STUDY QUESTIONS FOR Luke lesson 4 (Chapters 19-24)

  1. Luke 19 relates the somewhat unusual story of a diminutive fellow who did something unusual in order to see Christ. What was the man? What did he do? And what is the lesson for us today?

  2. What is the whole duty of man? Incorporate into your answer Ecclesiastes 12:13.

  3. When the scribes and Pharisees asked Jesus by what authority He did the things He did, He answered them with a question. What was that question, and why couldn’t the scribes and Pharisees answer it?

  4. In Colossians 3:17, Paul wrote, “And whatever you do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through Him.” What was his point?

  5. Will people be married in Heaven? Support your answer with Scripture.

  6. In Luke 20:32-38, Jesus engaged in a discussion with the Sadducees about the resurrection. Christ based His entire argument on the tense of a verb. Explain His argument, and how the verb tense factored into it.

  7. In Luke 21:3-4, Jesus addressed the contribution of the temple treasury of a poor widow. Christ complimented her, although she gave a mere pittance. Why did the Lord honor this woman?

  8. Luke 21 discusses two important events. What are they?

  9. What key verse in Luke 21 indicates that one of the two important events of which Jesus spoke was going to occur around the time that Christ lived?

10. In the Old Testament Feast account of the Passover (Exodus 12), the blood of a lamb was spread over the doors of the Israelites. It has been said that the lamb in the Old Testament is a “type” of another lamb in the New Testament. What (or Who) is that lamb in the New Testament?

11. How often are Christians today to partake of the Lord’s Supper? Support your answer with Scripture.

12. What did Jesus mean by His comment in John 8:29?—“I always do those things that please Him.”

13. In the Old Testament, the Israelites had a high priest. Do Christians have a high priest? Support your answer with Scripture.

14. We know from Luke 22:31-32 that Christ prayed for Peter. What message is contained within that passage for Christians today?

15. Peter denied the Lord three times, but in John 21, Christ gave him an opportunity to return to a useful place in the kingdom. What is the point of this story for us?

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