Luke 20:27-21:4

[Jim Watt]

“*TWO ARE BETTER THAN ONE” MINISTRIES*

*Jim & Marie Watt*

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December 28, 2010


 *(From: LUKE #37 - 20:27-21:4)*


 *B. 20:27-44 JESUS SILENCES SADDUCEES AND ALL CRITICS*


 *1. 20:27-40 THE SILENCING OF ALL OTHER CRITICS*

*a. 20:27-28 THE SADDUCEES COMMENCE THEIR TEST*

pro-selTHONtes DE ti-nes t*o*n Sad-douKAI*o*n [4523]

*And some of the Sadducees came to him*

(hoi LEgon-tes aNAsta-sin [386] m*e* EInai), e-p*e*R*O*t*e*-san auTON,

*(who say there is no resurrection), and asked him,*

LEgon-tes, DiDAska-le, M*o*-uS*E*S Egra-psen huMIN, eAN ti-nos a-delPHOS
a-poTHAn*e*,

*28 saying, Teacher, Moses wrote to us, If one's brother die,*

Ech*o*n guNAIka, kai HOUtos Atek-nos [815] *e*, HIna LAb*e* ho a-delPHOS
auTOU

*having a wife, and HE be childless, that his :brother*

t*e*n guNAIka, kai e-xa-naST*E*s*e* [1817] SPERma [4690] t*o* a-delPH*O*auTOU.

*should take the wife, and raise up seed to his :brother.*


 *b. 20:29-31 THE SEVEN BROTHERS*

hepTA oun a-delPHOI *E*san: kai ho PR*O*tos laB*O*N guNAIka,

*Accordingly there were seven brethren: and the first took a wife,*

aPEtha-nen Atek-nos; kai ho DEUte-ros: kai ho TRItos Ela-ben auT*E*N;

*and** died childless; **30 and the second: 31 and the third took her;*

h*o*SAUt*o*s de kai hoi hepTA ou kaTEli-pon [2641] TEKna, kai aPEthanon.

*and likewise the seven also left no children, and died.*


 *c. 20:32 Afterward the woman also died.*

HUste-ron [5305] kai h*e* guN*E* aPEtha-nen.


 *d. 20:33 THEIR TESTING QUESTION*

h*e* guN*E* oun en t*e* a-naSTAsei TInos auT*O*N

*In the resurrection therefore whose wife of them*

GIne-tai guN*E*? hoi gar hepTA ESchon auT*E*N guNAIka.

*shall the woman be? for the seven had her to wife.*


 *e. 20:34-36 JESUS REVEALS TRUE NATURE OF RESURRECTION SAINTS*

kai EIpen auTOIS ho I*e*SOUS, Hoi huiOI tou ai*O*nos TOUtou gaMOUsin [1060],
kai

*And :Jesus said to them, The sons of this :age marry, and are given*

gaMIskon-tai [1548]: hoi de ka-ta-xi-*o*THENtes [2661] tou ai*O*nos eKEInou
tuCHEIN [5177],

*in marriage: 35 but those accounted worthy to attain to that :age,*

kai t*e*s a-naSTAse-*o*s t*e*s ek neKR*O*N,

*and the resurrection :from the dead,*

OUte gaMOUsin, OUte gaMIzon-tai:

*neither marry, nor are married off:*

ouDE gar a-po-thaNEIN Eti DUnan-tai: iSAGge-loi [2465] GAR ei-sin;

*36 for neither can they die any more: for they are equals of angels;*

kai huiOI ei-sin TheOU, t*e*s a-naSTAse-*o*s huiOI ONtes.

*and are God's sons, being sons of the resurrection.*


 *f. 10:37 NOW JESUS TURNS THE TABLES ON THEM*

HOti de eGEIron-tai hoi NEkroi, kai M*o*-uS*E*S eM*E*nu-sen [3377],

*But that the dead are raised, even Moses showed,*

ePI t*e*s BAtou [942], h*o*s LEgei KUri-on

*in the Bush passage, when he calls the Lord*

ton TheON A-braAM, kai TheON I-saAK, kai TheON IaK*O*B.

*the God of Abraham, and God of Isaac, and God of Jacob.*


 *g. 20:38 HIS FOOL-PROOF APPLICATION*

TheOS de ouk EStin neKR*O*N, alLA Z*O*Nt*o*n [2198]:

*Now he is not God of the dead, but of the living:*

PANtes gar auT*O* Z*O*sin.

*for all live to him.*


 *h. 20:39 THE ACKNOWLEDGEMENT BY THE SCRIBES*

a-po-kriTHENtes DE ti-nes t*o*n gram-maTE*o*n EIpan,

*And certain of the scribes answering said,*

DiDAska-le, kaL*O*S EIpas.

*Teacher, you have well said.*


 *i. 20:40 For they dared no more ask him anything.*

ouKEti gar eTOLm*o*n [5111] e-pe-r*o*TAN [1905] auTON ouDEN.


 *2. 20:41-44 DAVID RECOGNIZED CHRIST AS MORE THAN HIS SON*

*a. 20:41 And he said unto them, How say they that the Christ is David's
Son?*

EIpen de pros auTOUS, P*o*s LEgou-sin ton ChrisTON EInai DauID huiON?


