Luke 5
Jesus Calls the First Disciples
Where was Jesus standing? (verse 1)
What were the crowds doing? (Verse 1)
Why were they doing this? (Verse 1)
How many boats did Jesus see by the lake? (Verse 2)
Were there fishermen in the boats? (Verse 2)
What were the fishermen doing? (Verse 2)
What did Jesus do? (verse 3)
What did Jesus ask for? (Verse 3)
Did Jesus stand up in the boat? (Verse 3)
What did Jesus do after he had finished speaking? (Verse 4)
What was Simon's response? (Verse 5)
How did Simon address Jesus? (Verse 5)
How long did Simon work without getting fish? (Verse 5)
What happened when they had let down their nets? (verse 6)
Did they enclose fish? (Verse 6)
What was the condition of their nets? (Verse 6)
Who made signals to who? (Verse 7)
What did they signal for? (Verse 7)
Were both boats filled? (verse 7)
How filled were the boats? (verse 7)
What was Simon Peter's response to seeing it? (Verse 7)
What were all who were there with him astonished at? (Verse 9)
Who were partners with Simon? (Verse 10)
What did Jesus say to Simon? (Verse 10)
When did they leave everything and follow Jesus? (Verse 11)
Jesus Cleanses a Leper
When did the man full of leprosy get healed? (verse 12-16)
What did the man do when he saw Jesus? (Verse 12)
What did Jesus physically do? (Verse 13)
What happened when Jesus said, “I will; be clean.”? (verse 13)
What did Jesus charge the man not to do? (Verse 14)
Who did Jesus say the man should show himself to? (Verse 14)
What was the man to do? (verse 14)
What was the purpose for this? (verse 14)
Where did the report about Jesus go? (Verse 15)
How many gathered to hear him and be healed? (Verse 15)
What did Jesus do? (Verse 16)
Where did Jesus go to? (Verse 16)
What would Jesus do when he was there? (Verse 16)
Jesus Heals a Paralytic
Where were the Pharisees and teachers of the law? (verse 17)
Where did they come from? (Verse 17)
What was with Jesus and with what purpose? (Verse 17)
Who was being brought to Jesus? (Verse 18)
Did they easily bring him in to Jesus through the crowd? (Verse 18-19)
How did they bring the bed before Jesus? (Verse 19)
What did Jesus see? (verse 17-20)
What did Jesus say? (Verse 20)
Who questioned this? (Verse 21)
Why did Jesus say, “I say to you, rise, pick up your bed and go home.”? (Verse 24)
How did the man return home? (Verse 25)
Who glorified God? (Verse 25-26)
Jesus Calls Levi
When did Jesus go and see Levi? (Verse 17-27)
Where was Levi stationed? (Verse 27)
Who did Jesus speak to? (Verse 27)
What did Levi leave? (Verse 28)
What did Levi make for Jesus? (Verse 29)
Who reclined at the table with Jesus? (Verse 29)
Who grumbled?! (verse 30)
Who did they grumble to? (Verse 30)
Who answered them? (Verse 31)
Who did Jesus come to call? (Verse 32)
What did Jesus come to call them to? (verse 32)
A Question About Fasting
Who do the Pharisees and their scribes say fast? (Verse 33)
Who do the Pharisees and their scribes say offer prayers? (Verse 33)
Who also do the Pharisees and their scribes mention as doing these things? (verse 33)
Who do the Pharisees and their scribes create a contrast between? (Verse 33)
What question does Jesus ask them? (verse 34)
Does Jesus say that the days will come when they will fast? (verse 35)
"He also told them a parable: “No one tears a piece from a new garment and puts it on an old garment. If he does, he will tear the new, and the piece from the new will not match the old. And no one puts new wine into old wineskins. If he does, the new wine will burst the skins and it will be spilled, and the skins will be destroyed. But new wine must be put into _________ wineskins. And no one after drinking old wine desires new, for he says, ‘The old is good.’" (verse 36-39)
What are the scenes that happen?
Who are those mentioned in the scenes and what are their roles?
