Luke By Joyce Webb 2019 Chapter 5 vs. 12-26 Vs. 12 Jesus came into a town, there was a man who had leprosy. This is a skin disease that rots away the skin. In the end, the person dies. (For many, many years—until modern times—there was no cure for this disease. Then modern medicine found
Luke By Joyce Webb 2019 Chapter 5 Vs. 1-11 Vs. 1-3 Jesus and his disciples are at the lake of Gennesaret. There are two boats there. The fishermen are done fishing and are washing their fishing nets. One of the boats belongs to Simon Peter. So Jesus got into the boat and asked to be
Luke By Joyce Webb 2019 Chapter 4 Vs. 33-44 Vs.33 Jesus was in the Jewish church –called a synagogue. There was a man there who had demons in him. The demons in the man—- made the man cry out with a loud voice. He said—Let us alone! What do we have to do with you, Jesus
Luke By Joyce Webb 2019 Chapter 4 Vs. 14-32 Jesus has just been in the wilderness—-he went without food for 40 days—Satan came to tempt Jesus to do wrong. Jesus did not give in to the temptations. For every temptation—Jesus quoted a Bible verse. Now the wilderness time is over—Jesus comes back into the town.
Luke By Joyce Webb 2019 Chapter 4 Vs. 5-13 Jesus has been in the wilderness for 40 days—-he is being “tested” and tempted by Satan. Satan is trying to get Jesus show off his Divine godly strength and power—just for Jesus to satisfy his hunger. Jesus did not yield to that temptation. Vs. 5 Satan
Luke By Joyce Webb 2019 Chapter 4 Vs. 1-4 Jesus has just been baptized in the river Jordon —by John the Baptist. As Jesus came up out of the water, the Holy Spirit appeared in the form of a dove, and God the Father’s voice spoke from heaven. Verse 1 Jesus —being full of the
Luke By Joyce Webb 2019 Chapter 3 Vs. 19-38 Vs. 19-20 These verses tell what happened to John the Baptist—later on. Herod was the Roman ruler over that area where the Jews lived. Herod had taken his brother’s wife—to love. John the Baptist told Herod that this was wrong in God’s eyes. Herod did many
Luke By Joyce Webb 2019 Chapter 3 Vs. 1-18 Vs. 1 This verse tells of the Roman governors in the land of Israel. In Rome, the emperor was Tiberias Caesar. In the area of Israel called Judea—the governor was Pontius Pilate. In the area of Galilee—-the governor was Herod. Over several other areas —the governor was—Herod’s
Luke By Joyce Webb 2019 Chapter 2 Vs. 21-52 Vs. 21 When Jesus was eight days old, he was taken to the temple. It was a custom to circumcise a boy baby on the eighth day. The priest or rabbi did it. At that time they also named the baby. The angel had told them
Luke By Joyce Webb 2019 Chapter 2 Vs. 1-19 (This chapter is often read at Christmas time..) Vs. 1 The Roman ruler over the area of the Jewish people—-made a law that all men were to pay a tax to the Roman government. They were to go to the “hometown” of their “fathers”. Vs. 4