 *b. 20:42-43 JESUS' USE OF PSALM 110*

auTOS gar DauID LEgei en BIBl*o* [976] PsalM*O*N [5568],

*For David himself says in the book of Psalms,*

EIpen KUri-os t*o* kuRI*o* mou,

*The** Lord said to my :Lord,*

KAthou [2521] ek de-xi*O*N mou,

*Sit on my right, *

HE*o*s an th*o* tous echTHROUS sou hu-poPOdi-on [5286] t*o*n poD*O*N sou.

*43 Till I set your :enemies as a footstool to your :feet.*


 *c. 20:44 David therefore calls him Lord, and how is he his son?*

DauID oun auTON KUri-on kaLEI, kai p*o*s auTOU huiOS es-tin?



 *C. 20:45-21:4 CONTRAST OF ATTITUDE TOWARDS WEALTH*


 *1. 20:45-47 BEWARE SCRIBES! HYPOCRISY BRINGS GREATER JUDGMENT*

A-KOUon-tos de panTOS tou laOU EIpen tois ma-th*e*TAIS,

*And in the hearing of all the people he said to his :disciples,*

ProSEche-te [4337] aPO t*o*n gram-maTE*o*n, t*o*n theLONt*o*n pe-ri-paTEIN
en stoLAIS [4749],

*46 Beware of the scribes, who desire to walk in robes,*

kai phiLOUNt*o*n a-spasMOUS [783] en tais a-goRAIS,

*and love salutations in the markets,*

kai pr*o*-to-ka-theDRIas [4410] en tais su-na-g*o*GAIS,

*and chief seats in the synagogues, *

kai pr*o*-to-kliSIas [4411] en tois DEIPnois [1173];

*and chief places at the feasts;*

hoi ka-tesTHIou-sin [2719] tas oiKIas t*o*n ch*e*R*O*N [5503], kai proPHAsei
[4392]

*47 who devour the houses of the widows, and for a pretense*

maKRA proSEUchon-tai: HOUtoi L*E*Mpson-tai pe-risSOte-ron KRIma [2917].

*make long prayers: these shall receive greater condemnation.*


 *2. 21:1-4 HOW TO EVALUATE THE WORTH OF A GIFT*

*a. 21:1 JESUS OBSERVES THE TEMPLE TREASURY*

A-naBLEpsas de,

*And he looked up,*

EIden tous BALlon-tas eis to ga-zo-phuLAki-on [1049] ta D*O*ra auT*O*N
plouSIous.

*and** saw **the rich casting their :gifts into the treasury.*


 *b. 21:2 And he saw a certain poor widow casting in there two mites.*

EIden DE ti-na CH*E*ran pe-niCHRAN BALlou-san eKEI lepTA [3016] DUo.


 *c. 21:3-4 HIS ACCURATE EVALUATION*

kai EIpen, A-l*e*TH*O*S LEg*o* huMIN

*And he said, I tell you truly*

HOti h*e* CH*E*ra HAUt*e* h*e* pt*o*CH*E* [4434] PLEIon PANt*o*n Eba-len:

*that this :poor :widow cast in more than they all:*

PANtes gar HOUtoi ek tou pe-resSEUon-tos auTOIS Eba-lon eis ta D*O*ra;

*4 for all these did of their :superfluity cast in unto the gifts;*

HAUt*e* de ek tou hu-steR*E*ma-tos [5303] auT*E*S PANta ton BIon [979] hon
EIchen Eba-len.

*but SHE of her :want cast in all the living that she had.*



 *NOTE**: (2010-12-28) - 20:27-40 - Jesus Silences His Critics - *The
Sadducees did not believe in angels nor the resurrection, while the
Pharisees believed in both - but unfortunately the latter made void the word
of God by adding to it their nullifying traditions.


 So the Sadducees put Jesus to the test with a hypothetical situation. Jesus
countered with a statement that they did not understand the Scriptures, nor
the power of God. To enforce this statement, He quoted Moses, who called God
the God (now) of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob in the *resurrected* state. Jesus
knew - for He came from the Glory - and saw them there. It is interesting to
note that when we receive our resurrected state, we too are then like the
angels, and do not there marry, nor are given in marriage. Some of the
Pharisees commended Jesus for His excellent reply to the Sadducees.


 20:41-44 - Jesus' application of Psalm 110 completely silenced the
Pharisees concerning Messiah's relationship to David. He was prophesied to
be David's son. Yet David called his Messianic seed to come - his Lord,
saying - the Lord (Heavenly Father) invited His Son the Messiah as :Lord
also, to sit at His right! This *indeed* confused the Pharisees.


 20:45-47 - Then to His disciples Jesus exposed the hypocrisy of the scribes
- who cared little for the people they were supposed to shepherd - only for
their own self-importance!


 21:1-4 - Again our Lord exposed the hypocrisy of the Jewish rich, who did
not give where it hurt - but from their abundance. A widow who gave all she
had, though little in amount - yet in God's sight measured more than all
gifts given out of abundance. *This* is an insight of *righteous* judgment.
We need to see all things from God's view-point, *not* man's. Ostentation
from man's view point is hypocrisy with God! J.A.W.

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