265 Luke's Liberation from Racism Part 4
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We continue on this series to show that Luke was liberated from the racism that still impacts the other gospel writers. He includes many stories and teachings that the other just leave out entirely. For example, The Shrewd Manager, the Grateful Samaritan leper, the Pharisee and Publican that went to pray, Zaccheus, and that Jesus prays for his executioners who would have been Gentiles.
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SHOW NOTES
13. 16:1-13 The Shrewd Manager. Luke records this parable by Jesus who is pointing out that the manager was wise enough to adapt to circumstances he could no longer control. He was prepared to think outside the box and escape his traditional ways. If only the Jews could have done so too with the presence of the Roman Empire in their land. Their own arrogance would seal their fate at the hands of the Romans in 70 CE.
14. The grateful Samaritan leper healed with 9 other lepers who showed no appreciation (Luke 17:11-19). Jesus refers to him as a foreigner or stranger, thus Jesus does not include him in Israel as per Israelite law. It seems that the other 9 were Jews who felt entitled to Jesus’ healing and expressed no gratitude. This is an astonishing healing since healing an Israelite leper was one of the four test miracles for identifying the Messiah.
15. In the parable of the Pharisee and the Publican/Tax Collector the Pharisee represents the Jews and the Publican or Tax Collector represents the Gentiles (Luke 18:9-14). It is the Gentile who goes home justified.
16. Jesus calls Zaccheus, a tax collector, from a tree viewpoint and goes to his house (Luke 19:1-10). Tax Collectors, most were Jews, were despised as much as Gentiles. Verse 10 can almost be the best summary of Luke’s gospel and of Jesus’ incarnation. “For the Son of Man came to seek and save those who are lost.”
17. Jesus prays forgiveness for his executioners (Luke 23:34). The executioners were Gentiles and this supreme act of forgiveness is not mentioned in the other gospels.
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