[Propertalk] Gospel sermon tips - Luke 13:31-5 Part 4

[Joe Parrish]

How do vv. 33-35 foreshadow Jesus' royal entry in 19:28-40?

http://www.ltsg.edu/special/greekprep/c-2lent2004.htm

Richard Carlson
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This is no mere prelude to Palm Sunday; it is a promise from God to the people.  God will once again engage and pursue the very city that kills God's prophets and stones those whom God sends.  It will serve not only as the final drum beat in Jesus' journey to the cross, but also the setting of God's greatest triumph.  It is the people of Jerusalem who will see God's own willingness to suffer and die for them face-to-face.  It is an extraordinary statement on the grace of God, and also a compelling proclamation that no place stands exempt from God's tender compassion and persistent love.  Those who seek to follow Jesus must learn to view the world with no less compassion, no less forgiveness, and no less love.

http://reflectious.com/2010/02/21/first-look-luke-1331-35/

Lee Koontz, 2010
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I'd be curious to know if "fox" in Jesus' day might be closer to "weasel" or "rat" in our day. Certainly, Herod was a collaborator with the Romans.

http://www.holytextures.com/2010/02/luke-13-31-35-year-c-lent-2-sermon.html

David Ewart, 2010
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The name 'Jerusalem' means 'house of peace' and yet, it has never been a house of peace. It is supposed to be the happy home of God's people but it has always been conflicted and, sadly, tragically, remains so today. 

http://teamnoah.info/Stirred/regretful.html

Sarah M. Foulger
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Matthew 23:37-39, Luke 13:[34]-35
We know by now that whenever we have exact parallels in Matthew and Luke and no similar verses in Mark, we know that this section of Scripture is from an earlier document that we call Q. Q is the earliest/oldest layer of Christian literature within the New Testament.  Q is the 200 Bible verses common to Matthew and Luke but not found in Mark. Q antedates the letters of Paul and the Gospel of Mark. 

http://www.sermonsfromseattle.com/series_c_jesus_lament_over_jerusalem_GA.htm

Edward F. Markquart
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Our expectations are a huge driver in what we are able to perceive. Are the Pharisees warning Jesus for his sake or their own? 

http://kcmlection.blogspot.com/2007/03/second-sunday-in-lent-c4.html

Wesley White, 2007
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In his two-volume work, Luke has what we might call a "geographical strategy" to it all. We begin in obscure locations in the Holy Land and then gradually we are brought to Jerusalem, the center of the Jewish world. Then, as the Book of Acts opens, we are in Jerusalem but we are told that the process of the Gospel will be from Jerusalem to Judea and Samaria and then to the ends of the earth (1:8). The Book of Acts unfolds in that pattern.

http://www.drbilllong.com/Lectionary/Lk13.html

William R. Long
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Joel Green has suggested that the image of "fox" here is meant to suggest a sort of outsider, one that wanders through uninhabited places and is sort of a false terror to people. Certainly a fox can eat the crops and occasionally hurt the unwary, but the fox is basically an outcast, an outsider, one who never can challenge the societal structures or powers. If this is true, then Jesus' calling Herod a fox would mean that he is only playing at being a king--that he really doesn't have the power which he thinks he does. 

http://www.drbilllong.com/Lectionary/Lk13II.html

William R. Long
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