He is The God of the Living
Comments for Study 36
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I. "To Caesar What is Caesar's... To God What is God's" (20-26)
* Luke 19:28 "After Jesus had said this, he went on ahead, going up to Jerusalem."
* All four gospels have Jesus' entry into Jerusalem. So this is very important.
* Jesus' final entry into Jerusalem was his official announcement to Israel that he would be their king if they would accept him as such.
* A timeline of this week is as follows.
Friday -Jesus arrives in the Jerusalem area. (John 11:54-12:1)
Saturday (Sabbath) -a day of rest; no event recorded except Luke 21:37-38.
Sunday -Jesus' triumphal entry. (Matt. 21:1-11; Mark 11:1-10; Luke 19:29-44; John 12:12-19)
Monday -Jesus curses the fig tree (Matt. 21:18-19; Mark 11:12-14). Jesus clears out the Temple. (Matt 21:12-13; Mark 11:15-18)
Tuesday -Jesus' authority questioned. (Matt. 21:23-27; Mark 11:27-33; Luke 20:18) Jesus teaches in the temple. (Matt. 21:28-22:46; Mark 12:1-44; Luke 20:9-21:4) Jesus wept over Jerusalem's leader's unbelief and rejecting him as thier King. (Matthew 23:1-39) Jesus anointed at Bethany. (Matt. 26:6-13; Mark 13:3-9; John 12:2-11)
Wednesday -another day of rest; no event recorded except Luke 21:37-38. The Jews plot to kill Jesus. (Matt. 26:14-16; Mark 14:10-11; Luke 22:3-6)
Thursday (Hebrew month Abib the 13th day) -the Passover meal begins at twilight (see below note) when Jesus and the disciples celebrate the Last Supper. (Matt. 26:17-29; Mark 14:12-25; Luke 22:7-20; John 13:1-18) Jesus comforts the disciples (John 14:1-16:33) Jesus prays at Gethsemane. (Matt. 26:26-46; Mark 14:32-42; Luke 22:40-46)
Friday (Hebrew month Abib, 14 day) -According Hebrew time Jesus is arrest and tried from night to daylight. (Matt. 26:47-27:26; Mark 14:43-15:15; Luke 22:47-23:25; John 18:2-19:16) Jesus' crucifixion at 3:00pm, and death before sunset which is the end of the Hebrew day and Passover. (Matt. 27:27-56; Mark 15:16-41; Luke 23:26-49; John 19:17-30) Jesus is buried at sunset. (Matt. 27:57-66; mark 15:42-47; Luke 23:50-56; John 19:31-42)
Saturday (Sabbath Abib 15, Seven day Feast of Unleavened Bread begins) Jesus' body is in the tomb. He appears in Sheol and accompanies the saints previously dead to heaven.
Sunday (Abib 16; day of First Fruits Sheaf Wave) Jesus' morning resurrection and appearing to the women. (Mark 16:9-11; John 20:11-18) Then he appeared to the two on the road. (Mark 16:12-13; Luke 24:13-35) Then to the ten apostles (no Thomas or Judas) in the evening. (Mark 16:14; Luke 24:36-43; John 20:19-25)
Saturday (Sabbath) -Jesus appears to Thomas and the rest of the apostles. (John 20:26-31)
A week later -Jesus talks and eats with some disciples by the Sea of Galilee. (John 21:1-25)
Fourty days since his resurrection -Jesus ascends to his Father from the Mount of Olives. (Matt. 28:15-20; Mark 18:19-20; Luke 24:44-53; Acts 1:1-11)
* Note: The Passover is linked to the 14th days of the month not the day of the week. Passover starting on Thursday at twilight is a very rare event; unusally it starts on a different day of the week. (Hebrew days start at sunset/twilight and go thru the night till the next day's sunset.) Falling on a Thursday that year made it possible for Jesus to fulfill the meaning behind the feasts associated with the Passover. His crucified was on Friday (still Passover), the Sabbath (Saturday) rest was the Feast of Unleavened Bread (always on the first Sabbath after Passover), and Sunday was the third day since his death, the day of the First Fruit Sheaf Wave, and the day that Jesus rose from the dead. All three feasts were thus fulfilled by Jesus.
>1. Why did the Pharisees send spies to Jesus? (19-20)
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>What was their question? (4, 22)
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>Why was this such a controversial issue?
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>In what respect was this question a trap?
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>2. How did Jesus respond to them? (23)
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>Who does this teach man's basic obligations to rulers of the world and to God?
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>What are man's basic obligations to God?
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II. "Whose Wife Will She Be?" (27-33)
>3. What was the Sadducces' place in Jewish society?
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>Why do you think they said there is no resurrection? (29)
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>Why do you think they came to Jesus with this question?
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>4. Notice carefully the main contents of their question. (28, 33)
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>What does this reveal about their inner way of thinking?
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>Why do you think their inner way of thinking was so miserable?
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>How are they compared to modern thinking?
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III. The God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, the God of Jacob (34-40)
>5. How did Jesus describe the main concern of the people of his age? (34)
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>How did Jesus see the new age?
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>How does this suggest that marriage cannot be an ultimate solution to people's problems?
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>What does verse 35 mean?
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>6. How did Jesus teach the truth of the resurrection? (37-38)
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>Why did Jesus quote Exodus 3:6 concerning the God of the living?
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>What does it mean that the Lord God is "the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob"?
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>What can we learn from this about God and men?
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IV. Whose Son Is The Christ? (41-47)
>8. What was Jesus' question to the teachers of the law in verses 41-44?
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>How does this teach his deity and ultimate victory?
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>How does this suggest that even though they know many meticulous laws in the Bible, they did not know the main point of the Scripture?
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>According to Jesus' warning in verses 46-47 what can we know about them?
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