Via Emmaus (On the Road)

Further Resources Questions for Luke 17–21 (Week 13) Luke 20 (ESV) The Authority of Jesus Challenged 20 One day, as Jesus was teaching the people in the temple and preaching the gospel, the chief priests and the scribes with the elders came up 2 and said to him, “Tell us by what authority you do these things, … Continue reading Via Emmaus on the Road: Luke 20

Further Resources Questions for Luke 17–21 (Week 13) Luke 19 (ESV) Jesus and Zacchaeus 19 He entered Jericho and was passing through. 2 And behold, there was a man named Zacchaeus. He was a chief tax collector and was rich. 3 And he was seeking to see who Jesus was, but on account of the crowd he could … Continue reading Via Emmaus on the Road: Luke 19

Further Resources Questions for Luke 17–21 (Week 13) Luke 18 (ESV) The Parable of the Persistent Widow 18 And he told them a parable to the effect that they ought always to pray and not lose heart. 2 He said, “In a certain city there was a judge who neither feared God nor respected man. 3 And there … Continue reading Via Emmaus on the Road: Luke 18

Further Resources Questions for Luke 17–21 (Week 13) Luke 17 (ESV) Temptations to Sin 17 And he said to his disciples, “Temptations to sin are sure to come, but woe to the one through whom they come! 2 It would be better for him if a millstone were hung around his neck and he were cast into … Continue reading Via Emmaus on the Road: Luke 17

Further Resources Questions for Luke 12–16 (Week 12) Luke 16 (ESV) The Parable of the Dishonest Manager 16 He also said to the disciples, “There was a rich man who had a manager, and charges were brought to him that this man was wasting his possessions. 2 And he called him and said to him, ‘What is … Continue reading Via Emmaus on the Road: Luke 16

Further Resources Questions for Luke 12–16 (Week 12) Luke 15 (ESV) The Parable of the Lost Sheep 15 Now the tax collectors and sinners were all drawing near to hear him. 2 And the Pharisees and the scribes grumbled, saying, “This man receives sinners and eats with them.” 3 So he told them this parable: 4 “What man of … Continue reading Via Emmaus on the Road: Luke 15

Further Resources Questions for Luke 12–16 (Week 12) Luke 14 (ESV) Healing of a Man on the Sabbath 14 One Sabbath, when he went to dine at the house of a ruler of the Pharisees, they were watching him carefully. 2 And behold, there was a man before him who had dropsy. 3 And Jesus responded to the … Continue reading Via Emmaus on the Road: Luke 14 (Plus Bonus Time)

Further Resources Questions for Luke 12–16 (Week 12) Luke 13 (ESV) Repent or Perish 13 There were some present at that very time who told him about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices. 2 And he answered them, “Do you think that these Galileans were worse sinners than all the other Galileans, because … Continue reading Via Emmaus on the Road: Luke 13

Further Resources Questions for Luke 12–16 (Week 12) Luke 12 (ESV) Beware of the Leaven of the Pharisees 12 In the meantime, when so many thousands of the people had gathered together that they were trampling one another, he began to say to his disciples first, “Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy. … Continue reading Via Emmaus on the Road: Luke 12

Further Resources Questions for Luke 7–11 (Week 11) In his book The Four: A Survey of the Gospels, Peter Leithart provides an outline of Luke 9:51–40 (pp. 179–180. As you read Luke 9–19, you should compare this outline with the biblical text. If his outline is correct, then it puts stress on the coming judgment … Continue reading Via Emmaus on the Road: Luke 11

Further Resources Questions for Luke 7–11 (Week 11) In his book The Four: A Survey of the Gospels, Peter Leithart provides an outline of Luke 9:51–40 (pp. 179–180. As you read Luke 9–19, you should compare this outline with the biblical text. If his outline is correct, then it puts stress on the coming judgment … Continue reading Via Emmaus on the Road: Luke 10

Further Resources Questions for Luke 7–11 (Week 11) In his book The Four: A Survey of the Gospels, Peter Leithart provides an outline of Luke 9:51–40 (pp. 179–180. As you read Luke 9–19, you should compare this outline with the biblical text. If his outline is correct, then it puts stress on the coming judgment … Continue reading Via Emmaus on the Road: Luke 9

Further Resources Questions for Luke 7–11 (Week 11) Luke 8 (ESV) Women Accompanying Jesus 8 Soon afterward he went on through cities and villages, proclaiming and bringing the good news of the kingdom of God. And the twelve were with him, 2 and also some women who had been healed of evil spirits and infirmities: Mary, called … Continue reading Via Emmaus on the Road: Luke 8

