Notes on Luke 20

Day 20, Reading Luke for Advent

Chapter Heading

Luke 20: Jesus Challenged by The Temple Authorities

General Outline

1-8. “By what authority?”

9-18. The Parable of the Tenants

19-26. Challenge #1: Taxes to Caesar? (Scribs & Pharisees)

27-40. Challenge #2: The Resurrection (Sadducees)

41-44. Jesus’ Challenge: How is the Christ David’s Son, Yet His “Lord”? (Ps 110)

45-47. Beware of Greedy Scribes

Brief Summary

Kretzmann: Jesus defends His authority, tells the parable of the wicked husbandmen with its application, eludes the craftiness of the Pharisees, rebukes the ignorance of the Sadducees, by a counter-question silences all opposition, and warns against the scribes.