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Etching by Jan Luyken illustrating the parable, from the Bowyer Bible.. The Parable of the Faithful Servant (or Parable of the Door Keeper) is a parable of Jesus found in Matthew 24:42-51, Mark 13:34-37, and Luke 12:35-48 about how it is important for the faithful to keep watch.
Luke 12 is the 12th chapter of the Gospel of Luke in the New Testament of the Christian Bible. It records a number of teachings and parables told by Jesus Christ when "an innumerable multitude of people had gathered together", but addressed "first of all" to his disciples .
[70] The verse in Luke does differ from the contexts of the similar verses at Matthew 27:15 and Mark 15:6, where releasing a prisoner on Passover is a "habit" or "custom" of Pilate, and at John 18:39 is a custom of the Jews – but in its appearance in Luke it becomes a necessity for Pilate regardless of his habits or preferences, "to comply ...
For example, according to Luke 2:11 Jesus was the Christ at his birth, but in Acts 2:36 he becomes Christ at the resurrection, while in Acts 3:20 it seems his messiahship is active only at the parousia, the "second coming"; similarly, in Luke 2:11 he is the Saviour from birth, but in Acts 5:31 [47] he is made Saviour at the resurrection; and he ...
Mark 12:1–9 [85] Luke 20:9–16 [86] 33: The Great Banquet: Matthew 22:1–14 [87] Luke 14:15–24 [88] 34: The Budding Fig Tree: Matthew 24:32–35 [89] Mark 13:28–31 [90] Luke 21:29–33 [91] 35: The Faithful Servant: Matthew 24:42–51 [92] Mark 13:34–37 [93] Luke 12:35–48 [94] 36: The Ten Virgins: Matthew 25:1–13 [95] 37: The ...
Luke 2:42 [15] ἀναβάντων αὐτῶν (they went up) – Alexandrian text-type ἀναβάντων αὐτῶν εἰς Ἰεροσόλυμα (they went up to Jerusalem) – Byz. Luke 2:43 [16] οὐκ ἔγνωσαν οἱ γονεῖς αὐτοῦ. (his parents didn't know it.) – Alexandrian text-type. [16] 01, B, D, L, W, θ [4]
[39] [40] (Another Greek word, Messias, appears in Daniel 9:26 and Psalm 2:2.) [41] [42] The New Testament states that the long-awaited Messiah had come and describes this savior as the Christ. In Matthew 16:16 , the Apostle Peter—in what has become a famous proclamation of faith among Christians since the first century—said, "You are the ...
Luke 2 is the second chapter of the Gospel of Luke in the New Testament, traditionally attributed to Luke the Evangelist, a companion of Paul the Apostle on his missionary journeys. [1] It contains an account of Jesus 's birth in Bethlehem , "its announcement and celebration", [ 2 ] his presentation in the Second Temple , and an incident from ...