BIBLE STUDY
Searching the Scriptures:
LUKE (concluded) and JOHN
5. How does Peter indicate that he really did not know himself? (v. 33.) Study Questions on Chapter 22 (Continued) 1. How does our Lord show that He knew Peter much better than Peter knew himself? (v. 34.) 2. Why does our Lord reverse His orders to the disciples? (w . 35-38.) 3. What did our Lord command His disciples to pray for? (v. 40.) 4. What is revealed in our Lord’s prayer in verse 42? 5. Do you think the angel gloried in his holy task? (v. 43.) Study Questions on Chapter 22 ( Continued) 1. How is the terrible earnestness of our Lord’s prayer seen in verse 44? Is there a lesson here for us? (cf. Rom. 15:30-32; James 5:16, 17.) 2. Is the question of verse 46 appli cable to any of us? 3. What was so incongruous about the manner of our Lord’s “ capture” ? (w . 52, 53.) 4. What mistakes did Peter make in verses 54-61? List these and write a brief exposition about each one for your own soul’s good. 5. Does it ever pay to deny Christ? (v. 62.) Study Questions on Chapters 22 and 23 1. Compare 22:63-65 with Isaiah 50:6, 7; 52:14. 2. What admission does our Lord make in 22:66-71? Note that He could not deny Himself. 3. Were the accusations true which are recorded in 23:1, 2? 4. What was Pilate’s verdict con cerning Christ? (v. 4.) Why then did he deliver Jesus to the Jews? 5. What did our Lord mean in His last prophecy given to Israel? (w . 27- 31.) Have His words proved true? (Think of the Hitler purge.) Study Questions on Chapter 23 (Continued)
4. What “ generation” is our Lord speaking about in verse 32? 5. How do we know that these things predicted in this chapter are going to take place? (v. 33.)
Study Questions on Chapters 20 and 21
1. Why were His enemies afraid to enter into verbal battle with Christ? (20:40.) . 2. How does the Lord Jesus prove His deity from the Psalms? (w . 41- 44.) 3. What was our Lord’s analysis of the religious leaders of His day? 4. How do we know that Christ is interested in the financial stewardship of His people? (21:1-4.) 5. What is the main teaching of this incident? Study Questions on Chapter 21 (Continued) 1. What did our Lord mean in His prophecy of verses 5, 6? When was this fulfilled? 2. What questions did the disciples ask in connection with His prophecy? (v. 7.) 3. How do we know that the pre diction in verses 8-24 was fulfilled in 70 A.D. when Jerusalem was de stroyed by the Roman armies? Note that verse 24 gives the key to this pas sage. History has a way of repeating, however, and the same circumstances will prevail at the end of this age when the armies of antichrist march to destroy the Jews and the holy city, (cf. Matt. 24.) 4. For how long a period is Jerusa lem to be under Gentile dominion? (v. 24.) 5. What evidences are there that “ the times of the Gentiles” are about fulfilled? Study Questions on Chapter 21 ( Continued) 1. With paper and pencil list the events to take place just prior to our Lord’s return (w . 25, 26). See Reve lation 6:12-17 for light on the great tidal waves of Luke 21:25. 2. What is the attitude of the be lievers in these “ perilous” days? (v. 28.) 3. What do the present signs of political and religious and natural movements indicate? (w . 29-31.)
Study Questions on Chapters 21 and 22
1. What warning does the Saviour give in the light of soon return? (21: 34-36.) 2. Is there not an indication that the “ ready” believers will not go through the tribulation period? (v. 36.) 3. Who inspired Judas to betray the Saviour? (22:3.) 4. For what do p e o p l e betray Christ today? (v. 5.) 5. How is our Lord’s omniscience again seen? (w . 10-12.) Study Questions on Chapter 22 ( Continued) 1. Why did our Lord look forward so eagerly to this Passover with His disciples? (vv. 14-16.) 2. How does the Saviour’s state ment in verse 18 indicate that the kingdom of God cannot come until He comes? 3. What is the meaning of the bread and the cup used in the Lord’s supper? (vv. 19, 20.) 4. Was the cross an accident or an afterthought of God? (v. 22; cf. 1 Pet. 1:20.) 5. How is the sinful humanness of the disciples evidenced? (v. 24.) Is this not our concern in a time when we ought to be concentrating on Christ and lost souls? Study Questions on Chapter 22 ( Continued) 1. What is the Saviour’s standard of greatness? (w . 25-27; cf. Mark 10:45.) 2. Does it pay to serve Jesus? (w . 28-30.) 3. What would Satan love to do with every believer? (v. 31.) 4. How is the believer protected from Satan’s power? (v. 32; cf. John 17.)
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