Luke 13:1-9
- Reading the Text:
- NRSV (with link to Anglicized NRSV) at Oremus Bible Browser.
- Greek Interlinear Bible, ScrTR, ScrTR t, Strong, Parsing, CGTS, CGES id, AV.
- The Bible Gateway: NIV, NASB, CEV, The Message, KJV, etc.
- The Blue Letter Bible. KJV, alternate versions, Greek text with concordance, commentaries.
- The World Wide Study Bible includes commentary & sermons.
- Historical References, Commentary and
Comparative Texts:
- The Five Gospels Parallels, John W. Marshall, University of Toronto.
- Insurrection in the City under Pilate: New Testament Parallels to the Works of Josephus. From G.J. Goldberg's Flavius Josephus Home Page. (Some of these "parallels" are speculative.)
- IV.XXXVI.8, Adversus Haereses, Irenaeus of Lyons. (c. 180)
- From the
Geneva Notes.
- "Great and long suffering is the patience of God, but yet he eventually executes judgment."
- From
Matthew
Henry's Commentary (c. 1700).
- "The same Jesus that bids us repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand, bids us repent, for otherwise we shall perish."
- A Penitent Heart, the Best New Year's Gift (Luke 13:3): sermon by George Whitefield.
- From
Wesley's
Notes.
John Wesley
(1703-1791).
- "Either we may understand God the Father by him that had the vineyard , and Christ by him that kept it: or Christ himself is he that hath it, and his ministers they that keep it."
- From the
Commentary on the Whole Bible
(Jamieson, Fausset and Brown, 1871).
- "The final perdition of such as, after the utmost limits of reasonable forbearance, are found fruitless, will be pre-eminently and confessedly just"
- From
The
People's New Testament, B.W. Johnson, 1891.
- "A common fruit in Palestine. It represents here the Jewish nation."
- Contemporary Commentary, Studies, and Exegesis:
- Parable of the Barren Fig Tree, audio telling, story in episodes, graphic, audio and written commentaries. Go Tell Communications, Biblical Storytelling for the Global Village, 2013.
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Commentary,
Luke 13:1-9, (Lent 3C), Matt Skinner, Preaching This Week,
WorkingPreacher.org, 2010.
- "Repentance becomes less interesting when people mistake it to mean moral uprightness, expressions of regret, or a "180-degree turnaround." Rather, here and many other places in the Bible, it refers to a changed mind, to a new way of seeing things, to being persuaded to adopt a different perspective."
- Comments (commentary) and Clippings (technical notes for in-depth study), Chris Haslam, Anglican Diocese of Montreal.
-
"First
Thoughts on Year C Gospel Passages in the Lectionary,"
Lent 3,
William Loader, Murdoch University, Uniting Church in Australia.
- "?When authorities act harshly towards people, the people must deserve it? - that is one theology being addressed."
-
Exegetical
Notes by Brian Stoffregen at CrossMarks
Christian Resources.
- "I note that the 'sin' of the fig tree is not that it is doing something bad, but that it is doing nothing! It is just taking up space in the orchard."
-
Lectionary Blogging, John Petty, Progressive Involvement,
2010.
- "When it comes to running a vineyard, you have to figure that God knows what he's doing. But Christ protests. Turn it over to me. Let me try some forgiveness on that tree. Who knows? It might work. If it doesn't, I'll forgive it again from the cross. In no case, however, will I ever go back on the forgiveness I have pronounced on the world."
-
"The Pruning of the Barren Fig Tree,"
Gospel Analysis, Sermons from
Seattle, Pastor Edward F. Markquart, Grace Lutheran Church, Seattle,
Washington. Detailed background and exegesis.
- "Luke constructs the parable of the fig tree with an element of hope. There is still time for the fig tree to bear fruit. There is still time for your life to bear fruit."
- "The Spiritual Practice of Empathy," Melissa Bane Sevier, Contemplative Viewfinder, 2010. See also "The Acts of God," commentary on Luke 13:1-9.
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"Sentenced to Life," Lee Koontz, Reflectious, 2010.
- "Even as we are condemned and pronounced guilty for our sinfulness and disobedience, we are loved and given a second chance."
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"Repent or Perish,"
Mary Hinkle, Pilgrim Preaching:
Keeping Company with Biblical Texts and the People Who Hear and Preach Them.
- "Jesus rejects retribution and yet calls for repentance. The fact that some of us (I speak for myself here) find our brains taxed when we try to hold these two thoughts together may indicate just how tied into retribution we still are."
