Lenten Guide Week 6

The Lenten Guide Week 6 Bible Study Luke 19: 1-48

Getting To The Triumph

Commentaries & Bible Studies

by Marben Bland

Lenten Bible Study Week 6: Luke 19:1-48 7:00 PM ET Thursday, April 7, 2022 www.zoom.us Meeting ID: 695 669 5487

Zoom Conference Call 301 715 8592 Meeting ID: 695 669 5487 Opening Thoughts: Getting To The Triumph This Sunday we will celebrate the triumphal entry of Jesus into Jerusalem. So important is this moment in the ministry of Jesus it is recorded in all four Gospels.

(Matthew 21:1-11, Mark 11:1-11, John 12:14) Today we will look at the Luke’s account from chapter 19.

If we are to truly understanding the triumphal entry of Jesus into Jerusalem, we must look at what it took to get to the triumph. For to triumph in any endeavor requires a journey a backstory if you will that often will provide us more information and thus more understanding that the triumph itself.

Tina Turner the international superstar triumphed over a toxic marriage, to prove that Love has everything to do with it.

Ketanji Brown Jackson showed her skill, intellect, and grace not only in those Senate hearings but through a lifetime of excellence. It is that excellence forged in the difficult days as a Harvard freshman which has made her triumph as the first African American Woman on the Supreme Court so sweet.

Tiger Woods’ triumphs in golf are legendary 82 victories on the Professional Golf Association (PGA) Tour along with 15 major championships. However, perhaps it is what he did this week that is his greatest triumph. Returning to play in the Masters recovering from horrific injuries sustained in a car accident that nearly took his life.

Jesus got to his triumph in Jerusalem through prophecy – Zechariah foretold Jesus’ entry by explaining that the Messiah arrive with humility on a donkey.

Jesus got to his triumph in Jerusalem through forgiveness for the sinner, like the chief tax collector Zacchaeus who Jesus forgave saying For the Son of Man came to seek out and to save the lost.”

Jesus got to his triumph in Jerusalem because he is the Son of God worthy of praise. For when the Pharisees ordered Jesus to make the people stop their praise He answered, “I tell you, if these were silent, the stones would shout out.”

Jesus got to his triumph in Jerusalem because of His love for us. Jesus as he entered the city cried for the people, because they did not recognize the visitation they had from God.” We will explore these four themes in our Bible Study: Prophecy, Forgiveness, Praise and Love.

Luke 19 New Revised Standard Version Jesus and Zacchaeus 19 He entered Jericho and was passing through it. 2 A man was there named Zacchaeus; he was a chief tax collector and was rich. 3 He was trying to see who Jesus was, but on account of the crowd he could not, because he was short in stature. 4 So he ran ahead and climbed a sycamore tree to see him, because he was going to pass that way. 5 When Jesus came to the place, he looked up and said to him, “Zacchaeus, hurry and come down; for I must stay at your house today.” 6 So he hurried down and was happy to welcome him. 7 All who saw it began to grumble and said, “He has gone to be the guest of one who is a sinner.” 8 Zacchaeus stood there and said to the Lord, “Look, half of my possessions, Lord, I will give to the poor; and if I have defrauded anyone of anything, I will pay back four times as much.” 9 Then Jesus said to him, “Today salvation has come to this house, because he too is a son of Abraham. 10 For the Son of Man came to seek out and to save the lost.”

The Parable of the Ten Pounds 11

As they were listening to this, he went on to tell a parable, because he was near

Jerusalem, and because they supposed that the kingdom of God was to appear immediately. 12 So he said, “A nobleman went to a distant country to get royal power for himself and then return. 13 He summoned ten of his slaves, and gave them ten pounds,[a] and said to them, ‘Do business with these until I come back.’ 14 But the citizens of his country hated him and sent a delegation after him, saying, ‘We do not want this man to rule over us.’ 15 When he returned, having received royal power, he ordered these slaves, to whom he had given the money, to be summoned so that he might find out what they had gained by trading. 16 The first came forward and said, ‘Lord, your pound has made ten more pounds.’ 17 He said to him, ‘Well done, good slave! Because you have been trustworthy in a very small thing, take charge of ten cities.’ 18 Then the second came, saying, ‘Lord, your pound has made five pounds.’ 19 He said to him, ‘And you, rule over five cities.’ 20 Then the other came, saying, ‘Lord, here is your pound. I wrapped it up in a piece of cloth, 21 for I was afraid of you, because you

are a harsh man; you take what you did not deposit and reap what you did not sow.’ 22 He said to him, ‘I will judge you by your own words, you wicked slave! You knew, did you, that I was a harsh man, taking what I did not deposit and reaping what I did not sow? 23 Why then did you not put my money into the bank? Then when I returned, I could have collected it with interest.’ 24 He said to the bystanders, ‘Take the pound from him and give it to the one who has ten pounds.’ 25 (And they said to him, ‘Lord, he has ten pounds!’) 26 ‘I tell you, to all those who have, more will be given; but from those who have nothing, even what they have will be taken away. 27 But as for these enemies of mine who did not want me to be king over them—bring them here and slaughter them in my presence.’”

Jesus’ Triumphal Entry into Jerusalem 28

After he had said this, he went on ahead, going up to Jerusalem.

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When he had come near Bethphage and Bethany, at the place called the Mount of

Olives, he sent two of the disciples, 30 saying, “Go into the village ahead of you, and as you enter it you will find tied there a colt that has never been ridden. Untie it and bring it here. 31 If anyone asks you, ‘Why are you untying it?’ just say this, ‘The Lord needs it.’” 32 So those who were sent departed and found it as he had told them. 33 As they were untying the colt, its owners asked them, “Why are you untying the colt?” 34 They said, “The Lord needs it.” 35 Then they brought it to Jesus; and after throwing their cloaks on the colt, they set Jesus on it. 36 As he rode along, people kept spreading their cloaks on the road. 37 As he was now approaching the path down from the Mount of Olives, the whole multitude of the disciples began to praise God joyfully with a loud voice for all the deeds of power that they had seen, 38 saying, “Blessed is the king who comes in the name of the Lord!

Peace in heaven, and glory in the highest heaven!”

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Some of the Pharisees in the crowd said to him, “Teacher, order your disciples to

stop.” 40 He answered, “I tell you, if these were silent, the stones would shout out.”

Jesus Weeps over Jerusalem 41

As he came near and saw the city, he wept over it, 42 saying, “If you, even you, had

only recognized on this day the things that make for peace! But now they are hidden from your eyes. 43 Indeed, the days will come upon you, when your enemies will set up ramparts around you and surround you, and hem you in on every side. 44 They will crush you to the ground, you and your children within you, and they will not leave within you one stone upon another; because you did not recognize the time of your visitation from God.”[b] Jesus Cleanses the Temple 45

Then he entered the temple and began to drive out those who were selling things

there; 46 and he said, “It is written, ‘My house shall be a house of prayer’; but you have made it a den of robbers.”

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Every day he was teaching in the temple. The chief priests, the scribes, and the

leaders of the people kept looking for a way to kill him; 48 but they did not find anything they could do, for all the people were spellbound by what they heard.

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