One day an expert in religious law stood up to test Jesus by asking him this question: “Teacher, what should I do to inherit eternal life?” And behold, a lawyer stood up to put him to the test, saying, “Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?” One day an expert in the law stood up to test Him.
When he asked that first question, it was clearly Jesus who was on trial, Jesus who was being asked to name the essence of the Torah, Jesus who was being cross-examined about the nature of his mission, Jesus who was being judged by public opinion. But Jesus refused to answer the question, instead turning it back on the lawyer.
'What shall I do to inherit eternal life?' was a common question that one that was on people's minds. The rich young ruler came and asked the said thing to Jesus. Like this lawyer, he also thought that he could earn eternal life by doing some good thing. Jesus answers this lawyer in the same manner as He did the rich young ruler and that is by pointing them back to the law. By …
One day an expert in religious law stood up to test Jesus by asking him this question: “Teacher, what should I do to inherit eternal life?” English Standard Version And behold, a lawyer stood up to put him to the test, saying, “Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?” Berean Study Bible
One of them, a lawyer, asked Him a question, testing Him, NASB 1977 And one of them, a lawyer, asked Him a question, testing Him, Amplified Bible One of them, a lawyer [an expert in Mosaic Law], asked Jesus a question, to test Him: Christian Standard Bible And one of them, an expert in the law, asked a question to test him: Holman Christian Standard Bible
As Luke puts it, he wanted to “justify himself.” And so he asks the one question he believes will do just that: “Who is my neighbor?”
A rich young man asks what he must do to gain eternal life, and Jesus teaches that trusting in riches can keep a person out of the kingdom of God. Jesus praises a poor widow for casting two mites into the treasury. Luke 12:13–21. Through the parable of the rich fool, Jesus teaches the dangers of covetousness.
Jesus is described as telling the parable in response to the question from a lawyer, "And who is my neighbor?" The conclusion is that the neighbor figure in the parable is the one who shows mercy to the injured fellow man—that is, the Samaritan.
Zenas the Lawyer (Ancient Greek: Ζηνᾶς) was a first-century Christian mentioned in Paul the Apostle's Epistle to Titus in the New Testament. In Titus 3:13, Paul writes: "Bring Zenas the lawyer and Apollos on their journey diligently, that nothing be wanting unto them" (KJV).
When the lawyer asked Jesus the question on what he must do in order to attain eternal life, Jesus turned the table on him and asked him what the law says. And the lawyer answered: we must love God, and we must love our neighbor. This was in fact a summation of the law.Jul 15, 2016
When asked which commandment is greatest, he responds (in Matthew 22:37): “Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind…the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.”Apr 25, 2005
The central message of this parable is to be ready for Christ's return. Jesus said that no one knows the day or the hour when the end will come, only the Father in Heaven knows. Jesus is instructing His disciples to be vigilant in their walk with the Lord and be ready at all times for Christ's second coming.
This is when he told the Parable of the Good Samaritan (Luke 10:25-37), to explain that people should love everyone, including their enemies. It is easy to love friends and family, but it is much more difficult to love those who you may not get along with, or even those who may harm or hurt you.
He showed us that racism has no place in charity. And that we should help others regardless of where they came from or what they believe in. After all, we are all created equal: no one race is superior nor inferior from the other. And at the end of the day, we all belong to the same race: humanity.Feb 26, 2020
Zenas is the only “Christian” lawyer mentioned in the Bible. Additionally, Zenas is the only lawyer spoken well of in the Scriptures. While Zenas might possibly have been the only "attorney at law" mentioned in the Bible, most likely, he was a former scribe.
Yes. A “Christian lawyer” does not constitute an irreconcilable oxymoron. Rather, in most instances, a Christian lawyer may effectively serve God and his clients morally, ethically and without conflict with Biblical principles.
Judging Fairly: “Do not pervert justice; do not show partiality to the poor or favoritism to the great, but judge your neighbor fairly” (Leviticus 19:15). “Appoint judges and officials… [who] shall judge the people fairly. Do not pervert justice or show partiality.