-
Holy Textures, Understanding the Bible in its own time and in ours,
Luke 13:1-9, David Ewart, 2010.
- "This teaching of Jesus would shock his audience because the wide-spread, taken for granted, deeply held, bed-rock belief was that EVERYTHING happened for a reason..."
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"'It Is Not Certain," Peter Woods, I Am Listening, 2010.
- "Skilful religion, points to the mystery that is God with awe, instead of trying to explain everything with arrogance."
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"Clarifying Moments of Warning and Invitation,"
The Journey with Jesus: Notes to Myself, Daniel B. Clendenin, Journey with
Jesus Foundation.
- "Why are so many clarifying moments experiences of pain, suffering, and loss?"
- Laterally Luke, by Brian McGowan, Anglican priest in Western Australia.
-
"Judas' Mother,"
Sarah M. Foulger,
Stirred by the Light
- Voices of Lent.
- "You had better think long and hard about Jesus before you agree to be his disciple. You had better look at what he is asking because he is asking for everything."
-
Kairos CoMotion Lectionary Discussion,
Luke 13:1-9, Wesley White. "A place of
conversation regarding Progressive Christianity."
- "Unless you pay attention in a different way than you have, you will perish as did those at a deliberate hand of violence or in another anonymous occasion of death."
-
"Do You Deserve What You Get?" Lent 3,
Fr. Gerry Pierse, C.Ss.R., from Sundays Into
Silence: Reflections on the Sunday Gospels in the Light of Christian
Meditation. Claretian Publications.
- "While there is no cause and effect between what happens to us and our good or bad behavior, we are still challenged to behave in a better way."
-
"The
Tough Question," Larry Broding's Word-Sunday.Com: A Catholic
Resource for This Sunday's Gospel. Adult Study, Children's Story, Family
Activity, Support Materials.
- "Why do people suffer in this life?"
-
"We
All Stand under God's Judgement," Rev. Bryan Findlayson, Lectionary Bible
Studies and Sermons, Pumpkin Cottage Ministry Resources.
- "What is the relationship between tragedy and sin?"
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"Why
Does HE Even Use Up the Ground?"
Jerry Goebel, One
Family Outreach. "Focus on scripture from a justice perspective." Exegesis, study, and teen study
and activities.
- "God?s judgment will be harshest for those who had much but gave little. Can we answer this question from God?s point of view? 'Why did I (we) even use up the ground?'"
-
"The Unexpected
Mercy of God,"
Expository Essay, Luke 13:1-9, Dr. William R. Long.
- "The goal of the call to discipleship is the bearing of fruit, fruit that abides."
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"Third Sunday in Lent: Luke 13:1-9," For the Renewal of Repentance: The
Lukan Texts for Lent, Gary M. Simpson, Texts in Context, Word & World,
Luther Northwestern Theological School, 1992.
- "We moderns (and postmoderns) are also adept at externalizing. In addition, our contemporary affection for the adequacy of causal explanations escalates our use of diversionary tactics."
-
"Life-Giving
Fear," Barbara Brown Taylor, The Christian Century,
1998.
- "Terrible things happen, and you are not always to blame. But don?t let that stop you from doing what you are doing. That torn place your fear has opened up inside of you is a holy place. Look around while you are there. Pay attention to what you feel. It may hurt you to stay there and it may hurt you to see, but it is not the kind of hurt that leads to death. It is the kind that leads to life."
-
"Breaking and Entering," Thomas G. Long.
The Christian Century,
2001. Religion Online.
- "The sign of the times, the clue to the breaking in of God?s reign, is the gracious and patient hand that reaches out to halt the ax, the merciful voice that says, 'Let?s give this hopeless case one more year.'"
-
Lectionary
Commentary and Preaching Paths (Lent C3), by Jirair Tashjian, at The
Christian Resource Institute.
- "It is true of course that sometimes God does act in judgment. However, our passage today argues against the view that tragedies in the world are routinely to be interpreted as a manifestation of the wrath of God or as the will of God."
- Articles & Background:
- "The Fig Tree," wikipedia.
- "Repentance
and Forgiveness," David R. Blumenthal, Cross Currents.
- "Teshuvá is the key concept in the rabbinic view of sin, repentance, and forgiveness. The tradition is not of one mind on the steps one must take to repent of one's sins. However, almost all agree that repentance requires five elements: recognition of one's sins as sins (hakarát ha-chét'), remorse (charatá), desisting from sin (azivát ha-chét'), restitution where possible (peira'ón), and confession (vidúi)."
