“And it came to pass on a certain day, as he was teaching, that there were Pharisees and doctors of the law sitting by, which were come out of every town of Galilee, and Judea, and Jerusalem: and the power of the Lord was present to heal them.”
One day Jesus was teaching, and Pharisees and teachers of the law were sitting there. They had come from every village of Galilee and from Judea and Jerusalem. And the power of the Lord was present for him to heal the sick — the presence of Pharisees and teachers of the law from throughout the land at a private house teaching session communicates the institutional surveillance that is beginning. The power of the Lord was present (dynamis kyriou ēn eis to iasthai autous): Luke's theological explanation of why healing occurred on this occasion.
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Michael van Berg (test user)1d agoTransformation through the Word — Luke 5
The thread of covenant runs through every book of the Bible.. Now I understand why — it's a daily declaration of dependence on God.. God meets us exactly where we are — broken, uncertain, yet chosen.
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David Mensah (test user)7h agoStrength in weakness — Luke 5
God is faithful in every circumstance.. I love how this passage doesn't shy away from the difficulty of obedience. God is faithful in every circumstance.. The imagery here is agricultural — the origin...
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