4 – The Third Year of Jesus’ Public Ministry
Bible students are quick to inform us that the fourth Gospel records that Jesus celebrated only three Passover seasons, while the Synoptics record only one. Some try to say that the unnamed feast mentioned in John 5:1 is a fourth Passover, but this cannot be proved. Nevertheless, many agree that a fourth Passover, probably occurring between John 2:13 and 6:4, should be assumed. Therefore, based upon this data, scholarly understanding of the length of Jesus’ public ministry varies. Many claim Jesus’ ministry was between two and three years long, while others say Jesus’ public ministry lasted three and one half years. Which is the truth, or is something different true, and can we prove anything from the data we have in the four Gospel narratives?
It is my opinion that a fourth Passover can be found, and, surprisingly it is located in the Synoptics, not John. I’ve already shown where it is implied in my study of Jesus’ second year of his public ministry. During this series of studies and when I come to that point in Jesus’ life, I hope to prove the fourth Passover (really the third) fairly conclusively. Since I have already shown that Jesus ministry probably began six months before his first Passover (during the Jewish Holy Days of the prior 7th month), I therefore, conclude that Jesus ministry lasted for three and one half years. I hope to conclude my study of Luke in a fourth series of studies which will concern Jesus final six months.
- Luke 9:23 ……………………………………. Jesus at the Feast of Tabernacles
- Luke 9:24-26 …………………………………. The Wilderness Experience and Eternity
- Luke 9:27 ……………………………………… The Kingdom of God?
- Luke 9:27 ……………………………………… The Coming of the Kingdom of God
- Luke 9:27 ……………………………………… Did Jesus Already Come in Power?
- Luke 9:28-36 ………………………………….. Where Was Jesus’ Transfiguration?
- Luke 9:32 ……………………………………… The Sleeping Spirit
- Luke 9:28-36 …………………………………. The Transfiguration of Christ and Us
- Luke 9:28-36 …………………………………. The Transfiguration and the Apostles
- Luke 9:37-39 …………………………………. A Young Boy and Our Inner Life
- Luke 9:37-39 …………………………………. Demonic Possession
- Luke 9:37-42 …………………………………. Healing a Young Boy Possessed by a Spirit
- Luke 9:38-43 …………………………………. Who or What are Demons?
- Luke 9:38-43 …………………………………. Demons – Corrupt Spiritualism
- ___________ ………………………………… Demons – Personification or Living Beings?
- ___________ ………………………………… A Demon Called ‘Legion’
- ___________ ………………………………… Balaam and the Witch of Endor
- ___________ ………………………………… Simon and the Soothsayer
- ___________ ………………………………… The Origin of Demons
- Luke 9:40-45 …………………………………. A Faithless and Wicked Generation
- Luke 9:42-45 …………………………………. Faith and Authority
- Luke 9:43-45 …………………………………. The Kingdom of God versus the World
- Luke 9:46-50 …………………………………. One Spirit and One Body
- Luke 9:46-50 …………………………………. Who Is the Greatest?
- Luke 9:51 …………………………………….. Jesus’ Third Passover
- Luke 9:51-56 ………………………………….. Calling Down FIRE from Heaven…
- Luke 9:57-62 …………………………………. The Would-be Followers of Jesus
- Luke 10:1 ……………………………………… Sending Out the Seventy
- Luke 10:2 ……………………………………… Why So Few Laborers?
- Luke 10:3 ……………………………………… Lambs Among Wolves
- Luke 10:1-16 ………………………………….. Luke’s Apparent Eyewitness Testimony
- Luke 10:9-16 ………………………………….. Choosing Between Life and Death
- Luke 10:12-16 ………………………………… Judgment Day!
- Luke 10:17-19 ………………………………… The Mission of the Seventy
- Luke 10:18-19 ………………………………… The Defeat of Satan
- Luke 10:18-19 ………………………………… War in Heaven
- Luke 10:20-21 ………………………………… Jesus Rejoices
- Luke 10:17-22 ………………………………… Spiritual Warfare
- Luke 10:22-24 ………………………………… Jesus Claims He Is God!
- Luke 10:25-29 ………………………………… What Must I Do to Inherit Eternal Life?
