November 8th, 2025

We are getting closer to The End in many ways. Hopefully it is obvious that The Last Day is getting closer every day. The church year is also coming to an end. This Sunday is typically called the Twenty-Second Sunday after Pentecost, with the number getting bigger every Sunday. And very soon the Sunday will be called the Last Sunday in the Church Year. The Gospel Reading for this Sunday is Luke 20:27-40, and Jesus is having interactions with the various religious groups in Jerusalem, right before his death. But that is also a wonderful beginning for God’s special people.

With the writings of this website, we are getting EXTREMELY close to the end of the Gospel according to Luke, taking a section in the order in which it was given, not skipping any parts. Last week’s writing looked at the unique text of Jesus on the way to Emmaus with a couple of his followers. 

It may be helpful to repeat the last section of the text of last week’s writing, since it is closely connected to this week’s writing. Those two followers of Jesus, after recognizing him when he broke the bread, made it all the way back to Jerusalem to tell the disciples. And the start of the new text this week is an interruption by Jesus as what happened was being told. (We could also talk about interruptions for a while.)

Before that section is given, if this is your first experience with these writings, it may be helpful to note several things. First of all, it should be stated that what follows could be called an EXTREMELY literal translation of the text. At times it may be difficult to understand. Hopefully it will still be helpful for you. It is recommended that you also use a study bible or at least another translation of this section of scripture.

The words below essentially appear in the order in which they appear in the language of the New Testament, ancient Greek. This is helpful to remember that the verbs are important, and they are often first. When other words come before them, they are also important to the writer.  Repetition is also a commonly used emphasis.

The hyphens below are meant to show how many English words are in a single Greek word. And the English words that are sometimes chosen are designed to show how often the Greek words are somewhat similar to the English. And some of the words in English were chosen to show how rare some of the words in Greek were. After all, this account was written by a doctor, and a doctor often uses a lot of rare words. 

And speaking of rare things, it may be helpful to remind the reader that the four Gospel Accounts have extremely different perspectives when it comes to the resurrection appearances. These accounts are not meant to be a huge history lesson. A brief yet helpful thing that could be stated is that the Gospel according to Luke is EXTREMELY connected to the book of the Acts of the Apostles. And Jesus gets his job done. 

One more thing should be noted, that the verb in capital letters is called an historical present, where a verb is expected in the past, yet it is given in the present. In a way, the job of Jesus continues to get done. Without further comment, what follows is Luke 24:33-53:

[And  having-risen-up,  the-same,  in-the  hour,  they-returned  into  Jerusalem,  and  they-found,  having-been-collected  the  eleven,  and  the-ones  with  them,  saying,  “Indeed  he-was-raised,  the  Lord,  and  he-appeared  to-Simon.”  And  they,  they-were-exegeting  the-things  in  the  way,  and  how  he-was-known  to-them  in  the  breaking  of-the  bread.]

Now  these-things,  they  speaking,  he,  he-stood  in  midst of-them,  and  HE-SAYS  to-them,  “Peace  to-you.”  Now  having-been-terrified  and  afraid  having-been,  they-were-thinking  a-spirit  to-behold.  And  he-said  to-them,  “Why  having-been-disturbed  are-you?  And  on-account-of  what  dialogues,  they-are-coming-up  in  the  cardiac  of-you?  See  the  hands  of-me  and  the  feet  of-me,  that  I,  I-am  he.  Touch  me  and  see,  that  a-spirit,  flesh  and  osteo  not  it-has,  as  me  you-behold,  having.  And  this  having-said,  he-showed  to-them  the  hands  and  the  feet.  Now  still  disbelieving  they,  from  the  joy  and  marveling,  he-said  to-them,  “Have-you  anything  edible  in-this-place?”  Now  the-ones  gave-over  to-him  of-fish  of-a-broiled  part.  And  having-taken  in-front-of  them,  he-ate.

Now  he-said  toward  them,  “These,  the  words  of-me  which  I-spoke  toward  you,  still  being  with  you,  that  it-is-necessary  to-be-fulfilled  all  the-things  having-been-written  in  the  Law  of-Moses  and  the  Prophets  and  Psalms  concerning  me.”  Then  he-opened-up  of-them  the  mind  of-the  to-understand  the  Scriptures.  

And  he-said  to-them,  “Thus  it-has-been-written,  to-suffer,  the  Christ,  and  to-rise-again  from  dead-ones  on-the  third  day,  and  to-be-proclaimed  upon  the  name  of-him,  repentance  into  forgiveness  of-sins  into  all  the  nations,  having-begun  from  Jerusalem.  You,  witnesses  of-these-things.  And  behold,  I,  I-am-sending-out  the  promise  of-the  Father  of-me  upon  you;  now  you,  you-sit  in  the  city  until  which  you-are-clothed  out-of  height,  dynamite.

Now  he-led-out  them,  out  until  toward  Bethany,  and  having-lifted-up  the  hands  of-him,  he-eulogized  them.  And  it-happened  in  the  to-bless  him,  them,  he-separated  from  them,  and  he-was-being-carried-up  into  the  heaven.  And  they,  having-worshipped  him,  they-returned  into  Jerusalem  with  joy,  great,  and  they-were  through  all  in  the  temple,  blessing  the  God.

Thank you for making it to the end. Actually it is just the beginning.