Analyzation of the Biblical Text in Luke 14:25-35
The writing in Luke 14:25-35 is an adaptation of the costs of being a disciple of Christ. The setting for this pericope is crucial because it gives people insight on what Jesus was doing at that time. Furthermore, the pericope opens with “large crowds were traveling with him.”(Luke 14:25, NRSV) meaning that the crowd found something in Jesus because they were traveling with him toward Jerusalem. Moreover, these ‘large crowds’ had left their homes to travel with Jesus, which is very important to know. John Nolland interpreted the opening as a, “paradoxical nature of the resources needed for discipleship.” Looking deeper into the text people begin to notice that there is no context as when Jesus …show more content…
Whoever represents and directs the speech towards those who were considering becoming disciples and all those who want to listen. This is also a reference to how people can enter the kingdom of God and explains why he so harsh with his words. Then Jesus says, “does not hate”(Luke 14:26b-c) it parallels with “does not carry the cross” (Luke 14:27a) notice that both start with does not which gives a negative connotation. Hate is known to be a word of judgment and to many Hebrews this word was used for relationships between humans (Stuhlmueller 412). It is important to know that hate is the opposite of agape, which is a Greek term for love. Although hate is a big term to use towards people it could be interpreted as to leave everything that is holding you back from Heaven and the Kingdom of God. This is because he asking people to hate those who give them comfort, which represents everything that people know and love. Moreover, Jesus says people who do not leave everything and carry the cross “cannot be my disciple”(Luke 14:27c) this phrase is repeated twice and is a major theme in this speech. This is because Jesus wants people to hate their family and leave everything behind to become to disciples of
The writing in Luke 14:25-35 is an adaptation of the costs of being a disciple of Christ. The setting for this pericope is crucial because it gives people insight on what Jesus was doing at that time. Furthermore, the pericope opens with “large crowds were traveling with him.”(Luke 14:25, NRSV) meaning that the crowd found something in Jesus because they were traveling with him toward Jerusalem. Moreover, these ‘large crowds’ had left their homes to travel with Jesus, which is very important to know. John Nolland interpreted the opening as a, “paradoxical nature of the resources needed for discipleship.” Looking deeper into the text people begin to notice that there is no context as when Jesus …show more content…
Whoever represents and directs the speech towards those who were considering becoming disciples and all those who want to listen. This is also a reference to how people can enter the kingdom of God and explains why he so harsh with his words. Then Jesus says, “does not hate”(Luke 14:26b-c) it parallels with “does not carry the cross” (Luke 14:27a) notice that both start with does not which gives a negative connotation. Hate is known to be a word of judgment and to many Hebrews this word was used for relationships between humans (Stuhlmueller 412). It is important to know that hate is the opposite of agape, which is a Greek term for love. Although hate is a big term to use towards people it could be interpreted as to leave everything that is holding you back from Heaven and the Kingdom of God. This is because he asking people to hate those who give them comfort, which represents everything that people know and love. Moreover, Jesus says people who do not leave everything and carry the cross “cannot be my disciple”(Luke 14:27c) this phrase is repeated twice and is a major theme in this speech. This is because Jesus wants people to hate their family and leave everything behind to become to disciples of