- Recommended articles
from ATLAS, an online collection of religion and theology journals, are
linked below.
ATLAS Access options are available for academic institutions, alumni of
selected theological schools, and clergy/church offices.
- Bauckham, Richard,
"The Two Fig Tree Parables in the Apocalypse of Peter," Journal of
Biblical Literature, 1985.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Blumenthal, David R.,
"Repentance and Forgiveness," Cross Currents, 1998.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Curkpatrick, Stephen, "Parable Metonymy and Luke's Kerygmatic Framing,"
Journal for the
Study of the New Testament, 2003.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Hays, Richard B.,
"On Hearing Bad News," The Christian Century, 1992.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Hedrick, Charles W.
"Prolegomena to Reading Parables: Luke 13:6-9 As A Test Case,"
Review & Expositor, 1997.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Hedrick, Charles W.,
"An Unfinished Story about a Fig Tree in a Vineyard (Luke 13:6-9),"
Perspectives in Religious Studies, 1999.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Hill, E. Wayne and Paull M. Mullen,
"Contexts for Understanding Forgiveness and Repentance as Discovery: A
Pastoral Care Perspective," The Journal of Pastoral Care, 2000.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Long, Thomas G.,
"Breaking and Entering," The Christian Century, 2001.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Rittenhouse, Bruce P., "What Does It
Mean to Tell the Truth about the Virginia Tech Killings?" Currents in
Theology and Mission, 2007.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Shirock, Robert J.,
"The Growth of the Kingdom in light of Israel's Rejection of Jesus:
Structure and Theology in Luke 13:1-35," Novum Testamentum, 1993.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Simpson, Gary M.,
"For the Renewal of Repentance: The Lukan Texts for Lent," Word &
World, 1992.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Taylor, Barbara Brown,
"Life-giving Fear," The Christian Century, 1998.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Wenig, Margaret Moers,
"The Jewish Laws of Repentance and Forgiveness," The Living Pulpit,
1994.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Young, Franklin W.,
"Luke 13:1-9, Expository Article," Interpretation, 1977.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials
- Bauckham, Richard,
"The Two Fig Tree Parables in the Apocalypse of Peter," Journal of
Biblical Literature, 1985.
- Reviews:
- Sermons:
- "Beyond What's Fair," Rev. Dr. Robert Dunham, Day 1, 2010.
- "Changing Your Mind, Bearing Fruit," the Rev. Dr. James B. Lemler, Day 1, 2007.
- "Wanted: Fig Trees that Produce Figs," Pastor Edward F. Markquart, Sermons from Seattle.
- "Missing Is Not Final," the Rev. Dr. Wiley Stephens, Day 1, 2004.
- "Could This Be the Year for Figs?" the Rev. Barbara K. Lundblad, Day 1, 2001.
- "In the Thick of Blindness," John Jewell, 1998.
- Father Andrew Greeley, Author, Priest, Sociologist: Background and Homily
- With Children:
- "The Fruitful Life," children's sermon, coloring page. Charles Kirkpatrick, Sermons 4 Kids.
- "What Kind of Dirt Are You?" Linda Edwards, The Children's Chapel.
- "Jesus Gives a Fig Tree a Second Chance," Sunday School Lessons: Family Bible Study, art projects, music, stories, etc.
- Drama:
- "The Blood of the Galileans," from A Certain Jesus by Jose Ignacio and Maria Lopez Vigil. Ideal for catechetical and liturgical dramatization of today's gospel. Claretian Publications.
- "A Raging 'C'," J'son M. Lee, dramatix.
- Graphics & Bulletin Materials:
- Clip Art, Luke 13:9, Fr. Richard Lonsdale, Resources for Catholic Educators.
- Clip Art Images: Luke 13:1-9, Luke 13:1-9 #2, Misioneros Del Sagrado Corazón en el Perú.
- Luke 13:1-9, Luke 13:1-9, Liturgical Drawing, Maria d.c. Zamora, Claretian Resources, Philippines. ("Download and use these for free.")
- Luke 13:1-9 at Cerezo Barredo's weekly gospel illustration. Liberation emphasis.
- Hymns and Music:
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- Contemporary/Praise Song suggestions, Together to Celebrate, David MacGregor.
- Hymns with Scripture Allusions: Luke 13:3. The Cyber Hymnal.
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