Luke Chapter 6

Chapter 6 (Context Questions) 25 minutes

1) a) “Why are you doing what our Law says you cannot do on the Sabbath?”

(Luke 6:2)

i) What were Jesus’ disciples doing that they were not supposed to do on the Sabbath? [1]

- they picked the heads of wheat, rubbed them in their hands and ate the grains.

ii) What is the Sabbath? [1]

- Sabbath is…

iii) What was Jesus’ answer [1]

iv) What did Jesus mean when he said that he was the Lord of the Sabbath? [2]

b) “I ask you: What does our Law allow us to do on the Sabbath? To help or to harm? To save a man’s life or to destroy it ?” (Luke 6:9)

i) On what occasion and to whom did Jesus say this? [1]

ii) What did he do after saying this? [2]

iii) How did his audience react and why? [2]

c) When day came, he called his disciples to him and chose twelve of them..

( Luke 6:13)

i) What had Jesus done the night before? [1]

ii) Name the twelve disciples [2]

iii) What is the difference between a disciple and an apostle?[2]

d) “Happy are you poor, the kingdom of God is yours!” (Luke 6:20)

i) To who did Jesus say these words? [2]

ii) Name the 3 groups of people on the plain who had come to

Jesus? [3]

Chapter 6 ( Long Questions)

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1 a) Give an account of the occasion when the disciples plucked grain on the Sabbath. [5]

Chp6:vv1-5

- Jesus was walking through some wheat fields on a Sabbath and

His disciples began to pick some wheat, rub them in their hands and eat the grains.

- Some Pharisees asked them why they were doing what they cannot do on Sabbath.

- Jesus asked them whether they had read te scriptures about King David and his men. David and his men were hungry and they went to the house of God where David took the bread that was offered to God and ate it together with his men.

- Jesus pointed that although the action of David was against the Law, since only priests could eat that bread, he was not condemned for it.

- Then Jesus claimed that he, the Son of Man, the Messiah was the Lord of the Sabbath.

b) Describe the healing of the man with the paralysed hand. [5]

- Jesus was teaching in the synagogue on a Sabbath. A man whose right hand was paralysed was there.

- Some teachers of the Law and Pharisees wanted to accuse Jesus of doing wrong. So they watched Jesus closely to see if he would break the Sabbath law by healing the man and thus give them a chance to accuse him.

- Jesus was aware what was going on in the minds of the Pharisees. So he commanded the man with paralysed hand to stand up and come to the front where everyone could see what followed.

- He challenged the Pharisees and teachers of the Law with a question as to what is lawful to do on the Sabbath – to do good or to do harm, to save a life or to destroy it.

- When they failed to answer, Jesus asked the man to stretch out his hand and it was healed. They were angry and began to discuss among themselves what they could do to Jesus.

c) what can we learn about Jesus’ teaching concerning the Sabbath from these 2 incidents? [5]

refer to Pg A33

Jesus is the Lord of the Sabbath and has authority to interpret what should be the proper way to observe the Sabbath. The Sabbath was made by God for man and following it should not be so restricted by the rules that the primary needs of man are neglected. Thus Jesus taught that works or acts of necessity as well as acts of mercy were allowed to be carried out on the Sabbath.