Pastor Ralph Posted October 10, 2007 Report Share Posted October 10, 2007 Q1. (Luke 2:1-2) Why does Luke name the rulers in 2:1-2? What point is he making? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SojournersHeart Posted December 14, 2007 Report Share Posted December 14, 2007 This was the way events were dated in the ancient world. Years were not numbered; rather events were placed in time in relation to when rulers were in office and to significant events during their term. This was Luke's way of establishing the historicity of Jesus' life. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sjb Posted December 15, 2007 Report Share Posted December 15, 2007 Luke wants everyone to know that Jesus is REAL...that He really lived and is not just a mythalogical being. He is also establishing the historical setting where we who read will know under what circumstances the people of Judea were living at the time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rosemary NoVA Posted December 15, 2007 Report Share Posted December 15, 2007 Q1. (Luke 2:1-2) Why does Luke name the rulers in 2:1-2? What point is he making? I think by referencing the rulers, Luke is speaking both to current and future generations who would read this account. The current generation would know first-hand the government and event (census) that Luke references. Future generations would find references to the ruler and census in the written records of the government and historians. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ljc Posted December 15, 2007 Report Share Posted December 15, 2007 When Luke prints the rulers in history, he makes sure that we realize that Jesus is not an imaginary person just for Christians. He places Jesus in his worldy context of rulers and his place in history as revealed from his birth on until his death. Those who doubt his humble birth sometimes search to disprove it and end up proving it with all the documentation in the Bible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elwood C O'Dell Posted December 15, 2007 Report Share Posted December 15, 2007 The naming of these rulers sets a time reference as to when Christ came and also validates the fact of His existence on earth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roxanne Posted December 15, 2007 Report Share Posted December 15, 2007 Q1. (Luke 2:1-2) Why does Luke name the rulers in 2:1-2? What point is he making? LUKE WANTED THE PEOPLE TO KNOW JESUS IS REAL ..HE TOLD THE HISTORY OF HIM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
masika Posted December 16, 2007 Report Share Posted December 16, 2007 Q1. (Luke 2:1-2) Why does Luke name the rulers in 2:1-2? What point is he making? It is because by then Romans were the ones ruling the Jews, and the Romans rulers, considered to be like gods, stood in contrast to the tiny baby in a manger who was truly God in the flesh. This was have been interested to the Romans who were familiar with political situation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustJeff Posted December 16, 2007 Report Share Posted December 16, 2007 Luke, that wise physician, knew that the doubters and unbelievers would seek to destroy the evidence of the birth of the Messiah. He knew too, that as time goes by, this would be easier to do. By establishing the time and place of the events of Jesus' birth in naming names of people who the world would mark down as historical figures, Luke anchored our Lord's place as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidjjj Posted December 16, 2007 Report Share Posted December 16, 2007 Q1. (Luke 2:1-2) Why does Luke name the rulers in 2:1-2? What point is he making? LK 2:1 Now in those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus, that a census be taken of all the inhabited earth. LK 2:2 This was the first census taken while Quirinius was governor of Syria. Dr Luke was obviously an accurate sort of person! In Chapter 1 of his gospel he spells out what is gospel is all about and how he went about compiling it- i.e. using eyewitnesses, writing it down in consecutive order, investigating carefully etc Dr Luke helps us by building a historical context around the life and events surrounding Jesus-his point Jesus is a true historical figure! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
love.serve.know Posted December 16, 2007 Report Share Posted December 16, 2007 Because people can go back and check out what happened when those rulers were in charge to find out that it actually did happen. He recorded historical facts. It is authentic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dar Posted December 16, 2007 Report Share Posted December 16, 2007 Q1. (Luke 2:1-2) Why does Luke name the rulers in 2:1-2? What point is he making? The point made is - history validates the time and place of Jesus' birth, and the great obstacles as seen in the rulers, who did not make it easy for the coming King. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