Thoughts
“Put out into the deep and let down your nets for a catch.”
“Master, we toiled all night and took nothing! But at your word I will let down the nets.”
Psalm 30:5 "For His anger endureth but a moment, and in His favor is life; weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning."
“Depart from me, for I am a sinful man, O Lord.”
“Do not be afraid; from now on you will be catching men.”
And when they had brought their boats to land, they left everything and followed him.
Is coming before Jesus always a clean process? (Verse 17-19)
"Who can forgive sins but God alone?"
But that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins”—he said to the man who was paralyzed—“I say to you, rise, pick up your bed and go home.”
Previously, with Simon Peter, Jesus had shown that He had authority over how much would be caught in the net. Toiling all night, they were left with nothing. One act of obedience in line with Jesus' will, and their nets were blessed with so many fish that they needed more boats to carry the catch than they had.
“We have seen extraordinary things today.”
“Follow me.”
“Why do you eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?”
“Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick. I have not come to call the righteous but sinners to repentance.”
"The Emperor's daughter said to Rabbi Yehoshua ben Chananiah: "What beautiful Torah in an ugly vessel." He replied, "Learn from the house of your father. In what is the wine stored?" "In jars of clay," she answered. "But all the common people store their wine in jars of clay! You use them too? You should keep your wine in jars of gold and silver!" She went and had the wine placed in vessels of gold and silver, and it turned sour. "Thus," said he to her, "It is the same with Torah!" She asked, "But are there not handsome people who are learned?" He replied, 'If they were ugly they would be even more learned!'"
(Talmud Bavli Nedarim 50b)
The following is the well known Pharisaic proverb of Avot 4.20 that the Pharisees and scribes would be well acquainted with.
| Luke 5:36-39 | Pirkei Avot 4:20 |
|---|---|
| He told them this parable: "No one tears a patch from a new garment and sews it on an old one. If he does, he will have torn the new garment, and the patch from the new will not match the old. And no one pours new wine into old wineskins. If he does, the new wine will burst the skins, the wine will run out and the wineskins will be ruined. No, new wine must be poured into new wineskins.And no one after drinking old wine wants the new, for he says, 'The old is better.'" | Elisha ben Avuyah said: "He who studies as a child, unto what can he be compared? He can be compared to ink written upon a fresh [new] sheet of paper. But he who studies as an adult, unto what can he be compared? He can be compared to ink written on a smudged [previously used and erased] sheet of paper. Rabbi Yose ben Yehudah of the city of Babylon said, "He who learns from the young, unto what can he be compared? He can be compared to one who eats unripe grapes, and drinks unfermented wine from his vat. But he who learns from the old, unto what can he be compared? He can be compared to one who eats ripe grapes, and drinks old wine. Rabbi (Meir) said: Do not pay attention to the container but pay attention to that which is in it. There is a new container full of old wine, and here is an old container which does not even contain new wine. |
With this in mind, this is a possible interpretation:
| Symbol | Meaning |
|---|---|
| New garment | previously uneducated students |
| Old garment | previously educated students |
| Patch | teaching |
| New wineskins | previously uneducated students |
| Old wineskins | previously educated students |
| New wine | new teaching |
| Old wine | previous teaching |
These last thoughts come from
http://www.bethimmanuel.org/articles/new-wine-and-old-wineskins-parable-luke-536-39-re-examined
Interpretation
What kind of details are not mentioned?
Were the men in the boat wet?
Were the people in the house covered with dust or debris?
What are the tones of the people speaking?
Who shows contempt? Who shows desperation? Who shows love?
What does each person perceive?
What does each person think about?
What choices does each person make?
Was Levi sitting when Jesus came to him?
Did Levi reach back and take as much money as he had collected?
Who do the Pharisees and their scribes talk about?
To whom do they talk about them with?
