Luke is a historian of Jesus’s activity. A reader of Luke’s writings will experience techniques and principles mainly associated with historiography, such as: detailed chronology of events, terms consistent with their historical context, and careful research through eyewitness accounts and written sources. Mark adversely to Luke is the originator of the genre Luke is writing and one of Luke’s verifiable sources. Mark’s writings are symbolic of Apocalyptic Literature which means Mark’s depiction of Christ’s time on earth along with his teachings pervade throughout all time until the revelation. An additional quality of Mark’s writings is that they are simplistic in essence until defining Jesus. Through Mark, Jesus is portrayed as a paradoxical
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Alluding to Luke’s veracity of the times in which this particular title was especially used. Luke demonstrates in Luke 7:37, the woman learned Jesus was at Simon’s home; meaning the woman sought to find Jesus through some source or means. Mark’s account only mentions the woman approaching Jesus; her background was not mentioned. Luke further builds the character of Jesus’s purpose and identity in Luke 7:48. Jesus allowed the woman to touch him and wash his feet with her tears and dry them with her hair. This leads Simon and others to ponder if Jesus is who he claims to be. Referring back to Luke 7:1, referencing Simon as a Pharisee, Luke lays the foundation for the nature of individuals Jesus is dining with. It should not be an astonishment that Simon, the Pharisee, questions in his heart the authenticity of Jesus saying “If this man were a prophet, he would have known who and what kind of woman this is who is touching him-that she is a sinner” (Luke 14:39). Jesus wise and all-knowing presents Simon with a parable of the creditor in comparison to his relationship with mankind. In Luke 7:41, Jesus explains to Simon how the one with greater debt is most appreciative for forgiveness and liberation of the liability. Forgiving an apparently well-known sinful woman, inside of a Pharisee’s home provides the scenery necessary to demonstrate Christ’s discordant attitude towards societal
Alluding to Luke’s veracity of the times in which this particular title was especially used. Luke demonstrates in Luke 7:37, the woman learned Jesus was at Simon’s home; meaning the woman sought to find Jesus through some source or means. Mark’s account only mentions the woman approaching Jesus; her background was not mentioned. Luke further builds the character of Jesus’s purpose and identity in Luke 7:48. Jesus allowed the woman to touch him and wash his feet with her tears and dry them with her hair. This leads Simon and others to ponder if Jesus is who he claims to be. Referring back to Luke 7:1, referencing Simon as a Pharisee, Luke lays the foundation for the nature of individuals Jesus is dining with. It should not be an astonishment that Simon, the Pharisee, questions in his heart the authenticity of Jesus saying “If this man were a prophet, he would have known who and what kind of woman this is who is touching him-that she is a sinner” (Luke 14:39). Jesus wise and all-knowing presents Simon with a parable of the creditor in comparison to his relationship with mankind. In Luke 7:41, Jesus explains to Simon how the one with greater debt is most appreciative for forgiveness and liberation of the liability. Forgiving an apparently well-known sinful woman, inside of a Pharisee’s home provides the scenery necessary to demonstrate Christ’s discordant attitude towards societal