But while his men were sleeping, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat, and went away. 26 …