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(Luke 10:30-35) Jesus defines neighbor with an illustration. Then Jesus answered and said: “A certain man went down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among thieves, who stripped him of his clothing, wounded him, and departed, leaving him half dead.
This Luke 10 quiz features 30 thought-provoking questions carefully crafted to cover all the verses in the chapter. Each question is followed by five possible answers, giving you ample opportunity to challenge your knowledge and understanding of this Luke chapter 10.
Jesus answering - Jesus answered him in a very different manner from what he expected. By one of the most tender and affecting narratives to be found anywhere, he made the lawyer his own judge in the case, and constrained him to admit what at first he would probably have denied.
The lawyer gives the only right answer—the necessity of loving God and his neighbor (verse 27). He then asks the question—"Who is my neighbor?" (verse 29)—that prompts Jesus into giving His parable. The lawyer believes that no Gentile is his neighbor, although it seems he suspects they really are.
What does Luke 10:30 mean? As an expert in the law, the lawyer to whom Jesus is speaking knows that loving God and loving one's neighbor is the heart of the Mosaic law. But he wants specifics. Who is his neighbor (Luke 10:25–29)? Jesus tells a story that turns the question around.
1. What can we learn from Jesus' instructions to the Seventy-Two about our own mission as Christians? 2. How can we apply the message of Jesus' rebuke to unrepentant cities in our modern lives? 3. What do you think Jesus meant by "rejoice because your names are written in heaven"?
Verse 12. - But I say unto you, that it shall be more tolerable in that day for Sodom, than for that city. Such a rejection implies that they would have nothing to do with the Master of these preachers, the pitiful, loving, Galilaean Teacher. These were days of possible mighty blessings, of proportional terrible punishments.