Further Resources Questions for Luke 7–11 (Week 11)  Luke 7:1–50 (ESV) Jesus Heals a Centurion’s Servant 7 After he had finished all his sayings in the hearing of the people, he entered Capernaum. 2 Now a centurion had a servant who was sick and at the point of death, who was highly valued by him. 3 When the … Continue reading Via Emmaus on the Road: Luke 7

Further Resources Questions for Luke 2–6 (Week 10) Seeing Melchizedek in the Book of 1 Samuel (Lecture at Toronto Baptist Seminary) Luke 6 (ESV) Jesus Is Lord of the Sabbath 6 On a Sabbath, while he was going through the grainfields, his disciples plucked and ate some heads of grain, rubbing them in their hands. 2 But … Continue reading Via Emmaus on the Road: Luke 6

Further Resources Questions for Luke 2–6 (Week 10) Luke 5 (ESV) Jesus Calls the First Disciples 5 On one occasion, while the crowd was pressing in on him to hear the word of God, he was standing by the lake of Gennesaret, 2 and he saw two boats by the lake, but the fishermen had gone out … Continue reading Via Emmaus on the Road: Luke 5

Further Resources Questions for Luke 2–6 (Week 10) Luke 4 (ESV) The Temptation of Jesus 4 And Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit in the wilderness 2 for forty days, being tempted by the devil. And he ate nothing during those days. And when they were ended, … Continue reading Via Emmaus on the Road: Luke 4

Further Resources  Questions for Luke 2–6 (Week 10) Luke 3 (ESV) John the Baptist Prepares the Way 3 In the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, Pontius Pilate being governor of Judea, and Herod being tetrarch of Galilee, and his brother Philip tetrarch of the region of Ituraea and Trachonitis, and Lysanias tetrarch of … Continue reading Via Emmaus on the Road: Luke 3

Further Resources Questions for Luke 2–6 (Week 10) Angels Over the Outer Fields (Sermon on Luke 2:8–14) Finding Jesus with the Shepherds (Sermon on Luke 2:14–20) Luke 2 (ESV) The Birth of Jesus Christ 2 In those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be registered. 2 This was the first … Continue reading Via Emmaus on the Road: Luke 2

Further Resources Questions for Mark 13–Luke 1 (Week 9) Mary’s Magnificat (Sermon by David Schrock) Luke 1 (ESV) Dedication to Theophilus 1 Inasmuch as many have undertaken to compile a narrative of the things that have been accomplished among us, 2 just as those who from the beginning were eyewitnesses and ministers of the word have delivered … Continue reading Via Emmaus on the Road: Luke 1

Further Resources Questions for Mark 13–Luke 1 (Week 9) “A Case for the Longer Ending of Mark” (Text & Canon, James Snapp, Jr.) “A Case against the Longer Ending of Mark” (Text & Canon, Peter M. Head) Go and Preach No More? Six Contextual Problems with John 7:53–8:11 (Via Emmaus) Mark 16 (ESV) The Resurrection … Continue reading Via Emmaus on the Road: Mark 16

Further Resources Questions for Mark 13–Luke 1 (Week 9) Reading Mark 13 in Context: Seeing 16 Connections between Jesus’s Olivet Discourse and His Death and Ascension Mark 15 (ESV) Jesus Delivered to Pilate 15 And as soon as it was morning, the chief priests held a consultation with the elders and scribes and the whole council. And … Continue reading Via Emmaus on the Road: Mark 15

Further Resources Questions for Mark 13–Luke 1 (Week 9) Reading Mark 13 in Context: Seeing 16 Connections between Jesus’s Olivet Discourse and His Death and Ascension Mark 14 (ESV)   The Plot to Kill Jesus 14 It was now two days before the Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread. And the chief priests and the scribes were … Continue reading Via Emmaus on the Road: Mark 14

Further Resources Questions for Mark 13–Luke 1 (Week 9) Reading Mark 13 in Context: Seeing 16 Connections between Jesus’s Olivet Discourse and His Death and Ascension Mark 13 (ESV) Jesus Foretells Destruction of the Temple 13 And as he came out of the temple, one of his disciples said to him, “Look, Teacher, what wonderful stones … Continue reading Via Emmaus on the Road: Mark 13

Further Resources Questions for Mark 8–Mark 12 (Week 8) Mark 12 (ESV) The Parable of the Tenants 12 And he began to speak to them in parables. “A man planted a vineyard and put a fence around it and dug a pit for the winepress and built a tower, and leased it to tenants and went … Continue reading Via Emmaus on the Road: Mark 12

Further Resources Questions for Mark 8–Mark 12 (Week 8) “‘Whatever You Ask’ for the Missionary Purposes of the Eschatological Temple: Quotation and Typology in Mark 11–12” (SBJT Article by Nicholas Piotrowski) Mark 11 (ESV) The Triumphal Entry 11 Now when they drew near to Jerusalem, to Bethphage and Bethany, at the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent … Continue reading Via Emmaus on the Road: Mark 11

