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Luke 17:11-19
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| Historical References, Commentary and
Comparative Texts:
 | The
Five Gospels Parallels, John W. Marshall, University of Toronto. |
| Primary comparative texts about Prayer and Piety (includes texts
about healing) from Philo, Josephus, Lucian, Pseudepigrapha, Babylonian Talmud, Midrash,
Philostratus. Primary texts about the Judean-Samaritan Feud and Samaritan Theology. At
(Rutgers University Dept of Religion) Mahlon H. Smith's Into His Own: Perspective on the
World of Jesus companion to the historical study of Christian texts. |
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"A Leper Cured," The Jesus Database, an online annotated inventory of
the traditions concerning the life and teachings of Jesus. Dr. Gregory C.
Jenks, FaithFutures Foundation. |
| Samaritans: New
Testament Parallels to the Works of Josephus. From G.J. Goldberg's Flavius Josephus Home Page. (Some of
these "parallels" are speculative.) |
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IV.35, Against
Marcion,
Tertullian
(c. 210) |
| From the Geneva Notes (c.1599).
 | "Christ does good even
to those who will be unthankful, but the benefits of God to salvation
only profit those who are thankful." |
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| From
Matthew
Henry's Commentary (c. 1700).
| "A sense of our
spiritual leprosy should make us very humble whenever we draw near to
Christ...Only one of those who were healed returned to give thanks. It
becomes us, like him, to be very humble in thanksgivings, as well as in
prayers." |
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| From
Wesley's
Notes.
John Wesley
(1703-1791). |
| From the
Commentary on the Whole Bible
(Jamieson, Fausset and Brown, 1871).
| "...their common misery
drawing these poor outcasts together (2Ki
7:3), nay, making them forget the fierce national antipathy of Jew
and Samaritan." |
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| From The
People's New Testament, B.W. Johnson, 1891.
| "His faith had added to
it another grace, that of love. His faith had not only saved his body,
but he had been born to the new life, his soul was saved." |
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| Contemporary Commentary, Studies, and Exegesis:
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Comments
(commentary) and
Clippings
(technical notes for in-depth study), Chris Haslam, Anglican
Diocese of Montreal. |
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"Seeing Healing," Mary Hinkle, Pilgrim Preaching. |
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"First
Thoughts on Year C Gospel Passages in the Lectionary,"
Pentecost 20,
William Loader, Murdoch University, Uniting Church in Australia.
| "It should not be difficult to find
parallels in our own communities. ‘You all know what Muslims are like’ was
a common response after the bombings." |
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"Exegetical Considerations,"
Pentecost 19, Richard
Carlson, Lutheran Theological Seminary at Gettysburg, Using Greek for
Sunday Text Preparations.
| "What is this story seeking to tell us
about Jesus, his work in our lives, and our response to that work in our
lives?" |
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Laterally Luke,
by Brian McGowan, Anglican priest in Western Australia. |
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"'Your Faith Has Made You Well': Healing and Salvation in Luke
17:12-19," Frederick J. Gaiser, Word & World, 1996.
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"To understand the relation
between healing and salvation, as depicted by Luke, we will need to
consider another distinction, one made often these days in both
medical and popular literature, the distinction between healing and
cure." |
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"The Virtue (and Vice) of Gratitude," Ordinary 28,
Fr. Gerry Pierse, C.Ss.R., from Sundays Into
Silence: Reflections on the Sunday Gospels in the Light of Christian
Meditation. Claretian Publications.
| "True prayer is
free and freeing." |
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| Exegetical
Notes by Brian P. Stoffregen at CrossMarks
Christian Resources.
| "We see the faith in the one whose
beliefs made a difference in the way he acted. I find it ironic that for
him to return and glorify God by thanking Jesus, he had to disobey the
command from Jesus to go show himself to the priest! When might our
thanksgivings to Jesus mean going against what is deemed good and proper?" |
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"Jesus Makes Ten Lepers Clean,"
Rev. Bryan Findlayson, Lectionary Bible
Studies and Sermons, Pumpkin Cottage Ministry Resources. |
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"Healing beyond Expectation," The Politics of God: The Way to the Cross,
Eugene C. Kreider,
Texts in Context, Word & World,
Luther Northwestern Theological School, 1986.
| "This pericope is most likely a
traditional healing story expanded into a story of faith and, as such,
becomes further commentary on discipleship in Luke's Gospel." |
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"When
Turning Back is the Right Thing," Expository Essay, Dr. William R.
Long.
