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A somewhat more expanded treatment of the chiasm of Luke 3-7. Jesus' baptism and temptation still don't fit well, but the rest hangs together pretty nicely. Some comments are appended below.
A. John the Baptist's ministry, 3:1-20
B. Jesus' baptism, genealogy, temptation, 3:21-4:13
C. Jesus at Nazareth, 4:14-30
Isaiah 61
Elijah
Elisha
Enters Capernaum
D. Jesus at Capernaum, 4:31-44
Teaching
Exorcism (amazement)
Simon's mother in law
General statement about healing and exorcism
Prayer
Moves on from Capernaum
E. Call of disciples, 5:1-11 (prayer)
F. Healing of Leper and Paralytic forgiveness), 5:12-26
G. Levi's conversion and feast, 5:27-39
F'. Healing of withered hand (Sabbath), 6:1-11
E'. Call of 12, 6:12-16 (prayer)
D'. Jesus on the plain, 6:17-7:1
(Prayer, 6:12)
General statement about healing
Teaching
Enters Capernaum
C'. Jesus as expected one, 7:1-23
Enters Capernaum
Heals Centurion's son (cf Elisha)
Raises son of widow (cf. Elijah)
Expected one: Is 61
A'. John's ministry described by Jesus, 7:24-35
Comments: First, in Lk 3 John is asked if he's the Christ; in the corresponding section in ch 7 John asks Jesus if HE'S the Christ. Second, there is perhaps a link between the children of Abraham in chapter 3 and the children of wisdom in ch 7. Third, ch 3 quotes from Is 40 to describe John's ministry, and ch 7 quotes from Mal 3. These are combined in Mk 1. Fourth, 4:31 and 7:1 are the only two places where Jesus is said to enter Capernaum (in Lk), which strengthens the connections between these two passages.
posted by Peter J. Leithart on Wednesday, December 31, 2003 at 11:24 AM
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