les Posted December 17, 2007 Report Share Posted December 17, 2007 Q1. (Luke 2:1-2) Why does Luke name the rulers in 2:1-2? What point is he making? when luke named the rulers at the time of the census he places the birth of jesus on a historical reference point making sure all future generations would know when he was born giving irrefutable evidence that jesus did exist in history .during the time the gospel was written for sure this event was also fresh upon the minds of those who would read his chronicle of events of the birth and life of jesus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patsy Laycoax Posted December 17, 2007 Report Share Posted December 17, 2007 Luke is verifing Jesus existence in history and the time of his existence. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KAFWEMBE Posted December 17, 2007 Report Share Posted December 17, 2007 Q1. (Luke 2:1-2) Why does Luke name the rulers in 2:1-2? What point is he making? Luke names the rulers in LK 2:1-2 to show us the period when these events took place. He is trying to show us that Jesus is very much a person who existed in history. He is a historical figure like the mentioned Kings. His existence is real and not a myth nor a legend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patricia A Posted December 17, 2007 Report Share Posted December 17, 2007 Q1. (Luke 2:1-2) Why does Luke name the rulers in 2:1-2? What point is he making? [/color] In reading Luke's account of the birth of Jesus, we can read true history. This event really occurred and can be related to a certain time in history when the rulers and leaders can be named. Jesus' historical setting includes rulers Caesar Augustus, Herod the Great, and Quirinius. "Caesar Augustus," Roman emperor Octavian, reigned 27 BC - 14 AD. Herod the Great, called "King of the Jews," ruled Judea from 40 to 4 BC. Quirinius was a military leader and Roman consul in central Asia Minor, and later Imperial Legate of Syria-Cilicia (AD 6 to 9), where Josephus notes that he conducted a census. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loisb Posted December 17, 2007 Report Share Posted December 17, 2007 Q1. (Luke 2:1-2) Why does Luke name the rulers in 2:1-2? What point is he making? 1. Luke wanted to show that these rulers from history were real and if the unbeliever didn't believe anything else, he could check his History books and find these names. 2. He wanted to point out that Jesus was real, also, and the reason that he was born in a stable was also real. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mags Posted December 17, 2007 Report Share Posted December 17, 2007 Luke names the rulers in this passage to show that Jesus was part of this world. It shows us that Jesus is a part of history and not something that has been made up (myth or legend). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lisa Rupert Posted December 17, 2007 Report Share Posted December 17, 2007 Q1. (Luke 2:1-2) Why does Luke name the rulers in 2:1-2? What point is he making? Luke named the rulers as proof of the time of Jesus' birth and life through history. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UncleBlake Posted December 17, 2007 Report Share Posted December 17, 2007 Q1. (Luke 2:1-2) Why does Luke name the rulers in 2:1-2? What point is he making? I believe Luke is naming these rulers to verify that indeed Jesus the Christ was a Person of History. These rulers are verifiable, and by tracing these rulers, and the events associated with them, validity is added to what Luke is recording. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lindajellis57 Posted December 17, 2007 Report Share Posted December 17, 2007 Q1. (Luke 2:1-2) Why does Luke name the rulers in 2:1-2? What point is he making? By pointing out the leaders of the time, it makes a verifible point in history. This shows that Jesus was real and walked the earth with us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaz6 Posted December 17, 2007 Report Share Posted December 17, 2007 Q1. (Luke 2:1-2) Why does Luke name the rulers in 2:1-2? What point is he making? He named the rulers so that people would know where abouts in history that Jesus was born. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig Posted December 18, 2007 Report Share Posted December 18, 2007 Q1. (Luke 2:1-2) Why does Luke name the rulers in 2:1-2? What point is he making? Luke is setting the historical context wherein Jesus is born. The point Luke is making is that Jesus is an historical person who extisted not just spiritually or as a spiritual concept. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bro Steven Posted December 19, 2007 Report Share Posted December 19, 2007 Naming the rulers for this time first it shows what time frame the birth happen and to also prove that Jesus is real, Thru out the Bible God dated the period of the Bible by naming the rulers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAJU Posted December 19, 2007 Report Share Posted December 19, 2007 Q1. (Luke 2:1-2) Why does Luke name the rulers in 2:1-2? What point is he making? By refrerring to Caeser Augustus and Quirrinius , Luke was informing future generations ( with a great deal of maturing ) that the birth of Jesus is REAL and was with a specific reference during the rule of these monarchs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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