- Luke 10:29-32 ………………………………… Man’s Inability to Love Without God
- Luke 10:30-37 ………………………………… The Parable of the Good Samaritan
- Luke 10:30-37 ………………………………… Who Is My Neighbor Today?
- Luke 10:38-42 ………………………………… Jesus Visits Bethany
- Luke 11:1 ……………………………………… The Prayers of Jesus–Part One
- Luke 11:1 ……………………………………… The Prayers of Jesus–Part Two
- Luke 11:1 ……………………………………… The Gospel in Jesus’ Prayers
- Luke 11:1 ……………………………………… The Importance of Prayer
- Luke 11:1-2 …………………………………… Our Father…
- Luke 11:1-2 …………………………………… Hallowed Be Thy Name
- Luke 11:1-2 …………………………………… Thy Kingdom Come
- Luke 11:1-2 …………………………………… Thy Will Be Done
- Luke 11:1-3 …………………………………… Give Us This Day
- Luke 11:1-4 …………………………………… Forgive Us Our Trespasses
- Luke 11:5-8 …………………………………… The Friend Who Calls at Midnight
- Luke 11:9-13 …………………………………. Asking, Seeking and Knocking
- Luke 11:1-13 …………………………………. Praying to Our Father
- Luke 11:14 ……………………………………. Who Were Jesus’ Accusers?
- Luke 11:14-16 ……………………………….. Jesus and Beelzebub
- Luke 11:17-23 ……………………………….. Jesus’ Three Arguments
- Luke 11:24-26 ………………………………… Demons and Dry Places
- Luke 11:24-28 …………………………………The Parable of the Evil Spirit
- Luke 11:29-30 ………………………………… An Evil Generation Seeks a Sign
- Luke 11:31-32 ………………………………… Judging the Skeptics
- Luke 11:33-36 ………………………………… The Parables of Light and the Eye
- Luke 11:29-36 ………………………………… Maturing in One’s Relationship with God
- Luke 11:37-38 ………………………………… Public Insults and a Private Rebuke
- Luke 11:39-41 ………………………………… A Cure for Hypocrisy
- Luke 11:42-44 ………………………………… Three Woes for the Pharisees
- Luke 11:45 …………………………………….. Who Were the Lawyers?
- Luke 11:46-54 ………………………………… “The Only Good Prophet Is a Dead Prophet”
- Luke 12:1 ………………………………………. Jesus’ Third Passover
- Luke 12:1-3 ……………………………………. The Gospel Cannot Be Hid
- Luke 12:1-5 ……………………………………. Living in the Presence of the Enemy
- Luke 12:5 ………………………………………. Does Jesus Say Punishment Is Eternal?
- Luke 12:6-7 ……………………………………. Unnoticed Significance
- Luke 12:8-9 ……………………………………. Our Confession under Persecution
- Luke 12:10 …………………………………….. What About the Unforgivable Sin?
- Luke 12:11-12 ………………………………… The Disciple’s Faith Will Be Tested
- Luke 12:13-15 ………………………………… Interrupting Jesus!
- Luke 12:13-21 ………………………………… Righteous Living and the Rich Fool
- Luke 12:22-28 ………………………………… Our Needs and God’s Power
- Luke 12:29-34 ………………………………… Good and Evil in God’s Kingdom
- Luke 12:35-40 ………………………………… The Marriage Supper
- Luke 12:35-36 ………………………………… The Eminence of the Coming of the Lord
- Luke 12:35 ……………………………………. The Second Exodus
- Luke 12:37-48 ………………………………… Setting the Watch
- Luke 12:49-53 ………………………………… Who Is on Jesus’ Side?
- Luke 12:54-59 ………………………………… Signs, Morality and Logic
- Luke 12:54-56 ………………………………… The Parable of the Appointed Time
- Luke 13:1-5 …………………………………… Pilate’s Passover
- Luke 13:1 ……………………………………… The Crucifixion that Almost Was!
- Luke 13:1-9 …………………………………… The Plot Against Jesus
- Luke 13:10-17 ………………………………….Was Jesus Excommunicated?
- Luke 13:18-19 ………………………………… The Parable of the Mustard Seed
- Luke 13:20 ……………………………………. The Parable of the Leaven