Further Resources Questions for Mark 8–Mark 12 (Week 8) Mark 10 (ESV) Teaching About Divorce 10 And he left there and went to the region of Judea and beyond the Jordan, and crowds gathered to him again. And again, as was his custom, he taught them. 2 And Pharisees came up and in order to test him … Continue reading Via Emmaus on the Road: Mark 10

Further Resources Questions for Mark 8–Mark 12(Week 8) Mark 9 (ESV) 9 And he said to them, “Truly, I say to you, there are some standing here who will not taste death until they see the kingdom of God after it has come with power.” The Transfiguration 2 And after six days Jesus took with him Peter … Continue reading Via Emmaus on the Road: Mark 9

Further Resources Questions for Mark 8–Mark 12(Week 8) Mark 8 (ESV) Jesus Feeds the Four Thousand 8 In those days, when again a great crowd had gathered, and they had nothing to eat, he called his disciples to him and said to them, 2 “I have compassion on the crowd, because they have been with me now … Continue reading Via Emmaus on the Road: Mark 8

Further Resources Questions for Mark 3–Mark 7 (Week 7) Seeing the Grace of Christ (Better) through the Chiasm of Mark 6:7–8:30 (Via Emmaus) Mark 7 (ESV) Traditions and Commandments 7 Now when the Pharisees gathered to him, with some of the scribes who had come from Jerusalem, 2 they saw that some of his disciples ate with … Continue reading Via Emmaus on the Road: Mark 7

Further Resources Questions for Mark 3–Mark 7 (Week 7) Seeing the Grace of Christ (Better) through the Chiasm of Mark 6:7–8:30 (Via Emmaus) What John the Baptist’s Bullhorn Teaches Us about the Good News (Via Emmaus) Mark 6 (ESV) Jesus Rejected at Nazareth 6 He went away from there and came to his hometown, and his … Continue reading Via Emmaus on the Road: Mark 6

Further Resources Questions for Mark 3–Mark 7 (Week 7) Where Do Demons Come From? (Michael Heiser) — A short article explaining the background to the origin of demons/unclean spirits. Mark 5 (ESV) Jesus Heals a Man with a Demon 5 They came to the other side of the sea, to the country of the Gerasenes. 2 And when … Continue reading Via Emmaus on the Road: Mark 5

Further Resources Questions for Mark 3–Mark 7 (Week 7) The Theology of Sleep (Sermon on Mark 4:26–29 by John MacArthur) Mark 4 (ESV) The Parable of the Sower 4 Again he began to teach beside the sea. And a very large crowd gathered about him, so that he got into a boat and sat in it … Continue reading Via Emmaus on the Road: Mark 4

Further Resources Questions for Mark 3–Mark 7 (Week 7) Mark 3 (ESV) A Man with a Withered Hand 3 Again he entered the synagogue, and a man was there with a withered hand. 2 And they watched Jesus, to see whether he would heal him on the Sabbath, so that they might accuse him. 3 And he said … Continue reading Via Emmaus on the Road: Mark 3

Further Resources Questions for Matthew 26–Mark 2 (Week 6) Mark 2 (ESV) Jesus Heals a Paralytic 2 And when he returned to Capernaum after some days, it was reported that he was at home. 2 And many were gathered together, so that there was no more room, not even at the door. And he was preaching the … Continue reading Via Emmaus on the Road: Mark 2

Further Resources Questions for Matthew 26–Mark 2 (Week 6) Where Do Demons Come From? (Michael Heiser) — A short article explaining the background to the origin of demons/unclean spirits. Mark 1 (ESV) John the Baptist Prepares the Way 1 The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God. 2 As it is written in … Continue reading Via Emmaus on the Road: Mark 1

Further Resources Questions for Matthew 26–Mark 2 (Week 6) “Disciples Make Disciples”: A Vital Truth That Needs Further Elaboration (Via Emmaus Article) Matthew 28 (ESV) The Resurrection 28 Now after the Sabbath, toward the dawn of the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to see the tomb. 2 And behold, there … Continue reading Via Emmaus on the Road: Matthew 28

Further Resources Questions for Matthew 26–Mark 2 (Week 6) The Great Divide: Embracing the Strangeness of Seeing the Dead Come to Life (Matthew 27:51–54) Matthew 27 (ESV) Jesus Delivered to Pilate 27 When morning came, all the chief priests and the elders of the people took counsel against Jesus to put him to death. 2 And they … Continue reading Via Emmaus on the Road: Matthew 27

