Luke 9

Luke 9 is the ninth chapter of the Gospel of Luke in the New Testament of the Christian Bible. It tells the records of several great miracles performed by Jesus, story of His transfiguration, the sending of the twelve disciples, Peter's confession and the final departure from Galilee.^[1] The book containing this chapter is anonymous, but early Christian tradition uniformly affirmed that Luke composed this Gospel as well as Acts.^[2]

Text

• The original text is written in Koine Greek.
• Some most ancient manuscripts containing this chapter are:
  • Papyrus 75 (written about AD 175-225)
  • Papyrus 45 (ca. AD 250)
  • Codex Vaticanus (AD 325-350)
  • Codex Sinaiticus (AD 330-360)
  • Codex Bezae (ca. AD 400)
  • Codex Washingtonianus (ca. AD 400)
  • Codex Alexandrinus (ca. AD 400-440)
  • Codex Ephraemi Rescriptus (ca. AD 450)
• This chapter is divided into 62 verses.

Structure

This chapter can be grouped (with cross references to other parts of the Bible):

• Luke 9:1-6 = Jesus sent forth the twelve disciples (Matthew 10:5-15; Mark 6:7-13)
• Luke 9:7-9 = Herod's perplexity (Matthew 14:1-12; Mark 6:14-29)
• Luke 9:10-17 = The 5,000 fed (Matthew 14:13-21; Mark 6:30-44; John 6:1-14)
• Luke 9:18-21 = Peter's recognition of Jesus as the Christ (Matthew 16:13-20; Mark 8:27-30)
• Luke 9:22-23 = The passion and resurrection foretold (Matthew 16:21-28; Mark 8:31-9:1)
• Luke 9:24-27 = Jesus' sayings about self-denial, loss and gain, his return in glory and the coming of the Kingdom of God
• Luke 9:28-36 = Transfiguration of Jesus (Matthew 17:1-8; Mark 9:2-8)
• Luke 9:37-42 = The epileptic boy (Matthew 17:14-21; Mark 9:14-29)
• Luke 9:43-45 = Passion again foretold (Matthew 17:22-23; Mark 9:30-32)
• Luke 9:46-48 = Who's the greatest? (Matthew 18:1-5; Mark 9:33-37)
• Luke 9:49-50 = The unknown wonder worker (Mark 9:38-40)
• Luke 9:51 = Final departure from Galilee (Matthew 19:1; Mark 10:1; John 10:22)
• Luke 9:52-56 = Samaritans reject Jesus (Mark 9:38-40)
• Luke 9:57-62 = "Foxes have holes" (an example of Priamel) (Matthew 8:19-22)

Time

• Between verses 17 and 18, about 8 months intervene.^[1]
• Verse 51 to chapter 19:28 contains the account of "Perean and Later Judean Ministry", covering the period between Jesus' Final Departure from Galilee and His Last Week. It took place partly in Perea, and partly Judea. Perea, east of Jordan, was in Herod's jurisdiction, whereas Judea, west of Jordan, was in Pilate's jurisdiction.^[1]

The feeding of the 5,000

Feeding the multitudes by Bernardo Strozzi, early 17th century.

Also known as the "miracle of the five loaves and two fish" given that five loaves and two fish were used by Jesus to feed a multitude. According to the Gospels, when Jesus heard that John the Baptist had been killed, he withdrew by boat privately to a solitary place near Bethsaida. The crowds followed Jesus on foot from the towns. When Jesus landed and saw a large crowd, he had compassion on them and healed their sick. As evening approached, the disciples came to him and said, "This is a remote place, and it's already getting late. Send the crowds away, so they can go to the villages and buy themselves some food." Jesus said they do not need to go away therefore the disciples were to give them something to eat. They said they only had five loaves of bread and two fish then Jesus asked them to bring what they had to him. Jesus directed the people to sit down on the grass. Taking the five loaves and the two fish and looking up to heaven, he gave thanks and broke the loaves. Then he gave them to the disciples, and the disciples gave them to the people. They all ate and were satisfied, and the disciples picked up twelve basketfuls of broken pieces that were left over. The number of those who ate was about five thousand men (other gospels added "besides women and children").

Verse 1

Then he [Jesus Christ] called his twelve disciples together, and gave them power and authority over all devils, and to cure diseases.^[3]

Verse 3

New King James Version

And He said to them, “Take nothing for the journey, neither staffs nor bag nor bread nor money; and do not have two tunics apiece.^[4]

Cross reference: Matthew 10:10; Mark 6:8-9

• And he said unto them, take nothing for your journey

Throughout the towns and cities of Judea, where they were sent to preach the Gospel:^[5]

• neither staves,

The Latin Vulgate version, and all the Oriental versions, read in the singular number, "neither staff, rod, or club"; and so it was in one of Theodore Beza's ancient copies, but in all the rest in the plural, as in Matthew; which last must be the true reading, since one staff was allowed, according as in (Mark 6:8) though more than one were forbidden:^[5]

• nor scrip;

or bag to put provision in;^[5] (See Gill on Matthew 10:10)^[6]

• Neither bread, neither money;

gold, silver, or brass, to buy bread with; because they were to have it, wherever they came, given them, as their due, and the reward of their labour;^[5]

• neither have two coats apiece;

the word "apiece" is left out in one copy, nor is it expressed in the Vulgate Latin and the eastern versions, which read as in (Matthew 10:10) though the word does aptly and clearly express the sense of the prohibition, which was not that they should not have two coats among them, but not two apiece; or each man should not have two, or have change of raiment;^[5][6]

See also

• Ministry of Jesus
• Miracles of Jesus
• Priamel
• Other related Bible parts: Matthew 8, 10, 14, 16, 17, 18; Mark 6, 8, 9; John 6

References

1. 1 2 3 Halley, Henry H. Halley's Bible Handbook: an abbreviated Bible commentary. 23rd edition. Zondervan Publishing House. 1962.
2. ↑ Holman Illustrated Bible Handbook. Holman Bible Publishers, Nashville, Tennessee. 2012.
3. ↑ Luke 9:1
4. ↑ Luke 9:3
5. 1 2 3 4 5 John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible, - Luke 9:3
6. 1 2 John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible, - Matthew 10:10

External links

• Luke 9 NIV