Part 2.
| "This powerful narrative paints a picture of how
porous are the barriers (for God) that we humans erect to separate
ourselves from others." |
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"Thanksgiving," Larry Broding's Word-Sunday.Com: A Catholic
Resource for This Sunday's Gospel. Adult Study, Children's Story, Family
Activity, Support Materials.
| "Have you ever thanked God for his
goodness during times of adversity or stress? Why did you say your prayer
of thanks?" |
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Exegesis,
Proper 23C, by
Richard Donovan at lectionary.org.
| "People regarded
leprosy not just as a medical condition but also as God's judgment. That
made them less compassionate, because they regarded leprosy as punishment
for sin." |
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Wellspring of
the Gospel, Ordinary 28, Catherine McElhinney and Kathryn
Turner, Weekly Wellsprings.
| "When
have you taken healing - love - for granted?" |
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"The
Samaritan Leper,"
Jerry Goebel, One
Family Outreach. "Focus on scripture from a justice perspective." Exegesis, study, and teen study
and activities.
| "The greatest downfall of
religion is when the religious forget their own sinfulness." |
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"The Thankful
Leper," Dr. Ralph F. Wilson, Joyful Heart Renewal Ministries.
| "What do you think the lepers
expected when they called out to Jesus for mercy?" |
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"And Jesus Laughed," Mark Harris. The Christian Century, 2001.
Religion Online.
| "Jesus was laughing with delight when
he prayed, 'I thank thee, Father. . .'" |
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"Down the Road and Back," Paul D. Duke, The Christian Century,
1995.
| "Why is it that so often the
marginalized live closer to the freedom of praise than do those with
unquestioned membership? This is what Jesus would like to know. Or would
like us to ponder." |
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"Tales
of Miraculous Healing," Lamin Sanneh, The Christian Century,
1989. At Religion Online.
| "One of-the most dreaded
diseases in all societies has been leprosy, because of its social
stigma. Instead of intervening to help, people turned the other way
and cut off all contact. The patient died a social death much sooner
and far worse than physical death...There is no such thing as closet
Christianity, or closet healing." |
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"Stay the Course," Barbara Sholis, The Christian Century,
2004, Religion Online. (article title at The Christian Century is
"Windfall.")
| "The tenth leper’s faithful,
untainted gratitude for God’s mercy is humbling to see. He realizes
that life is a gift, that 'just to get up each day is windfall'
(John Claypool)." |
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| "Crossing Out
Leprosy," analysis and reflections by Jim Squire, in Sabbatheology by The
Crossings Community of St Louis, Missouri.
| "We are like Luke's pharisaic
audience, who took what Jesus dispensed as mercy to be merely what they had coming to
them. We recognize that life is fragile and even though we might live right, bad things
can still happen. Our faith is thus shown to be in ourselves, rather than in
God." |
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| "Putting
Faith in Perspective," a study from the Biblical
Studies Foundation.
| "This
man is a picture, a prototype of all of those Gentiles who were to be
saved by recognizing Jesus to be God’s salvation. This man did not
have all of the benefits which the Jewish lepers did, all of the
background, all of the exposure to the Scriptures, but He did come into
contact with Jesus, and when He did he not only obeyed Him, He trusted
in Him as the Messiah. And because of his faith, he was saved." |
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| Articles & Background:
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"The Historical Jesus
and the Historical Samaritans: What can be Said?", John. P. Meier,
Biblica, 2000. |
| "Miracles,
In Other Words: Social Science Perspectives on Healings,"
Jerome H. Neyrey,
University of Notre Dame, 1995.
| "...we should attend to the
institution in which the healing takes place, either kinship or politics. What roles does
the family have in an illness? How are they socially and economically affected? What role
do they play in the seeking of a cure? What costs do they pay or debts to they incur? What
if the healing occurs in the political realm, even if this is a healing shrine such as the
temple of Asclepius at Epidaurus? Healings, moreover, might have important political
implications, for "prophets" arose, echoing themes of liberation and freedom.
The political significance of the account of the healing by the Jewish Eleazar before the
emperor Vespasian and his retinue should not be discounted (Josephus. Ant.
8.45-48)." |
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| "The
Religious Cancer of Racism," James H. Cone. beliefnet.
| "White theologians should
study racism as seriously as they investigate the historical
Jesus." |
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Articles in
ATLAS Journals. (Direct link when you are
subscribed and logged in to
ATLASerials online collection of Religion and Theology Journals.):
| Betz, Hans Dieter, "The Cleansing of
the Ten Lepers," Journal of Biblical Literature, 1971.
