[Propertalk] Quotables - 2 Advent Gospel - Luke 3:1-6 - Part 2

[Joe Parrish]

Even though six different people are named, that doesn't allow us to pinpoint the exact date that John began his ministry. First of all, our standard time reckoning of "year of the Lord" (A.D.) did not begin until 533 AD. Our year of 365+ days and 12 months was not standard in the first century. There were at least four different calendars back then. Each reckoned the years differently. We can't be sure how long "15 years" would have been.

 

Secondly, we are not sure when Tiberius began his reign or when Luke started counting the years. There were two or three years when Tiberius was co-regency with Augustus starting in 11 or 12 AD. Augustus died in 14 AD. Did the counting start in 11 or 12 or 14? Our best guess is that Luke refers to a time around 28 AD.



http://www.crossmarks.com/brian/luke3x1.htm



Brian Stoffregen

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Both [Jesus and John] will end up dead, but their deaths - and even more, Christ's resurrection - will shake the foundations of power these seven represent and stand upon. Indeed, by the time Luke writes, all seven are dead, a fact not lost on the community for whom Luke writes, while those who follow Jesus persist, and even flourish.

In this way, Luke moves beyond locating the story of John and Jesus in world history to actually locating - and reinterpreting - the history of the world in light of the story of John and Jesus. 



http://www.workingpreacher.org/preaching.aspx?lect_date=12/6/2009&tab=4



David Lose, 2009

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"Herod" here is Herod Antipas, son of Herod the Great. "Caiaphas" (v. 2), Annas' son, is now high priest but his father retains his prestige (and power). 



http://montreal.anglican.org/comments/archive/cadv2m.shtml



Chris Haslam

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Verse 2: "wilderness": Various groups, including the Qumran Community, expressed their unhappiness with the Jewish religious authorities by moving out into the wild country around Jerusalem. Members of the Qumran community applied Isaiah 40:3 (quoted in v. 4) to themselves, as they prepared the Lord's way by living in the desert and by separating themselves from outsiders (1QS (Rule of the Community) 8:13-14). It is interesting that the proportions of the ruins at Qumran are the same as those of the Temple; they saw themselves as the true Judaism.


http://montreal.anglican.org/comments/archive/cadv2l.shtml



Chris Haslam

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What is an Advent perspective as drawn from this text?



http://www.ltsg.edu/special/greekprep/c-2advent2004.htm



Richard Carlson

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William R. Herzog provides an excellent illustration of the everyday, small changes we can make that will lead to a life transformed: "We think of repentance as a great, life-changing action, but metanoia can refer to a small change as well, and if one projects a small change over a long-enough time, then a small change can become a life-altering event. Metanoia is something like the mid-course corrections that were part of the Apollo space program. The space capsule would burn its rockets only a few seconds, but the course change was immensely significant" (New Proclamation 2006). On the other hand, we can't focus solely on our own spiritual health or even our own personal relationships. Clearly, God cares about the way our world is organized, and each of us has a role in shaping it. For example, in case we wonder how John's message long ago applies to us thousands of years later, Richard Swanson describes what happens when the world gets "turned right-side-up," when "the goods of creation will fall from the inverted pockets of the hoarders and thieves and will rain down on the poor" (Provoking the Gospel of Luke).



http://www.ucc.org/worship/samuel/december-6-2009.html



 Kate Huey 

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