Category Archives: Luke

A Description of the Signs and Coming of Jesus from the Parallel Accounts of the Olivet Discourse

By | January 21, 2016

The parallel passages described together below are Matthew 24–25, Mark 13:1–37, and Luke 21:5–36. Matthew adds a number of parables to the section that are not recorded in Mark or Luke, and Luke gives a number of details that are not recorded in Matthew or Mark. Matthew 24:1–3; Mark 13:1–4; Luke 21:5–7 The disciples pointed… Read More »

Where Did the Pigs Plunge? (Matt 8:26; Mark 5:1; Luke 8:26)

By | February 17, 2015

Ancient manuscripts of Scripture attest to three variants or options for the name to identify where Jesus cast some demons into pigs which then ran into the sea (Matt 8:26; Mark 5:1; Luke 8:26). The names given are Gadara, Gerasa, and Gergesa. Interestingly, of six major translations surveyed, none of them are uniform in their… Read More »