WHO TALKS IN THE SAME ANALOGY JESUS USES IN VERSE 34-35?? (John 3)
Luke 5English Standard Version (ESV)
Jesus Calls the First Disciples
5 On one occasion, while the crowd was pressing in on him to hear the word of God, he was standing by the lake of Gennesaret, 2 and he saw two boats by the lake, but the fishermen had gone out of them and were washing their nets.3 Getting into one of the boats, which was Simon's, he asked him to put out a little from the land. And he sat down and taught the people from the boat. 4 And when he had finished speaking, he said to Simon, “Put out into the deep and let down your nets for a catch.” 5 And Simon answered, “Master, we toiled all night and took nothing! But at your word I will let down the nets.” 6 And when they had done this, they enclosed a large number of fish, and their nets were breaking. 7 They signaled to their partners in the other boat to come and help them. And they came and filled both the boats, so that they began to sink. 8 But when Simon Peter saw it, he fell down at Jesus' knees, saying, “Depart from me, for I am a sinful man, O Lord.”9 For he and all who were with him were astonished at the catch of fish that they had taken, 10 and so also were James and John, sons of Zebedee, who were partners with Simon. And Jesus said to Simon, “Do not be afraid; from now on you will be catching men.”[a] 11 And when they had brought their boats to land, they left everything and followed him.
Jesus Cleanses a Leper
12 While he was in one of the cities, there came a man full of leprosy.[b] And when he saw Jesus, he fell on his face and begged him, “Lord, if you will, you can make me clean.” 13 And Jesus[c] stretched out his hand and touched him, saying, “I will; be clean.” And immediately the leprosy left him. 14 And he charged him to tell no one, but “go and show yourself to the priest, and make an offering for your cleansing, as Moses commanded, for a proof to them.” 15 But now even more the report about him went abroad, and great crowds gathered to hear him and to be healed of their infirmities. 16 But he would withdraw to desolate places and pray.
Jesus Heals a Paralytic
17 On one of those days, as he was teaching, Pharisees and teachers of the law were sitting there, who had come from every village of Galilee and Judea and from Jerusalem. And the power of the Lord was with him to heal.[d] 18 And behold, some men were bringing on a bed a man who was paralyzed, and they were seeking to bring him in and lay him before Jesus, 19 but finding no way to bring him in, because of the crowd, they went up on the roof and let him down with his bed through the tiles into the midst before Jesus. 20 And when he saw their faith, he said, “Man, your sins are forgiven you.” 21 And the scribes and the Pharisees began to question, saying, “Who is this who speaks blasphemies? Who can forgive sins but God alone?” 22 When Jesus perceived their thoughts, he answered them, “Why do you question in your hearts? 23 Which is easier, to say, ‘Your sins are forgiven you,’ or to say, ‘Rise and walk’? 24 But that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins”—he said to the man who was paralyzed—“I say to you, rise, pick up your bed and go home.” 25 And immediately he rose up before them and picked up what he had been lying on and went home, glorifying God. 26 And amazement seized them all, and they glorified God and were filled with awe, saying, “We have seen extraordinary things today.”
Jesus Calls Levi
27 After this he went out and saw a tax collector named Levi, sitting at the tax booth. And he said to him, “Follow me.” 28 And leaving everything, he rose and followed him.
29 And Levi made him a great feast in his house, and there was a large company of tax collectors and others reclining at table with them. 30 And the Pharisees and their scribes grumbled at his disciples, saying, “Why do you eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?” 31 And Jesus answered them, “Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick. 32 I have not come to call the righteous but sinners to repentance.”
A Question About Fasting
33 And they said to him, “The disciples of John fast often and offer prayers, and so do the disciples of the Pharisees, but yours eat and drink.” 34 And Jesus said to them, “Can you make wedding guests fast while the bridegroom is with them?35 The days will come when the bridegroom is taken away from them, and then they will fast in those days.” 36 He also told them a parable: “No one tears a piece from a new garment and puts it on an old garment. If he does, he will tear the new, and the piece from the new will not match the old. 37 And no one puts new wine into old wineskins. If he does, the new wine will burst the skins and it will be spilled, and the skins will be destroyed. 38 But new wine must be put into fresh wineskins. 39 And no one after drinking old wine desires new, for he says, ‘The old is good.’”[e]
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