Uploaded January 2023 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
I'm continuing to discuss Luke's central section and some of the puzzles that it raises. If Luke records a saying of Jesus in this central section, where Luke 9:51 says that the time was approaching for Jesus to be received up, should we take that to mean that Luke is "placing" that saying in a "different context" from Matthew and Mark, since they tie it closely to the Galilean ministry earlier? Here I argue for a "no" answer. Luke is recording much sayings material in these chapters for which he gives no context at all--either geographical or chronological. Sometimes he organizes these sayings topically; sometimes he does not even do that but merely moves abruptly from one saying to another. This central section of Luke is filled with notably indefinite indicators of time or place. This is relevant to the claim that Luke was trying to move Jesus' saying about little ones and millstones (Luke 17:2) to a "different context" but suffered "editorial fatigue" when he tried to do so.
If you're interested in this context, be sure to watch two other videos about Luke's central section and how it relates to the other Gospels:
youtu.be/aGC7vKMIBug
youtu.be/2AGfi81iCq0
I'm continuing to discuss Luke's central section and some of the puzzles that it raises. If Luke records a saying of Jesus in this central section, where Luke 9:51 says that the time was approaching for Jesus to be received up, should we take that to mean that Luke is "placing" that saying in a "different context" from Matthew and Mark, since they tie it closely to the Galilean ministry earlier? Here I argue for a "no" answer. Luke is recording much sayings material in these chapters for which he gives no context at all--either geographical or chronological. Sometimes he organizes these sayings topically; sometimes he does not even do that but merely moves abruptly from one saying to another. This central section of Luke is filled with notably indefinite indicators of time or place. This is relevant to the claim that Luke was trying to move Jesus' saying about little ones and millstones (Luke 17:2) to a "different context" but suffered "editorial fatigue" when he tried to do so.
If you're interested in this context, be sure to watch two other videos about Luke's central section and how it relates to the other Gospels:
youtu.be/aGC7vKMIBug
youtu.be/2AGfi81iCq0
