What does luke chapter 10 verse 20 mean?

Answer 1

Another answer from our community:There is no apparent reason not to take this verse literally. After all, in the book Acts, Paul is bitten by a venemous snake and not harmed. But we are told this is not of major importance. Read the next verse - the main thing is to be saved and have your name on the "heavenly welcome list". And there is no mention one way or the other about whether snakes and scorpions apply to anyone else, anywhere else, or have any other meaning besides what is mentioned here.

Answer 2

Jesus warned the seventy two not to base their joy on the knowledge that Satan and his spirits are under the authority of Jesus; rather, the real cause of joy is the assurance of our salvation in Christ and the promise of our eternal home in heaven.

Answer 3

It is contexualized by Luke 10:16. The seventy were sent out to "harvest" as "lambs among wolves" to preach the kingdom of God to all nations. Jesus told them "He that heareth you heareth me; and he that despiseth you despiseth me; and he that despiseth me dispiseth him that sent me."

We could ask, did Jesus really tell them to shake off the dust of their feet and warn them about the fate of Sodom? The answer would be yes to both questions.

Answer 4

You have got to Love the way Christ traps those who are attempting to corner him. In this chapter, note that the high men of the temple come to Christ (Chief priests, scribes, and elders), these are the very ones who should have known who Christ was but didn't. They ask him by what authority doest thou these things or who is he that gave thee this authority? It was our Father that gave Christ his authority, but listen to Christ's answer

"I will ask you one thing: and answer me; The baptism of John was it from heaven or of men?" Read their answer in Luke 20:5-8. These people should have known the scripture and known who Christ was but they did not. Christ will finally identify these fakes in John chapter 8.

The second part is a parable is about what our Father has given men, specifically the house of Israel and how they treated his servants, his son and him. Read the first answer above to see how those of the temple who should have known his son; were actually the ones who had him killed, read the later verses to see how the priests and scribes plotted against him. Read John 8, starting at verse 32 to understand who these priests and scribes were, for Christ will identify them as kenites, sons of Cain, not sons of Aaron or sons of Levi.

There is definition Christ gives concerning money, so Christians understand who money belongs to, and not to worship it as its only temporary.

Sadducees who do not believe in life after death (believers in Epicurean philosophia doctrine), attempt to trap Christ using Levitical law. However Christ sets them straight and puts them in their place in quick order.

Certain Scribes attempt to box Christ in by asking him how can David can be the Lords son? These scribes should have known that David was identifying Christ, who was standing before them in plain sight. These so called learned Scribes had no idea who Christ actually was. Christ not only answers this question but points out these fakes who call themselves scribes. Again he will specifically identify them in John chapter 8 as sons of Cain or Kenites.

Answer 5

The parable of the workers in the vineyard teaches that not everyone will be treated alike in heaven. Jesus here meant to teach just one thing: that some who think they are first in this world are going to find themselves last in heaven.

Answer 6

In Luke 10:1, Jesus appointed seventy others to take his message to every city. It is these seventy that Jesus addressed in verse 10:19: "Behold, I give unto you power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall by any means hurt you."

Jesus was telling the disciples that nothing could hurt or harm them, not serpents or scorpions, or even their enemies. If true, this invalidates the Christian tradition that all the disciples (other than John) were to become martyrs, with many suffering terrible fates.

Answer 7

Luke 10:10-12 (NAB): "Whatever town you enter and they do not receive you, go out into the streets and say, 'The dust of your town that clings to our feet, even that we shake off against you.' Yet know this: the kingdom of God is at hand. I tell you, it will be more tolerable for Sodom on that day than for that town. "

Always read a passage from The Bible in its context. Here, Jesus has sent missionaries ahead to visit every town and city. There was an expectation that the missionaries would be received with hospitality in each town and provided free lodging and food. If that expectation was not met "and they do not receive you"(Luke 10:10) then be as rude as you can be to the citizens - tell them that you shake the dust off your feet or sandals in their homes and warn them about the fate of Sodom.

We could ask, did Jesus really say that? Is that really Christ-like? The answer is 'no' to both questions. This comes from the 'Q' document that you will learn about as you get older, and reflects a much later period in Christian history. Wandering preachers would travel from Christian community to Christian community, expecting one or two nights of accommodation in return for preaching to the converted. Hence the sense of entitlement in the passage.