Tag: Olivet Discourse
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Advent 1, Year C–Luke 21:25-36
The gospel reading for the first week of Advent plunges us into the heart of some of Jesus’ scariest words, near the end of the Olivet Discourse. Jesus is teaching in the temple, in the shadow of his own cross. By the end of the week he will be dead. You can feel the weight…
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ADVENT WEEK 3: MATTHEW 24:15-25:46
This third week of translation were heavy on the parable side. Earlier in the Olivet Discourse Jesus was rattling off statements, but now he turns toward parables or ways in which the end of the world will be like familiar things–seasons, weddings, and shepherding. The reader must take care to recognize these are ‘likenesses’ and…
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ADVENT WEEK 3 TRANSLATION
The third week of Advent focuses very heavily upon the repentance and baptism message of John the Baptist. It was very exciting to translate Matthew, Mark, and Luke all telling the same thing but with slightly different tellings. There are so many hermeneutical things which could be addressed in these passages–from the conclusion of the…
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ADVENT WEEK 2 TRANSLATION
Today I post what I translated last week in my Gospel Advent readings. These verses are very dramatic, featuring the conclusion of the frightening Olivet Discourse, Jesus predicting Peter’s denial, Judas’ betrayal and the Lord’s Supper. Curiously, the Gospel readings take a side trip away from Luke and over to John 8 for the “woman…