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| Carroll John T.,
"Between Text & Sermon, Luke 17:11-19," Interpretation, 1999.
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| Clifton-Soderstrom, Michelle,
"Recalling Luke's Healer: Slave Doctoring as Liberative Healing," Ex
Auditu, 2005.
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| Cogan, Mordechai,
"For We, Like You, Worship Your God: Three Biblical Portrayals of
Samaritan Origins," Vetus Testamentum, 1988.
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| Dawsey, James M., "Jesus' Pilgrimage
to Jerusalem," Perspectives in Religious Studies, 1987.
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| Duke, Paul D., "Down the Road and
Back," The Christian Century, 1995.
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| Enslin, Morton S., "The Samaritan Ministry and
Mission," Hebrew Union College Annual, 1980.
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| Gaiser, Frederick J., "'Your Faith Has Made You
Well': Healing and Salvation in Luke 17:12-19," Word & World,
1996.
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| Hamm, Dennis, S.J.,
"What the Samaritan Leper Sees: The Narrative Christology of Luke 17:11-19,"
The Catholic Biblical Quarterly, 1994.
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| Harris, Mark, "And Jesus Laughed,"
The Christian Century, 2001.
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| Kreider, Eugene C., "The Politics of God: The Way to
the Cross," Word & World, 1986.
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| Nickle, Keith F., "Ten Lepers Cleansed," Journal
for Preachers, 2000. (Sermon)
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| Radillo, Rebeca M., "The Embodiment
of Enmity," The Living Pulpit, 2004.
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| Roschke, Ronald W.,
"Healing in Luke, Madagascar, and Elsewhere," Currents in Theology
and Mission, 2006.
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| Sanneh, Lamin, "Tales of Miraculous Healing," The
Christian Century, 1989.
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| Sholis, Barbara, "Windfall," The Christian Century,
2004.
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| Stagg, Frank, "Luke's Theological Use of Parables,"
Review & Expositor, 1997.
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| Reviews: |
| Sermons:
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"Whole and
Thankful, Holy Thankful," Linda Loving, 30 Good Minutes, Chicago
Sunday Evening Club, 2006. |
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Goettinger Predigten im Internet: Every Sunday Sermons based on the
RCL by a team of Lutheran theologians/ pastors:
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Luke
17:11-19, the Rev. Rick Summy, Lutheran Theological Seminary Chapel,
2004. |
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"Where Are the Other Nine?" Pastor Edward F. Markquart, Grace Lutheran Church, Seattle,
Washington. |
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"Gratitude Is More Than
Saying Thanks," the Rev. John Thomas, Day 1,
2004. |
| Father Andrew M. Greeley, "Priest, Author,
Sociologist," Commentary and Homily
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| With Children:
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"The Leper Who
Said Thank You,"
Illustrating the Story (lessons, children's sermons), coloring pages,
activity sheets, crafts, children's songs. MSSS Crafts. |
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"Ten
Lepers," Fr Max Bowers, Kids Church. |
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"Ginny's Flu,"
children's story by Larry Broding, word-sunday.com. |
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"Jesus Heals Ten
Lepers," Sunday School
Lessons: Family Bible Study, art projects, music, stories, etc. |
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"A Thankful Leper," children's sermon, coloring page. Charles
Kirkpatrick, Sermons 4 Kids. |
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"Jesus Heals Ten
Lepers,"
children's study, puzzles, coloring sheet, etc. Higher Praise Christian
Center. |
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| Drama:
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| Graphics & Bulletin Materials:
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Clip Art, Luke 17:17, Fr. Richard Lonsdale, Resources for Catholic Educators. |
| Clip Art Images:
Luke 17:11-19,
Luke 17:11-19 #2, Misioneros Del Sagrado Corazón en el Perú. |
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Luke 17:11-19, Liturgical Drawing, Maria d.c. Zamora,
Claretian Resources, Philippines. ("Download and use
these for free.") |
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Luke 17:11-19 at
Cerezo Barredo's weekly gospel illustration.
Liberation emphasis. |
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The Leper Thanks Jesus,
Henry Martin, sermons4kids.com. |
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Jesus Heals the
Ten Lepers PowerPoint Slide Masters. Henry
Martin, sermons4kids.com. |
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| Hymns and Music:
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| Fine Arts Images Linked at The Text This Week's
Art Index:
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| Movies scenes with the following themes,
listed at The Text This Week's Movie Concordance:
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