He knew that when the law has done it's work in the heart of a man or women they will come asking for mercy, not for direction on what good things they could do to gain eternal life. We see this quite often in the gospels: If a person comes by the law, Jesus answers them with the law.
Luke 10:30-35 NIV In reply Jesus said: "A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, when he fell into the hands of robbers. They stripped him of his clothes, beat him and went away, leaving him half dead. (31) A priest happened to be going down the same road, and when he saw the man, he passed by on the other side. (32) So too, a Levite, when he came to the place and saw him, passed by on the other side. (33) But a Samaritan, as he traveled, came where the man was; and when he saw him, he took pity on him. (34) He went to him and bandaged his wounds, pouring on oil and wine. Then he put the man on his own donkey, took him to an inn and took care of him. (35) The next day he took out two silver coins and gave them to the innkeeper. 'Look after him,' he said, 'and when I return, I will reimburse you for any extra expense you may have.'
On one level, Jesus' answer about the good Samaritan pointed out that this man didn't love like he should. It pointed out that he was actually like the priest and the Levite in the story who were only willing to help those they liked. But the story was used to teach this lawyer much more.
He used oil (Holy Spirit) and Wine (his blood) to bring healing. The Inn: Just as the Good Samaritan tended to the wounds of the beat man and brought him into the inn, so Jesus brings those that are beaten and robbed into His church where they can be taken care of.
Just as the Samaritan gave provision to the keepers of the inn so they can look after the man, so Jesus gives gifts and provisions to His shepherds to look after His sheep. That is the plan of God for this age. The church is to look after those that the Lord seeks and finds using the resources that Jesus gives.
The man: He is robbed and left for dead. The man represents humanity where the enemy, who comes to kill, steal and destroy, has left mankind for dead spiritually at the fall.
1. The Thief: His philosophy of life says, "What you have is mine.". This is socialism or communism. 2.
One of them, an expert in Moses' Teachings, tested Jesus by asking, International Standard Version. One of them, an expert in the Law, tested him by asking, Literal Standard Version. and one of them, a lawyer, questioned, tempting Him, and saying, NET Bible.
Berean Study Bible. One of them, an expert in the law, tested Him with a question: Berean Literal Bible. And one of them, a lawyer, questioned Him, testing Him, King James Bible. Then one of them, which was a lawyer, asked him a question, tempting him, and saying, New King James Version.
His intent was wrong. He was trying to get the lawyer to evaluate his life and his heart and see that his intentions were off.
Jesus asked a LOT of questions in his years walking this earth. By one estimate, he asks a total of 307 questions that are recorded in the Gospels. What makes that number truly surprising is how few questions he actually answered. We only have 8 recorded answers that Jesus gave.
It’s in these questions, Jesus asks his disciples if they truly love him. If they actually want to be with him. The first one comes in John 6. After Jesus teaches a very hard lesson, everyone listening decides following Jesus is too difficult and they get up and leave.
Interestingly, a common question of invitation Jesus asked was, “What are you looking for?” (John 1:38)
He will not force anyone. Jesus asks this question in hopes they will choose a relationship with him over other pursuits in life. Jesus asks a question of invitation, rather than demand obedience.
This command is first because it is the foundation of the entire law of God. It is greatest, because, in a sense, it includes all the other laws. Polytheism, atheism, idolatry, and all sins against a sense, prohibited by it; for sin against man is sin against God's image, and against the objects of God's love.
Love begets a desire to bless, but the law guides to the accomplishment of that desire. Perfect righteousness is the result of wisdom as well as affection. Love without law is power without direction, and law without love is machinery without a motor-- 1 Corinthians 13:1-3 .] b 32 And the scribe said unto him, Of a truth, Teacher, ...
The deeper meaning and hidden teaching is given by the symbolism of the events and characters in the parable. The "certain man" is Adam and al his descendants - all of mankind. This parable is describing man's condition and the means of his restoration.
The man was headed to Jericho, which is in the valley away from Jerusalem, and indicates, as Blessed Theophylact teaches, that he was traveling to: "a place sunk down low and suffocating with heat, that is, to life of passions". The tense of the verb is "going down", not "went" down".