Further Resources Questions for Matthew 26–Mark 2 (Week 6) Four Reasons for Taking the Lord’s Supper Every Lord’s Day  (Via Emmaus Article) Matthew 26 (ESV) The Plot to Kill Jesus 26 When Jesus had finished all these sayings, he said to his disciples, 2 “You know that after two days the Passover is coming, and the Son … Continue reading Via Emmaus on the Road: Matthew 26

Further Resources Questions for Matthew 21–25 (Week 5) Matthew 25 (ESV) The Parable of the Ten Virgins 25 “Then the kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins who took their lamps and went to meet the bridegroom. 2 Five of them were foolish, and five were wise. 3 For when the foolish took their lamps, they took … Continue reading Via Emmaus on the Road: Matthew 25

Further Resources Questions for Matthew 21–25 (Week 5) (Handout) Leaving Left Behind Behind: Sixteen Ways to Read Matthew 24 with the Grain of Scripture (Via Emmaus Article) — this is the one mentioned on the podcast A Little Help with Daniel 11:1–12:3: Three Aids for Reading This Challenging Chapter (Via Emmaus Article) Finding Resurrection Life … Continue reading Via Emmaus on the Road: Matthew 24

Further Resources Questions for Matthew 21–25 (Week 5) Matthew 23 (ESV) Seven Woes to the Scribes and Pharisees 23 Then Jesus said to the crowds and to his disciples, 2 “The scribes and the Pharisees sit on Moses’ seat, 3 so do and observe whatever they tell you, but not the works they do. For they preach, but … Continue reading Via Emmaus on the Road: Matthew 23

Further Resources Questions for Matthew 21–25 (Week 5) Matthew 22 (ESV) The Parable of the Wedding Feast 22 And again Jesus spoke to them in parables, saying, 2 “The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a king who gave a wedding feast for his son, 3 and sent his servants to call those who were invited to … Continue reading Via Emmaus on the Road: Matthew 22

Further Resources Questions for Matthew 21–25 (Week 5) Matthew 21 (ESV) The Triumphal Entry 21 Now when they drew near to Jerusalem and came to Bethphage, to the Mount of Olives, then Jesus sent two disciples, 2 saying to them, “Go into the village in front of you, and immediately you will find a donkey tied, and … Continue reading Via Emmaus on the Road: Matthew 21

Further Resources Questions for Matthew 16–20 (Week 4) Matthew 20 (ESV) Laborers in the Vineyard 20 “For the kingdom of heaven is like a master of a house who went out early in the morning to hire laborers for his vineyard. 2 After agreeing with the laborers for a denarius a day, he sent them into his … Continue reading Via Emmaus on the Road: Matthew 20

Further Resources Questions for Matthew 16–20 (Week 4) What Does the Bible Say about Divorce? A Gospel-Centered Approach to Divorce What Makes a Divorce Biblical? “Jesus on Divorce: How My Mind Has Changed,” (William Heth) — Heth rescinds his previous view and explains why he changed his mind; this shows both sides of the issues … Continue reading Via Emmaus on the Road: Matthew 19

Further Resources Questions for Matthew 16–20 (Week 4) Church Discipline and the Modern Self: Nurturing a Culture of Communal Accountability in a Day of Autonomous Individualism (Dan Miller) Should Christians Forgive Terrorists? (Chris Brauns) Matthew 18 (ESV) Who Is the Greatest? 18 At that time the disciples came to Jesus, saying, “Who is the greatest in … Continue reading Via Emmaus on the Road: Matthew 18

Further Resources Questions for Matthew 16–20 (Week 4) The Gates of Hell (Michael Heiser) The Gates of Hades (Rob Phillips) Matthew 17 (ESV) The Transfiguration 17 And after six days Jesus took with him Peter and James, and John his brother, and led them up a high mountain by themselves. 2 And he was transfigured before them, … Continue reading Via Emmaus on the Road: Matthew 17

Further Resources Questions for Matthew 16–20 (Week 4) The Gates of Hell (Michael Heiser) The Gates of Hades (Rob Phillips) Matthew 16 (ESV) The Pharisees and Sadducees Demand Signs 16 And the Pharisees and Sadducees came, and to test him they asked him to show them a sign from heaven. 2 He answered them, “When it is … Continue reading Via Emmaus on the Road: Matthew 16

Further Resources Questions for Matthew 11–15 (Week 3) Matthew 15 (ESV) Traditions and Commandments 15 Then Pharisees and scribes came to Jesus from Jerusalem and said, 2 “Why do your disciples break the tradition of the elders? For they do not wash their hands when they eat.” 3 He answered them, “And why do you break the commandment … Continue reading Via Emmaus on the Road: Matthew 15